2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers

During the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the flag bearers of 92 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on February 25. 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 flag-bearers entered in ganada order of the Korean alphabet.

Unlike the opening ceremony, North and South Korea used their own flags in addition to the Korean Unification Flag. Thus there were a total of 93 flag bearers representing 92 NOCs, with the North Korean flag and Korean Unification Flag appearing earlier in the parade order, and the South Korean flag appearing last. ^{[1] [2]}

Countries and flagbearers

The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the order in which each nation appears in the parade of nations. Names are given as were officially designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). ^{[3] [4]}

This table is sortable by country name in English, country name in Korean, the flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport.

Order	Nation	Hangul	Roman Transliteration (in RR)	Flag bearer	Sport
1	Greece  (GRE)	그리스	Geuriseu	Ioannis Antoniou	Alpine skiing
2	Ghana  (GHA)	가나	Gana	Akwasi Frimpong	Skeleton
3	Nigeria  (NGR)	나이지리아	Naijiria	Simidele Adeagbo	Skeleton
4	South Africa  (RSA)	남아프리카 공화국	Nam-Apeurika Gonghwaguk	Connor Wilson	Alpine skiing
5	Netherlands  (NED)	네덜란드	Nedeollandeu	Ireen Wüst [5]	Speed skating
6	Norway  (NOR)	노르웨이	Noreuwei	Marit Bjørgen	Cross-country skiing
7	New Zealand  (NZL)	뉴질랜드	Nyujillaendeu	Zoi Sadowski-Synnott [6]	Snowboarding
8	Denmark  (DEN)	덴마크	Denmakeu	Viktor Hald Thorup	Speed skating
9	Germany  (GER)	독일	Dogil	Christian Ehrhoff [7]	Ice hockey
10	Timor-Leste  (TLS)	동티모르	Dong-Timoreu	Yohan Goutt Gonçalves	Alpine skiing
11	Latvia  (LAT)	라트비아	Rateubia	Haralds Silovs	Speed skating
12	Lebanon  (LBN)	레바논	Rebanon	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
13	Romania  (ROU)	루마니아	Rumania	Raluca Strămăturaru	Luge
14	Luxembourg  (LUX)	룩셈부르크	Ruksembureukeu	Matthieu Osch	Alpine skiing
15	Lithuania  (LTU)	리투아니아	Rituania	Andrej Drukarov	Alpine skiing
16	Liechtenstein  (LIE)	리히텐슈타인	Rihitensyutain	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
17	Madagascar  (MAD)	마다가스카르	Madagaseukareu	Mialitiana Clerc	Alpine skiing
18	Malaysia  (MAS)	말레이시아	Malleisia	Julian Yee	Figure skating
19	Mexico  (MEX)	멕시코	Meksiko	Rodolfo Dickson	Alpine skiing
20	Monaco  (MON)	모나코	Monako	Boris Vain	Bobsleigh
21	Morocco  (MAR)	모로코	Moroko	Adam Lamhamedi	Alpine skiing
22	Montenegro  (MNE)	몬테네그로	Montenegeuro	Eldar Salihović	Alpine skiing
23	Moldova  (MDA)	몰도바	Moldoba	Nicolae Gaiduc	Cross-country skiing
24	Malta  (MLT)	몰타	Molta	Élise Pellegrin	Alpine skiing
25	Mongolia  (MGL)	몽골	Monggol	Chinbatyn Otgontsetseg	Cross-country skiing
26	United States  (USA)	미국	Miguk	Jessie Diggins [8]	Cross-country skiing
27	Bermuda  (BER)	버뮤다	Beomyuda	Tucker Murphy	Cross-country skiing
28	Belgium  (BEL)	벨기에	Belgie	Bart Swings [9]	Speed skating
29	Belarus  (BLR)	벨라루스	Bellaruseu	Darya Domracheva	Biathlon
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)	보스니아 헤르체고비나	Boseunia Hereuchegobina	Elvedina Muzaferija	Alpine skiing
31	Bolivia  (BOL)	볼리비아	Bollibia	Timo Grönlund	Cross-country skiing
32	Bulgaria  (BUL)	불가리아	Bulgaria	Yordan Chuchuganov	Cross-country skiing
33	Brazil  (BRA)	브라질	Beurajil	Isadora Williams	Figure skating
34	San Marino  (SMR)	산마리노	Sanmarino	Alessandro Mariotti	Alpine skiing
35	Serbia  (SRB)	세르비아	Sereubia	Nevena Ignjatović	Alpine skiing
36	Sweden  (SWE)	스웨덴	Seuweden	Charlotte Kalla	Cross-country skiing
37	Switzerland  (SUI)	스위스	Seuwiseu	Ramon Zenhäusern	Alpine skiing
38	Spain  (ESP)	스페인	Seupein	Javier Fernández	Figure skating
39	Slovakia  (SVK)	슬로바키아	Seullobakia	Petra Vlhová	Alpine skiing
40	Slovenia  (SLO)	슬로베니아	Seullobenia	Filip Flisar	Freestyle skiing
41	Singapore  (SGP)	싱가포르	Singgaporeu	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
