List of flag bearers for Panama at the Olympics

Panama at the Olympics
IOC code	PAN
NOC	Comité Olímpico de Panamá
Website	www.copanama.com  (in Spanish)
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
Summer appearances
1928 1932–1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Panama at the Olympics. ^{[1] [2]} Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Panama competed for the first time in the Olympic Games at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ^[3] Their next appearance was at the 1948 Summer Olympics and they have participated in almost every Summer Olympics since, with the exceptions of Melbourne 1956 and Moscow 1980. ^[3] Panama has never competed in a Winter Olympics. ^[3]

#	Event year	Season	Flag bearer	Sport	Reference
1	1928	Summer	Adán Gordón	Swimming	[2]
2	1948	Summer
3	1952	Summer	Carlos Chávez	Weightlifting	[ citation needed ]
4	1960	Summer
5	1964	Summer	Lorraine Dunn	Athletics	[ citation needed ]
6	1968	Summer	Julio Osorio	Basketball	[2]
7	1972	Summer	Donaldo Arza	Athletics
8	1976	Summer
9	1984	Summer	José Díaz López	Weightlifting	[2]
10	1988	Summer	Manuel Gutiérrez	Swimming
11	1992	Summer
12	1996	Summer	Eileen Coparropa	Swimming	[2]
13	2000	Summer	Eileen Coparropa	Swimming
14	2004	Summer	Eileen Coparropa	Swimming
15	2008	Summer	Jesika Jiménez	Fencing
16	2012	Summer	Irving Saladino	Athletics
17	2016	Summer	Alonso Edward	Athletics
18	2020	Summer	Atheyna Bylon	Boxing	[4]
			Alonso Edward	Athletics
19	2024	Summer	Franklin Archibold	Cycling	[5]
			Hillary Heron	Gymnastics

See also

• Panama at the Olympics

References

1. Panama. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
2. "Flagbearers for Panama". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 6 December 2023.
3. "Panama (PAN)". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 6 December 2023.
4. "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC . Retrieved 1 May 2022.
5. "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC . Retrieved 27 July 2024.