1980 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations

none During the parade of nations portion of the 1980 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 Soviet Union marched last, in accordance with the tradition and IOC guidelines. As each delegation entered accompanied by the Soviet march music, the national name was announced in Russian.15 July 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe1RuTOjRqw Торжественное открытие XXII Олимпийских игр в Москве. Олимпиада-80 (1980) Opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Games in Moscow ru YouTube Soviet Central Television2 November 2022 https://olympics.com/en/video/opening-ceremony-moscow-1980 Opening Ceremony – Moscow 1980 International Olympic Committee November 2005 Technical Manual on Ceremonies https://www.gamesmonitor.org.uk/files/Technical_Manual_on_Ceremonies.pdf International Olympic Committee 6 October 2019 40 Eighty nations entered the stadium with a combined total of 5,179 athletes, the smallest since 1956. Seven of them made their Olympic debut, namely Angola, Botswana, Cyprus, Jordan, Laos, Mozambique and Seychelles.http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/08/10/v-print/1297605/sting-remains-from-boycotted-1980.html Sting remains from boycotted 1980 Games Murphy, Brian Idaho Statesman 22 August 2010 In partial support of the United States-led boycott, sixteen countries marched into the Olympic stadium under the Olympic flag. Seven of them, however, did not attend the opening ceremonies, their flags were instead carried by Moscow Olympic Committee volunteers. Two other countries (Great Britain and Ireland) paraded into the Stadium only with their officials,http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123628/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20140413150220/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123628/index.htm dead April 13, 2014 Only The Bears Were Bullish Fimrite Ron Ron Fimrite July 28, 1980 SI Vault – CNN August 14, 2013https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/olympics-chief-feared-protests-28579200.html Olympics chief feared protests December 30, 2010 Belfasttelegraph.co.uk August 14, 2013 while four of them participated under the Olympic flag with their athletes. New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain, on the other hand, participated in the Games under their NOC flags.Philip Barker https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1094709/blog-moscow-1980-olympic Philip Barker: Moscow – the best and most political Olympic Opening Ceremony May 28, 2020 Inside the Games November 2, 2022 Due to the boycott, this marked the United States' first (and only) absence from the Olympics for the first time in the 84-year history. United States (Соединённые Штаты Америки Soyedinyonnyye Shtaty Ameriki, "United States of America") would have marched between Syria and Tanzania, Somalia joined the US-led boycott. Somalia would’ve marched between Senegal and Sierra Leone. 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 Russian), the flag bearer's name, and the flag bearer's sport. OrderNationRussianTransliterationFlag bearerSport 1 GRE 1980 Summer Греция Gretsiya Ilias Hatzipavlis Sailing 2 AUS 1980 Summer Австралия Avstraliya Denise Boyd Athletics Max Metzker Swimming 3 Austria state Austria Австрия Avstriya Karl Ferstl Sailing 4 ALG 1980 Summer Алжир Alzhir Djamel Yahiouche Swimming 5 ANG 1980 Summer Ангола Angola Fernando Lopes Swimming 6 AND 1980 Summer ОК Андорра OK Andorra Francesc Gaset Fris Shooting 7 AFG 1980 Summer Афганистан Afghanistan 8 BEL 1980 Summer КОИБ (Бельгия) KOIB (Beľgiya) Moscow 1980 – Volunteer 9 BEN 1980 Summer Бенин Benin 10 BIR 1980 Summer Бирма Birma 11 BUL 1980 Summer Болгария Bolgariya Aleksandar Tomov Wrestling 12 BOT 1980 Summer Ботсвана Botsvana 13 BRA 1980 Summer Бразилия Brazilia João Carlos de Oliveira Athletics 14 GBR 1980 Summer Британская ОА Britanskaya OA Richard Palmer Official 15 HUN 1980 Summer Венгрия Vengriya István Szívós, Jr. Water polo 16 VEN 1980 Summer Венесуэла Venesuėla Antonio