2014 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations was part of the opening ceremony at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The national team from each nation participating in the Olympic Games was preceded by their national flag flag bearer into Fisht Olympic Stadium in the host city of Sochi, Russia. The flag bearer was an athlete of each national delegation chosen, to represent the athletes, either by the National Olympic Committee or by the national team.

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

The order of the parade was by Olympic tradition with Greece, originator of the modern games, entering first. The host nation, Russia, entered last. The nations entered in Russian alphabetic order. As each national team entered their name was announced by IOC guidelines in the official languages and customs: French, then English and Russian.[1]

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]

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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)АзербайджанAzerbaydzhanRahman 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)Республика БеларусьRespublika Belarus'Aleksei Grishin[11]Freestyle skiing
11 Belgium (BEL)БельгияBel'giyaHanna Mariën[12]Bobsleigh
12 Bermuda (BER)Бермуды (Displayed)
Бермудские Острова (Announced)
Bermudy
Bermudsky Ostrovy
Tucker 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, KitayPan-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 островаKaymanovy OstrovaDow Travers[2]Alpine skiing
35 Canada (CAN)КанадаKanadaHayley Wickenheiser[30]Hockey
36 Cyprus (CYP)КипрKiprConstantinos Papamichael[2]Alpine skiing
37 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)КыргызстанKyrgyzstanDmitry Trelevski[2]Alpine skiing
38 China (CHN)Китайская Народная РеспубликаKitayskaya Narodnaya RespublikaTong 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)ЛихтенштейнLikhtenshteynTina 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)МолдоваMoldovaVictor 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 olimpiyskiye 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)ПарагвайParagvayJulia 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 АмерикиSoyedinennyye 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 ТайбэйKitayskiy TaybeySung Ching-yang[2]Speed skating
70 East Timor (TLS)Восточный ТиморVostochnyy TimorYohan Goutt Gonçalves[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)ХорватияKhorvatiyaIvica 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)ШвейцарияShveytsariyaSimon Ammann[63]Ski jumping
84 Sweden (SWE)ШвецияShvetsiyaAnders Södergren[64]Cross-country skiing
85 Estonia (EST)ЭстонияEstoniyaIndrek Tobreluts[65]Biathlon
86 Jamaica (JAM)ЯмайкаYamaykaMarvin Dixon[66]Bobsleigh
87 Japan (JPN)ЯпонияYaponiyaAyumi Ogasawara[67]Curling
88 Russia (RUS)Россия (Displayed)
Российская Федерация (Announced)
Rossiya
Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
Alexandr Zubkov[68]Bobsleigh
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