During the Parade of Nations at the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, held on 28 July 2022, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations lead their national delegations as they paraded into Alexander Stadium in the host city of Birmingham, England. A total of 72 Commonwealth Games Associations entered into the stadium.
Parade order As per tradition, Australia (as the host of the last games) entered first, followed by the rest of the Oceania region. Following this all countries entered in alphabetical order within their respective region groups. After Oceania, countries from Africa, America, Asia, the Caribbean and lastly Europe entered. The host nation, England, entered last.
Countries and flag bearers Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. Names are given in the form officially designated by the CGF.
OrderNationFlag bearerSport 1 Eddie OckendenField hockeyRachael GrinhamSquash 2 Aidan ZittersteijnLawn bowlsNooroa Mataio 3 Semesa NaiseruvatiLawn bowlsNaibili VatunisoloPara-athletics 4 5 Christon AmramBoxing Maximina UepaWeightlifting 6 Tom WalshAthletics Joelle KingSquash 7 Travis TapatuetoaBoxingOlivia BuckinghamLawn bowls 8 Tim SheridanLawn bowlsShae Wilson 9 John Ume BoxingRellie Kaputin Athletics 10 11 12 Sione Tupou Rugby sevensKuinini Manumua Weightlifting 13 14 Joe MahitJudoMiller PataBeach volleyballEllie EnockPara-athleticsPara powerlifting 15 Bayapo NdoriAthleticsAratwa KasemangBoxing 16 Emmanuel EsemeAthleticsAyuk Otay Arrey SophinaJudo 17 Sibusiso MatsenjwaAthleticsHayley HoySwimming 18 Modou GamoPara powerliftingWurrie NjadoeAthletics 19 20 Ferdinand OmanyalaAthleticsCarolina Wanjira3x3 wheelchair basketball 21 Lerato SecheleAthleticsTumelo MakaeCycling 22 23 Merven ClairBoxingPriscilla MorandJudoNoemi AlphonsePara-athletics 24 Caio LoboSwimmingAlcinda PanguanaBoxing 25 Ananias ShikongoPara-athleticsChristine MbomaAthletics 26 Nnamdi ChinecheremAthleticsFolashade OluwafemiayoPara powerlifting27 Ntagengwa OlivierBeach volleyballDiane IngabireCycling 28 Keddy AgnesBoxingNatasha ChettyAthletics 29 Joshua WyseSwimmingHafsatu KamaraAthletics 30 Christian SadiePara-swimmingBongiwe MsomiNetball 31 32 Michael WokorachRugby sevensPeace ProscoviaNetball33 Muzala SamukongaAthleticsMargret TemboBoxing34 Izaak BastianSwimmingLilly Higgs35 Shaun GillAthletics Alicia ThompsonCycling36 Dage MinorsAthleticsEmma KeaneSquash 37 Josh CassidyPara-athleticsMaude CharronWeightlifting 38 Doug ClarkBadmintonDaphne Arthur-AlmondLawn bowls 39 Keevin AllicockBoxingAliyah AbramsAthletics 40 41 Sura KrishnaBoxingMabia AktarWeightlifting 42 43 Manpreet Singh Field hockey P. V. Sindhu Badminton 44 Bonnie Bunyau GustinPara powerliftingAifa AzmanSquash 45 Zayan ZakiBadmintonFathimath NimalTable tennis 46 Muhammad InamWrestling Bismah MaroofCricket 47 Terry HeeBadmintonNur Aini YasliPara powerlifting 48 Indika DissanayakeWeightliftingChamari AthapaththuCricket49 Hasani HennisCycling Tri-Tania LoweAthletics 50 51 Matthew WrightTriathlonLatonia BlackmanNetball52 Rikkoi BrathwaiteAthleticsBeyoncé De Freitas53 Rasheem BrownAthleticsAlison JacksonSwimming54 Dennick LukeAthleticsThea LaFond55 Kurt FelixAthleticsTilly CollymoreSwimming56 Oshane EdieRugby sevensJhaniele FowlerNetball 57 Julius Morris Athletics 58 St. Clair HodgeBeach volleyballAmya ClarkeAthletics59 Arthur LangelierBoxingJulien AlfredAthletics60 Shane CadoganSwimmingMikeisha WelcomeAthletics61 Jereem RichardsAthleticsMichelle-Lee Ahye 62 Courtney MissickAthleticsArleigha HallSwimming63 Marios GeorgiouGymnasticsZoi KonstantopoulouBeach volleyball 64 Derek BarbaraCyclingHolly O'SheaWeightlifting 65 Marc CoxCyclingElena JohnsonBadminton 66 Mark CavendishCyclingLaura KinleySwimming 67 Rhys Hidrio Cycling 68 Kijan SultanaSquashTenishia ThorntonWeightlifting 69 Martin McHughLawn bowlsMichaela WalshBoxing 70 Micky YulePara powerliftingKirsty GilmourBadminton 71 Geraint ThomasCyclingTesni EvansSquash 72 Jack LaugherDivingEmily CampbellWeightlifting
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