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1952 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations

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During the Parade of Nations section of the 1952 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded into the arena. The Parade of Nations was organized according to the Finnish name of the country. Greece led the parade followed by the Netherlands Antilles. Other countries marched by following the Finnish alphabet, except the host country, Finland, which marched last. The athletes from British Guiana and the People's Republic of China were absent from the Parade of Nations, meaning only 67 nations participated in the parade.

List

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This table is sortable by country name (in Finnish), the flag bearer's name, and the flag bearer's sport.
Order Nation Finnish Flag bearer Sport
1  Greece (GRE) Kreikka Nikolaos Syllas Athletics
2  Netherlands Antilles (AHO) Alank Antillit Ergilio Hato Football
3  Argentina (ARG) Argentina Delfo Cabrera Athletics
4  Australia (AUS) Australia Mervyn Wood Rowing
5  Bahamas (BAH) Bahama Durward Knowles Sailing
6  Belgium (BEL) Belgia Charles Debeur Official
7  Bermuda (BER) Bermuda Chummy Hayward Official
8  Brazil (BRA) Brasilia Mário Jorge Basketball
9  Bulgaria (BUL) Bulgaria Boris Nikolov Boxing
10  Burma (BIR) Burma
11  Ceylon (CEY) Ceylon
12  Chile (CHI) Chile Adriana Millard Athletics
13  Egypt (EGY) Egypti Ahmed Fouad Nessim Water polo
14  Spain (ESP) Espanja Luis Omedes Rowing
15  South Africa (RSA) Etelä-Afrikka Schalk Booysen Athletics
16  Philippines (PHI) Filippiinit Ramon Campos Jr. Basketball
17  Guatemala (GUA) Guatemala Doroteo Flores[1] Athletics
18  Netherlands (NED) Hollanti Simon de Wit Official
19  Hong Kong (HKG) Hongkong Team official[2]
20  Indonesia (INA) Indonesia Habib Suharko Swimming
21  India (IND) Intia Balbir Singh Sr. Field hockey
22  Iran (IRI) Iran Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting
23  Ireland (IRL) Irlanti Paddy Carroll Official
24  Iceland (ISL) Islanti Friðrik Guðmundsson Athletics
25  Great Britain (GBR) Iso-Britannia Harold Whitlock Athletics
26  Israel (ISR) Israel Abraham Shneior Basketball
27  Italy (ITA) Italia Miranda Cicognani Gymnastics
28  Austria (AUT) Itävalta Willi Welt Gymnastics
29  Jamaica (JAM) Jamaika Arthur Wint Athletics
30  Japan (JPN) Japani Bunkichi Sawada Athletics
31  Yugoslavia (YUG) Jugoslavia Oto Rebula Athletics
32  Canada (CAN) Kanada William Parnell Athletics
33  Korea (KOR) Korea Han Soo-ann Boxing
34  Gold Coast (GHA) Kultarannikko
35  Cuba (CUB) Kuuba Federico López Basketball
36  Lebanon (LIB) Libanon
37  Liechtenstein (LIE) Liechtenstein
38  Luxembourg (LUX) Luxemburg Camille Wagner Football
39  Mexico (MEX) Meksiko Joaquín Capilla Diving
40  Monaco (MON) Monaco
41  Soviet Union (URS) Neuvostoliitto Yakov Kutsenko Weightlifting
42  Nigeria (NGR) Nigeria Josiah Majekodunmi Athletics
43  Norway (NOR) Norja Martin Stokken Athletics
44  Pakistan (PAK) Pakistan Niaz Khan Field hockey
45  Panama (PAN) Panama Carlos Chávez Weightlifting
46  Puerto Rico (PUR) Porto Rico Jaime Annexy Athletics
47  Portugal (POR) Portugali
48  Poland (POL) Puola Teodor Kocerka Rowing
49  France (FRA) Ranska Ignace Heinrich Athletics
50  Romania (ROU) Romania Dumitru Paraschivescu Athletics
51  Sweden (SWE) Ruotsi Bo Eriksson Fencing
52  Saar (SAA) Saar Toni Breder Athletics
53  Germany (GER) Saksa Friedel Schirmer Athletics
54  Singapore (SIN) Singapore Thong Saw Pak Weightlifting
55  Switzerland (SUI) Sveitsi Walter Lehmann Athletics
56  Denmark (DEN) Tanska Erik Swane Lund Fencing
57  Thailand (THA) Thaimaa
58  Trinidad (TRI) Trinidad Rodney Wilkes Weightlifting
59  Czechoslovakia (TCH) Tšekkoslovakia Vít Matlocha Gymnastics
60  Turkey (TUR) Turkki Bayram Şit Wrestling
61  Hungary (HUN) Unkari Imre Németh Athletics
62  Uruguay (URU) Uruguay Estrella Puente Athletics
63  New Zealand (NZL) Uusi-Seelanti Harold Cleghorn Weightlifting
64  Venezuela (VEN) Venezuela Asnoldo Devonish Athletics
65  Vietnam (VIE) Vietnam
66  United States of America (USA) Yhdysvallat Norman Armitage Fencing
67  Finland (FIN) Suomi Väinö Suvivuo Athletics

References

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  1. ^ "Flagbearers for 1952 Summer Olympics". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "15th Olympic Games Opened as 70,000 See Rites in Rain". The Milwaukee Journal. 19 July 1952. Retrieved 14 August 2019. Hong Kong [sent] a flagbearer and four athletes