During the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics, athletes from each participating country paraded in the Maracanã Stadium, preceded by its flag and placard barrier. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the nation's National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves.
Parade order The refugee team entered first as Independent Paralympic Athletes, while the host country, Brazil, entered last. All nations in between entered in alphabetical order in Brazilian Portuguese.
Countries and flag bearers The following is a list of all parading countries with their respective flag bearer, sorted in the order they appeared in the parade. This is sortable by country name under which they entered, the flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport. Names are given as were officially designated by the IPC.
OrderNationBrazilian Portuguese nameFlag bearerSport 1 Independent Paralympic Athletes (IPA) Atletas Paralímpicos Independentes Swimming 2 Afeganistão Athletics 3 África do Sul Athletics 4 Alemanha Athletics 5 Angola Athletics 6 Arábia Saudita Athletics 7 Argélia Athletics 8 Argentina Wheelchair tennis 9 Armênia Powerlifting 10 Aruba Swimming 11 Austrália Wheelchair basketball 12 Áustria Cycling 13 Azerbaijão Judo 14 Bareine Athletics 15 Belarus Athletics 16 Bélgica Swimming 17 Benim Athletics 18 Bermuda Athletics 19 Bósnia e Herzegovina Athletics 20 Botsuana Athletics 21 Bulgária Athletics 22 Burkina Faso Athletics 23 Burundi Athletics 24 Cabo Verde Athletics 25 Camarões Athletics 26 Camboja Athletics 27 Canadá Wheelchair basketball 28 Catar Athletics 29 Cazaquistão Swimming 30 Athletics 31 Chile Powerlifting 32 Wheelchair fencing 33 Chipre Swimming 34 Colômbia Swimming 35 Congo Athletics 36 Athletics 37 Wheelchair tennis 38 Costa do Marfim Powerlifting 39 Costa Rica Cycling 40 Croácia Athletics 41 Cuba Judo 42 Dinamarca Equestrian 43 Cycling 44 Egito Powerlifting 45 El Salvador Powerlifting 46 Emirados Árabes Unidos Athletics 47 Equador Athletics 48 Eslováquia Table tennis 49 Eslovênia Shooting 50 Espanha Table tennis 51 Estados Unidos da América Cycling 52 Estônia Athletics 53 Etiópia Tamiru Demisse Athletics 54 Ex-República Iugoslava da Macedônia Shooting 55 Swimming 56 Fiji Table tennis 57 Filipinas Table tennis 58 Finlândia Equestrian 59 França Wheelchair tennis 60 Gabão Athletics 61 Gâmbia Athletics 62 Gana Athletics 63 Geórgia Judo 64 Grã-Bretanha Equestrian 65 Grécia Boccia 66 Guatemala Athletics 67 Guiné Athletics 68 Guiné-Bissau Athletics 69 Haiti Athletics 70 Honduras Swimming 71 Hong Kong, China Wheelchair fencing 72 Hungria Swimming 73 Índia Athletics 74 Indonésia Swimming 75 Sitting volleyball 76 Iraque Powerlifting 77 Irlanda Sailing 78 Islândia Swimming 79 Israel Wheelchair tennis 80 Itália Athletics 81 Jamaica Athletics 82 Japão Wheelchair tennis 83 Jordânia Table tennis 84 Kuwait Athletics 85 Powerlifting 86 Lesoto Athletics 87 Letônia Athletics 88 Líbia Powerlifting 89 Lituânia Swimming 90 Luxemburgo Cycling 91 Macau, China Swimming 92 Madagascar Athletics 93 Malásia Athletics 94 Maláui Athletics 95 Mali Athletics 96 Malta Swimming 97 Marrocos Athletics 98 Maurício Swimming 99 México Athletics 100 Moçambique Athletics 101 Powerlifting 102 Mongólia Archery 103 Montenegro Swimming 104 Myanmar Swimming 105 Namíbia Athletics 106 Nepal Athletics 107 Nicarágua Athletics 108 Níger Athletics 109 Nigéria Powerlifting 110 Noruega Sailing 111 Nova Zelândia Athletics 112 Omã Athletics 113 Países Baixos Athletics 114 Palestina Athletics 115 Panamá Athletics 116 Papua Nova Guiné Athletics 117 Paquistão Shooting 118 Peru Cycling 119 Polônia Cycling 120 Porto Rico Swimming 121 Portugal Boccia 122 Quênia Athletics 123 Quirguistão Powerlifting 124 República Popular Democrática da Coreia Athletics 125 Romênia Cycling 126 Ruanda Athletics 127 Samoa Athletics 128 São Tomé e Príncipe Athletics 129 Seicheles Athletics 130 Senegal Wrestling 131 Serra Leoa Table tennis 132 Sérvia Table tennis 133 Singapura Swimming 134 Athletics 135 Somália Athletics 136 Sri Lanka Athletics 137 Suécia Swimming 138 Suíça Athletics 139 Suriname Athletics 140 Tadjiquistão Athletics 141 Tailândia Athletics 142 Powerlifting 143 Athletics 144 Cycling 145 Athletics 146 Togo Powerlifting 147 Tonga Athletics 148 Trinidad e Tobago Athletics 149 Tunísia Athletics 150 Turcomenistão Powerlifting 151 Turquia Judo 152 Ucrânia Sitting volleyball 153 Uganda Athletics 154 Uruguai Judo 155 Uzbequistão Athletics 156 Venezuela Athletics 157 Vietnã Swimming 158 Athletic 159 Zimbábue Rowing 160 Brasil Athletics
See also 2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations
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