During the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games, athletes from each participating country paraded in the Olympic Stadium, preceded by its flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves.
Parade order All nations paraded in alphabetical order except the host country, Great Britain, who entered last.
Countries and flag bearers The following is a list of all parading countries with their respective flag bearer, sorted in the order they appeared in the parade. This is sortable by country name under which they entered, the flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport. Names are given as were officially designated by the IPC.
OrderCountryFlag bearerSport 1 Powerlifting 2 Cycling 3 Athletics 4 — 5 Athletics 6 Athletics 7 Swimming 8 Powerlifting 9 Wheelchair rugby 10 Table tennis 11 Judo 12 Athletics 13 Swimming 14 Wheelchair fencing 15 Athletics 16 Athletics 17 Athletics 18 Sitting volleyball 19 Swimming 20 Athletics 21 Athletics 22 Cycling 23 Athletics 24 Athletics 25 Powerlifting 26 Wheelchair rugby 27 Athletics 28 Athletics 29 Athletics 30 Zhang Lixin Athletics 31 Athletics 32 Swimming 33 34 Powerlifting 35 Athletics 36 Athletics 37 Swimming 38 Athletics 39 Rim Ju Song Swimming 40 Athletics 41 Table tennis 42 Athletics 43 Cycling 44 Swimming 45 Powerlifting 46 Athletics 47 — 48 Athletics 49 Swimming 50 Athletics 51 Athletics 52 Shooting 53 Sailing 54 55 Athletics 56 Powerlifting 57 Swimming 58 Athletics 59 Swimming 60 Athletics 61 62 Athletics 63 64 So Wa Wai Athletics 65 Athletics 66 Athletics 67 Athletics 68 Swimming 69 Athletics 70 Powerlifting 71 Cycling 72 Shooting 73 Archery 74 Athletics 75 Swimming 76 Shooting 77 Swimming 78 Athletics 79 Kim Gyu Dae Athletics 80 Athletics 81 82 Eay Simay Powerlifting 83 Athletics 84 Cycling 85 Athletics 86 Powerlifting 87 — 88 Athletics 89 In I Lao Wheelchair fencing 90 Athletics 91 Athletics 92 Athletics 93 Swimming 94 Athletics 95 Athletics 96 Swimming 97 Powerlifting 98 Shooting 99 Athletics 100 Athletics 101 Athletics 102 Athletics 103 Athletics 104 Athletics 105 Athletics 106 Shooting 107 Athletics 108 Athletics 109 Athletics 110 Sailing 111 Powerlifting 112 Athletics 113 Athletics 114 Athletics 115 Athletics 116 Athletics 117 Table tennis 118 Athletics 119 Athletics 120 Sailing 121 Athletics 122 Cycling 123 Athletics 124 Athletics 125 Athletics 126 Athletics 127 Athletics 128 Athletics 129 Athletics 130 Athletics 131 Swimming 132 Cycling 133 Table tennis 134 Athletics 135 Athletics 136 Swimming 137 Athletics 138 Athletics 139 Shooting 140 Athletics 141 Powerlifting 142 Lin Wen-Hsin Table tennis 143 Powerlifting 144 Athletics 145 Wheelchair fencing 146 Athletics 147 Athletics 148 Athletics 149 Athletics 150 Archery 151 Athletics 152 Athletics 153 Sitting volleyball 154 Powerlifting 155 Athletics 156 Swimming 157 Equestrian 158 Athletics 159 Athletics 160 Judo 161 Ngoc Hung Cao Athletics 162 Athletics 163 Athletics 164 Wheelchair tennis
See also 2012 Summer Olympics national flag bearers
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