The list of flag bearers for the 202 National Olympic Committees participating in the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad as announced by the International Olympic Committee.

Flag bearers are listed below in order of entry into the stadium.

COUNTRY	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	SPORT
GREECE	Pyrros	Dimas	Weightlifting
SAINT LUCIA	Zephirinus	Joseph	Athletics
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Natasha	Mayers	Athletics
SAN MARINO	Diego	Mularoni	Swimming
ANGOLA	Angelo Monteiro Dos Santos	Victoriano	Basketball
AZERBAIJAN	Nizani	Pashayev	Weightlifting
EGYPT	Aly	Aly Ibrahim	Rowing
ETHIOPIA	Abel	Aferalign	Boxing
HAITI	Tudor	Sanon	Taekwondo
CAPE VERDE	Wania	Monteiro	Rhythmic Gymnastics
IVORY COAST	Mariam	Bah	Taekwondo
ALBANIA	Klodiana	Shala	Athletics
ALGERIA	Aissa Djabir	Said-Guerni	Athletics
AMERICAN SAMOA	Lisa	Misipeka	Athletics
ANDORRA	Hocine	Haciane	Swimming
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Daniel	Bailey	Athletics
ARGENTINA	Carlos	Espinola	Sailing
ARMENIA	Albert	Azaryan	Gymnastics
ARUBA	Roshendra	Vrolijk	Swimming
AUSTRALIA	Colin	Beashel	Sailing
AUSTRIA	Roman	Hagara	Sailing
AFGHANISTAN	Nina	Suratger	Coach
VANUATU	Moses	Kamut	Athletics
BELGIUM	Jean-Michel	Saive	Table Tennis
VENEZUELA	Julio	Luna	Weightlifting
BERMUDA	Peter	Bromby	Sailing
VIETNAM	Bui Thi	Nhung	Athletics
BOLIVIA	Geovana	Irusta	Athletics
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Nedzad	Fazlija	Shooting
BULGARIA	Maria	Grozdeva	Shooting
BRAZIL	Torben	Grael	Sailing
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	Dion	Crabbe	Athletics
FRANCE	Jackson	Richardson	Handball
GERMANY	Ludger	Beerbaum	Equestrian
GEORGIA	Zurab	Zviadauri	Judo
GAMBIA	Jaysuma	Saidy-Ndure	Athletics
GABON	Melanie	Engoangue	Judo
GHANA	Andrew	Owusu	Athletics
GUAM	Jeffrey	Cobb	Wrestling
GUATEMALA	Gisela	Morales	Swimming
GUYANA	Aliann	Pompey	Athletics
GUINEA	Nabie Foday	Fofana	Athletics
GUINEA-BISSAU	Leopoldina	Ross Davyes	Wrestling
GRENADA	Alleyne	Francique	Athletics
DENMARK	Eskild	Ebbesen	Rowing
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO	Gary	Kikaya Senga	Athletics
DOMINICA	Chris	Lloyd	Athletics
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Felix	Sanchez	Athletics
EL SALVADOR	Evelyn	Garcia	Cycling
SWITZERLAND	Roger	Federer	Tennis
ERITREA	Yonas	Kifle	Athletics
ESTONIA	Erki	Nool	Athletics
ZAMBIA	Davis	Mwale	Boxing
ZIMBABWE	Young Talkmore	Nyongani	Athletics
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Saeed	Almaktoum	Shooting
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Dawn	Staley	Basketball
JAPAN	Kyoko	Hamaguchi	Wrestling
INDIA	Bobby George	Anju	Athletics
INDONESIA	Krisna	Bayu	Judo
JORDAN	Khalil	Al Hanahneh	Athletics
IRAQ	Hadir	Lazame	Judo
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN	Arash	Miresmaeili	Judo
IRELAND	Niall	Griffin	Equestrian
