2002 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations

During the Parade of Nations portion of the 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded in the arena, preceded by their flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country.^[1]^[2]^[3] Costa Rica did not march in the parade, but still competed in the Games.^[4]

List[edit]

Order	Nation	Flag bearer	Sport
1	Greece (GRE)	Lefteris Fafalis	Cross country
2	Andorra (AND)	Victor Gómez	Alpine skiing
3	Argentina (ARG)	Cristian Javier Simari Birkner	Alpine skiing
4	Armenia (ARM)	Arsen Harutyunyan	Alpine skiing
5	Australia (AUS)	Adrian Costa	Freestyle skiing
6	Austria (AUT)	Angelika Neuner	Luge
7	Azerbaijan (AZE)	Sergei Rylov	Figure skating
8	Belarus (BLR)	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Biathlon
9	Belgium (BEL)	Simon Van Vossel	Short track
10	Bermuda (BER)	Patrick Singleton	Luge
11	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	Enis Bećirbegović	Alpine skiing
12	Brazil (BRA)	Mirella Arnhold	Alpine skiing
13	Bulgaria (BUL)	Stefan Georgiev	Alpine skiing
14	Cameroon (CMR)	Isaac Menyoli	Cross country
15	Canada (CAN)	Catriona Le May Doan	Speed skating
16	Chile (CHI)	Anita Irarrázabal	Alpine skiing
17	People's Republic of China (CHN)	Zhang Min	Figure skating
18	Croatia (CRO)	Janica Kostelic	Alpine skiing
19	Cyprus (CYP)	Theodoros Christodoulou	Alpine skiing
20	Czech Republic (CZE)	Ales Valenta	Freestyle skiing
21	Denmark (DEN)	Ulrik Schmidt	Curling
22	Estonia (EST)	Allar Levandi	Nordic Combined
23	Fiji (FIJ)	Laurence Thoms	Alpine skiing
24	Finland (FIN)	Toni Nieminen	Ski jumping
25	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MKD)	Jana Nikolovska	Alpine skiing
26	France (FRA)	Carole Montillet	Alpine skiing
27	Georgia (GEO)	Sofia Akhmeteli	Alpine skiing
28	Germany (GER)	Hilde Gerg	Alpine skiing
29	Great Britain (GBR)	Michael Dixon	Biathlon
30	Hong Kong, China (HKG)	Cordia Tsoi	Short track
31	Hungary (HUN)	Krisztina Egyed	Speed skating
32	Iceland (ISL)	Dagny Linda Kristjansdottir	Alpine skiing
33	India (IND)	Shiva Keshavan	Luge
34	Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI)	Bagher Kalhor	Alpine skiing
35	Ireland (IRL)	Tamsen McGarry	Alpine skiing
36	Israel (ISR)	Galit Chait	Ice dancing
37	Italy (ITA)	Isolde Kostner	Alpine skiing
38	Jamaica (JAM)	Winston Watt	Bobsleigh
39	Japan (JPN)	Eriko Sanmiya	Speed skating
40	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Radik Bikchantayev	Speed skating
41	Kenya (KEN)	Philip Boit	Cross country
42	Korea (KOR)	Hur Seung-wook	Alpine skiing
43	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	Dmitry Chvykov	Ski jumping
44	Latvia (LAT)	Harijs Vītoliņš	Ice hockey
45	Lebanon (LIB)	Chirine Njeim	Alpine skiing
46	Liechtenstein (LIE)	Marco Buchel	Alpine skiing
47	Lithuania (LTU)	Ricardas Panavas	Cross country
48	Mexico (MEX)	Roberto Tamés	Bobsleigh
49	Republic of Moldova (MDA)	Ion Bucsa	Cross country
50	Monaco (MON)	Jean-François Calmes	Bobsleigh
51	Mongolia (MGL)	Jargalyn Erdenetülkhüür	Cross country
52	Nepal (NEP)	Jay Khadka	Cross country
53	Netherlands (NED)	Nicolien Sauerbreij	Snowboard
54	New Zealand (NZL)	Angela Paul	Luge
55	Norway (NOR)	Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poiree	Biathlon
56	Poland (POL)	Mariusz Siudek	Figure skating
57	Puerto Rico (PUR)	Manuel Repollet	Bobsleigh
58	Romania (ROM)	Éva Tófalvi	Biathlon
59	Russian Federation (RUS)	Alexei Prokourorov	Cross country
60	San Marino (SMR)	Gian Matteo Giordani	Alpine skiing
61	Slovakia (SVK)	Róbert Petrovický	Ice hockey
62	Slovenia (SLO)	Dejan Košir	Snowboard
63	South Africa (RSA)	Alex Heath	Alpine skiing
64	Spain (ESP)	Íker Fernández	Snowboard
65	Sweden (SWE)	Magdalena Forsberg	Biathlon
66	Switzerland (SUI)	Gian Simmen	Alpine skiing
67	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Lin Chui-bin	Luge
68	Tajikistan (TJK)	Gafar Mirzoyev	Official
69	Thailand (THA)	Prawat Nagvajara	Cross country
70	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	Gregory Sun	Bobsleigh
71	Turkey (TUR)	Atakan Alaftargil	Alpine skiing
72	Ukraine (UKR)	Olena Petrova	Biathlon
73	Uzbekistan (UZB)	Komil Urunbayev	Alpine skiing
74	Venezuela (VEN)	Iginia Boccalandro	Luge
75	Virgin Islands (ISV)	Dinah Browne	Luge
76	Yugoslavia (YUG)	Jelena Lolović	Alpine skiing
77	United States of America (USA)	Amy Peterson	Short track

References[edit]

^ "The XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City" (PDF). Olympic.org. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
^ "Salt Lake 2002 Legacy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
^ "salt-lake-city-2002-winter-olympics".
^ "Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

[1] "The XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City" (PDF). Olympic.org. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

[2] "Salt Lake 2002 Legacy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2015-05-20.

[3] "salt-lake-city-2002-winter-olympics".

[IOC2002-4] "Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

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