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2008 Summer Paralympics national flag bearers

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During the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, athletes from each participating country paraded in the stadium, preceded by their flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country. It is considered a great honour to bear the country's flag in the Parade of Nations.

Parade order

Per tradition, the host country, in this case the People's Republic of China, marched last however contrary to tradition in the Olympic Games the national team of Greece did not enter first. All other nations marched in name order in the language of the host nation, which in this case is the Chinese language. As Chinese is written in characters and not letters, the order of the teams' entry was determined by the number of strokes in the first character of their respective countries' Simplified Chinese names. Countries with the same number of strokes in the first character are sorted by those of the next character. This made Guinea (几内亚) the first country to enter, as it takes two strokes to write the first character in the country's name (几), and Zambia (赞比亚) last-but-one, ahead of China.

List

The following is a list of each country's flag bearer.

Order	Nation	Chinese name	Pinyin	Flag bearer	Sport
1	GUI	几内亚	Jīnèiyà	Ahmed Barry	Athletics
2	TUR	土耳其	Tǔěrqí	Korhan Yamac	Shooting
3	TKM	土库曼斯坦	Tǔkùmànsītǎn	Ovezgeldy Ordjiyev	Powerlifting
4	MLT	马耳他	Mǎěrtā	Atonio Flores	Athletics
5	MAD	马达加斯加	Mǎdájiāsījiā	Josefa Harijaona Randrianony	Swimming
6	MAS	马来西亚	Mǎláixīyà	Mariappan Perumal	Powerlifting
7	MLI	马里	Mǎlǐ	Sissoko Facourou	Powerlifting
8	MKD	前南斯拉夫马其顿共和国	Qián Nánsīlāfū Mǎqídùn Gònghéguó	Vanco Karanfilov	Shooting
9	ECU	厄瓜多尔	Èguāduōěr	Jose Marino	Powerlifting
10	JAM	牙买加	Yámǎijiā	Tanto Campbell	Athletics
11	BEL	比利时	Bǐlìshí	Nico Vergeylen	Table tennis
12	VAN	瓦努阿图	Wǎnǔātú	Tom Tete	Powerlifting
13	ISR	以色列	Yǐsèliè	Yizhar Cohen	Swimming
14	JPN	日本	Rìběn	Toru Suzuki	Athletics
15	TPE	中华台北	Zhōnghuá Táiběi	Hou Ting-Sung	Table tennis
16	CAF	中非	Zhōngfēi	Rosel-Clemariot-Christian Nikona	Athletics
17	HKG	中国香港	Zhōngguó Xiānggǎng	So Wa Wai	Athletics
18	MAC	中国澳门	Zhōngguó Àomén	Kuong Sio Ieng	Athletics
19	BEN	贝宁	Bèiníng	Blandine Sahenou	Powerlifting
20	MRI	毛里求斯	Máolǐqiúsī	Richard Souci	Athletics
21	DEN	丹麦	Dānmài	Jackie Christiansen	Athletics
22	UGA	乌干达	Wūgāndá	Billy Ssengendo	Powerlifting
23	UKR	乌克兰	Wūkèlán	Andrii Komar	Wheelchair fencing
24	URU	乌拉圭	Wūlāguī	Henry Borges	Judo
25	UZB	乌兹别克斯坦	Wūzībiékèsītǎn	Ravil Diganshin	Athletics / Powerlifting
26	BAR	巴巴多斯	Bābāduōsī	David Taylor	Swimming
27	PNG	巴布亚新几内亚	Bābùyà Xīn Jǐnèiyà	Francis Kompaon	Athletics
28	BRA	巴西	Bāxī	Antonio Tenorio Silva	Judo
29	BRN	巴林	Bālín	Ahmed Meshaimaa	Athletics
30	PAN	巴拿马	Bānámǎ	Said Gomez	Athletics
31	PAK	巴基斯坦	Bājīsītǎn	Haider Ali	Athletics
32	PLE	巴勒斯坦	Bālèsītǎn	Husam Azzam	Athletics
