During the Parade of Nations within the Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, athletes and officials from each participating country marched in the San Siro Stadium preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the nation's National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves.
Parade order By tradition, Greece entered first as the originator of the Olympics, and Italy entered last as host. Per a new rule introduced by the International Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, the United States entered antepenultimately as the host of the 2034 Winter Olympics, in Utah, and France entered penultimately as the host of the 2030 Winter Olympics, in the French Alps. All nations in between entered in the order of the host nation's language, Italian.
Taiwan, participating as Chinese Taipei, marched under T rather than C. The Czech Republic and Turkey marched using their official short-form names: Czechia and Türkiye, respectively.
Participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes
The Olympic Committees of Russia and Belarus remain suspended in the aftermath of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The International Olympic Committee announced in September 2025 that Russian and Belarusian athletes would be allowed to compete at the 2026 Games as "Individual Neutral Athletes" with no representation in the parade of nations under the same rules used at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Locations With the games divided into four geographic clusters, the Parade of Nations was held in four locations: San Siro Stadium in Milan, the city centre in Cortina, Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium in Predazzo, and Livigno Snow Park in Livigno. Nations were allowed to name two flagbearers, even if all their athletes were at one location; as host country, Italy had four.
List The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the sequence that each nation appeared in the parade of nations. The names are given in their official designations by the IOC, and the Italian names follow their official designations by the Milano Cortina Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.
OrderNationItalianFlag bearerParade locationSport 1 GreciaNefeli TitaPredazzoCross-country skiing 2 AlbaniaLara ColturiCortinaAlpine skiingDenni XhepaLivigno 3 AndorraJoan VerdúLivignoAlpine skiingCande MorenoCortinaIrineu EstevePredazzoCross-country skiing 4 Arabia SauditaRakan AlirezaLivignoCross-country skiing 5 ArgentinaFranco Dal FarraLivignoCross-country skiingFrancesca BaruzziCortinaAlpine skiing 6 ArmeniaKarina AkopovaMilanFigure skatingNikita Rakhmanin 7 AustraliaMatt GrahamLivignoFreestyle skiingJakara Anthony 8 AustriaBenjamin KarlLivignoSnowboardingAnna Gasser 9 AzerbaigianAnastasia PapatomaCortinaAlpine skiingVladimir LitvintsevMilanFigure skating 10 Belgio Hanne DesmetMilanShort-track speed skatingMaximilien DrionSki mountaineering 11 BeninNathan TchibozoLivignoAlpine skiing 12 BoliviaTimo Juhani GrönlundPredazzoCross-country skiing 13 Bosnia ErzegovinaMarko ŠljivićLivignoAlpine skiingElvedina MuzaferijaCortina 14 BrasileLucas Pinheiro BraathenMilanAlpine skiingNicole SilveiraCortinaSkeleton 15 BulgariaAlexandra FeiginMilanFigure skatingVladimir IlievCortinaBiathlon 16 CanadaMikaël KingsburyLivignoFreestyle skiingMarielle Thompson 17 CechiaLucie CharvátováCortinaBiathlonDavid PastrňákMilanIce hockey 18 CileMatilde SchwenckeCortinaAlpine skiingSebastián EndrestadPredazzoCross-country skiing 19 Repubblica Popolare CineseNing ZhongyanMilanSpeed skatingZhang ChutongShort-track speed skating 20 CiproYianno KouyoumdjianLivignoAlpine skiingAndrea LoizidouCortina 21 ColombiaFredrik FodstadPredazzoCross-country skiing 22 Repubblica di CoreaCha Jun-hwanMilanFigure skatingPark Ji-wooSpeed skating 23 CroaziaMatija LegovićCortinaBiathlonValentina AščićMilanShort-track speed skating 24 DanimarcaJesper Jensen AaboMilanIce hockeyDenise DupontCortinaCurling 25 EcuadorKlaus JungbluthPredazzoCross-country skiing 26 Emirati Arabi UnitiAlexander AstridgeLivignoAlpine skiingPiera HudsonCortina 27 EritreaShannon-Ogbnai AbedaLivignoAlpine skiing 28 EstoniaJohanna TalihärmCortinaBiathlonMarten LiivMilanSpeed skating 29 FilippineTallulah ProulxCortinaAlpine skiingFrancis CeccarelliLivigno 30 FinlandiaKrista PärmäkoskiPredazzoCross-country skiingMikko LehtonenMilanIce hockey 31 GeorgiaLuka BerulavaMilanFigure skatingDiana Davis 32 