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. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, and behind them marched all the athletes, without any distinction or grouping by nationality. The blending of all the athletes is a tradition that dates from the 1956 Summer Olympics, after a suggestion by Australian-born British student John Ian Wing, who thought it would be a way of bringing the athletes of the world together as "one nation." 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.
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. This table is sortable by country name in English, country name in Korean, the flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport. Names are given as were officially designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[1][2]
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References
- ↑ "Closing Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ "The Flagbearers for the PyeongChang 2018 Closing Ceremony". International Olympic Committee. 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
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- ↑ "PyeongChang 2018: Snorri fánaberi". The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ↑ "Brendan 'Bubba' Newby confirmed as Ireland's flagbearer for Winter Olympics closing ceremony". Evening Echo. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ↑ "Winter Olympics: Billy Morgan to carry Great Britain flag at closing ceremony". BBC Sport. 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ↑ "Jarryd Hughes to carry the flag for Australia at Pyeongchang closing ceremony". ABC News. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ↑ "中国代表团冬奥闭幕式旗手确定：武大靖获殊荣". sina.com (in Chinese). 24 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ↑ "Kim Boutin named Canada's flag-bearer for closing ceremony". CBC Olympics. 24 February 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ↑ "Cérémonie de clôture : M.Fourcade honore G.Papadakis et G.Cizeron". FranceOlympique.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-24.