1976 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations

none During the parade of nations section of the 1976 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 their respective 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 Canada marched last, in accordance with the tradition and IOC guidelines. As each delegation entered accompanied by the music to be composed by Vic Vogel, the national name was announced in French and English (the official languages of the Olympics).9 August 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVKphnXGHP0&t=44s Montreal 1976 – Parade of the athletes YouTube CM1 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 acronyms or alternative names, mostly due to political and naming disputes. West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) entered as Allemagne (République Federal de Allemagne), East Germany (German Democratic Republic) as République Démocratique Allemande, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) as R.P.D. Corée (République Populaire Démocratique de Corée), and Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) as U.R.S.S. (Union des Républiques Socialistes Soviétiques). Ninety-two nations entered the stadium with a combined total of 6,084 athletes. Four of them made their Olympic debut, namely Andorra (which had its overall Olympic debut a few months before in Innsbruck), Antigua and Barbuda (as Antigua), Cayman Islands, and Papua New Guinea. Because of the 1976 Summer Olympics boycott, several African countries which marched at the parade eventually withdrew from the Games, including Cameroon, Morocco, and Tunisia.1976 Africa and the XXI Olympiad https://digital.la84.org/98297a7f-a870-449e-af4c-2a886cc04373 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20181230025957/https://digital.la84.org/98297a7f-a870-449e-af4c-2a886cc04373 December 30, 2018 April 3, 2006 Olympic Review IOC PDFhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/17/newsid_3555000/3555450.stm 1976: African countries boycott Olympics BBC News October 21, 2008 July 17, 1976 London Senegal and Ivory Coast were the only African countries that competed throughout the duration of the Games. Elsewhere, Burma, Iraq and Guyana also opted to join the Congolese-led boycott. Other countries, such as El Salvador and Zaire, did not participate in Montreal for purely economic reasons. Burma should’ve marched between Bermuda and Bolivia, Iraq between Iran and Ireland, El Salvador between Kuwait and Lebanon, and Zaire between Yugoslavia and Canada. 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 French), the flag bearer's name, and the flag bearer's sport. OrderNationFrenchFlag bearerSport 1 GRE 1976 Summer Grèce Vasilios Papageorgopoulos Athletics 2 FRG Federal Republic of Germany 1976 Summer Olympics Allemagne Hans Günter Winkler Equestrian 3 AND 1976 Summer Andorre Esteve Dolsa Shooting 4 ANT Antigua 1976 Summer Olympics Antigua Fred Sowerby Athletics 5 AHO 1976 Summer Antilles Néerlandaises Jaime Felipa Judo 6 KSA 1976 Summer Arabie Saoudite Mohamed Al-Bouhairi Athletics 7 ARG 1976 Summer Argentine Hugo Aberastegui Rowing 8 AUS 1976 Summer Australie Raelene Boyle Athletics 9 AUT 1976 Summer Autriche Günther Pfaff Canoeing 10 BAH 1976 Summer Bahamas Mike Sands Athletics 11 BAR 1976 Summer Barbade Lorna Forde Athletics 12 BEL 1976 Summer Belgique Gaston Roelants Athletics 13 BIZ 1976 Summer Belize John Waight Shooting 14 BER 1976 Summer Bermudes Clark Godwin Athletics 15 BOL 1976 Summer Bolivie Marco Soria Cycling 16 BRA 1976 Summer Brésil João Carlos de Oliveira Athletics 17 BUL 1976 Summer Bulgarie Aleksandar Tomov Wrestling 18 CMR 1976 Summerboycott c c Cameroun Nicolas Owona Cycling 19 CAY 1976 Summer Îles Caïmans Peter Milburn Sailing 20 CHI 1976 Summer Chili Juan Inostroza Fencing 21 COL 1976 Summer Colombie Helmut Bellingrodt Shooting 22 KOR Republic of Korea 1976 Summer Olympics Corée Yoo Jae-kwon Wrestling 23 CRC 1976 Summer Costa Rica María París Swimming 24 CIV 1976 Summer Côte d'Ivoire Jacques Ayé Abehi Athletics 25 CUB 1976 Summer Cuba Teófilo Stevenson Boxing 26 DEN 1976 Summer Danemark Judith Andersen