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At the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations of the 2012 London Olympics, athletes and officials from each participating country paraded into the Olympic Stadium preceded by their national flag to the sound of iconic British modern music. Each flag bearer was chosen by each nation's National Olympic Committee or by the delegation of athletes.
[1] [2] The flags of each country were not necessarily carried by the same flag bearer as in the opening ceremony. [3] Due to COVID-19 related protocols, athletes had to leave Japan within 48 hours from completion of their final event, [4] leaving some countries without representation during the closing ceremony. Flags of the countries without ...
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 ...
Interestingly, an upside down flag was at one point an apolitical gesture by sailors to signal distress. In the United States, though, flying the American flag upside down has evolved into a form ...
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.
During the Parade of Nations within the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes and officials from each participating team marched in the Maracanã Stadium preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the team's National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves.
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 ...
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 ...