1952 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations

During the Parade of Nations section of the 1952 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded into the arena. The Parade of Nations was organized according to the Finnish name of the country. Greece led the parade followed by the Netherlands Antilles. Other countries marched by following the Finnish alphabet, except the host country, Finland, which marched last. The athletes from British Guiana and the People's Republic of China were absent from the Parade of Nations, meaning only 67 nations participated in the parade.

List

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This table is sortable by country name (in Finnish), the flag bearer's name, and the flag bearer's sport.
Order Nation Finnish Flag bearer Sport
1   Greece (GRE) Kreikka Nikolaos Syllas Athletics
2   Netherlands Antilles (AHO) Alank Antillit Ergilio Hato Football
3   Argentina (ARG) Argentina Delfo Cabrera Athletics
4   Australia (AUS) Australia Mervyn Wood Rowing
5   Bahamas (BAH) Bahama Durward Knowles Sailing
6   Belgium (BEL) Belgia Charles Debeur Official
7   Bermuda (BER) Bermuda Chummy Hayward Official
8   Brazil (BRA) Brasilia Mário Jorge Basketball
9   Bulgaria (BUL) Bulgaria Boris Nikolov Boxing
10   Burma (BIR) Burma
11   Ceylon (CEY) Ceylon
12   Chile (CHI) Chile Adriana Millard Athletics
13   Egypt (EGY) Egypti Ahmed Fouad Nessim Water polo
14   Spain (ESP) Espanja Luis Omedes Rowing
15   South Africa (RSA) Etelä-Afrikka Schalk Booysen Athletics
16   Philippines (PHI) Filippiinit Ramon Campos Jr. Basketball
17   Guatemala (GUA) Guatemala Doroteo Flores[1] Athletics
18   Netherlands (NED) Hollanti Simon de Wit Official
19   Hong Kong (HKG) Hongkong Team official[2]
20   Indonesia (INA) Indonesia Habib Suharko Swimming
21   India (IND) Intia Balbir Singh Sr. Field hockey
22   Iran (IRI) Iran Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting
23   Ireland (IRL) Irlanti Paddy Carroll Official
24   Iceland (ISL) Islanti Friðrik Guðmundsson Athletics
25   Great Britain (GBR) Iso-Britannia Harold Whitlock Athletics
26   Israel (ISR) Israel Abraham Shneior Basketball
27   Italy (ITA) Italia Miranda Cicognani Gymnastics
28   Austria (AUT) Itävalta Willi Welt Gymnastics
29   Jamaica (JAM) Jamaika Arthur Wint Athletics
30   Japan (JPN) Japani Bunkichi Sawada Athletics
31   Yugoslavia (YUG) Jugoslavia Oto Rebula Athletics
32   Canada (CAN) Kanada William Parnell Athletics
33   Korea (KOR) Korea Han Soo-ann Boxing
34   Gold Coast (GHA) Kultarannikko
35   Cuba (CUB) Kuuba Federico López Basketball
36   Lebanon (LIB) Libanon
37   Liechtenstein (LIE) Liechtenstein
38   Luxembourg (LUX) Luxemburg Camille Wagner Football
39   Mexico (MEX) Meksiko Joaquín Capilla Diving
40   Monaco (MON) Monaco
41   Soviet Union (URS) Neuvostoliitto Yakov Kutsenko Weightlifting
42   Nigeria (NGR) Nigeria Josiah Majekodunmi Athletics
43   Norway (NOR) Norja Martin Stokken Athletics
44   Pakistan (PAK) Pakistan Niaz Khan Field hockey
45   Panama (PAN) Panama Carlos Chávez Weightlifting
46   Puerto Rico (PUR) Porto Rico Jaime Annexy Athletics
47   Portugal (POR) Portugali
48   Poland (POL) Puola Teodor Kocerka Rowing
49   France (FRA) Ranska Ignace Heinrich Athletics
50   Romania (ROU) Romania Dumitru Paraschivescu Athletics
51   Sweden (SWE) Ruotsi Bo Eriksson Fencing
52   Saar (SAA) Saar Toni Breder Athletics
53   Germany (GER) Saksa Friedel Schirmer Athletics
54   Singapore (SIN) Singapore Thong Saw Pak Weightlifting
55   Switzerland (SUI) Sveitsi Walter Lehmann Athletics
56   Denmark (DEN) Tanska Erik Swane Lund Fencing
57   Thailand (THA) Thaimaa
58   Trinidad (TRI) Trinidad Rodney Wilkes Weightlifting
59   Czechoslovakia (TCH) Tšekkoslovakia Vít Matlocha Gymnastics
60   Turkey (TUR) Turkki Bayram Şit Wrestling
61   Hungary (HUN) Unkari Imre Németh Athletics
62   Uruguay (URU) Uruguay Estrella Puente Athletics
63   New Zealand (NZL) Uusi-Seelanti Harold Cleghorn Weightlifting
64   Venezuela (VEN) Venezuela Asnoldo Devonish Athletics
65   Vietnam (VIE) Vietnam
66   United States of America (USA) Yhdysvallat Norman Armitage Fencing
67   Finland (FIN) Suomi Väinö Suvivuo Athletics

References

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  1. ^ "Flagbearers for 1952 Summer Olympics". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "15th Olympic Games Opened as 70,000 See Rites in Rain". The Milwaukee Journal. 19 July 1952. Retrieved 14 August 2019. Hong Kong [sent] a flagbearer and four athletes