During the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China the flag bearers of 91 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into Beijing National Stadium on February 20. 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.
Athletes entered the stadium in an order dictated by the Olympic tradition. As the originator of the Olympics, the Greek flag bearer entered first. [1] The country that will host the next Winter Olympics, Italy, marched before the host nation China entered, instead of entering between New Zealand and Serbia, according to the Chinese collation order. [2]
Countries marched in order of the Chinese language. [3] The collation method used was based on the names as written in Simplified Chinese characters and is similar to that used in Chinese dictionaries. The names were sorted by the number of strokes in the first character of the name, then by the stroke order of the character (in the order 橫竖撇捺折, c.f. Wubi method), then the number of strokes and stroke order of the second character, then next character and so on. [4] For example, this placed San Marino (圣马力诺) in 28th position, just ahead of Kyrgyzstan (吉尔吉斯斯坦) because the initial character for "San Marino" ( 圣 ) is written in 5 strokes, while that for "Kyrgyzstan" ( 吉 ) is written in 6 strokes.
The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the sequence that each nation appeared in the Ceremony. [5] The names are given in their official designations by the IOC, and the Chinese names follow their official designations by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations was part of the opening ceremony that originating with the 1896 Olympic Games. The national team from each nation participating in the Olympic Games paraded behind their national flag into the Olympic Stadium. The flag bearer was an athlete of each national delegation chosen, to represent the athletes, either by the National Olympic Committee or by the national team.
Australia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Chile competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Greece competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. As the founding nation of the Olympic games and in keeping with tradition, Greece entered first during the opening ceremony. Greece has yet to win a medal in the Winter Olympics.
Iran competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Lebanon competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Luxembourg competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Mongolia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Mongolia's team consisted of two cross-country skiers. This marked the fifth straight Winter Olympics the nation had sent two cross-country skiers, who were Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh and Enkhtuul Ariunsanaa. The delegation's best finish in any event was 65th of 90 competitors by Achbadrakh in the Men's 15 km classical.
North Macedonia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Thailand competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Turkey competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
San Marino competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Uzbekistan competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Monaco competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
During the Parade of Nations within the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony on February 4, athletes and officials from each participating country marched in the Beijing National Stadium preceded by their flag and placard bearer bearing the respective country's name. Each flag bearer was chosen either by the nation's National Olympic Committee or by the team of athletes themselves.
The Republic of China, commonly known as "Taiwan", competed as Chinese Taipei at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China from 4 to 20 February 2022. Because of the political status of Taiwan and the One-China policy, the ROC national symbols will not be used as stipulated in the Nagoya Resolution in 1979 forcing the ROC athletes to compete under the Chinese Taipei moniker since 1984.
Kyrgyzstan competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Saudi Arabia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. This marked the country's Winter Olympics debut. Saudi Arabia's team consisted of one male alpine skier, Fayik Abdi.
Moldova competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
During the Parade of Nations within the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony on March 4, athletes and officials from each participating country marched in the Beijing National Stadium, preceded by their flag and placard bearer bearing the respective country's name. Each flag bearer was chosen either by the nation's National Olympic Committee or by the team of athletes themselves.
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