1980 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

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,^[5]^[6] 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.^[7] 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.

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.

Order	Nation	Russian	Transliteration	Flag bearer	Sport
1	Greece (GRE)	Греция	Gretsiya	Ilias Hatzipavlis	Sailing
2	Australia (AUS)	Австралия	Avstraliya	Denise Boyd	Athletics
2	Australia (AUS)	Австралия	Avstraliya	Max Metzker	Swimming
3	Austria (AUT)	Австрия	Avstriya	Karl Ferstl	Sailing
4	Algeria (ALG)	Алжир	Alzhir	Djamel Yahiouche	Swimming
5	Angola (ANG)	Ангола	Angola	Fernando Lopes	Swimming
6	Andorra (AND)	ОК Андорра	OK Andorra	Joan Tomàs Roca	Shooting
7	Afghanistan (AFG)	Афганистан	Afghanistan	Ibrahim Shudzandin	Wrestling
8	Belgium (BEL)	КОИБ (Бельгия)	KOIB (Beľgiya)	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
9	Benin (BEN)	Бенин	Benin	Étienne Loco Gbodolle	Boxing
10	Burma (BIR)	Бирма	Birma	Soe Khin	Athletics
11	Bulgaria (BUL)	Болгария	Bolgariya	Aleksandar Tomov	Wrestling
12	Botswana (BOT)	Ботсвана	Botsvana	Wilfred Kareng	Athletics
13	Brazil (BRA)	Бразилия	Brazilia	João Carlos de Oliveira	Athletics
14	Great Britain (GBR)	Британская ОА	Britanskaya OA	Richard Palmer	Official
15	Hungary (HUN)	Венгрия	Vengriya	István Szívós, Jr.	Water polo
16	Venezuela (VEN)	Венесуэла	Venesuėla	Antonio Esparragoza	Boxing
17	Vietnam (VIE)	Вьетнам	Vyetnam	Phan Huy Khảng	Shooting
18	Guyana (GUY)	Гайана	Gaïana	James Gilkes	Athletics
19	Guatemala (GUA)	Гватемала	Gvatemala	Carlos Silva	Shooting
20	Guinea (GUI)	Гвинея	Gvinea	Mamadou Diallo	Judo
21	German Democratic Republic (GDR)	ГДР	GDR^{[n 1]}	Kristina Richter	Handball
22	Denmark (DEN)	Дания	Daniya	Jørgen Lindhardsen	Sailing
23	Dominican Republic (DOM)	Доминиканская Республика	Dominikanskaya Respublika	Marisela Peralta	Athletics
24	Zambia (ZAM)	Замбия	Zambiya	Damiano Musonda	Athletics
25	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	Зимбабве	Zimbabve	Abel Nkhoma	Athletics
26	India (IND)	Индия	Indiya	Randhir Singh	Shooting
27	Jordan (JOR)	Иордания	Iordaniya	Abdul Latif Abdul Magid	Official
28	Iraq (IRQ)	Ирак	Irak	Abdul Jabbar Rahima	Athletics
29	Ireland (IRL)	Ирландия	Irlandiya	Ken Ryan	Official
30	Iceland (ISL)	Исландия	Islandiya	Birgir Borgþórsson	Weightlifting
31	Spain (ESP)	ОК Испании	OK Ispanii	Herminio Menéndez	Canoeing
32	Italy (ITA)	НОК Италии	NOK Italii	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
33	Cameroon (CMR)	Камерун	Kamerun	Nicolas Owona	Cycling
34	Cyprus (CYP)	Кипр	Kipr	Kostas Papakostas	Judo
35	Colombia (COL)	Колумбия	Kolumbiya	Enrique Peña	Athletics
36	Republic of the Congo (CGO)	НР Конго	NR Kongo^{[n 2]}	Solange Koulinka	Handball
37	Democratic People's Republic of Korea (PRK)	КНДР	KNDR^{[n 3]}	Jang Bong-mun	Boxing
38	Costa Rica (CRC)	Коста-Рика	Kosta-Rika	María París	Swimming
39	Cuba (CUB)	Куба	Kuba	Teófilo Stevenson	Boxing
40	Kuwait (KUW)	Кувейт	Kuveït	Ibrahim Muzaffer	Judo
41	Laos (LAO)	Лаос	Laos	Panh Khemanith	Athletics
42	Lesotho (LES)	Лесото	Lesoto	Joseph Letseka	Athletics
43	Liberia (LBR)^{[n 4]}	Либерия	Liberiya	Unknown	Unknown
44	Lebanon (LIB)	Ливан	Livan	Toni Khouri	Official
45	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LBA)	Джамахирия (Джамахирии Араб Ливий)	Dzhamakhiriya (Dzhamakhirii Arab Livii)	Nuri Kaheil	Cycling
46	Luxembourg (LUX)	КОСЛ (Люксембург)	KOSL (Lyuksemburg)	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
47	Madagascar (MAD)	Мадагаскар	Madagaskar	Sylvain Rajefiarison	Boxing
48	Mali (MLI)	Мали	Mali	Namakoro Niaré	Athletics
49	Malta (MLT)	Мальта	Maľta	Frans Chetcuti	Shooting
50	Mexico (MEX)	Мексика	Meksika	Carlos Girón	Diving
51	Mozambique (MOZ)	Мозамбик	Mozambik	Raimundo Franisse	Swimming
52	Mongolia (MGL)	Монголия	Mongoliya	Zevegiin Düvchin	Wrestling
53	Nepal (NEP)	Непал	Nepal	Bishnu Malakar	Boxing
54	Nigeria (NGR)	Нигерия	Nigeriya	Kayode Elegbede	Athletics
55	Netherlands (NED)	НОК Нидерландов	NOK Niderlandov	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
56	Nicaragua (NCA)	Никарагуа	Nikaragua	Xiomara Larios	Athletics
57	New Zealand (NZL)	Новая Зеландия	Novaya Zelandiya	Brian Newth	Modern pentathlon
58	Peru (PER)	Перу	Peru	Walter Perón	Shooting
59	Poland (POL)	Польша	Poľsha	Czesław Kwieciński	Wrestling
60	Portugal (POR)	ОК Португалии	OK Portugalii	Esbela da Fonseca	Gymnastics (non-participant)
61	Puerto Rico (PUR)	Пуэрто-Рико	Puėrto-Riko	Alberto Mercado	Boxing
62	Romania (ROM)	Румыния	Rumyniya	Vasile Andrei	Wrestling
63	San Marino (SMR)	ОК Сан-Марино	OK San-Marino	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
64	Seychelles (SEY)	Сейшелы	Seïshely	Michael Pillay	Boxing
65	Senegal (SEN)	Сенегал	Senegal	Abdoulaye Kote	Judo
66	Sierra Leone (SLE)	Сьерра-Леоне	Syerra-Leone	Mohamed Bangura	Boxing
67	Syria (SYR)	Сирия	Siriya	Jihad Naim	Shooting
68	Tanzania (TAN)	Танзания	Tanzaniya	Filbert Bayi	Athletics
69	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	Тринидад и Тобаго	Trinidad i Tobago	Hasely Crawford	Athletics
70	Uganda (UGA)	Уганда	Uganda	John Akii-Bua	Athletics
71	Finland (FIN)	Финляндия	Finlyandiya	Peter Tallberg	Sailing
72	France (FRA)	НОК Франции	NOK Frantsii	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
73	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Чехословакия	Chekhoslovakiya	Vítězslav Mácha	Wrestling
74	Switzerland (SUI)	ОК Швейцарии	OK Shveïtsarii	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
75	Sweden (SWE)	Швеция	Shvetsiya	Stig Pettersson	Athletics (official)
76	Sri Lanka (SRI)	Шри-Ланка	Shri-Lanka	Newton Perera	Athletics
77	Ecuador (ECU)	Эквадор	Ėkvador	Nancy Vallecilla	Athletics
78	Ethiopia (ETH)	Эфиопия	Ėfiopiya	Miruts Yifter	Athletics
79	Yugoslavia (YUG)	Югославия	Yugoslaviya	Matija Ljubek	Canoeing
80	Jamaica (JAM)	Ямайка	Yamaĩka	Michael Fennell	Official
81	Soviet Union (URS)	CCCP	SSSR^{[n 5]}	Nikolay Balboshin	Wrestling