GermaniaLeon DraisaitlMilanIce hockeyKatharina SchmidPredazzoSki jumping 33 GiamaicaMica MooreCortinaBobsleighHenri Rivers IVLivignoAlpine skiing 34 GiapponeWataru MorishigeMilanSpeed skatingSena TomitaLivignoSnowboarding 35 Gran BretagnaBrad HallCortinaBobsleighLilah FearMilanFigure skating 36 Guinea-BissauWinston TangLivignoAlpine skiing 37 HaitiStevenson SavartPredazzoCross-country skiing 38 Hong Kong, CinaEloise Yung Shih KingCortinaAlpine skiingDarren Kwok Tsz FungMilanShort-track speed skating 39 IndiaArif KhanLivignoAlpine skiing 40 Repubblica Islamica dell'IranSamaneh Beyrami BaherPredazzoCross-country skiingDanyal Saveh Shemshaki 41 IrlandaAnabelle ZurbayCortinaAlpine skiing Thomas Maloney WestgårdPredazzoCross-country skiing 42 IslandaElín Elmarsdóttir Van PeltCortinaAlpine skiingJón Erik SigurðssonLivigno 43 IsraeleMariia SeniukMilanFigure skatingJared FirestoneCortinaSkeleton 44 KazakistanDenis NikishaMilanShort-track speed skatingAyaulym AmrenovaLivignoFreestyle skiing 45 KenyaSabrina SimaderAlpine skiingIssa Laborde Dit PereLivigno 46 KosovoKiana KryeziuCortinaAlpine skiingDrin KokajLivigno 47 KyrgyzstanArtur SaparbekovPredazzoCross-country skiing 48 LettoniaKaspars DaugaviņšMilanIce hockeyDženifera ĢērmaneCortinaAlpine skiing 49 LibanoAndrea El HayekLivignoAlpine skiing 50 LiechtensteinMartin KranzCortinaBobsleigh 51 LituaniaAllison ReedMilanFigure skatingSaulius Ambrulevičius 52 LussemburgoMatthieu OschMilanAlpine skiing 53 Macedonia del NordJana AtanasovskaCortinaAlpine skiingStavre JadaPredazzoCross-country skiing 54 MadagascarMialitiana ClercCortinaAlpine skiingMathieu GravierLivigno 55 MalaysiaAruwin SalehhuddinCortinaAlpine skiing 56 MaltaJenny Axisa EriksenPredazzoCross-country skiing 57 MaroccoPietro TranchinaLivignoAlpine skiing 58 MessicoDonovan CarrilloMilanFigure skatingSarah SchleperCortinaAlpine skiing 59 Repubblica di MoldovaIulian LuchinPredazzoCross-country skiingElizaveta Hlusovici 60 MonacoVolunteerMilanVolunteer 61 MongoliaEnkhbayaryn AriuntungalagPredazzoCross-country skiingAltanzulyn AriunbatLivignoAlpine skiing 62 MontenegroBranislav PekovićLivignoAlpine skiing 63 NigeriaSamuel IkpefanPredazzoCross-country skiing 64 NorvegiaKajsa Vickhoff LieCortinaAlpine skiingPeder KongshaugMilanSpeed skating 65 Nuova ZelandaZoi Sadowski-SynnottLivignoSnowboardingBen BarclayFreestyle skiing 66 Paesi BassiJens van 't WoutMilanShort-track speed skatingKimberley BosCortinaSkeleton 67 PakistanMuhammad KarimLivignoAlpine skiing 68 PoloniaKamil StochPredazzoSki jumpingNatalia CzerwonkaMilanSpeed skating 69 Porto RicoKellie DelkaCortinaSkeleton 70 PortogalloVanina GuerillotCortinaAlpine skiingJosé CabeçaPredazzoCross-country skiing 71 RomaniaJulia SauterMilanFigure skatingMihai ȚenteaCortinaBobsleighRaluca StrămăturaruLuge 72 San MarinoRafael MiniLivignoAlpine skiing 73 SerbiaAnja IlićPredazzoCross-country skiingMiloš Milosavljević 74 SingaporeFaiz BashaLivignoAlpine skiing 75 SlovacchiaViktória ČerňanskáCortinaBobsleighTomáš TatarMilanIce hockey 76 SloveniaNika PrevcPredazzoSki jumpingDomen Prevc 77 SpagnaJoaquim SalarichLivignoAlpine skiingOlivia SmartMilanFigure skating 78 Sud AfricaNicole BurgerCortinaSkeletonMatthew SmithPredazzoCross-country skiing 79 SveziaSara HectorCortinaAlpine skiingWalter WallbergLivignoFreestyle skiing 80 SvizzeraFanny SmithLivignoFreestyle skiingNino NiederreiterMilanIce hockey 81 Chinese TaipeiLin Hsin-jungCortinaBobsleighLi Yu-HsiangMilanFigure skating 82 ThailandiaKaren ChanloungPredazzoCross-country skiingMark Chanloung 83 Trinidad e TobagoEmma GatcliffeCortinaAlpine skiingNikhil AlleyneLivigno 84 Türkiyeİrem DursunPredazzoCross-country skiingFurkan AkarMilanShort-track speed skating 85 UcrainaVladyslav HeraskevychCortinaSkeletonYelyzaveta SydorkoMilanShort-track speed skating 86 UngheriaBence NógrádiMilanShort-track speed skatingMaja Somodi 87 UruguayNicolás PirozziLivignoAlpine skiing 88 UzbekistanDaniil EybogMilanShort-track speed skating 89 VenezuelaNicolás Claveau-LaviolettePredazzoCross-country skiing 90 Stati Uniti d'AmericaFrank Del DucaCortinaBobsleighErin JacksonMilanSpeed skating 91 FranciaClément NoëlLivignoAlpine skiingChloé TrespeuchSnowboarding 92 ItaliaFederico PellegrinoMilanCross-country skiing Amos Mosaner CortinaCurlingArianna Fontana MilanShort-track speed skating Federica Brignone CortinaAlpine skiing
See also 2026 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations
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