2014 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations

During the Parade of Nations at the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, held beginning at 20:14 MST (UTC+4) on 7 February 2014, 88 athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations lead their national delegations as they paraded into the Fisht Olympic Stadium in the host city of Sochi, Russia.

2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony (2014-02-07)

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Athletes entered the stadium in an order dictated by tradition. As the originator of the Olympics, Greece entered first. As the host team, the Russian team entered last, per Olympic tradition and under standing ovation. The names of the nations were announced first in French, followed by English and finally Russian, the official languages of the Olympic movement and of the host nation, in accordance with tradition and IOC guidelines.[1] The nations entered in alphabetic order of their country names in Russian.

List

Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by country name, flag bearer's name, or flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the IOC.[2]

Order Nation Russian Romanisation Flag bearer Sport
1 Greece (GRE)ГрецияGretsiyaPanagiota Tsakiri[3]Cross-country skiing
2 Australia (AUS)АвстралияAvstraliyaAlex Pullin[4]Snowboarding
3 Austria (AUT)АвстрияAvstriyaMario Stecher[5]Nordic combined
4 Azerbaijan (AZE)АзербайджанAzerbaidzhanRahman Khalilov[6]Official
5 Albania (ALB)АлбанияAlbaniyaErjon Tola[7]Alpine skiing
6 Andorra (AND)АндорраAndorraMireia Gutierrez[2]Alpine skiing
7 Argentina (ARG)АргентинаArgentinaCristian Simari Birkner[8]Alpine skiing
8 Armenia (ARM)АрменияArmeniyaSergey Mikayelyan[9]Cross-country skiing
9 British Virgin Islands (IVB)Британские Виргинские островаBritanskiye Virginiskiye OstrovaPeter Crook[10]Freestyle skiing
10 Belarus (BLR)БеларусьBelarus'Aleksei Grishin[11]Freestyle skiing
11 Belgium (BEL)БельгияBel'giyaHanna Mariën[12]Bobsleigh
12 Bermuda (BER)БермудыBermudyTucker Murphy[2]Cross-country skiing
13 Bulgaria (BUL)БолгарияBolgariyaMaria Kirkova[13]Alpine skiing
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)Босния и ГерцеговинаBosniya i GertsegovinaŽana Novaković[14]Alpine skiing
15 Brazil (BRA)БразилияBraziliyaJaqueline Mourão[15]Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
16 Macedonia (MKD)Бывшая югославская Республика МакедонияByvshaya Yugoslavskaya Respublika MakedoniyaDarko Damjanovski[2]Cross-country skiing
17 Great Britain (GBR)ВеликобританияVelikobritaniyaJon Eley[16]Short track speed skating
18 Hungary (HUN)ВенгрияVengriyaBernadett Heidum[17]Short track speed skating
19 Venezuela (VEN)ВенесуэлаVenesuelaAntonio Jose Pardo Andretta[2]Alpine skiing
20 Virgin Islands (ISV)Виргинские острова, СШАVirginiskiye Ostrova, SShAJasmine Campbell[2]Alpine skiing
21 Germany (GER)ГерманияGermaniyaMaria Höfl-Riesch[18]Alpine skiing
22 Hong Kong (HKG)Гонконг, КитайGonkong, KitaiPan-To Barton Lui[19]Short track speed skating
23 Georgia (GEO)ГрузияGruziyaNino Tsiklauri[20]Alpine skiing
24 Denmark (DEN)ДанияDaniyaLene Nielsen[21]Curling
25 Dominica (DMA)ДоминикаDominikaGary di Silvestri[22]Cross-country skiing
26 Zimbabwe (ZIM)ЗимбабвеZimbabveLuke Steyn[2]Alpine skiing
27 Israel (ISR)ИзраильIzrail'Vladislav Bykanov[23]Short track speed skating
28 Iran (IRI)ИранIranHossein Saveh-Shemshaki[24]Alpine skiing
29 Ireland (IRL)ИрландияIrlandiyaConor Lyne[25]Alpine skiing
30 Iceland (ISL)ИсландияIslandiyaSævar Birgisson[26]Cross-country skiing
31 Spain (ESP)ИспанияIspaniyaJavier Fernández[27]Figure skating
32 Italy (ITA)ИталияItaliyaArmin Zöggeler[28]Luge
33 Kazakhstan (KAZ)КазахстанKazakhstanYerdos Akhmadiyev[29]Cross-country skiing
34 Cayman Islands (CAY)Каймановы островаKaimanovy OstrovaDow Travers[2]Alpine skiing