Notes

^ GDR – Germanskaya Demokraticheskaya Respublika
^ NR Kongo – Narodnaya Respublika Kongo
^ KNDR – Koreiskaya Narodnaya Demokraticheskaya Respublika
^ Liberia withdrew after marching in the opening ceremony and joined the United States-led boycott.
^ SSSR – Soyuz Sovetskih Sotsialisticheskih Respublik

References

^ Торжественное открытие XXII Олимпийских игр в Москве. Олимпиада-80 (1980) [Opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Games in Moscow] (YouTube) (in Russian). Soviet Central Television. 15 July 2020.
^ Opening Ceremony – Moscow 1980 (International Olympic Committee). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
^ "Technical Manual on Ceremonies" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. November 2005. p. 40. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
^ Murphy, Brian. "Sting remains from boycotted 1980 Games". Idaho Statesman. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
^ Fimrite, Ron (July 28, 1980). "Only The Bears Were Bullish". SI Vault – CNN. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
^ "Olympics chief feared protests". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. December 30, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
^ Barker, Philip (May 28, 2020). "Philip Barker: Moscow – the best and most political Olympic Opening Ceremony". Inside the Games. Retrieved November 2, 2022.

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Flagbearers for 1980 Summer Olympics

[8] GDR – Germanskaya Demokraticheskaya Respublika

[9] NR Kongo – Narodnaya Respublika Kongo

[10] KNDR – Koreiskaya Narodnaya Demokraticheskaya Respublika

[11] Liberia withdrew after marching in the opening ceremony and joined the United States-led boycott.

[12] SSSR – Soyuz Sovetskih Sotsialisticheskih Respublik

[1] Торжественное открытие XXII Олимпийских игр в Москве. Олимпиада-80 (1980) [Opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Games in Moscow] (YouTube) (in Russian). Soviet Central Television. 15 July 2020.

[2] Opening Ceremony – Moscow 1980 (International Olympic Committee). Retrieved 2 November 2022.

[3] "Technical Manual on Ceremonies" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. November 2005. p. 40. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

[4] Murphy, Brian. "Sting remains from boycotted 1980 Games". Idaho Statesman. Retrieved 22 August 2010.

[5] Fimrite, Ron (July 28, 1980). "Only The Bears Were Bullish". SI Vault – CNN. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2013.

[6] "Olympics chief feared protests". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. December 30, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2013.

[7] Barker, Philip (May 28, 2020). "Philip Barker: Moscow – the best and most political Olympic Opening Ceremony". Inside the Games. Retrieved November 2, 2022.

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