Rowing 27 DOM 1976 Summer République Dominicaine Eleoncio Mercedes Boxing 28 ECU 1976 Summer Équateur Nelson Suárez Diving 29 ESP 1976 Summer Espagne Enrique Rodríguez Boxing 30 USA United States of America 1976 Summer Olympics États-Unis de Amerique Gary Hall, Sr. Swimming 31 FIJ 1976 Summer Fidji Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault Athletics 32 FIN 1976 Summer Finlande Lasse Virén Athletics 33 FRA 1976 Summer France Daniel Morelon Cycling 34 GBR 1976 Summer Grande Bretagne Rodney Pattisson Sailing 35 GUA 1976 Summer Guatémala Edgar Tornez Weightlifting 36 GUY 1976 Summerboycott c c Guyana Kenny Bristol Boxing 37 HAI 1976 Summer Haiti Emmanuel Saint-Hilaire Athletics 38 HON 1976 Summer Honduras Santiago Fonseca Athletics 39 HKG 1976 Summer Hong Kong Tso Hok Young Shooting 40 HUN 1976 Summer Hongrie Jenő Kamuti Fencing 41 IND 1976 Summer Inde Ajitpal Singh Field hockey 42 INA 1976 Summer Indonésie Syamsul Anwar Harahap Boxing 43 IRI 1976 Summer Iran Moslem Eskandar-Filabi Wrestling 44 IRL 1976 Summer Irlande Frank Moore Rowing 45 ISL 1976 Summer Islande Óskar Jakobsson Athletics 46 ISR 1976 Summer Israël Esther Roth-Shahamorov Athletics 47 ITA 1976 Summer Italie Klaus Dibiasi Diving 48 JAM 1976 Summer Jamaïque Don Quarrie Athletics 49 JPN 1976 Summer Japon Katsutoshi Nekoda Volleyball 50 KUW 1976 Summer Koweït Abdul Nasser Al-Sayegh Fencing 51 LIB 1976 Summer Liban Toni Khouri Official 52 LIE 1976 Summer Liechtenstein Paul Büchel Judo 53 LUX 1976 Summer Luxembourg Robert Schiel Fencing 54 MAS 1976 Summer Malaisie Ishtiaq Mubarak Athletics 55 MLI 1976 Summerboycott c c Mali 56 MAR 1976 Summerboycott c c Maroc Abdel Latif Fatihi Boxing 57 MEX 1976 Summer Mexique Teresa Díaz Gymnastics 58 MON 1976 Summer Monaco Francis Boisson Shooting (official) 59 MGL 1976 Summer Mongolie Zevegiin Oidov Wrestling 60 NEP 1976 Summer Népal Baikuntha Manandhar Athletics 61 NCA 1976 Summer Nicaragua Frank Richardson Swimming 62 NOR 1976 Summer Norvège Leif Jenssen Weightlifting 63 PNG 1976 Summer Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée Wavala Kali Athletics 64 NZL 1976 Summer Nouvelle-Zélande David Aspin Wrestling 65 PAK 1976 Summer Pakistan Abdul Rashid Field hockey 66 PAN 1976 Summer Panamá Georgina Osorio Swimming 67 PAR 1976 Summer Paraguay Julio Abreu Swimming 68 NED 1976 Summer Pays-Bas André Bolhuis Field hockey 69 PER 1976 Summer Pérou Teresa Núñez Volleyball 70 PHI 1976 Summer Philippines Gerardo Rosario Swimming 71 POL 1976 Summer Pologne Grzegorz Śledziewski Canoeing 72 PUR 1976 Summer Porto Rico Téofilo Colón Athletics (non-participant) 73 POR 1976 Summer Portugal Carlos Lopes Athletics 74 GDR German Democratic Republic 1976 Summer Olympics République Démocratique Allemande Hans-Georg Reimann Athletics 75 PRK Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1976 Summer Olympics R.P.D. CoréePRK a a Kim Man-dok Official 76 ROM 1976 Summer Roumanie Nicolae Martinescu Wrestling 77 SMR 1976 Summer Saint-Marin Italo Casali Shooting 78 SEN 1976 Summer Senegal Samba Dièye Athletics 79 SIN 1976 Summer Singapour Koh Eng Kian Judo 80 SWE 1976 Summer Suède Jan Karlsson Wrestling 81 SUI 1976 Summer Suisse Christian Kauter Fencing 82 SUR 1976 Summer Suriname Ricardo Elmont Judo 83 SWZ 1976 Summerboycott c c Swaziland Jonathan Magagula Boxing 84 TCH 1976 Summer Tchécoslovaquie Ludvík Daněk Athletics 85 THA 1976 Summer Thaïlande Anat Ratanapol Athletics 86 TRI 1976 Summer Trinidad-Tobago Hasely Crawford Athletics 87 TUN 1976 Summerboycott c c Tunisie Mohammed Gammoudi Athletics 88 TUR 1976 Summer Turquie Erol Küçükbakırcı Cycling 89 URS 1976 Summer U.R.S.S.URS b b Vasily Alekseyev Weightlifting 90 URU 1976 Summer Uruguay Reinaldo Kutscher Rowing 91 VEN 1976 Summer Venezuela Manuel Luna Judo 92 ISV 1976 Summer Îles Vierges Ivan David Wrestling 93 YUG 1976 Summer Yougoslavie Hrvoje Horvat Handball 94 CAN 1976 Summer Canada Abby Hoffman Athletics Notes PRK a a République Populaire Démocratique de Corée URS b b Union des Républiques Socialistes Soviétiques boycott c c Withdrew after the opening ceremony References Category:1976 Summer Olympics Category:Lists of Olympic flag bearers