35 Canada (CAN)КанадаKanadaHayley Wickenheiser[30]Hockey
36 Cyprus (CYP)КипрKiprConstantinos Papamichael[2]Alpine skiing
37 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)КиргизияKirgiziyaDmitry Trelevski[2]Alpine skiing
38 China (CHN)КитайKitaiTong Jian[31]Figure skating
39 Latvia (LAT)ЛатвияLatviyaSandis Ozoliņš[32]Hockey
40 Lebanon (LIB)ЛиванLivanAlexandre Mohbat[2]Alpine skiing
41 Lithuania (LTU)ЛитваLitvaDeividas Stagniūnas[33]Figure skating
42 Liechtenstein (LIE)ЛихтенштейнLikhtenshteinTina Weirather[34]Alpine skiing
43 Luxembourg (LUX)ЛюксембургLyuksemburgKari Peters[2]Cross-country skiing
44 Malta (MLT)МальтаMal'taElise Pellegrin[35]Alpine skiing
45 Morocco (MAR)МароккоMarokkoAdam Lamhamedi[2]Alpine skiing
46 Mexico (MEX)МексикаMeksikaHubertus Von Hohenlohe[36]Alpine skiing
47 Moldova (MDA)МолдавияMoldaviaVictor Pinzaru[37]Cross-country skiing
48 Monaco (MON)МонакоMonakoOlivier Jenot[38]Alpine skiing
49 Mongolia (MGL)МонголияMongoliyaBold Byambadorj[2]Cross-country skiing
50 Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)Независимые олимпийские участникиNezavisimye Olimpiskiye UchastnikiVolunteer from SOCOG[2]–
51 Nepal (NEP)НепалNepalDachhiri Sherpa[2]Cross-country skiing
52 Netherlands (NED)НидерландыNiderlandyJorien ter Mors[39]Short track speed skating
Speed skating
53 New Zealand (NZL)Новая ЗеландияNovaya ZelandiyaShane Dobbin[40]Speed skating
54 Norway (NOR)НорвегияNorvegiyaAksel Lund Svindal[41]Alpine skiing
55 Pakistan (PAK)ПакистанPakistanMuhammad Karim[2]Alpine skiing
56 Paraguay (PAR)ПарагвайParagvaiJulia Marino[42]Freestyle skiing
57 Peru (PER)ПеруPeruRoberto Carcelen[43]Cross-country skiing
58 Poland (POL)ПольшаPol'shaDawid Kupczyk[44]Bobsleigh
59 Portugal (POR)ПортугалияPortugaliyaArthur Hanse[45]Alpine skiing
60 South Korea (KOR)Республика КореяRespublika KoreyaLee Kyou-Hyuk[46]Speed skating
61 Romania (ROU)РумынияRumyniyaÉva Tófalvi[47]Biathlon
62 San Marino (SMR)Сан-МариноSan-MarinoVincenzo Michelotti[48]Alpine skiing
63 Serbia (SRB)СербияSerbiyaMilanko Petrović[49]Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
64 Slovakia (SVK)СловакияSlovakiyaZdeno Chára[50]Hockey
65 Slovenia (SLO)СловенияSloveniyaTomaž Razingar[51]Hockey
66 United States (USA)Соединенные Штаты АмерикиSoyedinennye Shtaty AmerikiTodd Lodwick[52]Nordic combined
67 Tajikistan (TJK)ТаджикистанTadzhikistanAlisher Kudratov[53]Alpine skiing
68 Thailand (THA)ТаиландThailandKanes Sucharitakul[2]Alpine skiing
69 Chinese Taipei (TPE)Китайский ТайбэйKitaiskii TaibeiSung Ching-yang[2]Speed skating
70 East Timor (TLS)Тимор-ЛестеTimor-LesteYohan Goutt Goncalves[54]Alpine skiing
71 Togo (TOG)ТогоTogoMathilde-Amivi Petitjean[2]Cross-country skiing
72 Tonga (TGA)ТонгаTongaBruno Banani[2]Luge
73 Turkey (TUR)ТурцияTurtsiyaAlper Uçar[55]Figure skating
74 Uzbekistan (UZB)УзбекистанUzbekistanKseniya Grigoreva[2]Alpine skiing
75 Ukraine (UKR)УкраинаUkrainaValentina Shevchenko[56]Cross-country skiing
76 Philippines (PHI)ФилиппиныFilippinyMichael Christian Martinez[2]Figure skating
77 Finland (FIN)ФинляндияFinlyandiyaEnni Rukajärvi[57]Snowboarding
78 France (FRA)ФранцияFrantsiyaJason Lamy-Chappuis[58]Nordic combined
79 Croatia (CRO)ХорватияHorvatiyaIvica Kostelić[59]Alpine skiing
80 Montenegro (MNE)ЧерногорияChernogoriyaTarik Hadžić[60]Alpine skiing
81 Czech Republic (CZE)ЧехияChekhiyaŠárka Strachová[61]Alpine skiing
82 Chile (CHI)ЧилиChiliDominique Ohaco[62]Freestyle skiing
83 Switzerland (SUI)ШвейцарияShveitsariyaSimon Ammann[63]Ski jumping
84 Sweden (SWE)ШвецияShvetsiyaAnders Södergren[64]Cross-country skiing
85 Estonia (EST)ЭстонияEstoniyaIndrek Tobreluts[65]Biathlon
86 Jamaica (JAM)ЯмайкаYamaikaMarvin Dixon[66]Bobsleigh
87 Japan (JPN)ЯпонияYaponiyaAyumi Ogasawara[67]Curling
88 Russia (RUS)РоссияRossiyaAlexandr Zubkov[68]Bobsleigh

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