1994 Winter Olympics national flag bearers

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 Norwegian alphabet. As usual, Greece leads the parade, followed by American Samoa. Mongolia didn't march in the parade, but still compete in the Games.[1] The announcers welcomed the country in their respective main language, English, and lastly French.[2]

List

Below 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)HellasThomai LefousiAlpine skiing
2 American Samoa (ASA)Amerikansk SamoaFaauuga MuagututiaBobsleigh
3 United States (USA)Amerikas Forente StaterCammy MylerLuge
4 Andorra (AND)AndorraVicky GrauAlpine skiing
5 Argentina (ARG)ArgentinaMaría GiroBiathlon
6 Armenia (ARM)ArmeniaArsen HarutyunyanAlpine skiing
7 Australia (AUS)AustraliaKirstie MarshallFreestyle skiing
8 Belarus (BLR)BelarusYevgeniy Redkin[3]Biathlon
9 Belgium (BEL)BelgiaBea PintensShort track speed skating
10 Bermuda (BER)BermudaJohn HoskinsChef de Mission[3]
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)Bosnia HercegovinaBekim BabićCross-country skiing
12 Brazil (BRA)BrasilLothar Christian MunderAlpine skiing
13 Bulgaria (BUL)BulgariaNadezhda AleksievaBiathlon
14 Canada (CAN)CanadaKurt BrowningFigure skating
15 Chile (CHI)ChileAlexis Racloz[3]Alpine skiing
16 Chinese Taipei (TPE)Chinese TaipeiSun Kuang-MingBobsleigh[4]
17 Denmark (DEN)DanmarkMichael TyllesenFigure skating
18 Czech Republic (CZE)Den Tsjekkiske RepublikkPavel BencCross-country skiing
19 Estonia (EST)EstlandAllar LevandiNordic combined
20 Fiji (FIJ)FijiRusiate RogoyawaCross-country skiing[5]
21 Finland (FIN)FinlandMarja-Liisa KirvesniemiCross-country skiing
22 France (FRA)FrankrikeAnne BriandBiathlon
23 Georgia (GEO)GeorgiaZurab DzhidzhishviliAlpine skiing
24 Iceland (ISL)IslandÁsta HalldórsdóttirAlpine skiing
25 Israel (ISR)IsraelMichael ShmerkinFigure skating
26 Italy (ITA)ItaliaDeborah CompagnoniAlpine skiing
27 Jamaica (JAM)JamaicaChris StokesBobsleigh
28 Japan (JPN)JapanReiichi MikataNordic combined
29 Virgin Islands (ISV)JomfruøyeneKyle HeikkilaLuge
30 Kazakhstan (KAZ)KasakhstanKayrat ByekenovSki jumping
31 China (CHN)KinaLiu YanfeiSpeed skating
32 South Korea (KOR)KoreaLee Joon-HoShort track speed skating
33 Croatia (CRO)KroatiaVedran PavlekAlpine skiing
34 Cyprus (CYP)KyprosKarolina FotiadouAlpine skiing
35 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)KyrgisistanTorkel Engennes
36 Latvia (LAT)LatviaZintis EkmanisBobsleigh
37 Liechtenstein (LIE)LiechtensteinMarkus HaslerCross-country skiing
38 Lithuania (LTU)LitauenPovilas VanagasFigure skating
39 Luxembourg (LUX)LuxembourgGeorges Diderich[3]Chef de Mission
40 Mexico (MEX)MexicoHubertus von HohenloheAlpine skiing
41 Moldova (MDA)MoldovaVasily GherghyBiathlon
42 Monaco (MON)MonacoAlbert II, Prince of MonacoBobsleigh
43 Netherlands (NED)NederlandChristine AaftinkSpeed skating
44 New Zealand (NZL)New ZealandTony SmithShort track speed skating
45 Poland (POL)PolenTomasz SikoraBiathlon
46 Portugal (POR)PortugalJoao DuarteChef de Mission[3]
47 Puerto Rico (PUR)Puerto RicoListon BochetteBobsleigh
48 Romania (ROU)RomaniaIoan ApostolLuge
49 Russia (RUS)RusslandSergei TchepikovBiathlon
50 San Marino (SMR)San MarinoDino CrescentiniBobsleigh
51 Senegal (SEN)SenegalLamine GuèyeAlpine skiing
52 Slovakia (SVK)SlovakiaPeter ŠťastnýIce Hockey
53 Slovenia (SLO)SloveniaJure KoširAlpine skiing
54 Spain (ESP)SpaniaAinhoa IbarraAlpine skiing
55 Great Britain (GBR)StorbritanniaMichael DixonBiathlon
56 Switzerland (SUI)SveitsGustav WederBobsleigh
57 Sweden (SWE)SverigePernilla WibergAlpine skiing
58 South Africa (RSA)Sør-AfrikaDino QuattrocecereFigure skating
59 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)Trinidad og TobagoGregory Sun[3]Bobsleigh
60 Turkey (TUR)TyrkiaMithat YildrimCross-country skiing
61 Germany (GER)TysklandMark KirchnerBiathlon
62 Ukraine (UKR)UkrainaViktor PetrenkoFigure skating
63 Hungary (HUN)UngarnAttila BónisOfficial
64 Uzbekistan (UZB)UsbekistanMuslyum Settarov[3]Figure skating
65 Austria (AUT)ØsterrikeAnita WachterAlpine skiing
66 Norway (NOR)NorgeBjørn DæhlieCross-country skiing

References

  1. WINTER OLYMPICS: NOTEBOOK; Amid Tears and With Support, Punsalan Reflects on Father
  2. (Ceremonia de Apertura de los JJOO de Lillehammer 1994 (4/12)) (YouTube)
  3. "1994 Olympics Olympics Opening Ceremony Part 6". Youtube. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. "Chinese Taipei - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  5. "Fiji - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
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