2014 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations explained

During the Parade of Nations, at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics, athletes from each participating country paraded in the Fisht Olympic Stadium, preceded by its flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves.

Parade order

All nations paraded in alphabetical order of the Russian alphabet except the host country, the Russian Federation, who entered last.

Countries and flag bearers

The following is a list of all parading countries with their respective flag bearer, sorted in the order they appeared in the parade.^[1] This is sortable by country name under which they entered, the flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport. Names are given as were officially designated by the IPC.

Order	Country	Russian	Romanisation	Flag bearer	Sport
1		Австралия	Avstraliya		Alpine skiing
2		Австрия	Avstriya		Alpine skiing
3		Андорра	Andorra		Alpine skiing
4		Аргентина	Argentina		Nordic skiing
5		Армения	Armeniya		Alpine skiing
6		Республика Беларусь	Respublika Belarus’		Nordic skiing
7		Бельгия	Bel'giya		Snowboarding
8		Болгария	Bolgariya		Nordic skiing
9		Босния и Герцеговина	Bosniya i Gertsegovina		Alpine skiing
10		Бразилия	Braziliya		Snowboarding
11		Великобритания	Velikobritaniya		Alpine skiing
12		Германия	Germania		Alpine skiing
13		Греция	Gretsiya		Alpine skiing
14		Дания	Daniya		Alpine skiing
15		Иран	Iran		Alpine skiing
16		Исландия	Islandiya		Alpine skiing
17		Испания	Ispaniya		Alpine skiing
18		Италия	Italiya		Ice sledge hockey
19		Казахстан	Kazakhstan		Nordic skiing
20		Канада	Kanada		Wheelchair curling
21		Китайская Народная Республика	Kitaiskaya Narodnaya Respublika		Nordic skiing
22		Мексика	Meksika		Alpine skiing
23		Монголия	Mongoliya		Nordic skiing
24		Нидерланды	Niderlandy		Snowboarding
25		Новая Зеландия	Novaya Zelandiya		Alpine skiing
26		Норвегия	Norvegiya		Nordic skiing
27		Польша	Pol'sha		Alpine skiing
28		Республика Корея	Respublika Koreya		Ice sledge hockey
29		Румыния	Rumyniya		Alpine skiing
30		Сербия	Serbiya		Alpine skiing
31		Словакия	Slovakiya		Alpine skiing
32		Словения	Sloveniya		Alpine skiing
33		Соединенные Штаты Америки	Soyedinennye Shtaty Ameriki		Alpine skiing
34		Турция	Turtsiya		Alpine skiing
35		Узбекистан	Uzbekistan		Alpine skiing
36		Украина	Ukraina		Nordic skiing
37		Финляндия	Finlyandiya		Alpine skiing
38		Франция	Frantsiya		Alpine skiing
39		Хорватия	Horvatiya		Alpine skiing
40		Чехия	Chekhiya		Alpine skiing
41		Чили	Chili		Alpine skiing
42		Швейцария	Shveitsariya		Alpine skiing
43		Швеция	Shvetsiya		Wheelchair curling
44		Япония	Yaponiya		Nordic skiing
45		Российская Федерaция	Rossiyskaya Federatsiya		Alpine skiing

See also

• 2014 Winter Olympics national flag bearers

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Opening Ceremony flag bearers. International Paralympic Committee. 9 March 2014. 8 March 2014.