Esparragoza Boxing 17 VIE 1980 Summer Вьетнам Vyetnam 18 GUY 1980 Summer Гайана Gaïana 19 GUA 1980 Summer Гватемала Gvatemala Carlos Silva Shooting 20 GUI 1980 Summer Гвинея Gvinea 21 GDR 1980 Summer Olympics German Democratic Republic ГДР GDRGDR – Germanskaya Demokraticheskaya Respublika "n" Kristina Richter Handball 22 DEN 1980 Summer Дания Daniya Jørgen Lindhardsen Sailing 23 DOM 1980 Summer Доминиканская Республика Dominikanskaya Respublika Marisela Peralta Athletics 24 ZAM 1980 Summer Замбия Zambiya 25 ZIM 1980 Summer Зимбабве Zimbabve Abel Nkhoma Athletics 26 IND 1980 Summer Индия Indiya 27 JOR 1980 Summer Иордания Iordaniya Abdul Latif Abdul Magid Official 28 IRQ 1980 Summer Ирак Irak 29 IRL 1980 Summer Ирландия Irlandiya Ken Ryan Official 30 ISL 1980 Summer Исландия Islandiya Birgir Borgþórsson Weightlifting 31 ESP 1980 Summer ОК Испании OK Ispanii Herminio Menéndez Canoeing 32 ITA 1980 Summer НОК Италии NOK Italii Moscow 1980 – Volunteer 33 CMR 1980 Summer Камерун Kamerun 34 CYP 1980 Summer Кипр Kipr Kostas Papakostas Judo 35 COL 1980 Summer Колумбия Kolumbiya 36 CGO 1980 Summer People's Republic of Congo НР Конго NR KongoNR Kongo – Narodnaya Respublika Kongo "n" 37 PRK 1980 Summer Olympics Democratic People's Republic of Korea КНДР KNDRKNDR – Koreiskaya Narodnaya Demokraticheskaya Respublika "n" 38 CRC 1980 Summer Коста-Рика Kosta-Rika María París Swimming 39 CUB 1980 Summer Куба Kuba Teófilo Stevenson Boxing 40 KUW 1980 Summer Кувейт Kuveït 41 LAO 1980 Summer Лаос Laos Panh Khemanith Athletics 42 LES 1980 Summer Лесото Lesoto 43 LBR 1980 SummerLiberia withdrew after marching in the opening ceremony and joined the United States-led boycott. "n" Либерия Liberiya 44 LIB 1980 Summer Ливан Livan Toni Khouri Official 45 LBA 1980 Summer Olympics Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Джамахирия (Джамахирии Араб Ливий) Dzhamakhiriya (Dzhamakhirii Arab Livii) 46 LUX 1980 Summer КОСЛ (Люксембург) KOSL (Lyuksemburg) Moscow 1980 – Volunteer 47 MAD 1980 Summer Мадагаскар Madagaskar 48 MLI 1980 Summer Мали Mali 49 MLT 1980 Summer Мальта Maľta Frans Chetcuti Shooting 50 MEX 1980 Summer Мексика Meksika Carlos Girón Diving 51 MOZ 1980 Summer Мозамбик Mozambik 52 MGL 1980 Summer Монголия Mongoliya Zevegiin Düvchin Wrestling 53 NEP 1980 Summer Непал Nepal 54 NGR 1980 Summer Нигерия Nigeriya 55 NED 1980 Summer НОК Нидерландов NOK Niderlandov Moscow 1980 – Volunteer 56 NCA 1980 Summer Никарагуа Nikaragua Xiomara Larios Athletics 57 NZL 1980 Summer Новая Зеландия Novaya Zelandiya Brian Newth Modern pentathlon 58 PER 1980 Summer Перу Peru Walter Perón Shooting 59 POL 1980 Summer Польша Poľsha Czesław Kwieciński Wrestling 60 POR 1980 Summer ОК Португалии OK Portugalii Esbela da Fonseca Gymnastics (non-participant) 61 PUR 1980 Summer Пуэрто-Рико Puėrto-Riko Alberto Mercado Boxing 62 ROM 1980 Summer Румыния Rumyniya Vasile Andrei Wrestling 63 SMR 1980 Summer ОК Сан-Марино OK San-Marino Moscow 1980 – Volunteer 64 SEY 1980 Summer Сейшелы Seïshely Michael Pillay Boxing 65 SEN 1980 Summer Сенегал Senegal 66 SLE 1980 Summer Сьерра-Леоне Syerra-Leone 67 SYR 1980 Summer Сирия Siriya 68 TAN 1980 Summer Танзания Tanzaniya 69 TRI 1980 Summer Тринидад и Тобаго Trinidad i Tobago Hasely Crawford Athletics 70 UGA 1980 Summer Уганда Uganda 71 FIN 1980 Summer Финляндия Finlyandiya Peter Tallberg Sailing 72 FRA 1980 Summer НОК Франции NOK Frantsii Moscow 1980 – Volunteer 73 TCH 1980 Summer Чехословакия Chekhoslovakiya Vítězslav Mácha Wrestling 74 SUI 1980 Summer ОК Швейцарии OK Shveïtsarii Moscow 1980 – Volunteer 75 SWE 1980 Summer Швеция Shvetsiya Stig Pettersson Athletics (official) 76 SRI 1980 Summer Шри-Ланка Shri-Lanka 77 ECU 1980 Summer Эквадор Ėkvador Nancy Vallecilla Athletics 78 ETH 1980 Summer Эфиопия Ėfiopiya 79 YUG 1980 Summer Югославия Yugoslaviya Matija Ljubek Canoeing 80 JAM 1980 Summer Ямайка Yamaĩka 81 URS 1980 Summer CCCP SSSRSSSR – Soyuz Sovetskih Sotsialisticheskih Respublik "n" Nikolay Balboshin Wrestling Notes "n" References Links Flagbearers for 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Lists of Olympic flag bearers