1994 Winter Olympics national flag bearers
During the Parade of Nations section of the 1994 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded in the arena, preceded by name board bearers with a couple between them, and also the country 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. The Parade of Nations was organized according to the Norwegian alphabet. As usual, Greece leads the parade, followed by American Samoa. Mongolia didn't march in the parade, but still compete in the Games.[1] The announcers welcomed the country in their respective main language, Norwegian, English, and lastly French.[2]
| Order | Nation | Norsk | Flag bearer | Sport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Greece (GRE) |
Hellas | Thomai Lefousi | Alpine skiing |
| 2 |  American Samoa (ASA) |
Amerikansk Samoa | Faauuga Muagututia | |
| 3 |  United States (USA) |
Amerikas Forente Stater | Cammy Myler | Luge |
| 4 |  Andorra (AND) |
Andorra | Vicky Grau | Alpine skiing |
| 5 |  Argentina (ARG) |
Argentina | María Giro | Biathlon |
| 6 |  Armenia (ARM) |
Armenia | Arsen Harutyunyan | Alpine skiing |
| 7 |  Australia (AUS) |
Australia | Kirstie Marshall | Freestyle skiing |
| 8 |  Belarus (BLR) |
Belarus | Igor Zhelezovski | Speed skating |
| 9 |  Belgium (BEL) |
Belgia | Bea Pintens | Short track speed skating |
| 10 |  Bermuda (BER) |
Bermuda | John Hoskins | |
| 11 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) |
Bosnia Hercegovina | Bekim Babić | Cross-country skiing |
| 12 |  Brazil (BRA) |
Brasil | Lothar Christian Munder | Alpine skiing |
| 13 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
Bulgaria | Nadezhda Aleksieva | Biathlon |
| 14 |  Canada (CAN) |
Canada | Kurt Browning | Figure skating |
| 15 |  Chile (CHI) |
Chile | Nils Linneberg | Alpine skiing |
| 16 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
Chinese Taipei | Sun Kuang-Ming | Bobsleigh[3] |
| 17 |  Denmark (DEN) |
Danmark | Michael Tyllesen | Figure skating |
| 18 |  Czech Republic (CZE) |
Den Tsjekkiske Republikk | Pavel Benc | Cross-country skiing |
| 19 |  Estonia (EST) |
Estland | Allar Levandi | Nordic combined |
| 20 |  Fiji (FIJ) |
Fiji | Rusiate Rogoyawa | Cross-country skiing[4] |
| 21 |  Finland (FIN) |
Finland | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | Cross-country skiing |
| 22 |  France (FRA) |
Frankrike | Anne Briand | Biathlon |
| 23 |  Georgia (GEO) |
Georgia | Zurab Dzhidzhishvili | Alpine skiing |
| 24 |  Iceland (ISL) |
Island | Ásta Halldórsdóttir | Alpine skiing |
| 25 |  Israel (ISR) |
Israel | Michael Shmerkin | Figure skating |
| 26 |  Italy (ITA) |
Italia | Deborah Compagnoni | Alpine skiing |
| 27 |  Japan (JPN) |
Japan | Reiichi Mikata | Nordic combined |
| 28 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
Jamaica | Chris Stokes | Bobsleigh |
| 29 |  Virgin Islands (ISV) |
Jomfruøyene | Kyle Heikkila | |
| 30 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
Kasakhstan | Kayrat Byekenov | Ski jumping |
| 31 |  China (CHN) |
Kina | Liu Yanfei | Speed skating |
| 32 |  South Korea (KOR) |
Korea | Lee Joon-Ho | Short track speed skating |
| 33 |  Croatia (CRO) |
Kroatia | Vedran Pavlek | Alpine skiing |
| 34 |  Cyprus (CYP) |
Kypros | Karolina Fotiadou | Alpine skiing |
| 35 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) |
Kyrgisistan | Torkel Engennes | |
| 36 |  Latvia (LAT) |
Latvia | Zintis Ekmanis | Bobsleigh |
| 37 |  Liechtenstein (LIE) |
Liechtenstein | Markus Hasler | Cross-country skiing |
| 38 |  Lithuania (LTU) |
Litauen | Povilas Vanagas | Figure skating |
| 39 |  Luxembourg (LUX) |
Luxembourg | Marc Gillardeli | Alpine skiing |
| 40 |  Mexico (MEX) |
Mexico | Hubertus von Hohenlohe | Alpine skiing |
| 41 |  Moldova (MDA) |
Moldova | Vasily Gherghy | Biathlon |
| 42 |  Monaco (MON) |
Monaco | Albert Grimaldi | Bobsleigh |
| 43 |  Netherlands (NED) |
Nederland | Christine Aaftink | Speed skating |
| 44 |  New Zealand (NZL) |
New Zealand | Tony Smith | Short track speed skating |
| 45 |  Poland (POL) |
Polen | Tomasz Sikora | Biathlon |
| 46 |  Portugal (POR) |
Portugal | Jorge Mendes | Alpine skiing |
| 47 |  Puerto Rico (PUR) |
Puerto Rico | Liston Bochette | Bobsleigh |
| 48 |  Romania (ROU) |
Romania | Ioan Apostol | Luge |
| 49 |  Russia (RUS) |
Russland | Sergei Tchepikov | Biathlon |
| 50 |  San Marino (SMR) |
San Marino | Dino Crescentini | Bobsleigh |
| 51 |  Senegal (SEN) |
Senegal | Lamine Guèye | Alpine skiing |
| 52 |  Slovakia (SVK) |
Slovakia | Peter Šťastný | Ice Hockey |
| 53 |  Slovenia (SLO) |
Slovenia | Jure Košir | Alpine skiing |
| 54 |  Spain (ESP) |
Spania | Ainhoa Ibarra | Alpine skiing |
| 55 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
Storbritannia | Michael Dixon | Biathlon |
| 56 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
Sveits | Gustav Weder | Bobsleigh |
| 57 |  Sweden (SWE) |
Sverige | Pernilla Wiberg | Alpine skiing |
| 58 |  South Africa (RSA) |
Sør-Afrika | Dino Quattrocecere | Figure skating |
| 59 |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
Trinidad og Tobago | Curtis Harry | Bobsleigh |
| 60 |  Turkey (TUR) |
Tyrkia | Mithat Yildrim | Cross-country skiing |
| 61 |  Germany (GER) |
Tyskland | Mark Kirchner | Biathlon |
| 62 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
Ukraina | Viktor Petrenko | Figure skating |
| 63 |  Hungary (HUN) |
Ungarn | Attila Bónis | Official |
| 64 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) |
Usbekistan | Sergey Brener | Freestyle skiing |
| 65 |  Austria (AUT) |
Østerrike | Anita Wachter | Alpine skiing |
| 66 |  Norway (NOR) |
Norge | Bjørn Dæhlie | Cross-country skiing |
References
- ^ WINTER OLYMPICS: NOTEBOOK; Amid Tears and With Support, Punsalan Reflects on Father
- ^ (Ceremonia de Apertura de los JJOO de Lillehammer 1994 (4/12)) (YouTube)
- ^ "Chinese Taipei - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ "Fiji - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 August 2014.