33	CUB	古巴	Gǔbā	Yunidis Castillo	Athletics
34	BUR	布基纳法索	Bùjīnà Fǎsuǒ	Lassane Gasbeogo	Cycling
35	BDI	布隆迪	Bùlóngdí	Remy Nikobimeze	Athletics
36	TLS	东帝汶	Dōngdìwèn	Liliana da Costa Silva	Powerlifting
37	QAT	卡塔尔	Kǎtǎěr	Ali Abdulla Mohamed	Powerlifting
38	RWA	卢旺达	Lúwàngdá	Jean de Dieu Nkundabera	Athletics
39	LUX	卢森堡	Lúsēnbǎo	Peter Lorkowski	Cycling
40	BLR	白俄罗斯	Báiéluósī	Ihar Fartunau	Athletics
41	IND	印度	Yìndù	Rajinder Singh Rahelu	Powerlifting
42	INA	印度尼西亚	Yìndùníxīyà	Billy Zeth Makal	Powerlifting
43	LTU	立陶宛	Lìtáowǎn	Rolandas Urbonas	Athletics
44	NIG	尼日尔	Nírìěr	Zakari Amadou	Powerlifting
45	NGR	尼日利亚	Nírìlìyà	Adekunle Adesoji	Athletics
46	NEP	尼泊尔	Níbóěr	Jit Bahadur Khadka	Athletics
47	GHA	加纳	Jiānà	Nkegbe Botsyo	Athletics
48	CAN	加拿大	Jiānádà	Donovan Tildesley	Swimming
49	GAB	加蓬	Jiāpéng	Thierry Mabicka	Athletics
50	KGZ	吉尔吉斯斯坦	Jíěrjísīsītǎn	Roman Omurbekov	Powerlifting
51	LAO	老挝	Lǎowō	Eay Simay	Powerlifting
52	ARM	亚美尼亚	Yàměiníyà	Greta Khndzrtsyan	Powerlifting
53	ESP	西班牙	Xībānyá	David Casinos	Athletics
54	BER	百慕大	Bǎimùdà	Jennifer Southern	Secretary General
55	IRQ	伊拉克	Yīlākè	Faris Al-Ajeeli	Powerlifting
56	IRI	伊朗	Yīlǎng	Mohammad Reza Mirzaei	Athletics
57	GUA	危地马拉	Wēidìmǎlā	Cesar Arturo Lopez Ivajera	Athletics
58	HUN	匈牙利	Xiōngyálì	Judit Horvathne Palfi	Wheelchair fencing
59	DOM	多米尼加共和国	Duōmǐníjiā Gònghéguó	Alfonso Olibero Encarnacion	Athletics
60	ISL	冰岛	Bīngdǎo	Jon Oddur Haldorsson	Athletics
61	ANG	安哥拉	Āngēlā	Jose Armando	Athletics
62	TGA	汤加	Tāngjiā	Mounga Okusitino	Athletics
63	JOR	约旦	Yuēdàn	Jamil Elshebli	Athletics
64	FIN	芬兰	Fēnlán	Minna Leinonen	Shooting
65	CRO	克罗地亚	Kèluódìyà	Marija Ivekovic	Athletics
66	SUR	苏里南	Sūlǐnán	Biondi Misasi	Athletics
67	LBA	利比亚	Lìbǐyǎ	Sahar Mostafa M El Gnemi	Powerlifting
68	CPV	佛得角	Fódéjiǎo	Artimeza Helena Sequiera	Athletics
69	GRE	希腊	Xīlà	Charalampos Taiganidis	Swimming
70	KSA	沙特	Shātè	Osamah Alshanqiti	Athletics
71	ALG	阿尔及利亚	Āěrjílìyà	Mohamed Allek	Athletics
72	UAE	阿联酋	Āliánqiú	Abdullah al Aryani	Shooting
73	ARG	阿根廷	Āgēntíng	Silvio Velo	Football 5-A-Side
74	OMA	阿曼	Āmàn	Badar al-Harthi	Powerlifting
75	AFG	阿富汗	Āfùhàn	Mohammad Fahim Rahimi	Powerlifting
76	AZE	阿塞拜疆	Āsāibàijiān	Ilham Zakiyev	Judo
77	NAM	纳米比亚	Nàmǐbǐyà	Reginald Benade	Athletics
78	TAN	坦桑尼亚	Tǎnsāngníyà	Ernest Nyabalale	Athletics
79	LAT	拉脱维亚	Lātuōwéiyà	Edgars Bergs	Athletics
80	GBR	英国	Yīngguó	Danny Crates	Athletics
81	KEN	肯尼亚	Kěnníyà	Henry Wanyioke	Athletics
82	ROU	罗马尼亚	Luōmǎníyà	Eduard Novak	Cycling
83	VEN	委内瑞拉	Wěinèiruìlā	Reinaldo Carvallo	Judo
84	FRA	法国	Fǎguó	Assia El Hannouni	Athletics
85	FRO	法罗群岛	Fǎluó Qúndǎo	Heidi Andreasen	Swimming
86	POL	波兰	Bōlán	Krzysztof Smorszczewski	Athletics
87	PUR	波多黎各	Bōduō Lígè	Nilda Gomez Lopez	Shooting
88	BIH	波黑	Bōhēi	Sabahudin Delalić	Sitting volleyball
89	BAN	孟加拉国	Mèngjiālāguó	Abdul Quader Sumon	Athletics
90	NOR	挪威	Nuówēi	Cecilie Drabsch-Norland	Swimming
91	RSA	南非	Nánfēi	Natalie du Toit	Swimming
92	CAM	柬埔寨	Jiǎnpǔzhài	Vanna Kim	Athletics
