2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers

During the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the flag bearers of 207 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into Maracanã Stadium. The flags of each country were not necessarily carried by the same flag bearer as in the opening ceremony.

Countries and flagbearers

The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the order in which each nation appears in the parade of nations. Names are given as were officially designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

This table is sortable by country name in English, country name in Brazilian Portuguese, the flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport.

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No.	Country	Brazilian Portuguese name	Flag bearer	Sport
1	Greece (GRE)	Grécia	Ekaterini Stefanidi	Athletics
2	Afghanistan (AFG)	Afeganistão	Volunteer
3	South Africa (RSA)	África do Sul	Caster Semenya	Athletics
4	Albania (ALB)	Albânia	Luiza Gega	Athletics
5	Germany (GER)	Alemanha	Sebastian Brendel^[3]	Canoeing
6	Andorra (AND)	Andorra	Pol Moya	Athletics
7	Angola (ANG)	Angola	Cristina Direito Branco	Handball
8	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	Antígua e Barbuda	Noah Mascoll-Gomes	Swimming
9	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	Arábia Saudita	Volunteer
10	Algeria (ALG)	Argélia	Larbi Bourrada	Athletics
11	Argentina (ARG)	Argentina	Paula Pareto	Judo
12	Armenia (ARM)	Armênia	Artur Aleksanyan	Wrestling
13	Aruba (ARU)	Aruba	Nicole Van der Velden	Sailing
14	Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)	Atletas Olímpicos Independentes	Volunteer
15	Australia (AUS)	Austrália	Kim Brennan^[4]	Rowing
16	Austria (AUT)	Áustria	Thomas Zajac and Tanja Frank	Sailing
17	Azerbaijan (AZE)	Azerbaijão	Haji Aliyev	Wrestling
18	Bahamas (BAH)	Bahamas	Leevan Sands	Athletics
19	Bangladesh (BAN)	Bangladesh	Shamoli Ray	Archery
20	Barbados (BAR)	Barbados	Akela Jones	Athletics
21	Bahrain (BRN)	Bareine	Alemu Bekele	Athletics
22	Belarus (BLR)	Belarus	Ivan Tsikhan	Athletics
23	Belgium (BEL)	Bélgica	Nafissatou Thiam^[5]	Athletics
24	Belize (BIZ)	Belize	Brandon Jones	Athletics
25	Benin (BEN)	Benim	Yemi Geoffrey Apithy	Fencing
26	Bermuda (BER)	Bermuda	Volunteer
27	Bolivia (BOL)	Bolívia	Ángela Castro	Athletics
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	Bósnia e Herzegovina	Amel Tuka	Athletics
29	Botswana (BOT)	Botsuana	Isaac Makwala	Athletics
30	Brunei (BRU)	Brunei Darussalam	Maizurah Abdul Rahim	Athletics
31	Bulgaria (BUL)	Bulgária	Mihaela Maevska	Gymnastics
32	Burkina Faso (BUR)	Burkina Faso	Angelika Sita Ouedraogo	Swimming
33	Burundi (BDI)	Burundi	Billy Scott Irakoze	Swimming
34	Bhutan (BHU)	Butão	Lenchu Kunzang	Shooting
35	Cape Verde (CPV)	Cabo Verde	Maria Andrade	Taekwondo
36	Cameroon (CMR)	Camarões	Dieudonne Wilfried Seyi Ntsengue	Boxing
37	Cambodia (CAM)	Camboja	Sorn Seavmey	Taekwondo
38	Canada (CAN)	Canadá	Penny Oleksiak^[6]	Swimming
39	Qatar (QAT)	Catar	Volunteer
40	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Cazaquistão	Ruslan Zhaparov	Taekwondo
41	Cayman Islands (CAY)	Ilhas Cayman	Lara Butler	Swimming
