During the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy the flag bearers of 91 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into Verona Arena in Verona, Italy on 22 February. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, and behind them marched all the athletes. The flags of each country were not necessarily carried by the same flag bearer as in the opening ceremony.
The parade order was identical to the opening ceremony's Parade of Nations.
List The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the sequence that each nation appeared in the parade of nations. The names are given in their official designations by the IOC, and the Italian names follow their official designations by the Milano Cortina Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. OrderNationItalianFlag bearerSport1GreciaAlpine skiing2AlbaniaVolunteer3AndorraVolunteer4Arabia SauditaVolunteer5ArgentinaCross-country skiingLuge6ArmeniaVolunteer7AustraliaFreestyle skiing8AustriaSkeletonSnowboarding9AzerbaigianVolunteer10BelgioShort-track speed skating11BeninAlpine skiing12BoliviaCross-country skiing13Bosnia ErzegovinaVolunteer14BrasileBobsleigh15BulgariaBiathlon16CanadaShort-track speed skatingSpeed skating17CechiaSpeed skating18CileFreestyle skiing19Repubblica Popolare CineseSnowboarding20CiproAlpine skiing21ColombiaVolunteer22Repubblica di CoreaShort-track speed skating23CroaziaCross-country skiing24DanimarcaBiathlonSpeed skating25EcuadorVolunteer26Emirati Arabi UnitiAlpine skiing27EritreaAlpine skiing28EstoniaSpeed skatingFigure skating29FilippineAlpine skiing30FinlandiaFigure skating31GeorgiaFigure skatingAlpine skiing32GermaniaLuge33GiamaicaVolunteer34GiapponeFigure skatingSpeed skating35Gran BretagnaSnowboardingSkeleton36Guinea-BissauAlpine skiing37HaitiAlpine skiing38Hong Kong, CinaVolunteer39IndiaCross-country skiing40Repubblica Islamica dell'IranAlpine skiing41IrlandaFreestyle skiing42IslandaCross-country skiing43IsraeleAlpine skiing44KazakistanFigure skating45KenyaAlpine skiing46KosovoAlpine skiing47KyrgyzstanVolunteer48LettoniaCross-country skiingShort-track speed skating49LibanoCross-country skiing50LiechtensteinVolunteer51LituaniaCross-country skiingFigure skating52LussemburgoAlpine skiing53Macedonia del NordVolunteer54MadagascarAlpine skiing55MalaysiaAlpine skiing56MaltaVolunteer57MaroccoVolunteer58MessicoFigure skatingAlpine skiing59Repubblica di MoldovaCross-country skiing60MonacoVolunteer61MongoliaCross-country skiing62MontenegroVolunteer63NigeriaCross-country skiing64NorvegiaCross-country skiingSpeed skating65Nuova ZelandaFreestyle skiing66Paesi BassiSpeed skatingShort-track speed skating67PakistanAlpine skiing68PoloniaSpeed skatingShort-track speed skating69Porto RicoVolunteer70PortogalloCross-country skiing71RomaniaFigure skating72San MarinoAlpine skiing73SerbiaVolunteer74SingaporeAlpine skiing75SlovacchiaSki mountaineering76SloveniaAlpine skiing77SpagnaSki mountaineering78Sud AfricaAlpine skiing79SveziaVolunteer80SvizzeraIce hockey81Chinese TaipeiFigure skating82ThailandiaCross-country skiing83Trinidad e TobagoBobsleigh84TürkiyeVolunteer85UcrainaAlpine skiing86UngheriaShort-track speed skating87UruguayVolunteer88UzbekistanVolunteer89VenezuelaVolunteer90Stati Uniti d'AmericaFigure skatingIce hockey91FranciaCross-country skiingBiathlon92ItaliaSpeed skatingBiathlon
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