1972 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations

none During the Parade of Nations section of the 1972 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded in the arena, preceded by their 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. Parade order As the nation of the first modern Olympic Games, Greece entered the stadium first; whereas, the host nation West Germany marched last, according with tradition and IOC guidelines. Announcers in the stadium read off the names of the marching nations in the host country's language, German, by actor and television personality Joachim Fuchsberger6 February 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Epwrlx-Qg XX. Olympics 1972 Munich – Parade of Nations // Olympische Spiele 1972 München – Einzug der Nationen YouTube MainesOwn and music during the parade of nations is composed by Kurt Edelhagen. November 2005 Technical Manual on Ceremonies http://www.gamesmonitor.org.uk/files/Technical_Manual_on_Ceremonies.pdf International Olympic Committee 6 October 2019 40 Whilst most countries entered under their short names, a few entered under acronym or alternative names, mostly due to political and naming disputes. The People's Republic of the Congo entered as Congo (Kongo instead of Volksrepublik Kongo), South Korea (Republic of Korea) entered as Korea instead of Republik Korea, Taiwan (Republic of China) entered as Republik China, and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) entered as Vietnam. Acronyms used during the ceremony like East Germany (German Democratic Republic), North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) entered respectively as DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik), DVR Korea (Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea) and UdSSR (Union der Sozialistischen Sowjeterepubliken), United States in other hand entered the same as English, USA instead of its full German name Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, and host nation West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) entered as Germany (Deutschland instead of Bundesrepublik Deutschland or its acronym BRD) to avoid with the two Germanies. 121 nations entered the stadium with a combined total of 7,134 athletes. Eleven nations made their Olympic debut, namely Albania, Dahomey (now Benin), Gabon, North Korea, Lesotho, Malawi, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Swaziland, Togo, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). Rhodesia's invitation to take part in the 1972 Summer Games was withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee four days before the opening ceremony, in response to African countries' (such as Ethiopia and Kenya) protests against the Rhodesian government. (Rhodesia did, however, compete in the 1972 Summer Paralympics, held a little earlier in Heidelberg.) Rhodesian athletes would have been marched between Republic of China and Romania.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/22/newsid_3549000/3549444.stm 1972: Rhodesia out of Olympics BBC News 22 August 1972 2 November 2022Radwanski, George https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19720823&id=FgsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w6EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1790,5361674 Olympics: Rhodesia expelled Montreal Gazette 23 August 1972 2 November 2022 List The following is a list of each country's announced flag bearer. The list is sorted by the order in which each nation appears in the parade of nations. The names are given in their official designations by the IOC. This table is sortable by