42	Central African Republic (CAF)	República Centro-Africana	Chloe Marie Helene Sauvourel	Swimming
43	Chad (CHA)	Chade	Bibiro Ali Tahar	Athletics
44	Chile (CHI)	Chile	Bárbara Riveros^[7]	Triathlon
45	China (CHN)	República Popular da China	Ding Ning	Table Tennis
46	Cyprus (CYP)	Chipre	Leontia Kallenou	Athletics
47	Colombia (COL)	Colômbia	Ingrit Valencia	Boxing
48	Comoros (COM)	Comores	Soule Soilihi Athoumane	Swimming
49	Republic of the Congo (CGO)	Congo	Franck Elemba	Athletics
50	Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)	República Democrática do Congo	Volunteer
51	Cook Islands (COK)	Ilhas Cook	Alex Beddoes	Athletics
52	South Korea (KOR)	República da Coreia	Kim Hyeon-woo	Wrestling
53	Ivory Coast (CIV)	Costa do Marfim	Rene Philippe Kouassi	Archery
54	Costa Rica (CRC)	Costa Rica	Karen Cope Charles	Beach volleyball
55	Croatia (CRO)	Croácia	Valent Sinkovic and Martin Sinkovic	Rowing
56	Cuba (CUB)	Cuba	Mijaín López	Wrestling
57	Denmark (DEN)	Dinamarca	Pernille Blume	Swimming
58	Djibouti (DJI)	Djibuti	Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim	Athletics
59	Dominica (DMA)	Dominica	Yordanys Durañona	Athletics
60	Dominican Republic (DOM)	República Dominicana	Luisito Pié	Taekwondo
61	Egypt (EGY)	Egito	Hedaya Malak	Taekwondo
62	El Salvador (ESA)	El Salvador	Enrique Arathoon	Sailing
63	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Emirados Árabes Unidos	Saud Alzaabi	Athletics
64	Ecuador (ECU)	Equador	Bayron Piedra	Athletics
65	Eritrea (ERI)	Eritreia	Tsegay Tuemay	Athletics
66	Slovakia (SVK)	Eslováquia	Erik Vlček	Canoeing
67	Slovenia (SLO)	Eslovênia	Tanja Zakelj	Cycling
68	Spain (ESP)	Espanha	Jesús Ángel García Bragado	Athletics
69	Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)	Estados Federados da Micronésia	Volunteer
70	United States (USA)	Estados Unidos da América	Simone Biles^[8]	Gymnastics
71	Estonia (EST)	Estônia	Mart Seim	Weightlifting
72	Ethiopia (ETH)	Etiópia	Almaz Ayana	Athletics
73	Macedonia (MKD)	Ex-República Iugoslava da Macedônia	Volunteer
74	Fiji (FIJ)	Fiji	Leslie Copeland^[9]	Athletics
75	Philippines (PHI)	Filipinas	Kirstie Elaine Alora	Taekwondo
76	Finland (FIN)	Finlândia	Antti Ruuskanen	Athletics
77	France (FRA)	França	Teddy Riner	Judo
78	Gabon (GAB)	Gabão	Anthony Mylann Obame	Taekwondo
79	The Gambia (GAM)	Gâmbia	Gina Bass	Athletics
80	Ghana (GHA)	Gana	Flings Owusu-Agyapong	Athletics
81	Georgia (GEO)	Geórgia	Lasha Talakhadze	Weightlifting
82	Great Britain (GBR)	Grã-Bretanha	Kate Richardson-Walsh	Field hockey
83	Grenada (GRN)	Granada	Lindon Victor	Athletics
84	Guam (GUM)	Guam	Benjamin Schulte	Swimming
85	Guatemala (GUA)	Guatemala	Juan Ignacio Maegli	Sailing
86	Guyana (GUY)	Guiana	Troy Doris	Athletics
87	Guinea (GUI)	Guiné	Mamadama Bangoura	Judo
88	Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)	Guiné Equatorial	Reïna-Flor Okori	Athletics
89	Guinea-Bissau (GBS)	Guiné-Bissau	Taciana Lima	Judo
90	Haiti (HAI)	Haiti	Jeffrey Julmis	Athletics
91	Honduras (HON)	Honduras	Miguel Ferrera	Taekwondo
92	Hong Kong (HKG)	Hong Kong, China	Chan Chun Hing	Cycling
93	Hungary (HUN)	Hungria	Katinka Hosszú	Swimming
94	Yemen (YEM)	Iêmen	Volunteer
95	India (IND)	Índia	Sakshi Malik	Wrestling
96	Indonesia (INA)	Indonésia	Volunteer
97	Iran (IRI)	República Islâmica do Irã	Hassan Yazdani	Wrestling