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Emilia	Mikue Ondo	Athletics
ECUADOR	Alexandra	Escobar	Weightlifting
ICELAND	Gudmundur	Hrafnkelsson	Handball
SPAIN	Isabel	Fernandez	Judo
ISRAEL	Ariel	Zeevi	Judo
ITALY	Yuri	Chechi	Gymnastics
KAZAKHSTAN	Askhat	Zhitkeyev	Judo
CAMEROON	Vencelas	Dabaya Tientcheu	Weightlifting
CAMBODIA	Hem	Kiri	Swimming
CANADA	Nicolas	Gill	Judo
QATAR	Khalid Habash	Al Suwaidi	Athletics
CAYMAN ISLANDS	Cydonie	Mothersill	Athletics
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Ernest	Ndjissipou	Athletics
KENYA	Violet	Barasa	Volleyball
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA	Ming	Yao	Basketball
KYRGYZSTAN	Mital	Sharipov	Weightlifting
KIRIBATI	Thomas	Meameaa	Weightlifting
COLOMBIA	Carmenza	Delgado	Weightlifting
COMOROS	Djaffar	Hadhari	Athletics
CONGO	Emile Rony	Bakale	Swimming
KOREA	Min Jung	Ku	Volleyball
KOREA	Song Ho	Kim	NOC Official
COSTA RICA	David	Fernandez	Judo
CUBA	Ivan Lazako	Pedroso Solgr	Athletics
KUWAIT	Fehaid	Aldeehani	Shooting
COOK ISLANDS	Sam	Pera	Weightlifting
CROATIA	Dubravko	Simenc	Water Polo
CYPRUS	George	Achilleos	Shooting
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Chamleunesouk	Ao Oudomphonh	Athletics
LESOTHO	Lineo	Mochesane	Taekwondo
LATVIA	Vadims	Vasilevskis	Athletics
BELARUS	Alexander	Medved	Wrestling
LEBANON	Jean - Claude	Rabbath	Athletics
LIBERIA	Gladys	Thompson	Athletics
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA	Mohamed	Eshtiwi	Weightlifting
LITHUANIA	Saulius	Stombergas	Basketball
LIECHTENSTEIN	Oliver	Geissmann	Shooting
LUXEMBOURG	Claudine	Schaul	Tennis
MADAGASCAR	Rosa	Rakotozafy	Athletics
MALAYSIA	Nickson	Bryan	Diving
MALAWI	Kondwani	Chiwina	Athletics
MALDIVES	Sultan	Saeed	Athletics
MALI	Kadiatou	Camara	Athletics
MALTA	William	Chetcuti	Shooting
MOROCCO	Nezha	Bidouane	Athletics
MAURITIUS	Michael	Medor	Boxing
MAURITANIA	Youba	Ouldhmeida	Athletics
GREAT BRITAIN	Kate	Howey	Judo
MEXICO	Fernando	Platas	Diving
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA	Manuel	Minginfel	Weightlifting
MONGOLIA	Damdinsuren	Nyamkhuu	Judo
MOZAMBIQUE	Kurt	Couto	Athletics
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA	Oleg	Moldovan	Shooting
MONACO	Sebastien	Gattuso	Athletics
BANGLADESH	Asif Hossain	Khan	Shooting
BARBADOS	Michael	Maskell	Shooting
BAHAMAS	Debbie	Ferguson	Athletics
BAHRAIN	Amhed	Hamada	Athletics
BELIZE	Emma	Wade	Athletics
BENIN	Fabienne	Feraeze	Athletics
BOTSWANA	Khumiso	Ikgopoleng	Boxing
BURKINA FASO	Mamadou	Ouedraogo	Swimming
BURUNDI	Emery	Nziyunvira	Swimming
BHUTAN	Tshering	Chhoden	Archery
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Jimmy	Anak Ahar	Athletics
MYANMAR	U Hla	Win	Weightlifting
NAMIBIA	Paulus	Ambunda	Boxing
NAURU	Yukio	Peter	Weightlifting
NEW ZEALAND	Beatrice	Faumuina	Athletics
NEPAL	Rajendra Bahadur	Bhandari	Athletics
NIGER	Abdou	Alassane Dji Bo	Judo
NIGERIA	Mary	Onyali - Omagbemi	Athletics
