1928 Summer Olympics national flag bearers

none During the opening ceremony of the 1928 Summer Olympics, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded into the arena. As Olympic tradition dictates, most participating nationsFrance and Malta did not take part in the Parade of Nations, but their athletes did compete at the Olympics. paraded in the alphabetical order of the language of the host country (here Dutch), except Greece, who enters first at the founding nation of the Olympics, and the host country (here the Netherlands) who enters last. During the Parade of Nations, athletes from all participating countries entered the Olympisch Stadion. Each team was led by a flag bearer that was one of their athletes or officials, designated either by their respective National Olympic Committee (NOC) or by the athletes themselves. 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, or flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the IOC (International Olympic Committee). OrderNationDutchFlag bearerSport 1 GRE 1928 Summer Griekenland Antonios Karyofyllis Athletics 2 ARG 1928 Summer Argentinië Héctor Méndez Boxing 3 AUS 1928 Summer Australië Bobby Pearce Rowing 4 BEL 1928 Summer België 5 BUL 1928 Summer Bulgarije 6 CAN 1928 Summer Canada Joseph Wright Jr. Rowing 7 CHI 1928 Summer Chili Manuel Plaza Athletics 8 CUB 1928 Summer Cuba José Barrientos Athletics 9 DEN 1928 Summer Denemarken Marius Jørgensen Athletics 10 GER 1928 Summer Duitsland Ernst Paulus Athletics 11 EGY 1928 Summer Egypte 12 GBR 1928 Summer Engeland Malcolm Nokes Athletics 13 EST 1928 Summer Estland Gustav Kalkun Athletics 14 PHI 1928 Summer Filipijnen Anselmo Gonzaga Athletics 15 FIN 1928 Summer Finland Akilles Järvinen Athletics 16 HAI 1928 Summer Haïti 17 HUN 1928 Summer Hongarije Kálmán Egri Athletics 18 IRL 1928 Summer Ierland Matt Flanagan Boxing 19 IND 1928 Summer India 20 ITA 1928 Summer Italië Carlo Galimberti Weightlifting 21 JPN 1928 Summer Japan Yonetaro Nakazawa Athletics 22 YUG 1928 Summer Joegoslavië Dimitrije Stefanović Athletics 23 LAT 1928 Summer Letland Alberts Zvejnieks Wrestling 24 LTU 1928 Summer Litouwen Paulina Radziulytė Athletics 25 LUX 1928 Summer Luxemburg George Schmit Athletics 26 MEX 1928 Summer Mexico Jesús Aguirre Athletics 27 MON 1928 Summer Monaco 28 NZL 1928 Summer Nieuw-Zeeland Arthur Porritt Athletics 29 NOR 1928 Summer Noorwegen Ketil Askildt Athletics 30 AUT 1928 Summer Oostenrijk Ludwig Wessely Athletics 31 PAN 1928 Summer Panama Adán Gordón Swimming 32 POL 1928 Summer Polen Marian Cieniewski Wrestling 33 POR 1928 Summer Portugal 34 RHO 1928 Summer Rhodesië 35 ROU 1928 Summer Roemenië 36 ESP 1928 Summer Spanje Diego Ordóñez Athletics 37 TCH 1928 Summer Tsjecho-Slowakije Josef Effenberger Gymnastics 38 TUR 1928 Summer Turkije 39 URU 1928 Summer Uruguay 40 USA 1928 Summer Olympics United States of America Verenigde Staten van Amerika Bud Houser Athletics 41 RSA 1928 Summer Zuid-Afrika 42 SWE 1928 Summer Zweden Bo Lindman Modern pentathlon 43 SUI 1928 Summer Zwitserland 44 NED 1928 Summer Olympics Holland Holland Sam Olij Boxing See also 1928 Summer Olympics References Amsterdam 1928 Official Film | The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928 https://www.olympedia.org/flagbearers/?edition_id=9 Olympedia – Flagbearers for 1928 Summer Olympics Flag bearers 1928