2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers

During the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the flag bearers of 92 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on February 25. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, and behind them marched all the athletes. The flags of each country were not necessarily carried by the same flag bearer as in the opening ceremony. The flag-bearers entered in ganada order of the Korean alphabet.

Unlike the opening ceremony, North and South Korea used their own flags in addition to the Korean Unification Flag. Thus there were a total of 93 flag bearers representing 92 NOCs, with the North Korean flag and Korean Unification Flag appearing earlier in the parade order, and the South Korean flag appearing last.^[1]^[2]

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).^[3]^[4]

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


Order	Nation	Hangul	Roman Transliteration	Flag bearer	Sport
1	Greece (GRE)	그리스	geu ri seu	Ioannis Antoniou	Alpine skiing
2	Ghana (GHA)	가나	ga na	Akwasi Frimpong	Skeleton
3	Nigeria (NGR)	나이지리아	na i ji ri a	Simidele Adeagbo	Skeleton
4	South Africa (RSA)	남아프리카 공화국	nam a peu ri ka gong hwa guk	Connor Wilson	Alpine skiing
5	Netherlands (NED)	네덜란드	ne deol ran deu	Ireen Wüst^[5]	Speed skating
6	Norway (NOR)	노르웨이	no reu we i	Marit Bjørgen	Cross-country skiing
7	New Zealand (NZL)	뉴질랜드	nyu jil raen deu	Zoi Sadowski-Synnott^[6]	Snowboarding
8	Denmark (DEN)	덴마크	den ma keu	Viktor Hald Thorup	Speed skating
9	Germany (GER)	독일	dok il	Christian Ehrhoff^[7]	Ice hockey
10	East Timor (TLS)	동티모르	dong ti mo reu	Yohan Goutt Gonçalves	Alpine skiing
11	Latvia (LAT)	라트비아	ra teu bi a	Haralds Silovs	Speed skating
12	Lebanon (LBN)	레바논	re ba non	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
13	Romania (ROU)	루마니아	ru ma ni a	Raluca Strămăturaru	Luge
14	Luxembourg (LUX)	룩셈부르크	ruk sem bu reu keu	Matthieu Osch	Alpine skiing
15	Lithuania (LTU)	리투아니아	ri tu a ni a	Andrej Drukarov	Alpine skiing
16	Liechtenstein (LIE)	리히텐슈타인	ri hi ten syu ta in	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
17	Madagascar (MAD)	마다가스카르	ma da ga seu ka reu	Mialitiana Clerc	Alpine skiing
18	Malaysia (MAS)	말레이시아	mal re isi a	Julian Yee	Figure skating
19	Mexico (MEX)	멕시코	mek si ko	Rodolfo Dickson	Alpine skiing
20	Monaco (MON)	모나코	mo na ko	Boris Vain	Bobsleigh
21	Morocco (MAR)	모로코	mo ro ko	Adam Lamhamedi	Alpine skiing
22	Montenegro (MNE)	몬테네그로	mon te ne geu ro	Eldar Salihović	Alpine skiing
23	Moldova (MDA)	몰도바	mol do ba	Nicolae Gaiduc	Cross-country skiing
24	Malta (MLT)	몰타	mol ta	Élise Pellegrin	Alpine skiing
25	Mongolia (MGL)	몽골	mong gol	Chinbatyn Otgontsetseg	Cross-country skiing
26	United States (USA)	미국	mi guk	Jessie Diggins^[8]	Cross-country skiing
27	Bermuda (BER)	버뮤다	beo myu da	Tucker Murphy	Cross-country skiing
28	Belgium (BEL)	벨기에	bel gi e	Bart Swings^[9]	Speed skating
29	Belarus (BLR)	벨라루스	bel ra ru seu	Darya Domracheva	Biathlon
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	보스니아 헤르체고비나	bo seu ni a he reu che go bi na	Elvedina Muzaferija	Alpine skiing
31	Bolivia (BOL)	볼리비아	bol ri bi a	Timo Grönlund	Cross-country skiing
32	Bulgaria (BUL)	불가리아	bul ga ri a	Yordan Chuchuganov	Cross-country skiing
33	Brazil (BRA)	브라질	beu ra jil	Isadora Williams	Figure skating
34	San Marino (SMR)	산마리노	san ma ri no	Alessandro Mariotti	Alpine skiing
35	Serbia (SRB)	세르비아	se reu bi a	Nevena Ignjatović	Alpine skiing
36	Sweden (SWE)	스웨덴	seu we den	Charlotte Kalla	Cross-country skiing
37	Switzerland (SUI)	스위스	seu wi seu	Ramon Zenhäusern	Alpine skiing
38	Spain (ESP)	스페인	seu pe in	Javier Fernández	Figure skating
39	Slovakia (SVK)	슬로바키아	seul ro ba ki a	Petra Vlhová	Alpine skiing
40	Slovenia (SLO)	슬로베니아	seul ro be ni a	Filip Flisar	Freestyle skiing
41	Singapore (SGP)	싱가포르	sing ga po reu	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
42	Armenia (ARM)	아르메니아	a reu me ni a	Mikayel Mikayelyan	Cross-country skiing
43	Argentina (ARG)	아르헨티나	a reu hen ti na	Verónica María Ravenna	Luge
44	Iceland (ISL)	아이슬란드	a i seul ran deu	Snorri Einarsson^[10]	Cross-country skiing
45	Ireland (IRL)	아일랜드	a il raen deu	Brendan Newby^[11]	Freestyle skiing