NICARAGUA	Svitlana	Kashchenko	Shooting
NORWAY	Harald	Stenvaag	Shooting
SOUTH AFRICA	Mbulaeni	Mulaudzi	Athletics
NETHERLANDS	Mark	Huizinga	Judo
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES	Churandy	Martina	Athletics
OMAN	Hamoud Abdallah	Al Dalhami	Athletics
HONDURAS	Izzwa	Medina	Table Tennis
HUNGARY	Antal	Kovacs	Judo
UGANDA	Joseph	Lubega	Boxing
UZBEKISTAN	Abdullo	Tangriev	Judo
UKRAINE	Denys	Sylantyev	Swimming
URUGUAY	Serrana	Fernandez	Swimming
PAKISTAN	Nadeem	Muhammad	Hockey
PALESTINE	Sanna	Abubkheet	Athletics
PALAU	John	Tarkong	Wrestling
PANAMA	Eileen Marie	Coparropa Aleman	Swimming
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Dika	Toua	Weightlifting
PARAGUAY	Rocio	Rivarola Trappe	Rowing
VIRGIN ISLANDS	La Verne	Jones	Equestrian
PERU	Francisco	Boza	Shooting
POLAND	Bartosz	Kizierowski	Swimming
PORTUGAL	Nuno	Delgado	Judo
PUERTO RICO	Carlos	Arroyo	Basketball
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA	Bloago	Geurgieuski	Basketball
RWANDA	Mathias	Ntawulikura	Athletics
ROMANIA	Elisabeta	Lipa(- Oleniuc)	Rowing
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Alexander	Popov	Swimming
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS	Kim	Collins	Athletics
SAMOA	Uati	Maposua	Weightlifting
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Fumilay	Fonseca	Athletics
SAUDI ARABIA	Hadi Soua An	Al Somaily	Athletics
SENEGAL	Malick	Fall	Swimming
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO	Dejan	Bodiroga	Basketball
SEYCHELLES	Allan	Julie	Sailing
SINGAPORE	Ronald	Susilo	Badminton
SIERRA LEONE	Hawanatu	Bangura	Athletics
SLOVAKIA	Michal	Martikan	Canoe/Kayak Slalom
SLOVENIA	Beno	Lapajne	Handball
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Francis	Manioru	Athletics
SOMALIA	Mohamed Ahmed	Alim	Head coach
SWAZILAND	Geinile	Moyang	Athletics
SUDAN	Todd	Matthews Jouda	Athletics
SWEDEN	Lars	Frolander	Swimming
SURINAME	Letitia	Vriesde	Athletics
SRI LANKA	Susanthika	Jayasinghe	Athletics
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	Mohamad	Hazouri	Athletics
CHINESE TAIPEI	Chih - Yuan	Chen	Baseball
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA	Restituta	Joseph	Athletics
TAJIKISTAN	Narguis	Nabieva	Archery
THAILAND	Paradorn	Srichaphan	Tennis
JAMAICA	Sandie	Richards	Athletics
DJIBOUTI	Abdo	Abdallah	Tennis
TIMOR-LESTE	Agueda	Amaral	Athletics
TONGA	Ma'afu	Hawke	Boxing
TOGO	Jan	Sekpona	Athletics
TURKEY	Ali Enver	Adakan	Sailing
TURKMENISTAN	Shohrat	Kurbanov	Boxing
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Ato	Boldon	Athletics
CHAD	Kaltouma	Nadjina	Athletics
CZECH REPUBLIC	Kvetoslav	Svoboda	Swimming
TUNISIA	Noureddine	Hfaiedh	Volleyball
YEMEN	Akram	Abdullah	Taekwondo
PHILIPPINES	Christopher	Camat	Boxing
FINLAND	Thomas	Johanson	Sailing
FIJI	Naisiga	Rasokisoki	Judo
CHILE	Kristel	Kobrich	Swimming
HONG KONG, CHINA	Hiu Wai Sherry	Tsai	Swimming