98	Iraq (IRQ)	Iraque	Volunteer
99	Ireland (IRL)	Irlanda	Gary O'Donovan	Rowing
100	Iceland (ISL)	Islândia	Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir	Swimming
101	Israel (ISR)	Israel	Alona Koshevatskiy	Gymnastics
102	Italy (ITA)	Itália	Daniele Lupo	Beach volleyball
103	Jamaica (JAM)	Jamaica	Javon Francis	Athletics
104	Japan (JPN)	Japão	Keisuke Ushiro	Athletics
105	Jordan (JOR)	Jordânia	Ahmad Abughoush	Taekwondo
106	Kiribati (KIR)	Kiribati	Volunteer
107	Kosovo (KOS)	Kosovo	Vijona Kryeziu	Athletics
108	Laos (LAO)	República Popular Democrática do Laos	Xaysa Anousone	Athletics
109	Lesotho (LES)	Lesoto	Inkululeko Suntele	Boxing
110	Latvia (LAT)	Letônia	Aleksejs Rumjancevs	Canoeing
111	Lebanon (LIB)	Líbano	Volunteer
112	Liberia (LBR)	Libéria	Emmanuel Matadi	Athletics
113	Libya (LBA)	Líbia	Volunteer
114	Liechtenstein (LIE)	Liechtenstein	Christoph Meier	Swimming
115	Lithuania (LTU)	Lituânia	Edvinas Ramanauskas	Canoeing
116	Luxembourg (LUX)	Luxemburgo	Ni Xialian^[10]	Table Tennis
117	Madagascar (MAD)	Madagascar	Asaramanitra Ratiarison	Judo
118	Malaysia (MAS)	Malásia	Lee Chong Wei	Badminton
119	Malawi (MAW)	Maláui	Kefasi Chitsala	Athletics
120	Maldives (MDV)	Maldivas	Afa Isimail	Athletics
121	Mali (MLI)	Mali	Ismael Coulibaly	Taekwondo
122	Malta (MLT)	Malta	Charlotte Wingfield	Athletics
123	Marshall Islands (MHL)	Ilhas Marshall	Colleen Furgeson	Swimming
124	Morocco (MAR)	Marrocos	Wiam Dislam	Taekwondo
125	Mauritius (MRI)	Maurício	Jonathan Drack	Athletics
126	Mauritania (MTN)	Mauritânia	Volunteer
127	Mexico (MEX)	México	Maria Del Rosario Espinoza	Taekwondo
128	Mozambique (MOZ)	Moçambique	Joaquim Lobo	Canoeing
129	Moldova (MDA)	República da Moldova	Zalina Marghieva	Athletics
130	Monaco (MON)	Mônaco	Volunteer
131	Mongolia (MGL)	Mongólia	Dorjnyambuugiin Otgondalai	Boxing
132	Montenegro (MNE)	Montenegro	Predrag Jokic	Water polo
133	Myanmar (MYA)	Myanmar	Yan Naing Soe	Judo
134	Namibia (NAM)	Namíbia	Michelle Vorster	Cycling
135	Nauru (NRU)	Nauru	Ovini Uera	Judo
136	Nepal (NEP)	Nepal	Saraswati Bhattarai	Athletics
137	Nicaragua (NCA)	Nicarágua	Erick Rodríguez	Athletics
138	Niger (NIG)	Níger	Issoufou Alfaga Abdoulrazak	Taekwondo
139	Nigeria (NGR)	Nigéria	Doreen Amata	Athletics
140	Norway (NOR)	Noruega	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø	Handball
141	New Zealand (NZL)	Nova Zelândia	Lisa Carrington^[11]	Canoeing
142	Oman (OMA)	Omã	Volunteer
143	Netherlands (NED)	Países Baixos	Sanne Wevers^[12]	Gymnastics
144	Palau (PLW)	Palau	Skilang Temengil	Wrestling
145	Palestine (PLE)	Palestina	Miri Alatrash	Swimming
146	Panama (PAN)	Panamá	Carolena Carstens	Taekwondo
147	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	Papua Nova Guiné	Samantha Kassman	Taekwondo
148	Pakistan (PAK)	Paquistão	Volunteer
149	Paraguay (PAR)	Paraguai	Carmen Martinez	Athletics
150	Peru (PER)	Peru	David Torrence	Athletics
151	Poland (POL)	Polônia	Marta Walczykiewicz	Canoeing
152	Puerto Rico (PUR)	Porto Rico	Jaime Yusept Espinal	Wrestling
153	Portugal (POR)	Portugal	Telma Monteiro	Judo
154	Kenya (KEN)	Quênia	Mercy Cherono	Athletics
155	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	Quirguistão	Aisuluu Tynybekova	Wrestling
