2018 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations

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2018 Winter Paralympics

During the 2018 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, beginning at 20:00 KST (UTC+9) on 9 March 2018, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in the host city of Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Background

All teams entered in alphabetical order based on the names of countries in the Korean language, except host nation South Korea, marched last. The collation method used is based on the names as written in Hangul, the Korean alphabet. The names of the nations were announced English and Korean, the official languages of the Paralympic movement and the host nation, in accordance with traditional and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) guidelines.

Whilst most countries entered under their short names, a few entered under more formal or alternative names, sometimes due to political or naming disputes. North Korean and South Korean teams marched on their own, after the leaders of both Koreas failed to arrange for both teams to march together in the opening ceremony.[1] After a Russian state-sponsored doping program was exposed following the 2014 Winter Paralympics, the Russian Paralympic Committee was suspended, and selected athletes were allowed to compete neutrally under the IOC designation of "Neutral Paralympic Athletes" (패럴림픽 중립 선수), under 중. In addition, the United States, Iran, North Korea, China and South Korea all entered under their formal names, respectively the "United States of America", "Islamic Republic of Iran", "Democratic People's Republic of Korea", "People's Republic of China" and "Republic of Korea".

A record of 49 nations entered the stadium with a combined total of 569 athletes. Three nations made their Winter Paralympic debut, namely Georgia, North Korea and Tajikistan.

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 and flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the IPC.[2]

Order Nation Hangul Roman Transliteration Flag bearer Sport
1  Greece 그리스 geu ri seu Konstantinos Petrakis Snowboarding
2  Netherlands 네덜란드 ne deol ran deu Bibian Mentel-Spee Snowboarding
3  Norway 노르웨이 no reu we i Birgit Skarstein Cross-country skiing
4  New Zealand 뉴질랜드 nyu jil raen deu Corey Peters Alpine skiing
5  Denmark 덴마크 den ma keu Daniel Wagner Snowboarding
6  Germany 독일 dok il Andrea Eskau Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
7  Romania 루마니아 ru ma ni a Mihaita Papara Snowboarding
8  Mexico 멕시코 mek si ko Arly Velásquez Alpine skiing
9  Mongolia 몽골 mong gol Ganbold Batmunkh Cross-country skiing
10  United States 미국 mi guk Mike Schultz Snowboarding
11  Belgium 벨기에 bel gi e Eléonor Sana Alpine skiing
12  Belarus 벨라루스 bel ra ru seu Liudmila Vauchok Cross-country skiing
13  Bosnia and Herzegovina 보스니아 헤르체고비나 bo seu ni a he reu che go bi na Ilma Kazazić Alpine skiing
14  Bulgaria 불가리아 bul ga ri a Svetoslav Georgiev Cross-country skiing
15  Brazil 브라질 beu ra jil Aline Dos Santos Rocha Cross-country skiing
16  Serbia 세르비아 se reu bi a Miloš Zarić Cross-country skiing
17  Sweden 스웨덴 seu we den Ronny Persson Wheelchair curling
18  Switzerland 스위스 seu wi seu Felix Wagner Wheelchair curling
19  Spain 스페인 seu pe in Astrid Fina Snowboarding
20  Slovakia 슬로바키아 seul ro ba ki a Henrieta Farkašová & Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing
21  Slovenia 슬로베니아 seul ro be ni a Jernej Slivnik Alpine skiing
22  Armenia 아르메니아 a reu me ni a Stasik Nazaryan Cross-country skiing
23  Argentina 아르헨티나 a reu hen ti na Enrique Plantey Alpine skiing
24  Iceland 아이슬란드 a i seul ran deu Hilmar Snaer Ovarsson Alpine skiing
25  Andorra 안도라 an do ra Roger Puig Davi Alpine skiing
26  Great Britain 영국 yeong guk Owen Pick Snowboarding
27  Australia 오스트레일리아 o seu teu re il ri a Joany Badenhorst Snowboarding
28  Austria 오스트리아 o seu teu ri a Claudia Loesch Alpine skiing
29  Uzbekistan 우즈베키스탄 u jeu be ki seu tan Yokutkhon Kholbekova Cross-country skiing
30  Ukraine 우크라이나 u keu ra i na Vitaliy Lukyanenko Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
31  Iran 이란 i ran Elaheh Gholifallah Cross-country skiing
32  Italy 이탈리아 i tal ri a Florian Planker Para ice hockey
33  Japan 일본 il bon Momoka Muraoka Alpine skiing
34  North Korea 조선민주주의인민공화국 jo seon min ju ju ui in min gong hwa guk Kim Jong-hyon Cross-country skiing
35  Georgia 조지아 jo ji a Temuri Dadiani Cross-country skiing
36  China 중국 jung guk Peng Yuanyuan Cross-country skiing
37  Neutral Paralympic Athletes 패럴림픽 중립 선수 pae reol lim pik jung nip seon su POCOG Volunteer N/A
38  Czech Republic 체코 che ko Miroslav Hrbek Para ice hockey
39  Chile 칠레 chil re Diego Seguel Alpine skiing
40  Kazakhstan 카자흐스탄 ka ja heu seu tan Kairat Kanafin Cross-country skiing
41  Canada 캐나다 kae na da Brian McKeever Cross-country skiing
42  Croatia 크로아티아 keu ro a ti a Eva Goluza Alpine skiing
43  Tajikistan 타지키스탄 ta ji ki seu tan Siyovush Ilyasov Cross-country skiing
44  Turkey 터키 teo ki Mehmet Çekiç Alpine skiing
45  Poland 폴란드 pol ran deu Kamil Rosiek Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
46  France 프랑스 peu rang seu Marie Bochet Alpine skiing
47  Finland 핀란드 pin ran deu Matti Suur-Hamari Snowboarding
48  Hungary 헝가리 heong ga ri Zsolt Balogh Alpine skiing
49  South Korea 대한민국 dae han min guk Sin Eui-hyun Biathlon
Cross-country skiing

References

  1. ^ "'Flag dispute' halts joint Korean march". BBC News. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ^ "PyeongChang 2018: Flag bearers revealed". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 9 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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