2016 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations explained

During the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics, athletes from each participating country paraded in the Maracanã Stadium, preceded by its flag and placard barrier. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the nation's National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves.

Parade order

The refugee team entered first as Independent Paralympic Athletes, while the host country, Brazil, entered last. All nations in between entered in alphabetical order in Brazilian Portuguese.

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.

width=25	Order	width=300	Nation	width=230	Brazilian Portuguese name	width=170	Flag bearer	width=110	Sport
1	Independent Paralympic Athletes (IPA)	Atletas Paralímpicos Independentes		Swimming
2		Afeganistão		Athletics
3		África do Sul		Athletics
4		Alemanha		Athletics
5		Angola		Athletics
6		Arábia Saudita		Athletics
7		Argélia
8		Argentina		Wheelchair tennis
9		Armênia		Powerlifting
10		Aruba		Swimming
11		Austrália		Wheelchair basketball
12		Áustria		Cycling
13		Azerbaijão		Judo
14		Bareine		Athletics
15		Belarus		Athletics
16		Bélgica		Swimming
17		Benim		Athletics
18		Bermuda		Athletics
19		Bósnia e Herzegovina		Athletics
20		Botsuana		Athletics
21		Bulgária		Athletics
22		Burkina Faso		Athletics
23		Burundi		Athletics
24		Cabo Verde		Athletics
25		Camarões		Athletics
26		Camboja		Athletics
27		Canadá
28		Catar		Athletics
29		Cazaquistão		Swimming
30				Athletics
31		Chile		Powerlifting
32				Wheelchair fencing
33		Chipre		Swimming
34		Colômbia		Swimming
35		Congo		Athletics
36				Athletics
37				Wheelchair tennis
38		Costa do Marfim		Powerlifting
39		Costa Rica		Cycling
40		Croácia		Athletics
41		Cuba		Judo
42		Dinamarca		Equestrian
43				Cycling
44		Egito		Powerlifting
45		El Salvador		Powerlifting
46		Emirados Árabes Unidos		Athletics
47		Equador		Athletics
48		Eslováquia		Table tennis
49		Eslovênia		Shooting
50		Espanha		Table tennis
51		Estados Unidos da América		Cycling
52		Estônia		Athletics
53		Etiópia		Athletics
54		Ex-República Iugoslava da Macedônia		Shooting
55				Swimming
56		Fiji		Table tennis
57		Filipinas		Table tennis
58		Finlândia		Equestrian
59		França		Wheelchair tennis
60		Gabão		Athletics
61		Gâmbia		Athletics
62		Gana		Athletics
63		Geórgia
64		Grã-Bretanha
65		Grécia		Boccia
66		Guatemala		Athletics
67		Guiné		Athletics
68		Guiné-Bissau		Athletics
69		Haiti		Athletics
70		Honduras		Swimming
71		Hong Kong, China		Wheelchair fencing
72		Hungria		Swimming
73		Índia		Athletics
74		Indonésia
75				Sitting volleyball
76		Iraque		Powerlifting
77		Irlanda		Sailing
78		Islândia		Swimming
79		Israel		Wheelchair tennis
80		Itália		Athletics
81		Jamaica		Athletics
82		Japão		Wheelchair tennis
83		Jordânia		Table tennis
84		Kuwait		Athletics
85				Powerlifting
86		Lesoto		Athletics
87		Letônia
88		Líbia		Powerlifting
89		Lituânia		Swimming
90		Luxemburgo		Cycling
91		Macau, China		Swimming
92		Madagascar		Athletics
93		Malásia		Athletics
94		Maláui		Athletics
95		Mali		Athletics
96		Malta		Swimming
97		Marrocos		Athletics
98		Maurício		Swimming
99		México		Athletics
100		Moçambique		Athletics
101				Powerlifting
102		Mongólia		Archery
103		Montenegro		Swimming
104		Myanmar		Swimming
105		Namíbia		Athletics
106		Nepal		Athletics
107		Nicarágua		Athletics
108		Níger		Athletics
109		Nigéria		Powerlifting
110		Noruega		Sailing
111		Nova Zelândia		Athletics
112		Omã		Athletics
113		Países Baixos		Athletics
114		Palestina		Athletics
115		Panamá		Athletics
116		Papua Nova Guiné		Athletics
117		Paquistão		Shooting
118		Peru		Cycling
119		Polônia		Cycling
120		Porto Rico		Swimming
121		Portugal		Boccia
122		Quênia		Athletics
123		Quirguistão		Powerlifting
124		República Popular Democrática da Coreia		Athletics
125		Romênia		Cycling
126		Ruanda		Athletics
127		Samoa		Athletics
128		São Tomé e Príncipe		Athletics
129		Seicheles		Athletics
130		Senegal		Wrestling
131		Serra Leoa		Table tennis
132		Sérvia		Table tennis
133		Singapura		Swimming
134				Athletics
135		Somália		Athletics
136		Sri Lanka		Athletics
137		Suécia		Swimming
138		Suíça		Athletics
139		Suriname		Athletics
140		Tadjiquistão		Athletics
141		Tailândia		Athletics
142				Powerlifting
143				Athletics
144				Cycling
145				Athletics
146		Togo		Powerlifting
147		Tonga		Athletics
148		Trinidad e Tobago		Athletics
149		Tunísia		Athletics
150		Turcomenistão		Powerlifting
151		Turquia		Judo
152		Ucrânia		Sitting volleyball
153		Uganda		Athletics
154		Uruguai		Judo
155		Uzbequistão		Athletics
156		Venezuela		Athletics
157		Vietnã		Swimming
158				Athletic
159		Zimbábue		Rowing
160		Brasil		Athletics

See also

• 2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations

Notes and References

1. Web site: Full list of flag bearers for opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games . Rio2016.com . . 12 September 2016 . 7 September 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160915144043/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/news/full-list-of-flag-bearers-for-opening-ceremony-of-rio-2016-paralympic-games . 15 September 2016 .