2008 Summer Paralympics national flag bearers

During the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, athletes from each participating country paraded in the stadium, preceded by their flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country. It is considered a great honour to bear the country's flag in the Parade of Nations.

Parade order Per tradition, the host country, in this case the People's Republic of China, marched last however contrary to tradition in the Olympic Games the national team of Greece did not enter first. All other nations marched in name order in the language of the host nation, which in this case is the Chinese language. As Chinese is written in characters and not letters, the order of the teams' entry was determined by the number of strokes in the first character of their respective countries' Simplified Chinese names. Countries with the same number of strokes in the first character are sorted by those of the next character. This made Guinea (几内亚) the first country to enter, as it takes two strokes to write the first character in the country's name (几), and Zambia (赞比亚) last-but-one, ahead of China.

List The following is a list of each country's flag bearer.

OrderNationChinese namePinyinFlag bearerSport1JīnèiyàAhmed BarryAthletics2TǔěrqíKorhan YamacShooting3 TǔkùmànsītǎnOvezgeldy OrdjiyevPowerlifting4MǎěrtāAtonio FloresAthletics5MǎdájiāsījiāJosefa Harijaona RandrianonySwimming6MǎláixīyàMariappan PerumalPowerlifting7MǎlǐSissoko FacourouPowerlifting8Qián Nánsīlāfū Mǎqídùn GònghéguóVanco KaranfilovShooting9ÈguāduōěrJose MarinoPowerlifting10YámǎijiāTanto CampbellAthletics11BǐlìshíNico VergeylenTable tennis12WǎnǔātúTom TetePowerlifting13YǐsèlièYizhar CohenSwimming14RìběnToru SuzukiAthletics15Zhōnghuá TáiběiHou Ting-SungTable tennis16ZhōngfēiRosel-Clemariot-Christian NikonaAthletics17Zhōngguó XiānggǎngSo Wa WaiAthletics18Zhōngguó ÀoménKuong Sio IengAthletics19BèiníngBlandine SahenouPowerlifting20MáolǐqiúsīRichard SouciAthletics21DānmàiJackie ChristiansenAthletics22WūgāndáBilly SsengendoPowerlifting23WūkèlánAndrii KomarWheelchair fencing24WūlāguīHenry BorgesJudo25WūzībiékèsītǎnRavil DiganshinAthletics / Powerlifting 26BābāduōsīDavid TaylorSwimming27Bābùyà Xīn JǐnèiyàFrancis KompaonAthletics28BāxīAntonio Tenorio SilvaJudo29BālínAhmed MeshaimaaAthletics30BānámǎSaid GomezAthletics31BājīsītǎnHaider AliAthletics32BālèsītǎnHusam AzzamAthletics33GǔbāYunidis CastilloAthletics34Bùjīnà FǎsuǒLassane GasbeogoCycling35BùlóngdíRemy NikobimezeAthletics36DōngdìwènLiliana da Costa SilvaPowerlifting37KǎtǎěrAli Abdulla MohamedPowerlifting38LúwàngdáJean de Dieu NkundaberaAthletics39Lúsēnbǎo Peter LorkowskiCycling40BáiéluósīIhar FartunauAthletics41YìndùRajinder Singh RaheluPowerlifting42YìndùníxīyàBilly Zeth MakalPowerlifting43LìtáowǎnRolandas UrbonasAthletics44NírìěrZakari AmadouPowerlifting45NírìlìyàAdekunle AdesojiAthletics46NíbóěrJit Bahadur KhadkaAthletics47JiānàNkegbe BotsyoAthletics48JiānádàDonovan TildesleySwimming49JiāpéngThierry MabickaAthletics50JíěrjísīsītǎnRoman OmurbekovPowerlifting51LǎowōEay SimayPowerlifting52YàměiníyàGreta KhndzrtsyanPowerlifting53XībānyáDavid CasinosAthletics54BǎimùdàJennifer SouthernSecretary General55YīlākèFaris Al-AjeeliPowerlifting56YīlǎngMohammad Reza MirzaeiAthletics57WēidìmǎlāCesar Arturo Lopez IvajeraAthletics58XiōngyálìJudit Horvathne