2022 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers explained

During the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China the flag bearers of 91 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into Beijing National Stadium on February 20. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, and behind them marched all the athletes. The flags of each country were not necessarily carried by the same flag bearer as in the opening ceremony.

The parade order was identical to the opening ceremony's Parade of Nations.

List

The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the sequence that each nation appeared in the Ceremony.^[1] The names are given in their official designations by the IOC, and the Chinese names follow their official designations by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Order	Nation	Chinese name	Pinyin	Flag bearer	Sport
1		Chinese: 希腊	Xīlà	Ioannis Antoniou	Alpine skiing	^[2]
2		Chinese: 土耳其	Tǔěrqí	Volunteer
3		Chinese: 马耳他	Mǎěrtā	Volunteer
4		Chinese: 马达加斯加	Mǎdájiāsījiā	Mathieu Neumuller	Alpine skiing
5		Chinese: 马来西亚	Mǎláixīyà	Jeffrey Webb	Alpine skiing
6		Chinese: 厄瓜多尔	Èguāduōěr	Volunteer
7		Chinese: 厄立特里亚	Èlìtélǐyà	Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda	Alpine skiing
8		Chinese: 牙买加	Yámǎijiā	Rolando Reid	Bobsleigh
9		Chinese: 比利时	Bǐlìshí	Hanne Desmet	Short track speed skating
10		Chinese: 日本	Rìběn	Arisa Go	Speed skating
11		Chinese: 中华台北	Zhōnghuá Táiběi	Wen-Yi Lee	Alpine skiing
12		Chinese: 中国香港	Zhōngguó Xiānggǎng	Volunteer
13		Chinese: 丹麦	Dānmài	Stefan Due Schmidt	Speed skating
14		Chinese: 乌克兰	Wūkèlán	Olena Bilosiuk	Biathlon
15		Chinese: 乌兹别克斯坦	Wūzībiékèsītǎn	Volunteer
16		Chinese: 巴西	Bāxī	Manex Silva	Cross-country skiing
17		Chinese: 巴基斯坦	Bājīsītǎn	Muhammad Karim	Alpine skiing
18		Chinese: 以色列	Yǐsèliè	Volunteer
19		Chinese: 东帝汶	Dōngdìwèn	Yohan Goutt Gonçalves	Alpine skiing
20		Chinese: 北马其顿	Běimǎqídùn	Volunteer
21		Chinese: 卢森堡	Lúsēnbǎo	Matthieu Osch	Alpine skiing
22		Chinese: 白俄罗斯	Báiéluósī	Ignat Golovatsiuk	Speed skating
23		Chinese: 印度	Yìndù	Volunteer
24		Chinese: 立陶宛	Lìtáowǎn	Modestas Vaiciulis	Cross-country skiing
25		Chinese: 尼日利亚	Nírìlìyà	Samuel Ikpefan	Cross-country skiing
26		Chinese: 加纳	Jiānà	Volunteer
27		Chinese: 加拿大	Jiānádà	Isabelle Weidemann	Speed skating	^[3]
28		Chinese: 圣马力诺	Shèng Mǎlìnuò	Matteo Gatti	Alpine skiing
29		Chinese: 吉尔吉斯斯坦	Jíěrjísīsītǎn	Volunteer
30		Chinese: 亚美尼亚	Yàměiníyà	Volunteer
31		Chinese: 西班牙	Xībānyá	Adrián Díaz	Figure skating	^[4]
32		Chinese: 列支敦士登	Lièzhīdūnshìdēng	Volunteer
33		Chinese: 伊朗	Yīlǎng	Volunteer
34		Chinese: 匈牙利	Xiōngyálì	Adam Konya	Cross-country skiing
35		Chinese: 冰岛	Bīngdǎo	Snorri Einarsson	Cross-country skiing
36		Chinese: 安道尔	Āndàoěr	Volunteer
37		Chinese: 芬兰	Fēnlán	Krista Pärmäkoski	Cross-country skiing
38		Chinese: 克罗地亚	Kèluódìyà	Tena Hadzic	Cross-country skiing
39		Chinese: 沙特	Shātè	Volunteer
40		Chinese: 阿尔巴尼亚	Āěrbāníyà	Volunteer
41		Chinese: 阿根廷	Āgēntíng	Maria Victoria Rodriguez	Speed skating
42		Chinese: 阿塞拜疆	Āsāibàijiāng	Volunteer
43		Chinese: 拉脱维亚	Lātuōwéiyà	Matīss Miknis	Bobsleigh
44		Chinese: 英国	Yīngguó	Bruce Mouat	Curling
45		Chinese: 罗马尼亚	Luōmǎníyà	Andreea Grecu	Bobsleigh
46		罗克	Luōkè	Alexander Bolshunov	Cross-country skiing	^[5]
47		Chinese: 法国	Fǎguó	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Biathlon
48		Chinese: 波兰	Bōlán	Piotr Michalski	Speed skating
49		Chinese: 波多黎各	Bōduō Lígè	Kellie Delka	Skeleton
50		Chinese: 波黑	Bōhēi	Strahinja Erić	Cross-country skiing
51		Chinese: 玻利维亚	Bōlìwéiyà	Volunteer
52		Chinese: 挪威	Nuówēi	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Biathlon	^[6]
53		Chinese: 哈萨克斯坦	Hāsàkèsītǎn	Abzal Azhgaliyev	Short track speed skating
54		Chinese: 科索沃	Kēsuǒwò	Volunteer
55		Chinese: 保加利亚	Bǎojiālìyà	Volunteer
56		Chinese: 美国	Měiguó	Elana Meyers Taylor	Bobsleigh	^[7]
57		Chinese: 美属萨摩亚	Měishǔ Sàmóyà	Nathan Crumpton	Skeleton
58		Chinese: 美属维尔京群岛		Volunteer
59		Chinese: 泰国	Tàiguó	Volunteer
60		Chinese: 荷兰	Hélán	Irene Schouten	Speed skating
61		Chinese: 格鲁吉亚	Gélǔjíyà	Luka Berulava	Figure skating
62		Chinese: 哥伦比亚	Gēlúnbǐyà	Laura Gómez	Speed skating
63		Chinese: 特立尼达和多巴哥	Tèlìnídá hé Duōbāgē	Volunteer
64		Chinese: 秘鲁	Bìlǔ	Volunteer
65		Chinese: 爱尔兰	Aìěrlán	Thomas Maloney Westgård	Cross-country skiing
66		Chinese: 爱沙尼亚	Aìshāníyà	Kelly Sildaru	Freestyle skiing
67		Chinese: 海地	Hǎidì	Richardson Viano	Alpine skiing
68		Chinese: 捷克	Jiékè	Martina Sáblíková	Speed skating
69		Chinese: 菲律宾	Fēilǜbīn	Asa Miller	Alpine skiing
70		Chinese: 斯洛文尼亚	Sīluòwénníyà	Anita Klemenič
71		Chinese: 斯洛伐克	Sīluòfákè	Peter Cehlárik	Ice hockey
72		Chinese: 葡萄牙	Pútáoyá	Volunteer
73		Chinese: 韩国	Hánguó	Cha Min-kyu	Speed skating
74		Chinese: 黑山	Hēishān	Volunteer
75		Chinese: 智利	Zhìlì	Volunteer
align=center rowspan=2	76		Chinese: 奥地利	Aòdìlì	Katharina Liensberger	Alpine skiing
Johannes Strolz
77		Chinese: 瑞士	Ruìshì	Ryan Regez	Freestyle skiing
78		Chinese: 瑞典	Ruìdiǎn	Elvira Öberg	Biathlon
79		Chinese: 蒙古	Měnggǔ	Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh	Cross-country skiing
80		Chinese: 新西兰	Xīn Xīlán	Nico Porteous	Freestyle skiing	^[8]
81		Chinese: 塞尔维亚	Sàiěrwéiyà	Volunteer
82		Chinese: 塞浦路斯	Sàipǔlùsī	Volunteer
83		Chinese: 墨西哥	Mòxīgē	Rodolfo Dickson	Alpine skiing
84		Chinese: 黎巴嫩	Líbānèn	Volunteer
85		Chinese: 德国	Déguó	Thorsten Margis	Bobsleigh	^[9]
86		Chinese: 摩尔多瓦	Móěrduōwǎ	Alina Stremous	Biathlon
87		Chinese: 摩纳哥	Mónàgē	Volunteer
88		Chinese: 摩洛哥	Móluògē	Volunteer
89		Chinese: 澳大利亚	Àodàlìyǎ	Sami Kennedy-Sim	Freestyle skiing	^[10]
90		Chinese: 意大利	Yìdàlì	Francesca Lollobrigida	Speed skating	^[11]
align=center rowspan=2	91		Chinese: 中国	Zhōngguó	Xu Mengtao	Freestyle skiing	^[12]
Gao Tingyu	Speed skating

