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

Order Nation Finnish Flag bearer Sport
1 Greece (GRE)KreikkaNikolaos SyllasAthletics
2 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)Alank AntillitErgilio HatoFootball
3 Argentina (ARG)ArgentiinaDelfo CabreraAthletics
4 Australia (AUS)AustraliaMervyn WoodRowing
5 Bahamas (BAH)BahamaDurward KnowlesSailing
6 Belgium (BEL)BelgiaCharles DebeurOfficial
7 Bermuda (BER)BermudaChummy HaywardOfficial
8 Brazil (BRA)BrasiliaMário JorgeBasketball
9 Bulgaria (BUL)BulgariaBoris NikolovBoxing
10 Burma (BIR)Burma
11 Ceylon (CEY)Ceylon
12 Chile (CHI)ChileAdriana MillardAthletics
13 Egypt (EGY)EgyptiAhmed Fouad NessimWater polo
14 Spain (ESP)EspanjaLuis OmedesRowing
15 South Africa (RSA)Etelä-AfrikkaSchalk BooysenAthletics
16 Philippines (PHI)FilippiinitRamon Campos Jr.Basketball
17 Guatemala (GUA)GuatemalaDoroteo Flores[1]Athletics
18 Netherlands (NED)HollantiSimon de WitOfficial
19 Hong Kong (HKG)HongkongTeam official[2]
20 Indonesia (INA)IndonesiaHabib SuharkoSwimming
21 India (IND)IntiaBalbir Singh Sr.Field hockey
22 Iran (IRI)IranMahmoud NamjooWeightlifting
23 Ireland (IRL)IrlantiPaddy CarrollOfficial
24 Iceland (ISL)IslantiFriðrik GuðmundssonAthletics
25 Great Britain (GBR)Iso-BritanniaHarold WhitlockAthletics
26 Israel (ISR)IsraelAbraham ShneiorBasketball
27 Italy (ITA)ItaliaMiranda CicognaniGymnastics
28 Austria (AUT)ItävaltaWilli WeltGymnastics
29 Jamaica (JAM)JamaikaArthur WintAthletics
30 Japan (JPN)JapaniBunkichi SawadaAthletics
31 Yugoslavia (YUG)JugoslaviaOto RebulaAthletics
32 Canada (CAN)KanadaWilliam ParnellAthletics
33 Korea (KOR)KoreaHan Soo-annBoxing
34 Gold Coast (GHA)Kultarannikko
35 Cuba (CUB)KuubaFederico LópezBasketball
36 Lebanon (LIB)Libanon
37 Liechtenstein (LIE)Liechtenstein
38 Luxembourg (LUX)LuxemburgCamille WagnerFootball
39 Mexico (MEX)MeksikoJoaquín CapillaDiving
40 Monaco (MON)Monaco
41 Soviet Union (URS)NeuvostoliittoYakov KutsenkoWeightlifting
42 Nigeria (NGR)NigeriaJosiah MajekodunmiAthletics
43 Norway (NOR)NorjaMartin StokkenAthletics
44 Pakistan (PAK)PakistanNiaz KhanField hockey
45 Panama (PAN)PanamaCarlos ChávezWeightlifting
46 Puerto Rico (PUR)Porto RicoJaime AnnexyAthletics
47 Portugal (POR)Portugali
48 Poland (POL)PuolaTeodor KocerkaRowing
49 France (FRA)RanskaIgnace HeinrichAthletics
50 Romania (ROU)RomaniaDumitru ParaschivescuAthletics
51 Sweden (SWE)RuotsiBo ErikssonFencing
52 Saar (SAA)SaarToni BrederAthletics
53 Germany (GER)SaksaFriedel SchirmerAthletics
54 Singapore (SIN)SingaporeThong Saw PakWeightlifting
55 Switzerland (SUI)SveitsiWalter LehmannAthletics
56 Denmark (DEN)TanskaErik Swane LundFencing
57 Thailand (THA)Thaimaa
58 Trinidad (TRI)TrinidadRodney WilkesWeightlifting
59 Czechoslovakia (TCH)TšekkoslovakiaVít MatlochaGymnastics
60 Turkey (TUR)TurkkiBayram ŞitWrestling
61 Hungary (HUN)UnkariImre NémethAthletics
62 Uruguay (URU)UruguayEstrella PuenteAthletics
63 New Zealand (NZL)Uusi-SeelantiHarold CleghornWeightlifting
64 Venezuela (VEN)VenezuelaAsnoldo DevonishAthletics
65 Vietnam (VIE)Vietnam
66 United States of America (USA)YhdysvallatNorman ArmitageFencing
67 Finland (FIN)SuomiVäinö SuvivuoAthletics

References

  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
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