46	Azerbaijan (AZE)	아제르바이잔	a je reu bai jan	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
47	Andorra (AND)	안도라	an do ra	Irineu Altimiras	Cross-country skiing
48	Albania (ALB)	알바니아	al ba ni a	Suela Mëhilli	Alpine skiing
49	Eritrea (ERI)	에리트레아	e ri teu re a	Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda	Alpine skiing
50	Estonia (EST)	에스토니아	e seu to ni a	Saskia Alusalu	Speed skating
51	Ecuador (ECU)	에콰도르	e kwa do reu	Klaus Jungbluth	Cross-country skiing
52	Great Britain (GBR)	영국	yeong guk	Billy Morgan^[12]	Snowboarding
53	Australia (AUS)	오스트레일리아	o seu teu re il ri a	Jarryd Hughes^[13]	Snowboarding
54	Austria (AUT)	오스트리아	o seu teu ri a	Madeleine Egle	Luge
55	Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)	러시아 출신 올림픽 선수	reo si a chul sin ol lim pik seon su	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
56	Uzbekistan (UZB)	우즈베키스탄	u jeu be ki seu tan	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
57	Ukraine (UKR)	우크라이나	u keu ra i na	Oleksandr Abramenko	Freestyle skiing
58	Iran (IRI)	이란	i ran	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
59	Italy (ITA)	이탈리아	i tal ri a	Carolina Kostner	Figure skating
60	Israel (ISR)	이스라엘	i seu ra el	Itamar Biran	Alpine skiing
61	India (IND)	인도	in do	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
62	Japan (JPN)	일본	il bon	Nao Kodaira	Speed skating
63	Jamaica (JAM)	자메이카	ja me i ka	Carrie Russell	Bobsleigh
64	North Korea (PRK)	조선민주주의인민공화국	jo seon min ju ju ui in min gong hwa guk	Kim Ju-sik	Figure skating
65	Georgia (GEO)	조지아	jo ji a	Iason Abramashvili	Alpine skiing
66	China (CHN)	중국	jung guk	Wu Dajing^[14]	Short track speed skating
67	Czech Republic (CZE)	체코	che ko	Ester Ledecká	Snowboarding Alpine skiing
68	Chile (CHI)	칠레	chil re	Claudia Salcedo	Cross-country skiing
69	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	카자흐스탄	ka ja heu seu tan	Abzal Azhgaliyev	Short track speed skating
70	Canada (CAN)	캐나다	kae na da	Kim Boutin^[15]	Short track speed skating
71	Kenya (KEN)	케냐	ke nya	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
72	Korea (COR)	코리아	ko ri a	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
73	Kosovo (KOS)	코소보	ko so bo	Albin Tahiri	Alpine skiing
74	Colombia (COL)	콜롬비아	kol rom bi a	Michael Poettoz	Alpine skiing
75	Croatia (CRO)	크로아티아	keu ro a ti a	Dražen Silić	Bobsleigh
76	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	키르기스스탄	ki reu gi seu seu tan	Evgeniy Timofeev	Alpine skiing
77	Cyprus (CYP)	키프로스	ki peu ro seu	Dinos Lefkaritis	Alpine skiing
78	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	차이니스 타이베이	cha i ni seu ta i be i	Huang Yu-Ting	Speed skating
79	Thailand (THA)	태국	tae guk	Mark Chanloung	Cross-country skiing
80	Turkey (TUR)	터키	teo ki	Hamza Dursun	Cross-country skiing
81	Togo (TOG)	토고	to go	Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean	Cross-country skiing
82	Tonga (TGA)	통가	tong ga	Pita Taufatofua	Cross-country skiing
83	Pakistan (PAK)	파키스탄	pa ki seu tan	Muhammad Karim	Alpine skiing
84	Portugal (POR)	포르투갈	po reu tu gal	Arthur Hanse	Alpine skiing
85	Poland (POL)	폴란드	pol ran deu	Mateusz Luty	Bobsleigh
86	Puerto Rico (PUR)	푸에르토리코	pu e reu to ri ko	Charles Flaherty	Alpine skiing
87	France (FRA)	프랑스	peu rang seu	Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron^[16]	Figure skating
88	Macedonia (MKD)	구유고슬라비아 마케도니아 공화국	gu yu go seul ra bi a ma ke do ni a gong hwa guk	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
89	Finland (FIN)	핀란드	pin ran deu	Mika Poutala	Speed skating
90	Philippines (PHI)	필리핀	pil ri pin	Asa Miller	Alpine skiing
91	Hungary (HUN)	헝가리	heong ga ri	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
92	Hong Kong (HKG)	홍콩 차이나	hong kong cha i na	POCOG Volunteer	N/A
93	South Korea (KOR)	대한민국	dae han min guk	Lee Seung-hoon	Speed skating

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[6] "NZ Team Recognises Medallists Ahead of Closing Ceremony". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 25 February 2018.

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[9] "Swings draagt Belgische driekleur tijdens slotceremonie". Sporza. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25.

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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