2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers

During the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the flag bearers of 205 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into the main Olympic Stadium. The flags of each country were not necessarily carried by the same flag bearer as in the opening ceremony.

Countries and flagbearers

The parade of all 205 National Olympic Committee flags in the closing ceremony

Below is a list of all parading countries with their announced flag bearer, sorted in the order in which they appeared in the parade. This is sortable by country name under which they entered, 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]

No. Country Flag bearer Sport
1 Greece (GRE)Spyridon GianniotisSwimming
2 Afghanistan (AFG)Rohullah NikpaiTaekwondo
3 Albania (ALB)Romela BegajWeightlifting
4 Algeria (ALG)Taoufik MakhloufiAthletics
5 American Samoa (ASA)Ching Maou WeiSwimming
6 Andorra (AND)Antoni BernadóAthletics
7 Angola (ANG)Marcelina KialaHandball
8 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)Karin O'ReillySwimming
9 Argentina (ARG)Sebastián CrismanichTaekwondo
10 Armenia (ARM)Arsen JulfalakyanWrestling
11 Aruba (ARU)Jayme MataJudo
12 Australia (AUS)Malcolm PageSailing
13 Austria (AUT)Beate SchrottAthletics
14 Azerbaijan (AZE)Toghrul AsgarovWrestling
15 Bahamas (BAH)Chandra SturrupAthletics
16 Bahrain (BRN)LOCOG – Games Maker
17 Bangladesh (BAN)LOCOG – Games Maker
18 Barbados (BAR)Kyle MaxwellJudo
19 Belarus (BLR)Raman PiatrushenkaCanoeing
20 Belgium (BEL)Lionel CoxShooting
21 Belize (BIZ)Kenneth MedwoodAthletics
22 Benin (BEN)Jacob GnahouiJudo
23 Bermuda (BER)Flora DuffyTriathlon
24 Bhutan (BHU)Sherab ZamArchery
25 Bolivia (BOL)Claudia BalderramaAthletics
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)Kemal MešićAthletics
27 Botswana (BOT)Oteng OtengBoxing
28 Brazil (BRA)Esquiva FalcãoBoxing
29 British Virgin Islands (IVB)Tahesia HarriganAthletics
30 Brunei (BRU)Anderson LimSwimming
31 Bulgaria (BUL)Stanka ZlatevaWrestling
32 Burkina Faso (BUR)Angelika OuedraogoSwimming
33 Burundi (BDI)Diane NukuriAthletics
34 Cambodia (CAM)Sorn DavinTaekwondo
35 Cameroon (CMR)Annabelle AliWrestling
36 Canada (CAN)Christine Sinclair[2]Football
37 Cape Verde (CPV)Ruben SançaAthletics
38 Cayman Islands (CAY)Ronald ForbesAthletics
39 Central African Republic (CAF)David BouiTaekwondo
40 Chad (CHA)Hinikissia NdikertAthletics
41 Chile (CHI)Paris InostrozaFencing
42 China (CHN)Xu LijiaSailing
43 Colombia (COL)Mariana PajónCycling
44 Comoros (COM)Maoulida DarouecheAthletics
45 Republic of the Congo (CGO)Aminata Aboubakar YacoubSwimming
46 Cook Islands (COK)Luisa PetersWeightlifting
47 Costa Rica (CRC)Gabriela TrañaAthletics
48 Ivory Coast (CIV)Philippe KouassiArchery
49 Croatia (CRO)Damir MartinRowing
50 Cuba (CUB)Mijaín LópezWrestling
51 Cyprus (CYP)Chrystalleni TrikomitiGymnastics
52 Czech Republic (CZE)Barbora ŠpotákováAthletics
53 North Korea (PRK)Ri Jong-MyongWrestling
54 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)Cédric MandemboJudo
55 Denmark (DEN)Allan NørregaardSailing
56 Djibouti (DJI)Yasmin FarahTable tennis
57 Dominica (DMA)Luan GabrielAthletics
58 Dominican Republic (DOM)Félix SánchezAthletics
59 Ecuador (ECU)César de CesareCanoeing
60 Egypt (EGY)Tamer BayoumiTaekwondo
61 El Salvador (ESA)Melissa MikecShooting
62 Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)Bibiana OlamaAthletics
63 Eritrea (ERI)Zersenay HabteselassieAthletics
64 Estonia (EST)Heiki NabiWrestling