156	North Korea (PRK)	República Popular Democrática da Coreia	Yun Won Chol	Wrestling
157	Romania (ROU)	Romênia	Simona Pop	Fencing
158	Rwanda (RWA)	Ruanda	Claudette Mukasakindi	Athletics
159	Russia (RUS)	Federação da Rússia	Svetlana Romashina and Natalia Ishchenko	Synchronized swimming
160	Solomon Islands (SOL)	Ilhas Salomão	Rosefelo Siosi	Athletics
161	Samoa (SAM)	Samoa	Alex Rose	Athletics
162	American Samoa (ASA)	Samoa Americana	Benjamin Waterhouse	Judo
163	San Marino (SMR)	San Marino	Alessandra Perilli	Shooting
164	Saint Lucia (LCA)	Santa Lúcia	Jeanelle Scheper	Athletics
165	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	São Cristóvão e Névis	Antoine Adams	Athletics
166	São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)	São Tomé e Príncipe	Volunteer
167	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)	São Vicente e Granadinas	Kineke Alexander	Athletics
168	Seychelles (SEY)	Seicheles	Lissa Labiche	Athletics
169	Senegal (SEN)	Senegal	Adama Diatta	Wrestling
170	Sierra Leone (SLE)	Serra Leoa	Hafsatu Kamara	Athletics
171	Serbia (SRB)	Sérvia	Tijana Bogdanović	Taekwondo
172	Singapore (SIN)	Singapura	Griselda Khng	Sailing
173	Syria (SYR)	República Árabe da Síria	Ghofrane Mohamed	Athletics
174	Somalia (SOM)	Somália	Mohamed Daud Mohamed	Athletics
175	Sri Lanka (SRI)	Sri Lanka	Anuradha Indrajith Cooray	Athletics
176	Swaziland (SWZ)	Suazilândia	Phumlile Ndzinisa	Athletics
177	Sudan (SUD)	Sudão	Volunteer
178	South Sudan (SSD)	Sudão do Sul	Guor Marial	Athletics
179	Sweden (SWE)	Suécia	Emma Johansson	Cycling
180	Switzerland (SUI)	Suíça	Nino Schurter	Mountain Biking
181	Suriname (SUR)	Suriname	Volunteer
182	Tajikistan (TJK)	Tadjiquistão	Anvar Yunusov	Boxing
183	Thailand (THA)	Tailândia	Boonthung Srisung	Athletics
184	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Taipé Chinesa	Hsu Shu-Ching	Weightlifting
185	Tanzania (TAN)	República Unida da Tanzânia	Alphonce Felix Simbu	Athletics
186	Czech Republic (CZE)	República Tcheca	Josef Dostál	Canoeing
187	East Timor (TLS)	República Democrática de Timor-Leste	Augusto Soares	Athletics
188	Togo (TOG)	Togo	Adzo Rebecca Kpossi	Swimming
189	Tonga (TGA)	Tonga	Siueni Filimone	Athletics
190	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	Trinidad e Tobago	Cleopatra Borel	Athletics
191	Tunisia (TUN)	Tunísia	Oussama Oueslati	Taekwondo
192	Turkmenistan (TKM)	Turcomenistão	Volunteer
193	Turkey (TUR)	Turquia	Taha Akgul	Wrestling
194	Tuvalu (TUV)	Tuvalu	Volunteer
195	Ukraine (UKR)	Ucrânia	Olga Kharlan	Fencing
196	Uganda (UGA)	Uganda	Halima Nakaayi	Athletics
197	Uruguay (URU)	Uruguai	Emiliano Lasa	Athletics
198	Uzbekistan (UZB)	Uzbequistão	Bektemir Melikuziev	Boxing
199	Vanuatu (VAN)	Vanuatu	Volunteer
200	Venezuela (VEN)	Venezuela	Stefany Hernández	Cycling
201	Vietnam (VIE)	Vietnã	Volunteer
202	Virgin Islands (ISV)	Ilhas Virgens Americanas	Clayton Laurent Jr.	Boxing
203	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	Ilhas Virgens Britânicas	Volunteer
204	Zambia (ZAM)	Zâmbia	Gerald Phiri	Athletics
205	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	Zimbábue	Kirsty Coventry	Swimming
206	Refugee Olympic Team (ROT)^[13]	Time Olímpico de Refugiados	Popole Misenga	Judo
207	Brazil (BRA)	Brasil	Isaquias Queiroz	Canoeing