country name (in German), the flag bearer's name, and the flag bearer's sport. OrderNationGermanFlag bearerSport 1 GRE 1972 Summer Griechenland Khristos Papanikolaou Athletics 2 EGY 1972 Summer Ägypten Kamal Kamel El-Guamel Basketball 3 ETH 1972 Summer Äthiopien Mamo Wolde Athletics 4 AFG 1972 Summer Afghanistan Ghulam Dastagir Wrestling 5 ALB 1972 Summer Albanien Afërdita Tusha Shooting 6 ALG 1972 Summer Algerien Azzedine Azzouzi Athletics 7 ARG 1972 Summer Argentinien Carlos Cesar Delia Equestrian 8 AUS 1972 Summer Australien Dennis Green Canoeing 9 BAH 1972 Summer Bahamas Mike Sands Athletics 10 BAR 1972 Summer Barbados Anthony Phillips Weightlifting 11 BEL 1972 Summer Belgien Gaston Roelants Athletics 12 BER 1972 Summer Bermuda Kirk Cooper Sailing 13 BOL 1972 Summer Bolivien Roberto Nielsen-Reyes Equestrian 14 BRA 1972 Summer Brasilien Luiz Cláudio Menon Basketball 15 HBR 1972 Summer Britisch Honduras Gilmore Hinksen Official 16 BUL 1972 Summer Bulgarien Dimitar Zlatanov Volleyball 17 BIR 1972 Summer Burma Win Maung Football 18 CHI 1972 Summer Chile René Varas Equestrian 19 CRC 1972 Summer Costa Rica Hugo Chamberlain Shooting 20 DEN 1972 Summer Dänemark Peder Pedersen Cycling 21 DAH 1972 Summer Dahomey Ibrahima Idrissou Athletics 22 GDR German Democratic Republic 1972 Summer Olympics DDRDDR – Deutsche Demokratische Republik "n" Manfred Wolke Boxing 23 DOM 1972 Summer Dominikanische Republik Emilio Berroa Weightlifting 24 PRK Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1972 Summer Olympics DVR KoreaDVRK – Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea "n" Kim Man-dok Official 25 ECU 1972 Summer Ecuador Abdalá Bucaram Athletics 26 CIV 1972 Summer Elfenbeinküste Simbara Maki Athletics 27 ESA 1972 Summer El Salvador Salvador Vilanova Swimming 28 FIJ 1972 Summer Fidschi Usaia Sotutu Athletics 29 FIN 1972 Summer Finnland Ilkka Nummisto Canoeing 30 FRA 1972 Summer Frankreich Jean-Claude Magnan Fencing 31 GAB 1972 Summer Gabun Matias Moussobou Official 32 GHA 1972 Summer Ghana Sam Bugri Athletics 33 GBR 1972 Summer Großbritannien David Broome Equestrian 34 GUA 1972 Summer Guatemala Víctor Castellanos Shooting 35 GUY 1972 Summer Guyana Gordon Sankis Official 36 HAI 1972 Summer Haiti Jules Meliner Official 37 HKG 1972 Summer Hong Kong Peter Rull Sr. Shooting 38 IND 1972 Summer Indien D. 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Devine Jones Football (official) 39 INA 1972 Summer Indonesien Wiem Gommies Boxing 40 IRI 1972 Summer Iran Abdollah Movahed Wrestling 41 IRL 1972 Summer Irland Ronnie McMahon Equestrian 42 ISL 1972 Summer Island Geir Hallsteinsson Handball 43 ISR 1972 Summer Israel Henry Hershkowitz Shooting 44 ITA 1972 Summer Italien Abdon Pamich Athletics 45 JAM 1972 Summer Jamaika Lennox Miller Athletics 46 JPN 1972 Summer Japan Masatoshi Shinomaki Judo 47 YUG 1972 Summer Jugoslawien Mirko Sandić Water polo 48 ISV 1972 Summer Jungferninseln William Peets Boxing 49 KHM 1972 Summer Kambodscha Chaing Cheng Boxing (official) 50 CMR 1972 Summer Kamerun Gaston Malam Athletics 51 CAN 1972 Summer Kanada Douglas Rogers Judo 52 KEN 1972 Summer Kenia Kipchoge Keino Athletics 53 COL 1972 Summer Kolumbien Alfonso Pérez Boxing 54 CGO 1972 Summer Kongo Alphonse Mandonda Athletics 55 KOR Republic of Korea 1972 Summer Olympics Korea Kim Ji-hak Official 56 CUB 1972 Summer Kuba Teófilo Stevenson Boxing 57 KUW 1972 Summer Kuwait Younis Abdallah Athletics 58 LES 1972 Summer Lesotho Motsapi Moorosi Athletics 59 LIB 1972 Summer Libanon Mohamed Tarabulsi Weightlifting 60 LBR 1972 Summer Liberia Thomas Howe Athletics 61 LIE 1972 Summer Liechtenstein Eduard von Falz-Fein