During the Parade of Nations section of the 1994 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded in the arena, preceded by name board bearers with a couple between them, and also the country flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country. The Parade of Nations was organized according to the Bokmål Norwegian alphabet. As usual, Greece leads the parade, followed by American Samoa.Due logistical troubles, Mongolia did not march in the parade, but still compete in the Games.[1] The announcers welcomed the country in their respective national language, English, and lastly French.[2]
List
editBelow is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by country name, flag bearer's name and flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the IOC.
| Order | Nation | Norsk/Bokmål | Flag bearer | Sport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Greece (GRE) |
Hellas | Thomai Lefousi | Alpine skiing |
| 2 |  American Samoa (ASA) |
Amerikansk Samoa | Faauuga Muagututia | Bobsleigh |
| 3 |  United States (USA) |
Amerikas Forente Stater | Cammy Myler | Luge |
| 4 |  Andorra (AND) |
Andorra | Vicky Grau | Alpine skiing |
| 5 |  Argentina (ARG) |
Argentina | María Giro | Biathlon |
| 6 |  Armenia (ARM) |
Armenia | Arsen Harutyunyan | Alpine skiing |
| 7 |  Australia (AUS) |
Australia | Kirstie Marshall | Freestyle skiing |
| 8 |  Belarus (BLR) |
Belarus | Yevgeniy Redkin[3] | Biathlon |
| 9 |  Belgium (BEL) |
Belgia | Bea Pintens | Short track speed skating |
| 10 |  Bermuda (BER) |
Bermuda | John Hoskins | Chef de Mission[3] |
| 11 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) |
Bosnia Hercegovina | Bekim Babić | Cross-country skiing |
| 12 |  Brazil (BRA) |
Brasil | Lothar Christian Munder | Alpine skiing |
| 13 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
Bulgaria | Nadezhda Aleksieva | Biathlon |
| 14 |  Canada (CAN) |
Canada | Kurt Browning | Figure skating |
| 15 |  Chile (CHI) |
Chile | Alexis Racloz[3] | Alpine skiing |
| 16 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
Chinese Taipei | Sun Kuang-Ming | Bobsleigh[4] |
| 17 |  Denmark (DEN) |
Danmark | Michael Tyllesen | Figure skating |
| 18 |  Czech Republic (CZE) |
Den Tsjekkiske Republikk | Pavel Benc | Cross-country skiing |
| 19 |  Estonia (EST) |
Estland | Allar Levandi | Nordic combined |
| 20 |  Fiji (FIJ) |
Fiji | Rusiate Rogoyawa | Cross-country skiing[5] |
| 21 |  Finland (FIN) |
Finland | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | Cross-country skiing |
| 22 |  France (FRA) |
Frankrike | Anne Briand | Biathlon |
| 23 |  Georgia (GEO) |
Georgia | Zurab Dzhidzhishvili | Alpine skiing |
| 24 |  Iceland (ISL) |
Island | Ásta Halldórsdóttir | Alpine skiing |
| 25 |  Israel (ISR) |
Israel | Michael Shmerkin | Figure skating |
| 26 |  Italy (ITA) |
Italia | Deborah Compagnoni | Alpine skiing |
| 27 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
Jamaica | Chris Stokes | Bobsleigh |
| 28 |  Japan (JPN) |
Japan | Reiichi Mikata | Nordic combined |
| 29 |  Virgin Islands (ISV) |
Jomfruøyene | Kyle Heikkila | Luge |
| 30 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
Kasakhstan | Kayrat Biekenov | Ski jumping |
| 31 |  China (CHN) |
Kina | Liu Yanfei | Speed skating |
| 32 |  South Korea (KOR) |
Korea | Lee Joon-Ho | Short track speed skating |
| 33 |  Croatia (CRO) |
Kroatia | Vedran Pavlek | Alpine skiing |
| 34 |  Cyprus (CYP) |
Kypros | Karolina Fotiadou | Alpine skiing |
| 35 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) |
Kyrgisistan | Torkel Engennes | Volunteer |
| 36 |  Latvia (LAT) |
Latvia | Zintis Ekmanis | Bobsleigh |
| 37 |  Liechtenstein (LIE) |
Liechtenstein | Markus Hasler | Cross-country skiing |
| 38 |  Lithuania (LTU) |
Litauen | Povilas Vanagas | Figure skating |
| 39 |  Luxembourg (LUX) |
Luxembourg | Georges Diderich[3] | Chef de Mission |
| 40 |  Mexico (MEX) |
Mexico | Hubertus von Hohenlohe | Alpine skiing |
| 41 |  Moldova (MDA) |
Moldova | Vasily Gherghy | Biathlon |
| 42 |  Monaco (MON) |
Monaco | Albert II, Prince of Monaco | Bobsleigh |
| 43 |  Netherlands (NED) |
Nederland | Christine Aaftink | Speed skating |
| 44 |  New Zealand (NZL) |
New Zealand | Tony Smith | Short track speed skating |
| 45 |  Poland (POL) |
Polen | Tomasz Sikora | Biathlon |
| 46 |  Portugal (POR) |
Portugal | João Duarte | Chef de Mission[3] |
| 47 |  Puerto Rico (PUR) |
Puerto Rico | Liston Bochette | Bobsleigh |
| 48 |  Romania (ROU) |
Romania | Ioan Apostol | Luge |
| 49 |  Russia (RUS) |
Russland | Sergei Tchepikov | Biathlon |
| 50 |  San Marino (SMR) |
San Marino | Dino Crescentini | Bobsleigh |
| 51 |  Senegal (SEN) |
Senegal | Lamine Guèye | Alpine skiing |
| 52 |  Slovakia (SVK) |
Slovakia | Peter Šťastný | Ice Hockey |
| 53 |  Slovenia (SLO) |
Slovenia | Jure Košir | Alpine skiing |
| 54 |  Spain (ESP) |
Spania | Ainhoa Ibarra | Alpine skiing |
| 55 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
Storbritannia | Michael Dixon | Biathlon |
| 56 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
Sveits | Gustav Weder | Bobsleigh |
| 57 |  Sweden (SWE) |
Sverige | Pernilla Wiberg | Alpine skiing |
| 58 |  South Africa (RSA) |
Sør-Afrika | Dino Quattrocecere | Figure skating |
| 59 |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
Trinidad og Tobago | Gregory Sun[3] | Bobsleigh |
| 60 |  Turkey (TUR) |
Tyrkia | Mithat Yıldırım | Cross-country skiing |
| 61 |  Germany (GER) |
Tyskland | Mark Kirchner | Biathlon |
| 62 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
Ukraina | Viktor Petrenko | Figure skating |
| 63 |  Hungary (HUN) |
Ungarn | Attila Bónis | Official |
| 64 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) |
Usbekistan | Muslyum Settarov[3] | Figure skating |
| 65 |  Austria (AUT) |
Østerrike | Anita Wachter | Alpine skiing |
| 66 |  Norway (NOR) |
Norge | Bjørn Dæhlie | Cross-country skiing |
References
edit- ^ WINTER OLYMPICS: NOTEBOOK; Amid Tears and With Support, Punsalan Reflects on Father
- ^ (Ceremonia de Apertura de los JJOO de Lillehammer 1994 (4/12)) (YouTube)
- ^ a b c d e f g "1994 Olympics Olympics Opening Ceremony Part 6". Youtube. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Chinese Taipei - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ "Fiji - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2014.