PalfiWheelchair fencing59Duōmǐníjiā GònghéguóAlfonso Olibero EncarnacionAthletics60BīngdǎoJon Oddur HaldorssonAthletics61ĀngēlāJose ArmandoAthletics62TāngjiāMounga OkusitinoAthletics63YuēdànJamil ElshebliAthletics64FēnlánMinna LeinonenShooting65KèluódìyàMarija IvekovicAthletics66SūlǐnánBiondi MisasiAthletics67LìbǐyǎSahar Mostafa M El GnemiPowerlifting68FódéjiǎoArtimeza Helena SequieraAthletics69XīlàCharalampos TaiganidisSwimming70ShātèOsamah AlshanqitiAthletics71ĀěrjílìyàMohamed AllekAthletics72ĀliánqiúAbdullah al AryaniShooting73ĀgēntíngSilvio VeloFootball 5-A-Side74ĀmànBadar al-HarthiPowerlifting75ĀfùhànMohammad Fahim RahimiPowerlifting76ĀsāibàijiānIlham ZakiyevJudo77NàmǐbǐyàReginald BenadeAthletics78TǎnsāngníyàErnest NyabalaleAthletics79LātuōwéiyàEdgars BergsAthletics80YīngguóDanny CratesAthletics81KěnníyàHenry WanyiokeAthletics82LuōmǎníyàEduard NovakCycling83WěinèiruìlāReinaldo CarvalloJudo84FǎguóAssia El HannouniAthletics85Fǎluó QúndǎoHeidi AndreasenSwimming86BōlánKrzysztof SmorszczewskiAthletics87Bōduō LígèNilda Gomez LopezShooting88BōhēiSabahudin DelalićSitting volleyball89MèngjiālāguóAbdul Quader SumonAthletics90NuówēiCecilie Drabsch-NorlandSwimming91NánfēiNatalie du ToitSwimming92JiǎnpǔzhàiVanna KimAthletics93HāsàkèsītǎnLiazat SalimzenovaPowerlifting94KēwēitèHamad AladwaniAthletics95Kētè DíwǎOumar Basakoulba KoneAthletics96BǎojiālìyàStela EnevaAthletics97 ÉluósīAlexey AshapatovAthletics98XùlìyàRasha AlshikhPowerlifting99MěiguóJennifer ArmbrusterGoalball100HóngdūlāsīLuis Carlos Hernandez OlivaAthletics101JīnbābùwéiElliot MujajiAthletics102TūnísīAhmed Benhaj AliAthletics103 TàiguóSupachai KoysubAthletics104AījíMetwaly Ibrahim MathnaPowerlifting105AīsāiébǐyàTesfalem GebruAthletics106LáisuǒtuōThato MohasoaAthletics107HélánEsther VergeerWheelchair tennis108GélǔjíyàYago GorgadzePowerlifting109GēlúnbǐyàMoisés FuentesSwimming110Gēsīdá LíjiāGiovanny RodriguezTable tennis111BìlǔJose Gonzales-MugaburuSwimming112AìěrlánPatrice DockeryAthletics113AìshāníyàKristo RingasSwimming114HǎidìNephtalie Jean LouisPowerlifting115JiékèMarketa SidkovaArchery116FēilǜbīnAdeline Dumapong-AnchetaPowerlifting117SàěrwǎduōZulma CruzAthletics118SàmóyàMose FaatamalaAthletics119TǎjíkèsītǎnKhayrullo AbdurahimovPowerlifting120YuènánNguyen Quang VuongSwimming121Sīlǐ LánkǎSandun Wasana PereraPowerlifting122SīluòwénníyàFranc PinterShooting123SīluòfákèLadislav GasparTable tennis124PútáoyáFilomena FrancoRowing125HánguóPark Jong-ChulPowerlifting126FěijìRanjesh PrakashAthletics127HēishānDusan DragovicSwimming128ZhìlìRobinson MendezWheelchair tennis129AòdìlìChristoph EtzlstorferAthletics130MiǎndiànMyint WinAthletics131RuìshìHeinz FreiAthletics / Cycling132RuìdiǎnAnders OlssonSwimming133MěnggǔBazarsuren ChoyondorjJudo134XīnjiāpōRui Si Theresa GohSwimming135Xīn XīlánSholto TaylorWheelchair rugby136YìdàlìFrancesca PorcellatoAthletics137SàinèijiāěrNidiaye MorAthletics138SàiěrwéiyàZlatko KeslerTable tennis139SàipǔlùsīKarolina PelendritouSwimming140MòxīgēSaul MendozaAthletics141LíbānènEdward MaaloufCycling142DéguóConny DietzGoalball143MóěrduōwǎLarisa MarinenkovaPowerlifting144MóluògēAbdelilah MameAthletics145ÀodàlìyǎRussell ShortAthletics146ZànbǐyàLassam KatongoAthletics147ZhōngguóWang XiaofuSwimming

See also 2008 Summer Olympics national flag bearers

Sources Official list on the website of the International Paralympic Committee

References