Non-competitor 62 LUX 1972 Summer Luxemburg Charles Sowa Athletics 63 MAD 1972 Summer Madagaskar Jean-Aimé Randrianalijaona Athletics 64 MAW 1972 Summer Malawi Martin Matupi Athletics 65 MAS 1972 Summer Malaysia Ali Bakar Football 66 MLI 1972 Summer Mali Namakoro Niaré Athletics 67 MLT 1972 Summer Malta Joseph Grech Shooting 68 MAR 1972 Summer Marokko Moustafa Belhmira Judo 69 MEX 1972 Summer Mexiko Felipe Muñoz Swimming 70 MON 1972 Summer Monaco Jean-Charles Seneca Fencing 71 MGL 1972 Summer Mongolei Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran Wrestling 72 NEP 1972 Summer Nepal Jit Bahadur Khatri Chhetri Athletics 73 NZL 1972 Summer Neuseeland Les Mills Athletics 74 NCA 1972 Summer Nicaragua Don Vélez Athletics 75 NED 1972 Summer Niederlande Nico Spits Field hockey 76 AHO 1972 Summer Niederländische Antillen Bèto Adriana Shooting 77 NIG 1972 Summer Niger Issaka Dabore Boxing 78 NGR 1972 Summer Nigeria Benedict Majekodunmi Athletics 79 NOR 1972 Summer Norwegen Harald Barlie Wrestling 80 VOL 1972 Summer Obervolta André Bicaba Athletics 81 AUT 1972 Summer Österreich Hubert Raudaschl Sailing 82 PAK 1972 Summer Pakistan Muhammad Arshad Malik Weightlifting 83 PAN 1972 Summer Panama Donaldo Arza Boxing 84 PAR 1972 Summer Paraguay Arnulfo Becker Shooting 85 PER 1972 Summer Peru Enrique Barúa Fencing 86 PHI 1972 Summer Philippinen Jimmy Mariano Basketball 87 POL 1972 Summer Polen Waldemar Baszanowski Weightlifting 88 POR 1972 Summer Portugal Armando Aldegalega Athletics 89 PUR 1972 Summer Puerto Rico Arnaldo Bristol Athletics 90 ROC 1972 Summer Republik China Chi Cheng Athletics 91 ROM 1972 Summer Rumänien Aurel Vernescu Canoeing 92 ZAM 1972 Summer Sambia Julius Luipa Boxing 93 SMR 1972 Summer San Marino Italo Casali Shooting 94 KSA 1972 Summer Saudi-Arabien Bilal Said Al-Azma Athletics 95 SWE 1972 Summer Schweden Jan Jönsson Equestrian 96 SUI 1972 Summer Schweiz Urs von Wartburg Athletics 97 SEN 1972 Summer Senegal Robert N'Diaye Wrestling 98 SIN 1972 Summer Singapur Pat Chan Swimming 99 SOM 1972 Summer Somalia Mohamed Aboker Athletics 100 ESP 1972 Summer Spanien Francisco Fernández Ochoa Non-competitor 101 CEY 1972 Summer Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Lucien Rosa Athletics 102 SUD 1972 Summer Sudan Abdel Wahab Abdullah Salih Boxing 103 SUR 1972 Summer Surinam Sammy Monsels Athletics 104 SWZ 1972 Summer Swasiland Richard Mabuza Athletics 105 SYR 1972 Summer Syrien Mounzer Khatib Shooting 106 TAN 1972 Summer Tansania Claver Kamanya Athletics 107 THA 1972 Summer Thailand Rangsit Yanothai Shooting 108 TOG 1972 Summer Togo Roger Kangni Athletics 109 TRI 1972 Summer Trinidad und Tobago Hasely Crawford Athletics 110 CHA 1972 Summer Tschad Ahmed Senoussi Athletics 111 TCH 1972 Summer Tschechoslowakei Ludvík Daněk Athletics 112 TUR 1972 Summer Türkei Gıyasettin Yılmaz Wrestling 113 TUN 1972 Summer Tunesien Salem Boughattas Athletics 114 URS 1972 Summer UdSSRUdSSR - Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken "n" Aleksandr Medved Wrestling 115 UGA 1972 Summer Uganda John Akii-Bua Athletics 116 HUN 1972 Summer Ungarn Gergely Kulcsár Athletics 117 URU 1972 Summer Uruguay Darwin Piñeyrúa Athletics 118 USA United States of America 1972 Summer Olympics USAUSA (frequent acronym in German) - in full as Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika "n" Olga Fikotová Athletics 119 VEN 1972 Summer Venezuela Francisco Rodríguez Boxing 120 VIE 1972 Summer Vietnam Hồ Minh Thu Archery 121 FRG Federal Republic of Germany 1972 Summer Olympics Deutschland Detlef Lewe Canoeing Notes "n" References 2 Category:1972 Summer Olympics Category:Lists of Olympic flag bearers