65 Ethiopia (ETH)Tirunesh DibabaAthletics
66 Fiji (FIJ)Leslie CopelandAthletics
67 Finland (FIN)Antti RuuskanenAthletics
68 Macedonia (MKD)Kristijan EfremovAthletics
69 France (FRA)Laura Flessel-ColovicFencing
70 Gabon (GAB)Ruddy Zang MilamaAthletics
71 The Gambia (GAM)Suwaibou SannehAthletics
72 Georgia (GEO)Lasha ShavdatuashviliJudo
73 Germany (GER)Kristof WilkeRowing
74 Ghana (GHA)Maxwell AmponsahBoxing
75 Grenada (GRN)Neisha Bernard-ThomasAthletics
76 Guam (GUM)Ricardo Blas, Jr.Judo
77 Guatemala (GUA)Erick BarrondoAthletics
78 Guinea (GUI)Facinet KeitaJudo
79 Guinea-Bissau (GBS)Augusto MidanaWrestling
80 Guyana (GUY)Aliann PompeyAthletics
81 Haiti (HAI)Marlena WeshAthletics
82 Honduras (HON)Karen VilorioSwimming
83 Hong Kong (HKG)Tang PengTable tennis
84 Hungary (HUN)Krisztián ParsAthletics
85 Iceland (ISL)Ragna IngólfsdóttirBadminton
86 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)LOCOG – Games Maker
87 India (IND)Mary KomBoxing
88 Indonesia (INA)LOCOG – Games Maker
89 Iran (IRI)Komeil GhasemiWrestling
90 Iraq (IRQ)Ali SalmanWrestling
91 Ireland (IRL)Darren O'NeillBoxing
92 Israel (ISR)Neta RivkinGymnastics
93 Italy (ITA)Daniele MolmentiCanoeing
94 Jamaica (JAM)Hansle ParchmentAthletics
95 Japan (JPN)Saori YoshidaWrestling
96 Jordan (JOR)Mohammad Abu-LibdehTaekwondo
97 Kazakhstan (KAZ)Serik SapiyevBoxing
98 Kenya (KEN)David RudishaAthletics
99 Kiribati (KIR)David KatoatauWeightlifting
100 South Korea (KOR)Song Dae-NamJudo
101 Kuwait (KUW)LOCOG – Games Maker
102 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)Bekzat OsmonalievWeightlifting
103 Laos (LAO)Kilakone SiphonexayAthletics
104 Latvia (LAT)Ineta RadēvičaAthletics
105 Lebanon (LIB)Andrea PaoliTaekwondo
106 Lesotho (LES)Mosito LehataAthletics
107 Liberia (LBR)Phobay Kutu-AkoiAthletics
108 Libya (LBA)Hala GezahAthletics
109 Liechtenstein (LIE)Julia HasslerSwimming
110 Lithuania (LTU)Jevgenij ShuklinCanoeing
111 Luxembourg (LUX)Laurent CarnolSwimming
112 Madagascar (MAD)Fetra RatsimizivaJudo
113 Malawi (MAW)Mike TebuloAthletics
114 Malaysia (MAS)Pandelela RinongDiving
115 Maldives (MDV)Azneem AhmedAthletics
116 Mali (MLI)Rahmatou DraméAthletics
117 Malta (MLT)Diane BorgAthletics
118 Marshall Islands (MHL)Giordan HarrisSwimming
119 Mauritania (MTN)LOCOG – Games Maker
120 Mauritius (MRI)Natacha RigobertBeach volleyball
121 Mexico (MEX)María EspinozaTaekwondo
122 Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)Debra DanielSwimming
123 Moldova (MDA)Zalina MarghievaAthletics
124 Monaco (MON)Damien DespratSailing
125 Mongolia (MGL)Nyambayaryn TögstsogtBoxing
126 Montenegro (MNE)Bojana PopovićHandball
127 Morocco (MAR)Wiam DislamTaekwondo
128 Mozambique (MOZ)Kurt CoutoAthletics
129 Myanmar (MYA)LOCOG – Games Maker
130 Namibia (NAM)Sem ShilimelaWrestling
131 Nauru (NRU)Itte DetenamoWeightlifting
132 Nepal (NEP)Prasiddha Jung ShahSwimming
133 Netherlands (NED)Ranomi KromowidjojoSwimming
134 New Zealand (NZL)Mahé Drysdale[3]Rowing
135 Nicaragua (NCA)Osmar BravoBoxing
136 Niger (NIG)Moustapha HimaBoxing
137 Nigeria (NGR)Sinivie BolticWrestling
138 Norway (NOR)Eirik Verås LarsenCanoeing
139 Oman (OMA)LOCOG – Games Maker
140 Pakistan (PAK)Sohail AbbasField hockey
141 Palau (PLW)Rodman TeltullAthletics
142 Palestine (PLE)Woroud SawalhaAthletics
143 Panama (PAN)Omar SimmondsJudo
144 Papua New Guinea (PNG)Steven KariWeightlifting
145 Paraguay (PAR)Ben HockinSwimming
146 Peru (PER)Inés MelchorAthletics
147 Philippines (PHI)Jasmine AlkhaldiSwimming
