During the Parade of Nations at the 2017 Asian Winter Games opening ceremony, held on 19 February 2017, 30 athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into the Sapporo Dome in the host city of Sapporo, Japan.
Countries and flagbearers Athletes entered the stadium in English alphabetical order. However, Kuwaiti athletes entered after the alphabetically last team (Vietnam) as Independent Olympic Athletes due to the suspension of the Kuwait Olympic Committee. They were followed by guest invitees Australia and New Zealand, with the Japanese team entering last as the host nation.
The names of the nations were announced first in Japanese and then English. While the placards displayed only English, a screen in the stadium displayed both Japanese and English.
Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by country name, flag bearer's name, or flag bearer's sport.
Order Nation Japanese Roman transliteration Flag bearer Sport 1 (People's Republic of China) 中華人民共和国 Chūka jinmin kyōwakoku Wu Dajing Short track speed skating 2 (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 Chōsen minshushugi jinmin kyōwakoku Kim Pyol-song Short track speed skating 3 (Hong Kong, China) ホンコン・チャイナ Honkon chaina Tony Leung Ice hockey 4 インド Indo 5 インドネシア Indoneshia Jonathan Sudharta Ice hockey 6 (Islamic Republic of Iran) イラン・イスラム共和国 Iran Isuramu kyōwakoku Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki Alpine skiing 7 ヨルダン Yorudan Nasser Majali Jordan Olympic Committee Secretary General 8 カザフスタン Kazafusutan Yerdos AkhmadiyevCross-country skiing 9 (Republic of Korea) 大韓民国 Daikanminkoku Jung Dong-hyun Alpine skiing 10 キルギス Kirugisu Elzar Bolotbekov Ice hockey 11 レバノン Rebanon Samer Tawk Cross-country skiing 12 (Macau, China) マカオ・チャイナ Makao chaina U Chi Fong Ice hockey 13 マレーシア Marēshia Reezman Bin Isa Ice hockey 14 モンゴル Mongoru Erdenechimeg Barkhuu Biathlon 15 ネパール Nepāru Saphal-Ram Shrestha Alpine skiing 16 パキスタン Pakisutan 17 フィリピン Firipin Carlo Garrucho Ice hockey 18 カタール Katāru Thamer Al Mohannadi Ice hockey 19 シンガポール Shingapōru Lucas Ng Short track speed skating 20 スリランカ Suriranka Lukas Hettiarachchi Cross-country skiing 21 チャイニーズ・タイペイ Chainīzu Taipei Shen Yen-chin Ice hockey 22 タジキスタン Tajikisutan 23 タイ Tai Thita Lamsam Figure skating 24 (Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) 東ティモール民主共和国 Higashi timōru minshu kyōwakoku Yohan Goutt Gonçalves Alpine skiing 25 トルクメニスタン Torukumenisutan 26 アラブ首長国連邦 Arabu shuchōkoku renpō 27 ウズベキスタン Uzubekisutan Kamila Yuldasheva Official 28 ベトナム Betonamu Nguyen Duc Manh Cross-country skiing 29 個人資格参加選手団 Kojin shikaku sanka senshu dan 30 (Guest Australia) ゲスト参加 オーストラリア Gesuto sanka Ōsutoraria Deanna Lockett Short track speed skating 31 (Guest New Zealand) ゲスト参加 ニュージーランド Gesuto sanka Nyūjīrando Jarden Christopher Edward Short track speed skating 32 日本 Nihon Go Tanaka Ice hockey
Australia and New Zealand's placards read simply "Australia" and "New Zealand", but were announced and displayed on the stadium's screen as "Guest Australia" and "Guest New Zealand".
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