42	Armenia  (ARM)	아르메니아	Areumenia	Mikayel Mikayelyan	Cross-country skiing
43	Argentina  (ARG)	아르헨티나	Areuhentina	Verónica María Ravenna	Luge
44	Iceland  (ISL)	아이슬란드	Aiseullandeu	Snorri Einarsson [10]	Cross-country skiing
45	Ireland  (IRL)	아일랜드	Aillaendeu	Brendan Newby [11]	Freestyle skiing
46	Azerbaijan  (AZE)	아제르바이잔	Ajereubaijan	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
47	Andorra  (AND)	안도라	Andora	Irineu Altimiras	Cross-country skiing
48	Albania  (ALB)	알바니아	Albania	Suela Mëhilli	Alpine skiing
49	Eritrea  (ERI)	에리트레아	Eriteurea	Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda	Alpine skiing
50	Estonia  (EST)	에스토니아	Eseutonia	Saskia Alusalu	Speed skating
51	Ecuador  (ECU)	에콰도르	Ekwadoreu	Klaus Jungbluth	Cross-country skiing
52	Great Britain  (GBR)	영국	Yeongguk	Billy Morgan [12]	Snowboarding
53	Australia  (AUS)	오스트레일리아	Oseuteureillia	Jarryd Hughes [13]	Snowboarding
54	Austria  (AUT)	오스트리아	Oseuteuria	Madeleine Egle	Luge
55	Olympic Athletes from Russia  (OAR)	러시아 출신 올림픽 선수	Reosia Chulsin Ollimpik Seonsu	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
56	Uzbekistan  (UZB)	우즈베키스탄	Ujeubekiseutan	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
57	Ukraine  (UKR)	우크라이나	Ukeuraina	Oleksandr Abramenko	Freestyle skiing
58	Iran  (IRI)	이란	Iran	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
59	Italy  (ITA)	이탈리아	Itallia	Carolina Kostner	Figure skating
60	Israel  (ISR)	이스라엘	Iseura'el	Itamar Biran	Alpine skiing
61	India  (IND)	인도	Indo	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
62	Japan  (JPN)	일본	Ilbon	Nao Kodaira	Speed skating
63	Jamaica  (JAM)	자메이카	Jameika	Carrie Russell	Bobsleigh
64	North Korea  (PRK)	조선민주주의인민공화국	Joseonminjujuuiinmingonghwagugk	Kim Ju-sik	Figure skating
65	Georgia  (GEO)	조지아	Jojia	Iason Abramashvili	Alpine skiing
66	China  (CHN)	중국	Jungguk	Wu Dajing [14]	Short track speed skating
67	Czech Republic  (CZE)	체코	Cheko	Ester Ledecká	Snowboarding Alpine skiing
68	Chile  (CHI)	칠레	Chille	Claudia Salcedo	Cross-country skiing
69	Kazakhstan  (KAZ)	카자흐스탄	Kajaheuseutan	Abzal Azhgaliyev	Short track speed skating
70	Canada  (CAN)	캐나다	Kaenada	Kim Boutin [15]	Short track speed skating
71	Kenya  (KEN)	케냐	Kenya	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
72	Korea  (COR)	코리아	Koria	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
73	Kosovo  (KOS)	코소보	Kosobo	Albin Tahiri	Alpine skiing
74	Colombia  (COL)	콜롬비아	Kollombia	Michael Poettoz	Alpine skiing
75	Croatia  (CRO)	크로아티아	Keuroatia	Dražen Silić	Bobsleigh
76	Kyrgyzstan  (KGZ)	키르기스스탄	Kireugiseuseutan	Evgeniy Timofeev	Alpine skiing
77	Cyprus  (CYP)	키프로스	Kipeuroseu	Dinos Lefkaritis	Alpine skiing
78	Chinese Taipei  (TPE)	차이니스 타이베이	Chainiseu Taibei	Huang Yu-Ting	Speed skating
79	Thailand  (THA)	태국	Taeguk	Mark Chanloung	Cross-country skiing
80	Turkey  (TUR)	터키	Teoki	Hamza Dursun	Cross-country skiing
81	Togo  (TOG)	토고	Togo	Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean	Cross-country skiing
82	Tonga  (TGA)	통가	Tongga	Pita Taufatofua	Cross-country skiing
83	Pakistan  (PAK)	파키스탄	Pakiseutan	Muhammad Karim	Alpine skiing
84	Portugal  (POR)	포르투갈	Poreutugal	Arthur Hanse	Alpine skiing
85	Poland  (POL)	폴란드	Pollandeu	Mateusz Luty	Bobsleigh
86	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	푸에르토리코	Puereutoriko	Charles Flaherty	Alpine skiing
87	France  (FRA)	프랑스	Peurangseu	Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron [16]	Figure skating
88	Macedonia  (MKD)	구유고슬라비아 마케도니아 공화국	Gu-Yugoseullabia Makedonia Gonghwaguk	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
89	Finland  (FIN)	핀란드	Pillandeu	Mika Poutala	Speed skating
90	Philippines  (PHI)	필리핀	Pillipin	Asa Miller	Alpine skiing
91	Hungary  (HUN)	헝가리	Heonggari	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
92	Hong Kong  (HKG)	홍콩 차이나	Hongkong Chaina	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
93	South Korea  (KOR)	대한민국	Daehanmingguk	Lee Seung-hoon	Speed skating

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