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The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted in the official order of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), even though nations appeared in no particular order in the parade of nations, not all of the National Olympic Committees were able to select a flag bearer for the closing ceremony, a games volunteer was represented instead.
Below is a list of parading teams, the boats on which they travelled, and their announced flag bearer(s), in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by team name, flag bearer's name, and flag bearer's sport. The IOC named the final list of flagbearers on 26 July 2024. [4]
During the Parade of Nations within the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, which took place on 23 July 2021, athletes and officials from each participating team entered the Olympic Stadium preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer will have been chosen either by the team's National Olympic Committee or by the ...
Katie Ledecky, a two-time gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has been chosen by Team USA as one of two athletes to carry the flag at the Closing Ceremony. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson ...
It's considered an honor to be chosen for the duty at the Games, and for years there was just one flag bearer per nation. In a tradition that began at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago ...
The controversy began at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London where flag bearers were expected to dip the flag to Edward VII on two occasions. Research by the International Society of Olympic Historians concluded that the flag bearer was Ralph Rose and that he might not have dipped the flag to the British King on one of those occasions in support ...
LeBron James will be one of Team USA's two flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics this Friday.. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced Monday that James, who ...
The Olympic Charter states that the Olympic flag must "fly for the entire duration of the Olympic Games from a flagpole placed in a prominent position in the main stadium". [33] At most games, the flag has been carried into the stadium by prominent athletes of the host nation. Following the changes made during the 112th IOC Session held in 2001 ...