2018 Asian Games Parade of Nations explained

2018 Asian Games
Parade of Nations
Time:19:18 – 19:59 WIB (UTC+7)
Place:Jakarta, Indonesia
Coordinates:-6.2186°N 106.8025°W

During the Parade of Nations at the 2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, beginning at 19:00 WIB (UTC+7) on 18 August 2018, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in the co-host city of Jakarta, Indonesia, preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the nation's National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves. In keeping with tradition, the host nation, Indonesia entered last. 44 teams marched in (43 nations and the Unified Korea team).[1]

Although the Games were held in Indonesia, English was used to organize the Parade of Nations (as per Olympic Council of Asia protocol determines that this element could be held in French or the International Olympic Committee three-letter codes) instead of Indonesian, the official language of the nation. Had the parade followed the Indonesian script, Afghanistan would have been followed by Saudi Arabia, and Jordan would have been the penultimate country before Indonesia.

Parade order

Whilst most countries entered under their short names, a few entered under more formal or alternative names, mostly due to political and naming disputes. The Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) entered with the compromised name and flag of "Chinese Taipei" under T so that they did not enter together with conflicting China, under C.

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 and flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the OCA.

width=25Orderwidth=260Nationwidth=200Flag bearerwidth=140Sport
1
2 Bader Nasser[2] Official
3 Mabia Akhter[3] Weightlifting
4 Karma Karma[4] Archery
5
(Brunei Darussalam) 		Basma Lachkar[5] Wushu
6 Sorn Seavmey[6] Taekwondo
7 Zhao Shuai[7] Taekwondo
8
(Hong Kong,China) 		Vivian Kong Man Wai[8] Fencing
9 Neeraj Chopra[9] Athletics
10
(IR Iran) 		Elaheh Ahmadi[10] Shooting
11
12 Yukiko Ueno[11] Softball
13 Ahmad Abu-Ghaush[12] Taekwondo
14 Abilkhan Amankul[13] Boxing
15 Lim Yung-hui[14] Basketball
Ju Kyong-chol[15] Football
16 Essa Al-Zenkawi[16]
17 Kanybek Uulu Onolbek[17] Volleyball
18
19 Gabriella Doueihy[18] Swimming
20
(Macau, China) 		Sio Ka Kun[19] Swimming
21 Syakilla Salni[20] Karate
22 Aishath Sajina[21] Swimming
23 Natsagsürengiin Zolboo[22] Wrestling
24 Zaw Lwin Tun[23] Volleyball
25 Kamal Bahadur Adhikari[24] Weightlifting
26 Mahmood al Hassani[25] Field hockey
27 Muhammad Rizwan Sr.[26] Field hockey
28 Dania Nour[27] Swimming
29 Jordan Clarkson[28]
30 Abdulla Al-Tamimi[29] Squash
31 Ali Al-Othman[30] Weightlifting
32 Hoe Wah Toon[31] Gymnastics
33 Dinusha Gomes[32] Weightlifting
34 Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi[33] Basketball
35 Kuo Hsing-chun[34] Weightlifting
36 Rustam Iskandari[35] Wrestling
37 Pleumjit Thinkaow[36] Volleyball
38
(Timor Leste)
39 Ziyamuhammet Saparov[37] Wrestling
40 Latifa Al Hosani[38] Fencing
41 Isroil Madrimov[39] Boxing
42 Vũ Thành An[40] Fencing
43
44 I Gede Siman Sudartawa[41] Swimming

Notes and References

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