2023 Pan American Games Parade of Nations

During the Parade of Nations at the 2023 Pan American Games opening ceremony, on October 20, 2023, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations lead their national delegations as they paraded into National stadium in the host city of Santiago, Chile.

For the first time, each team had the option to allow two flag bearers, one male and one female. This was first done at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in an effort to promote gender equality.

March order Athletes entered the stadium in an order dictated by tradition. As the host of the first Pan American Games, Argentina entered first. The Chilean delegation entered last, representing the host nation. The remaining countries entered in Spanish alphabetical order as per Pan American Sports Organization protocol.

List OrderNationSpanishFlag bearerSport 1 ArgentinaMarcos MonetaRugby sevensSabrina AmeghinoCanoeing 2 Antigua y BarbudaTiger TysonSailing 3 ArubaMikel SchreudersSwimmingShanayah HowellCycling 4 Equipo de Atletas IndependientesEmilio FloresSport climbingLucero MejiaSwimming 5 BahamasLamar TaylorSwimmingZaylie-Elizabeth ThompsonSwimming 6 BarbadosKennie KingBadmintonMichelle ElliotShooting 7 BeliceTrent HardwickSailingAshantie CarrAthletics 8 BermudaConor WhiteCyclingEmma HarveySwimming 9 BoliviaConrrado MoscosoRacquetballNoelia ZeballosTennis 10 BrasilLuisa StefaniTennisFernando SchefferSwimming 11 CanadáMelissa Humana-ParedesBeach volleyballBrandie Wilkerson 12 ColombiaMiguel TrejosTaekwondo Yeni AriasBoxing 13 Costa RicaAndrés AcuñaRacquetballNishy Lee LindoTaekwondo 14 CubaJulio César La CruzBoxingIdalys OrtizJudo 15 DominicaDelroy CharlesBoxing 16 EcuadorRichard CarapazCyclingAngie PalaciosWeightlifting 17 El SalvadorAmado de Jesús AlvaradoSurfingSindy PortilloSurfing 18 Estados Unidos de AméricaVincent HancockShootingJordan ChilesGymnastics 19 GranadaZackary GreshamSwimmingTilly Collymore 20 GuyanaDesmond AmsterdamBoxingPriyanna RamdhaniBadminton 21 HaitíJackson DarriusBoxingAliyah ShipmanTaekwondo 22 HondurasJulio HorregoSwimmingNatalie EspinalTennis 23 Islas CaimánJames AllisonSwimmingSierrah Broadbelt 24 Islas Vírgenes Adriel SanesSwimmingNatalia Kuipers 25 Islas Vírgenes BritánicasDeya EricksonAthletics 26 JamaicaSamuel RickettsBadmintonTyesha MattisGymnastics 27 MéxicoCarlos SansoresTaekwondoKarina EsquerBasketball 28 NicaraguaOrlando VásquezWeightliftingSema Ludrick 29 PanamáDavis RomeroBaseballHillary HeronGymnastics 30 ParaguayDerlis AyalaAthleticsAgua Marina EspínolaCycling 31 PerúNicolás PachecoShootingMaría Fernanda ReyesSurfing 32 Puerto RicoJean PizarroArcheryMaría PérezJudo 33 República DominicanaRobert PigozziWater skiingYvonne Losos de MuñizEquestrian 34 San Cristóbal y NievesNadale BuntinAthleticsArina ValitovaTennis 36 San Vicente y las GranadinasNikolas SylvesterSwimmingKennice Greene 35 Santa LucíaLuc ChevrierSailing 37 SurinamIrvin HoostSwimmingKaelyn Djoparto 38 Trinidad y TobagoNicholas PaulCyclingTiana GuyBoxing 39 UruguayRodrigo ChagasFootballCamila PiñeiroBoxing 40 VenezuelaKeydomar VallenillaWeightliftingJoselyn BreaAthletics 41 ChileEsteban GrimaltBeach volleyballKristel KöbrichSwimming

Notes Both of the Canadian flagbearers were women.

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