93	KAZ	哈萨克斯坦	Hāsàkèsītǎn	Liazat Salimzenova	Powerlifting
94	KUW	科威特	Kēwēitè	Hamad Aladwani	Athletics
95	CIV	科特迪瓦	Kētè Díwǎ	Oumar Basakoulba Kone	Athletics
96	BUL	保加利亚	Bǎojiālìyà	Stela Eneva	Athletics
97	RUS	俄罗斯	Éluósī	Alexey Ashapatov	Athletics
98	SYR	叙利亚	Xùlìyà	Rasha Alshikh	Powerlifting
99	USA	美国	Měiguó	Jennifer Armbruster	Goalball
100	HON	洪都拉斯	Hóngdūlāsī	Luis Carlos Hernandez Oliva	Athletics
101	ZIM	津巴布韦	Jīnbābùwéi	Elliot Mujaji	Athletics
102	TUN	突尼斯	Tūnísī	Ahmed Benhaj Ali	Athletics
103	THA	泰国	Tàiguó	Supachai Koysub	Athletics
104	EGY	埃及	Aījí	Metwaly Ibrahim Mathna	Powerlifting
105	ETH	埃塞俄比亚	Aīsāiébǐyà	Tesfalem Gebru	Athletics
106	LES	莱索托	Láisuǒtuō	Thato Mohasoa	Athletics
107	NED	荷兰	Hélán	Esther Vergeer	Wheelchair tennis
108	GEO	格鲁吉亚	Gélǔjíyà	Yago Gorgadze	Powerlifting
109	COL	哥伦比亚	Gēlúnbǐyà	Moisés Fuentes	Swimming
110	CRC	哥斯达黎加	Gēsīdá Líjiā	Giovanny Rodriguez	Table tennis
111	PER	秘鲁	Bìlǔ	Jose Gonzales-Mugaburu	Swimming
112	IRL	爱尔兰	Aìěrlán	Patrice Dockery	Athletics
113	EST	爱沙尼亚	Aìshāníyà	Kristo Ringas	Swimming
114	HAI	海地	Hǎidì	Nephtalie Jean Louis	Powerlifting
115	CZE	捷克	Jiékè	Marketa Sidkova	Archery
116	PHI	菲律宾	Fēilǜbīn	Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta	Powerlifting
117	ESA	萨尔瓦多	Sàěrwǎduō	Zulma Cruz	Athletics
118	SAM	萨摩亚	Sàmóyà	Mose Faatamala	Athletics
119	TJK	塔吉克斯坦	Tǎjíkèsītǎn	Khayrullo Abdurahimov	Powerlifting
120	VIE	越南	Yuènán	Nguyen Quang Vuong	Swimming
121	SRI	斯里兰卡	Sīlǐ Lánkǎ	Sandun Wasana Perera	Powerlifting
122	SLO	斯洛文尼亚	Sīluòwénníyà	Franc Pinter	Shooting
123	SVK	斯洛伐克	Sīluòfákè	Ladislav Gaspar	Table tennis
124	POR	葡萄牙	Pútáoyá	Filomena Franco	Rowing
125	KOR	韩国	Hánguó	Park Jong-Chul	Powerlifting
126	FIJ	斐济	Fěijì	Ranjesh Prakash	Athletics
127	MNE	黑山	Hēishān	Dusan Dragovic	Swimming
128	CHI	智利	Zhìlì	Robinson Mendez	Wheelchair tennis
129	AUT	奥地利	Aòdìlì	Christoph Etzlstorfer	Athletics
130	MYA	缅甸	Miǎndiàn	Myint Win	Athletics
131	SUI	瑞士	Ruìshì	Heinz Frei	Athletics / Cycling
132	SWE	瑞典	Ruìdiǎn	Anders Olsson	Swimming
133	MGL	蒙古	Měnggǔ	Bazarsuren Choyondorj	Judo
134	SIN	新加坡	Xīnjiāpō	Rui Si Theresa Goh	Swimming
135	NZL	新西兰	Xīn Xīlán	Sholto Taylor	Wheelchair rugby
136	ITA	意大利	Yìdàlì	Francesca Porcellato	Athletics
137	SEN	塞内加尔	Sàinèijiāěr	Nidiaye Mor	Athletics
138	SRB	塞尔维亚	Sàiěrwéiyà	Zlatko Kesler	Table tennis
139	CYP	塞浦路斯	Sàipǔlùsī	Karolina Pelendritou	Swimming
140	MEX	墨西哥	Mòxīgē	Saul Mendoza	Athletics
141	LIB	黎巴嫩	Líbānèn	Edward Maalouf	Cycling
142	GER	德国	Déguó	Conny Dietz	Goalball
143	MDA	摩尔多瓦	Móěrduōwǎ	Larisa Marinenkova	Powerlifting
144	MAR	摩洛哥	Móluògē	Abdelilah Mame	Athletics
145	AUS	澳大利亚	Àodàlìyǎ	Russell Short	Athletics
146	ZAM	赞比亚	Zànbǐyà	Lassam Katongo	Athletics
147	CHN	中国	Zhōngguó	Wang Xiaofu	Swimming

Sources

Official list on the website of the International Paralympic Committee

References

"Opening Ceremony plan released - The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games".

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