During the Parade of Nations section of the 1952 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded into the arena. The Parade of Nations was organized according to the Finnish name of the country. Greece led the parade followed by the Netherlands Antilles. Other countries marched by following the Finnish alphabet, except the host country, Finland, which marched last. The athletes from British Guiana and the People's Republic of China were absent from the Parade of Nations, meaning only 67 nations participated in the parade. British Guiana should’ve marched between Brazil and Bulgaria, while the People’s Republic of China should’ve marched between Canada and Korea.
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OrderNationFinnishFlag bearerSport 1 Kreikka Nikolaos Syllas Athletics 2 Alank Antillit Ergilio Hato Football 3 Argentina Delfo Cabrera Athletics 4 Australia Mervyn Wood Rowing 5 Bahama Durward Knowles Sailing 6 Belgia Charles Debeur Official 7 Bermuda Chummy Hayward Official 8 Brasilia Mário Jorge Basketball 9 Bulgaria Boris Nikolov Boxing 10 Burma 11 Ceylon 12 Chile Adriana Millard Athletics 13 Egypti Ahmed Fouad Nessim Water polo 14 Espanja Luis Omedes Rowing 15 Etelä-Afrikka Schalk Booysen Athletics 16 Filippiinit Ramon Campos Jr. Basketball 17 Guatemala Doroteo Flores Athletics 18 Hollanti Simon de Wit Official 19 Hongkong Team official 20 Indonesia Habib Suharko Swimming 21 Intia Balbir Singh Sr. Field hockey 22 Iran Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting 23 Irlanti Paddy Carroll Official 24 Islanti Friðrik Guðmundsson Athletics 25 Iso-Britannia Harold Whitlock Athletics 26 Israel Abraham Shneior Basketball 27 Italia Miranda Cicognani Gymnastics 28 Itävalta Willi Welt Gymnastics 29 Jamaika Arthur Wint Athletics 30 Japani Bunkichi Sawada Athletics 31 Jugoslavia Oto Rebula Athletics 32 Kanada William Parnell Athletics 33 Korea Han Soo-ann Boxing 34 Kultarannikko 35 Kuuba Federico López Basketball 36 Libanon 37 Liechtenstein 38 Luxemburg Camille Wagner Football 39 Meksiko Joaquín Capilla Diving 40 Monaco 41 Neuvostoliitto Yakov Kutsenko Weightlifting 42 Nigeria Josiah Majekodunmi Athletics 43 Norja Martin Stokken Athletics 44 Pakistan Niaz Khan Field hockey 45 Panama Carlos Chávez Weightlifting 46 Porto Rico Jaime Annexy Athletics 47 Portugali 48 Puola Teodor Kocerka Rowing 49 Ranska Ignace Heinrich Athletics 50 Romania Dumitru Paraschivescu Athletics 51 Ruotsi Bo Eriksson Fencing 52 Saar Toni Breder Athletics 53 Saksa Friedel Schirmer Athletics 54 Singapore Thong Saw Pak Weightlifting 55 Sveitsi Walter Lehmann Athletics 56 Tanska Erik Swane Lund Fencing 57 Thaimaa 58 Trinidad Rodney Wilkes Weightlifting 59 Tšekkoslovakia Vít Matlocha Gymnastics 60 Turkki Bayram Şit Wrestling 61 Unkari Imre Németh Athletics 62 Uruguay Estrella Puente Athletics 63 Uusi-Seelanti Harold Cleghorn Weightlifting 64 Venezuela Asnoldo Devonish Athletics 65 Vietnam 66 Yhdysvallat Norman Armitage Fencing 67 Suomi Väinö Suvivuo Athletics
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