List of flag bearers for independent Olympians at the Olympics explained

Noc:	IOP, IOA, OAR
Games:	Olympics
Summerappearances:	Independent Olympic participants (1992) Individual Olympic athletes (2000) Independent Olympic athletes (2012) Independent Olympic athletes (2016)
Winterappearances:	Independent Olympic Participants (2014)

This is a list of flag bearers who have competed as individual Olympic athletes at the Olympics.^[1]

Flag bearers carry the Olympic Flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

List

Event year	Season	Flag bearer	Sport	Nationality^[2]	Notes
	Summer	none	colspan=2	Athletes from Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics did not attend the parade of nations, but still competed at the Games.^[3]
	Summer		Boxing		^[4]
	Summer	(from LOCOG)		United Kingdom not a competitor	^[5]
	Winter			?	^[6]
	Summer		Distance running		^[7] Refugee Olympian Team (ROT) ; UNHCR identified refugees selected by the IOC.^[8] The Flag Bearer from South Sudan was certified by the Kenyan NOC
	Summer			?	Independent Olympian team (IOA) ; IOC allowed competitors separate from their nationalities. The Kuwaiti NOC was barred from 2016, leaving their Olympians to compete independently, along with other independents. The Kuwaiti flag bearer Fehaid al-Deehani did not carry the Olympic Flag.^[9] ^[10] ^[11]
	Winter			?	^[12]

See also

• Independent Olympians at the Olympic Games

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093154/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IOA/ Individual Olympic athletes
2. The athlete's nationality is listed at the time of the competition.
3. http://www.pe04.com/olympic/trivia/flag_t.php Olympic Flag - Olympic-Legacy.com
4. News: East Timor’s Ramos True Freedom Fighter. Mathews. Wallace . 18 September 2000. New York Post. 14 August 2014.
5. Web site: Brooklyn Kerlin. TopDrawerSoccer.com. 14 August 2014.
6. Web site: Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony – Flagbearers. The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 7 February 2014.
7. Web site: South Sudanese runner leads refugee team into Games . Jonathan Clayton . 5 August 2016 . UNHCR .
8. Web site: Rio 2016: Refugee Olympic Team . UN Refugee Agency . 1 August 2016 .
9. News: Proud Kuwaiti soldier refuses to carry Olympic flag . AFP . 1 August 2016 . Al Monitor .
10. News: Rio 2016: Bittersweet Olympic dream for Kuwaiti swimmer . Motez Bishara . Al Jazeera . 5 August 2016 .
11. Web site: The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony. International Olympic Committee. 11 August 2016.
12. Web site: Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 . . 9 February 2018 . olympic.org . International Olympic Committee (IOC) . 10 February 2018.