During the closing ceremony in Vancouver, the 82 nations selected one member of their delegation to be the flagbearer. Some countries for example, Albania chose the same athlete (Erjon Tola) as the opening ceremony. On the other hand, some countries such as Algeria had already left the Olympic village, and therefore had its NOC assistant carry the flag.[1]

Countries and flagbearers

Below is a list of all parading countries with their announced flag bearer, sorted in the order in which they appeared in the parade. This is sortable by country name under which they entered, the flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport. Names are given as were officially designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

No. Country Flag bearer Sport
1 Greece (GRE)Vassilis DimitriadisAlpine skiing
2 Albania (ALB)Erjon TolaAlpine skiing
3 Algeria (ALG)NOC assistant
4 Andorra (AND)Mireia GutiérrezAlpine skiing
5 Argentina (ARG)Rubén GonzálezLuge
6 Armenia (ARM)Sergey MikayelyanCross-country skiing
7 Australia (AUS)Lydia LassilaFreestyle skiing
8 Austria (AUT)Nina ReithmayerLuge
9 Azerbaijan (AZE)Konul NurullayeraChef de mission
10 Belarus (BLR)Leanid KarneyenkaCross-country skiing
11 Belgium (BEL)Pieter GyselShort track speed skating
12 Bermuda (BER)Tucker MurphyCross-country skiing
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)Marko RudićAlpine skiing
14 Brazil (BRA)Jaqueline MourãoCross-country skiing
15 Bulgaria (BUL)Evgenia RadanovaShort track speed skating
16 Cayman Islands (CAY)Dow TraversAlpine skiing
17 Chile (CHI)Noelle BarahonaAlpine skiing
18 China (CHN)Zhao HongboFigure skating
19 Colombia (COL)Cynthia DenzlerAlpine skiing
20 Croatia (CRO)Ivan ŠolaBobsleigh
21 Cyprus (CYP)Sophia PapamichalopoulouAlpine skiing
22 Czech Republic (CZE)Martina SáblíkováSpeed skating
23 North Korea (PRK) (Dem. People's Rep. of Korea)Ri Song CholFigure skating
24 Denmark (DEN)Johnny FrederiksenCurling
25 Estonia (EST)Kristina Šmigun-VähiCross-country skiing
26 Ethiopia (ETH)Robel TeklemariamCross-country skiing
27 Finland (FIN)Tanja PoutiainenAlpine skiing
28 Macedonia (MKD) (Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia)Antonio RistevskiAlpine skiing
29 France (FRA)Sandrine BaillyBiathlon
30 Georgia (GEO)Elene GedevanishviliFigure skating
31 Germany (GER)Magdalena NeunerBiathlon
32 Ghana (GHA)Kwame Nkrumah-AcheampongAlpine skiing
33 Great Britain (GBR)Amy WilliamsSkeleton
34 Hong Kong (HKG)Han YueshuangShort track speed skating
35 Hungary (HUN)Erika HuszárShort track speed skating
36 Iceland (ISL)Stefan Jon SigurgeirssonAlpine skiing
37 India (IND)Tashi LundupCross-country skiing
38 Iran (IRI) (Islamic Rep. of Iran)Hossein Saveh-ShemshakiAlpine skiing
39 Ireland (IRL)Shane O'ConnorAlpine skiing
40 Israel (ISR)Mykhaylo RenzhynAlpine skiing
41 Italy (ITA)Giuliano RazzoliAlpine skiing
42 Jamaica (JAM)Errol KerrFreestyle skiing
43 Japan (JPN)Mao AsadaFigure skating
44 Kazakhstan (KAZ)Alexey PoltoraninCross-country skiing
45 South Korea (KOR) (Rep. of Korea)Mo Tae-bumSpeed skating
46 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)Dmitry TrelevskiAlpine skiing
47 Latvia (LAT)Haralds SilovsShort track speed skating
Speed skating
48 Lebanon (LIB)Ghassan AchiAlpine skiing
49 Liechtenstein (LIE)Thomas DuerrBobsleigh
50 Lithuania (LTU)Mantas StroliaCross-country skiing
51 Mexico (MEX)Hubertus von HohenloheAlpine skiing
52 Moldova (MDA)Victor PinzaruBiathlon
53 Monaco (MON)Patrice ServelleBobsleigh
54 Mongolia (MGL)Khürelbaataryn Khash-ErdeneCross-country skiing
55 Montenegro (MNE)Bojan KosićAlpine skiing
56 Morocco (MAR)Abdenbi LerhenaneChef de mission
57 Nepal (NEP)Dachhiri SherpaCross-country skiing
58 Netherlands (NED)Sven KramerSpeed skating
59 New Zealand (NZL)Ben SandfordSkeleton
60 Norway (NOR)Petter NorthugCross-country skiing
61 Pakistan (PAK)Muhammad AbbasAlpine skiing
62 Peru (PER)Roberto CarcelenCross-country skiing
63 Poland (POL)Katarzyna Bachleda-CuruśSpeed skating
64 Portugal (POR)Danny SilvaCross-country skiing
65 Romania (ROU)Éva TófalviBiathlon
66 Russia (RUS) (Russian Federation)Ivan SkobrevSpeed skating
67 San Marino (SMR)Gian Luca BorgagniChef de mission
68 Senegal (SEN)Leyti SeckAlpine skiing
69 Serbia (SRB)Vuk RađenovićBobsleigh
70 Slovakia (SVK)Pavol HurajtBiathlon
71 Slovenia (SLO)Mitja ValenčičAlpine skiing
72 South Africa (RSA)Alex HeathCoach – Alpine skiing
73 Spain (ESP)Laura OrguéCross-country skiing
74 Sweden (SWE)Marcus HellnerCross-country skiing
75 Switzerland (SUI)Dario ColognaCross-country skiing
76 Chinese Taipei (TPE)Ma Chih-hungLuge
77 Tajikistan (TJK)Alisher QudratonOfficial
78 Turkey (TUR)Tuğba KarademirFigure skating
79 Ukraine (UKR)Valentina ShevchenkoCross-country skiing
80 United States (USA)Bill DemongNordic combined
81 Uzbekistan (UZB)Oleg ShamaevAlpine skiing
82 Canada (CAN)Joannie RochetteFigure skating

References

  1. "The flagbearers for the Vancouver 2010 closing ceremony" (PDF). International Olympic Committee (IOC). 28 February 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
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