2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers

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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.
OrderNationHangulRoman TransliterationFlag bearerSport
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)그리스geu ri seu Ioannis Antoniou Alpine skiing
2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana  (GHA)가나ga na Akwasi Frimpong Skeleton
3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)나이지리아na i ji ri a Simidele Adeagbo Skeleton
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)남아프리카 공화국nam a peu ri ka gong hwa guk Connor Wilson Alpine skiing
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)네덜란드ne deol ran deu Ireen Wüst [5] Speed skating
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)노르웨이no reu we i Marit Bjørgen Cross-country skiing
7Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)뉴질랜드nyu jil raen deu Zoi Sadowski-Synnott [6] Snowboarding
8Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)덴마크den ma keu Viktor Hald Thorup Speed skating
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)독일dok il Christian Ehrhoff [7] Ice hockey
10Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor  (TLS)동티모르dong ti mo reu Yohan Goutt Gonçalves Alpine skiing
11Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)라트비아ra teu bi a Haralds Silovs Speed skating
12Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon  (LBN)레바논re ba nonPOCOG VolunteerN/A
13Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)루마니아ru ma ni a Raluca Strămăturaru Luge
14Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg  (LUX)룩셈부르크ruk sem bu reu keu Matthieu Osch Alpine skiing
15Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)리투아니아ri tu a ni a Andrej Drukarov Alpine skiing
16Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein  (LIE)리히텐슈타인ri hi ten syu ta inPOCOG VolunteerN/A
17Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar  (MAD)마다가스카르ma da ga seu ka reu Mialitiana Clerc Alpine skiing
18Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)말레이시아mal re isi a Julian Yee Figure skating
19Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)멕시코mek si ko Rodolfo Dickson Alpine skiing
20Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco  (MON)모나코mo na ko Boris Vain Bobsleigh
21Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)모로코mo ro ko Adam Lamhamedi Alpine skiing
22Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro  (MNE)몬테네그로mon te ne geu ro Eldar Salihović Alpine skiing
23Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)몰도바mol do ba Nicolae Gaiduc Cross-country skiing
24Flag of Malta.svg  Malta  (MLT)몰타mol ta Élise Pellegrin Alpine skiing
25Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)몽골mong gol Chinbatyn Otgontsetseg Cross-country skiing
26Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)미국mi guk Jessie Diggins [8] Cross-country skiing
27Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda  (BER)버뮤다beo myu da Tucker Murphy Cross-country skiing
28Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)벨기에bel gi e Bart Swings [9] Speed skating
29Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)벨라루스bel ra ru seu Darya Domracheva Biathlon
30Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)보스니아 헤르체고비나bo seu ni a he reu che go bi na Elvedina Muzaferija Alpine skiing
31Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia  (BOL)볼리비아bol ri bi a Timo Grönlund Cross-country skiing
32Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)불가리아bul ga ri a Yordan Chuchuganov Cross-country skiing
33Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)브라질beu ra jil Isadora Williams Figure skating
34Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino  (SMR)산마리노san ma ri no Alessandro Mariotti Alpine skiing
35Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)세르비아se reu bi a Nevena Ignjatović Alpine skiing
36Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)스웨덴seu we den Charlotte Kalla Cross-country skiing
37Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)스위스seu wi seu Ramon Zenhäusern Alpine skiing
38Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)스페인seu pe in Javier Fernández Figure skating
39Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)슬로바키아seul ro ba ki a Petra Vlhová Alpine skiing
40Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)슬로베니아seul ro be ni a Filip Flisar Freestyle skiing
41Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore  (SGP)싱가포르sing ga po reuPOCOG VolunteerN/A
42Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia  (ARM)아르메니아a reu me ni a Mikayel Mikayelyan Cross-country skiing
43Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)아르헨티나a reu hen ti na Verónica María Ravenna Luge
44Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)아이슬란드a i seul ran deu Snorri Einarsson [10] Cross-country skiing
45Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)아일랜드a il raen deu Brendan Newby [11] Freestyle skiing
46Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan  (AZE)아제르바이잔a je reu bai janPOCOG VolunteerN/A
47Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra  (AND)안도라an do raIrineu Altimiras Cross-country skiing
48Flag of Albania.svg  Albania  (ALB)알바니아al ba ni a Suela Mëhilli Alpine skiing
49Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea  (ERI)에리트레아e ri teu re a Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda Alpine skiing
50Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)에스토니아e seu to ni a Saskia Alusalu Speed skating
51Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)에콰도르e kwa do reu Klaus Jungbluth Cross-country skiing
52Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)영국yeong guk Billy Morgan [12] Snowboarding
53Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)오스트레일리아o seu teu re il ri a Jarryd Hughes [13] Snowboarding
54Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)오스트리아o seu teu ri a Madeleine Egle Luge
55Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia  (OAR)러시아 출신 올림픽 선수reo si a chul sin ol lim pik seon suPOCOG VolunteerN/A
56Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)우즈베키스탄u jeu be ki seu tanPOCOG VolunteerN/A
57Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)우크라이나u keu ra i na Oleksandr Abramenko Freestyle skiing
58Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)이란i ranPOCOG VolunteerN/A
59Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)이탈리아i tal ri a Carolina Kostner Figure skating
60Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)이스라엘i seu ra el Itamar Biran Alpine skiing
61Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)인도in doPOCOG VolunteerN/A
62Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)일본il bon Nao Kodaira Speed skating
63Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)자메이카ja me i ka Carrie Russell Bobsleigh
64Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea  (PRK)조선민주주의인민공화국jo seon min ju ju ui in min gong hwa guk Kim Ju-sik Figure skating
65Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia  (GEO)조지아jo ji a Iason Abramashvili Alpine skiing
66Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)중국jung guk Wu Dajing [14] Short track speed skating
67Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)체코che ko Ester Ledecká Snowboarding
Alpine skiing
68Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)칠레chil re Claudia Salcedo Cross-country skiing
69Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)카자흐스탄ka ja heu seu tan Abzal Azhgaliyev Short track speed skating
70Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)캐나다kae na da Kim Boutin [15] Short track speed skating
71Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)케냐ke nyaPOCOG VolunteerN/A
72Unification flag of Korea (pre 2006).svg  Korea  (COR)코리아ko ri aPOCOG VolunteerN/A
73Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo  (KOS)코소보ko so bo Albin Tahiri Alpine skiing
74Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)콜롬비아kol rom bi a Michael Poettoz Alpine skiing
75Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)크로아티아keu ro a ti a Dražen Silić Bobsleigh
76Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan  (KGZ)키르기스스탄ki reu gi seu seu tan Evgeniy Timofeev Alpine skiing
77Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)키프로스ki peu ro seu Dinos Lefkaritis Alpine skiing
78Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)차이니스 타이베이cha i ni seu ta i be i Huang Yu-Ting Speed skating
79Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)태국tae guk Mark Chanloung Cross-country skiing
80Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)터키teo ki Hamza Dursun Cross-country skiing
81Flag of Togo.svg  Togo  (TOG)토고to go Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean Cross-country skiing
82Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga  (TGA)통가tong ga Pita Taufatofua Cross-country skiing
83Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan  (PAK)파키스탄pa ki seu tan Muhammad Karim Alpine skiing
84Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)포르투갈po reu tu gal Arthur Hanse Alpine skiing
85Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)폴란드pol ran deu Mateusz Luty Bobsleigh
86Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico  (PUR)푸에르토리코pu e reu to ri ko Charles Flaherty Alpine skiing
87Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)프랑스peu rang seu Gabriella Papadakis
Guillaume Cizeron [16]
Figure skating
88Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia  (MKD)구유고슬라비아 마케도니아 공화국gu yu go seul ra bi a ma ke do ni a gong hwa gukPOCOG VolunteerN/A
89Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)핀란드pin ran deu Mika Poutala
Speed skating
90Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines  (PHI)필리핀pil ri pin Asa Miller Alpine skiing
91Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)헝가리heong ga riPOCOG VolunteerN/A
92Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)홍콩 차이나hong kong cha i naPOCOG VolunteerN/A
93Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)대한민국dae han min guk Lee Seung-hoon Speed skating

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