References

^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
^ "Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony - Flag Bearers" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-08-22.
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^ Cherny, Daniel (2016-08-21). "Brennan to carry Australian flag". Retrieved 2016-08-21.
^ Xouras, Georges. "Nafi Thiam porte-drapeau de la Belgique à la cérémonie de clôture". Retrieved 2016-08-21.
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[1] "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-21.

[2] "Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony - Flag Bearers" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-08-22.

[3] "Nachrücker Brendel/Vandrey paddeln zu Gold" (in German). n-tv.de. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[4] Cherny, Daniel (2016-08-21). "Brennan to carry Australian flag". Retrieved 2016-08-21.

[5] Xouras, Georges. "Nafi Thiam porte-drapeau de la Belgique à la cérémonie de clôture". Retrieved 2016-08-21.

[6] "Penny Oleksiak to carry the flag for Canada during closing ceremony". www.sportsnet.ca/. Rogers Media. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

[7] "Bárbara Riveros será la abanderada de Chile en la ceremonia de clausura". 24horas.cl. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

[8] "Simone Biles Selected As Team USA's Closing Ceremony Flag Bearer For Rio 2016 Olympic Games". teamusa.org. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[9] "Sport: Copeland to carry Fiji flag at Rio closing ceremony". 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-21.

[10] "Rio Olympics Games : Ni to carry Luxembourg flag at closing ceremony". 2016-08-19. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-21.

[11] "Rio Olympics 2016: Lisa Carrington to carry the NZ flag at closing ceremony". The New Zealand Herald. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

[12] "Gouden Sanne Wevers draagt vlag #NED bij slotceremonie #Rio2016". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

[13] "Team of Refugee Olympic Athletes (ROA) created by the IOC". International Olympic Committee. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

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v t e Olympic Games national flag bearers by year
Summer Olympics	1908 closing 1912 closing 1920 closing 1924 closing 1928 closing 1932 closing 1936 closing 1948 closing 1952 closing 1956 closing 1960 closing 1964 closing 1968 closing 1972 closing 1976 closing 1980 closing 1984 closing 1988 closing 1992 closing 1996 closing 2000 closing 2004 closing 2008 closing 2012 closing 2016 closing 2020 closing 2024 closing
Winter Olympics	1924 closing 1928 closing 1932 closing 1936 closing 1948 closing 1952 closing 1956 closing 1960 closing 1964 closing 1968 closing 1972 closing 1976 closing 1980 closing 1984 closing 1988 closing 1992 closing 1994 closing 1998 closing 2002 closing 2006 closing 2010 closing 2014 closing 2018 closing 2022 closing
Intercalated Games	1906 closing
Summer Youth Olympics	2010 closing 2014 closing 2018 closing
Winter Youth Olympics	2012 closing 2016 closing 2020 closing 2024 closing