Notes and References

1. Web site: February 4, 2022. When does each country march during Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony?. 2022-02-04. cbs8.com. en-US.
2. Web site: Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers. 20 February 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022.
3. Web site: Weidemann to be Team Canada's Closing Ceremony flag bearer at Beijing 2022. Nichols. Paula. 19 February 2022. www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. 19 February 2022.
4. News: 17 February 2022. Adrián Díaz, abanderado de España en la ceremonia de clausura. Adrián Díaz, flag bearer for Spain at the closing ceremony. Spanish. Marca. Madrid, Spain. 19 February 2022.
5. News: 19 February 2022. Bolshunov selected ROC flag bearer at Beijing Olympics' closing ceremony. TASS. Moscow, Russia. 19 February 2022.
6. News: 19 February 2022. Marte Olsbu Røiseland to be Norway's flag bearer during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Norway Today. Oslo, Norway. 19 February 2022. 19 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220219202221/https://norwaytoday.info/sport/marte-olsbu-roiseland-to-be-norways-flag-bearer-during-the-closing-ceremony-of-the-2022-beijing-olympics/. dead.
7. News: 18 February 2022. Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor to carry U.S. flag at closing ceremony. National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Reuters. 19 February 2022.
8. News: Winter Olympics: Nico Porteous named NZ's flagbearer for closing ceremony after gold in halfpipe. 20 February 2022. Stuff. 20 February 2022.
9. Web site: Margis named Germany's Closing Ceremony flagbearer as DOSB salutes Olympic success. Barker. Philip. 19 February 2022. www.insidethegames.biz/. Dunsar Media Ltd.. 19 February 2022.
10. News: Smale. Simon. 20 February 2022. Sami Kennedy-Sim named Australia's flag-bearer for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics closing ceremony. ABC News (Australia). Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 20 February 2022.
11. News: 16 February 2022. Olympics: Lollobrigida to be flag bearer at closing ceremony. Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. Rome, Italy. 19 February 2022.
12. News: 20 February 2022. Gao Tingyu, Xu Mengtao to be flag bearers of Chinese delegation at closing ceremony. Xinhua. 20 February 2022.