1988 Winter Olympics national flag bearers

During the Parade of Nations section of the 1988 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from the participating countries marched into the arena. Each delegation was led by a flag bearer and a sign with the name of the country on it. The Parade of Nations was organized in English, one of the official languages in Canada. As tradition dictates, Greece led the parade and Canada was the last to march to the stadium as the host nation. Organizers played Happy Birthday to You during Australia's team march as a homage to Australia which was celebrating Bicentenary event at that time.

List

Order	Nation	Flag bearer	Sport
1	Greece (GRE)	Thomai Lefousi	Alpine skiing
2	Andorra (AND)	Claudina Rossell	Alpine skiing
3	Argentina (ARG)	Julio Moreschi	Cross-country skiing
4	Australia (AUS)	Michael Richmond	Speed skating
5	Austria (AUT)	Leonhard Stock	Alpine skiing
6	Belgium (BEL)	Katrien Pauwels	Figure skating
7	Bolivia (BOL)	Guillermo Avilapaz	Alpine skiing
8	Bulgaria (BUL)	Vladimir Velitchkov	Biathlon
9	Chile (CHI)	Nils Linneberg	Alpine skiing
10	China (CHN)	Zhang Zhubin	Figure skating
11	Costa Rica (CRC)	Arturo Kinch	Alpine skiing
12	Cyprus (CYP)	Karolina Fotiadou	Alpine skiing
13	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Jiří Parma	Ski jumping
14	North Korea (PRK)	Ri Im-bin	Speed skating
15	Denmark (DEN)	Lars Dresler	Figure skating
16	West Germany (FRG)	Peter Angerer	Biathlon
17	Fiji (FIJ)	Rusiate Rogoyawa	Cross-country skiing
18	Finland (FIN)	Pertti Niittylä	Speed skating
19	France (FRA)	Catherine Quittet	Alpine skiing
20	East Germany (GDR)	Frank-Peter Roetsch	Biathlon
21	Great Britain (GBR)	Nick Phipps	Bobsleigh
22	Guam (GUM)	Judd Bankert	Biathlon
23	Guatemala (GUA)	Alfredo Rego	Alpine skiing
24	Hungary (HUN)	Attila Tóth	Figure skating
25	Iceland (ISL)	Einar Ólafsson	Cross-country skiing
26	India (IND)	Kishor Rahtna Rai	Alpine skiing
27	Italy (ITA)	Paul Hildgartner	Luge
28	Jamaica (JAM)	Dudley Stokes	Bobsleigh
29	Japan (JPN)	Seiko Hashimoto	Speed skating
30	South Korea (KOR)	Hong Kun-pyo	Cross-country skiing
31	Lebanon (LIB)	Michel Samen
32	Liechtenstein (LIE)	Andreas Wenzel	Alpine skiing
33	Luxembourg (LUX)	Armand Wagener
34	Mexico (MEX)	Ricardo Olavarrieta	Figure skating
35	Monaco (MON)	Albert II, Prince of Monaco	Bobsleigh
36	Mongolia (MGL)	Enkhee Davaagiin	Cross-country skiing
37	Morocco (MAR)	Mustapha Naitlhou	Non-competitor
38	Netherlands (NED)	Jan Ykema	Speed skating
39	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	Bart Carpentier Alting	Luge
40	New Zealand (NZL)	Simon Wi Rutene	Alpine skiing
41	Norway (NOR)	Oddvar Brå	Cross-country skiing
42	Philippines (PHI)	Raymund Ocampo	Luge
43	Poland (POL)	Henryk Gruth	Ice hockey
44	Portugal (POR)	Antonio Reis	Bobsleigh
45	Puerto Rico (PUR)	Mary Pat Wilson	Alpine skiing
46	Romania (ROU)	Dorin Degan	Bobsleigh
47	San Marino (SMR)	Nicola Ercolani	Alpine skiing
48	Spain (ESP)	Ainhoa Ibarra	Alpine skiing
49	Sweden (SWE)	Thomas Wassberg	Cross-country skiing
50	Switzerland (SUI)	Michela Figini	Alpine skiing
51	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Chen Chin-san	Bobsleigh
52	Turkey (TUR)	Abdullah Yılmaz	Cross-country skiing
53	Soviet Union (URS)	Andrey Bukin	Figure Skating
54	United States (USA)	Lyle Nelson	Biathlon
55	Virgin Islands (ISV)	Seba Johnson	Alpine skiing
56	Yugoslavia (YUG)	Bojan Krizaj	Alpine skiing
57	Canada (CAN)	Brian Orser	Figure Skating

External links

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