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2012 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations

During the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games, athletes from each participating country paraded in the Olympic Stadium, preceded by its flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves.

Parade order

All nations paraded in alphabetical order except the host country, Great Britain, who entered last.

Countries and flag bearers

The following is a list of all parading countries with their respective flag bearer, sorted in the order 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 IPC.

Order	Country	Flag bearer	Sport
1	AFG		Powerlifting
2	ALB		Cycling
3	ALG		Athletics
4	AND		—
5	ANG		Athletics
6	ANT		Athletics
7	ARG		Swimming
8	ARM		Powerlifting
9	AUS		Wheelchair rugby
10	AUT		Table tennis
11	AZE		Judo
12	BRN		Athletics
13	BAR		Swimming
14	BLR		Wheelchair fencing
15	BEL		Athletics
16	BEN		Athletics
17	BER		Athletics
18	BIH		Sitting volleyball
19	BRA		Swimming
20	BRU		Athletics
21	BUL		Athletics
22	BUR		Cycling
23	BDI		Athletics
24	CAM		Athletics
25	CMR		Powerlifting
26	CAN		Wheelchair rugby
27	CPV		Athletics
28	CAF		Athletics
29	CHI		Athletics
30	CHN	Zhang Lixin	Athletics
31	COL		Athletics
32	COM		Swimming
33	CRC
34	CIV		Powerlifting
35	CRO		Athletics
36	CUB		Athletics
37	CYP		Swimming
38	CZE		Athletics
39	PRK	Rim Ju Song	Swimming
40	COD		Athletics
41	DEN		Table tennis
42	DJI		Athletics
43	DOM		Cycling
44	ECU		Swimming
45	EGY		Powerlifting
46	ESA		Athletics
47	EST		—
48	ETH		Athletics
49	FRO		Swimming
50	FIJ		Athletics
51	FIN		Athletics
52	MKD		Shooting
53	FRA		Sailing
54	GAB
55	GAM		Athletics
56	GEO		Powerlifting
57	GER		Swimming
58	GHA		Athletics
59	GRE		Swimming
60	GUA		Athletics
61	GBS
62	HAI		Athletics
63	HON
64	HKG	So Wa Wai	Athletics
65	HUN		Athletics
66	ISL		Athletics
67	IND		Athletics
68	INA		Swimming
69	IRI		Athletics
70	IRQ		Powerlifting
71	IRL		Cycling
72	ISR		Shooting
73	ITA		Archery
74	JAM		Athletics
75	JPN		Swimming
76	JOR		Shooting
77	KAZ		Swimming
78	KEN		Athletics
79	KOR	Kim Gyu Dae	Athletics
80	KUW		Athletics
81	KGZ
82	LAO	Eay Simay	Powerlifting
83	LAT		Athletics
84	LIB		Cycling
85	LES		Athletics
86	LBR		Powerlifting
87	LBA		—
88	LTU		Athletics
89	MAC	In I Lao	Wheelchair fencing
90	MAD		Athletics
91	MAS		Athletics
92	MLI		Athletics
93	MLT		Swimming
94	MTN		Athletics
95	MRI		Athletics
96	MEX		Swimming
97	MDA		Powerlifting
98	MGL		Shooting
99	MNE		Athletics
100	MAR		Athletics
101	MOZ		Athletics
102	MYA		Athletics
103	NAM		Athletics
104	NEP		Athletics
105	NED		Athletics
106	NZL		Shooting
107	NCA		Athletics
108	NIG		Athletics
109	NGR		Athletics
110	NOR		Sailing
111	OMA		Powerlifting
112	PAK		Athletics
113	PLE		Athletics
114	PAN		Athletics
115	PNG		Athletics
116	PER		Athletics
117	PHI		Table tennis
118	POL		Athletics
119	POR		Athletics
120	PUR		Sailing
121	QAT		Athletics
122	ROU		Cycling
123	RUS		Athletics
124	RWA		Athletics
125	SAM		Athletics
126	SMR		Athletics
127	KSA		Athletics
128	SEN		Athletics
129	SRB		Athletics
130	SLE		Athletics
131	SIN		Swimming
132	SVK		Cycling
133	SLO		Table tennis
134	SOL		Athletics
135	RSA		Athletics
136	ESP		Swimming
137	SRI		Athletics
138	SUR		Athletics
139	SWE		Shooting
140	SUI		Athletics
141	SYR		Powerlifting
142	TPE	Lin Wen-Hsin	Table tennis
143	TJK		Powerlifting
144	TAN		Athletics
145	THA		Wheelchair fencing
146	TLS		Athletics
147	TGA		Athletics
148	TRI		Athletics
149	TUN		Athletics
150	TUR		Archery
151	TKM		Athletics
152	UGA		Athletics
153	UKR		Sitting volleyball
154	UAE		Powerlifting
155	USA		Athletics
156	URU		Swimming
157	ISV		Equestrian
158	UZB		Athletics
159	VAN		Athletics
160	VEN		Judo
161	VIE	Ngoc Hung Cao	Athletics
162	ZAM		Athletics
163	ZIM		Athletics
164	GBR		Wheelchair tennis

References

(29 August 2012). "List of Opening Ceremony flag bearers". [[International Paralympic Committee]].

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