The 2015 Pan American Games Parade of Nations occurred at the 2015 Pan American Games opening ceremony, held beginning at 18:45 Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) on July 10, 2015. 41 athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into Pan Am Ceremonies Venue in the host city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Athletes entered the stadium in an order dictated by tradition. As the host of the first Pan American Games, Argentina entered first. The Canadian delegation entered last, representing the host nation. The remaining countries entered in Spanish alphabetical order as per Pan American Sports Organization protocol.
As each nation entered the music reflected the traditional instruments and melodic styles of each of the 41 countries and territories. Silhouettes portraying the five disciplines of the pentathlon appear in the distance to honour their entrance (javelin, long jump, wrestling, discus and running), where the first multi sport games and the Pan American Games grew from their foundations. Each nation was preceded by a placard bearer holding a high-tech LED Device which flashed the name of each participating team in the three languages (English, French and Spanish), the former two also being the official languages of Canada.
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OrderNationSpanishFrenchFlag bearerSport 1 Argentina ArgentineWalter PérezCycling 2 Antigua y Barbuda Antigue et BarbudeDaniel BaileyAthletics 3 Aruba Aruba van AanholtSailing 4 Bahamas BahamasSwimming 5 Barbados BarbadeDarian KingTennis 6 Belice BelizeAmed FigueroaTriathlon 7 Bermuda BermudesJulian FletcherSwimming 8 Bolivia BolivieRudolf KnijnenburgShooting 9 Brasil BrésilThiago PereiraSwimming 10 Chile ChiliIsidora JiménezAthletics 11 Colombia ColombieMiguel Ángel RodríguezSquash 12 Costa Rica Costa RicaRoberto SawyersAthletics 13 Cuba CubaMijaín LópezWrestling 14 Dominica DominiqueDavid RegisteAthletics 15 Ecuador EquateurJacqueline FactosKarate 16 El Salvador SalvadorMarcelo AcostaSwimming 17 Estados Unidos de América États-Unis D'AmeriqueKim RhodeShooting 18 Granada GrenadeOreoluwa CherebinSwimming 19 Guatemala GuatemalaMirna OrtizAthletics 20 Guyana GuyanaOnika GeorgeSwimming 21 Haití HaïtiEdouard JosephWeightlifting 22 Honduras HondurasKevin MejíaWrestling 23 Islas Caimán Îles CaïmansBrett FraserSwimming 24 Islas Vírgenes Británicas Îles Vierges britanniquesJoseph ChapmanSquash 25 Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos Îles Vierges des États-UnisCy ThompsonSailing 26 Jamaica JamaïqueGareth HenryBadminton 27 México MexiquePaola LongoriaRacquetball 28 Nicaragua NicaraguaDarrel Campbell LewisBaseball 29 Panamá PanamaÉdgar CrespoSwimming 30 Paraguay ParaguayBenjamin HockinSwimming 31 Perú PerouDiego ElíasSquash 32 Puerto Rico Porto RicoLuis RiveraGymnastics 33 República Dominicana République dominicaineEduardo LorenzoShooting 34 San Cristóbal y Nieves Saint-Christophe-et-NiévèsAntoine AdamsAthletics 35 Saint-Vincent-et-les-GrenadinesKineke AlexanderAthletics 36 Santa Lucía Sainte-LucieJordan AugierSwimming 37 Surinam SurinameChinyere PigotSwimming 38 Trinidad y Tobago Trinité-et-TobagoRoger DanielShooting 39 Uruguay UruguayDéborah RodríguezAthletics 40 Venezuela VenezuelaMarvin BlancoAthletics 41 Canadá CanadaMark OldershawCanoeing
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