148 Poland (POL)Michał JelińskiRowing
149 Portugal (POR)Fernando PimentaCanoeing
150 Puerto Rico (PUR)Javier CulsonAthletics
151 Qatar (QAT)Mohammed BakhetAthletics
152 Romania (ROU)Sandra IzbașaGymnastics
153 Russia (RUS)Anastasia DavydovaSynchronized swimming
154 Rwanda (RWA)Adrien NiyonshutiCycling
155 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)Antoine AdamsAthletics
156 Saint Lucia (LCA)Levern SpencerAthletics
157 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)Courtney Carl WilliamsAthletics
158 Samoa (SAM)Kaino Thomsen-FuatagaTaekwondo
159 San Marino (SMR)Alessandra PerilliShooting
160 São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)Lecabela QuaresmaAthletics
161 Saudi Arabia (KSA)Yousef AhmedAthletics
162 Senegal (SEN)Hortense DiédhiouJudo
163 Serbia (SRB)Milica MandićTaekwondo
164 Seychelles (SEY)Lissa LabicheAthletics
165 Sierra Leone (SLE)Ibrahim TurayAthletics
166 Singapore (SIN)Colin ChengSailing
167 Slovakia (SVK)Danka BartekováShooting
168 Slovenia (SLO)Franka AnićTaekwondo
169 Solomon Islands (SOL)Tony LomoJudo
170 Somalia (SOM)Zamzam Mohamed FarahAthletics
171 South Africa (RSA)Oscar PistoriusAthletics
172 Spain (ESP)Saúl CraviottoCanoeing
173 Sri Lanka (SRI)Niluka KarunaratneBadminton
174 Sudan (SUD)Rabah YousifAthletics
175 Suriname (SUR)Kirsten NieuwendamAthletics
176 Swaziland (SWZ)Sibusiso MatsenjwaAthletics
177 Sweden (SWE)Fredrik Lööf[4]Sailing
178 Switzerland (SUI)Nicola SpirigTriathlon
179 Syria (SYR)Majed Aldin GhazalAthletics
180 Chinese Taipei (TPE)Tseng Li-ChengTaekwondo
181 Tajikistan (TJK)Mavzuna ChorievaBoxing
182 Tanzania (TAN)Zakia MrishoAthletics
183 Thailand (THA)Kaeo PongprayoonBoxing
184 East Timor (TLS)Juventina NapoleãoAthletics
185 Togo (TOG)Sacha DenanyohJudo
186 Tonga (TGA)Joseph Andy LuiAthletics
187 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)George BovellSwimming
188 Tunisia (TUN)Oussama MellouliSwimming
189 Turkey (TUR)Servet TazegülTaekwondo
190 Turkmenistan (TKM)LOCOG – Games Maker
191 Tuvalu (TUV)Asenate ManoaAthletics
192 Uganda (UGA)Ganzi MugulaSwimming
193 Ukraine (UKR)Oleksiy TorokhtiyWeightlifting
194 United Arab Emirates (UAE)LOCOG – Games Maker
195 United States (USA)Bryshon Nellum[5]Athletics
196 Uruguay (URU)Alejandro FogliaSailing
197 Uzbekistan (UZB)Abbos AtoevBoxing
198 Vanuatu (VAN)Nazario FiakaifonuJudo
199 Venezuela (VEN)Jessica LópezGymnastics
200 Vietnam (VIE)Le Huynh ChauTaekwondo
201 Virgin Islands (ISV)LaVerne Jones-FerretteAthletics
202 Yemen (YEM)Nabil Al-GarbiAthletics
203 Zambia (ZAM)Prince MumbaAthletics
204 Zimbabwe (ZIM)Cuthbert NyasangoAthletics
205 Great Britain (GBR)Ben AinslieSailing

References

  1. "London 2012 closing ceremony – Flag bearers" (PDF). International Olympic Committee (IOC). 12 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. Brady, Rachel (12 August 2012). "Christine Sinclair to carry Canadian flag at closing ceremony". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. "Olympics: Drysdale named as flag bearer". The New Zealand Herald. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  4. "Lööf svensk fanbärare på avslutningen". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 11 August 2012. Archived from the original on 12 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  5. Oddi, Vicky (10 August 2012). "Bryshon Nellum named U.S. flag bearer for closing ceremony". National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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