During the 2018 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, beginning at 20:00 KST (UTC+9) on 9 March 2018, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in the host city of Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Background All teams entered in alphabetical order based on the names of countries in the Korean language, except host nation South Korea, marched last. The collation method used is based on the names as written in Hangul, the Korean alphabet. The names of the nations were announced English and Korean, the official languages of the Paralympic movement and the host nation, in accordance with traditional and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) guidelines.
Whilst most countries entered under their short names, a few entered under more formal or alternative names, sometimes due to political or naming disputes. North Korean and South Korean teams marched on their own, after the leaders of both Koreas failed to arrange for both teams to march together in the opening ceremony. After a Russian state-sponsored doping program was exposed following the 2014 Winter Paralympics, the Russian Paralympic Committee was suspended, and selected athletes were allowed to compete neutrally under the IOC designation of "Neutral Paralympic Athletes" (패럴림픽 중립 선수), under 중. In addition, the United States, Iran, North Korea, China and South Korea all entered under their formal names, respectively the "United States of America", "Islamic Republic of Iran", "Democratic People's Republic of Korea", "People's Republic of China" and "Republic of Korea".
A record of 49 nations entered the stadium with a combined total of 569 athletes. Three nations made their Winter Paralympic debut, namely Georgia, North Korea and Tajikistan.
List 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 and flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the IPC.
+ Order Nation Hangul Roman Transliteration Flag bearer Sport 1 그리스 geu ri seu Konstantinos Petrakis Snowboarding 2 네덜란드 ne deol ran deu Bibian Mentel-Spee Snowboarding 3 노르웨이 no reu we i Birgit Skarstein Cross-country skiing 4 뉴질랜드 nyu jil raen deu Corey Peters Alpine skiing 5 덴마크 den ma keu Daniel Wagner Snowboarding 6 독일 dok il Andrea Eskau BiathlonCross-country skiing 7 루마니아 ru ma ni a Mihaita Papara Snowboarding 8 멕시코 mek si ko Arly Velásquez Alpine skiing 9 몽골 mong gol Batmönkhiin Ganbold Cross-country skiing 10 미국 mi guk Mike Schultz Snowboarding 11 벨기에 bel gi e Eléonor Sana Alpine skiing 12 벨라루스 bel ra ru seu Liudmila Vauchok Cross-country skiing 13 보스니아 헤르체고비나 Ilma Kazazić Alpine skiing 14 불가리아 bul ga ri a Svetoslav Georgiev Cross-country skiing 15 브라질 beu ra jil Aline Rocha Cross-country skiing 16 세르비아 se reu bi a Miloš Zarić Cross-country skiing 17 스웨덴 seu we den Ronny Persson Wheelchair curling 18 스위스 seu wi seu Felix Wagner Wheelchair curling 19 스페인 seu pe in Astrid Fina Snowboarding 20 슬로바키아 seul ro ba ki a Henrieta Farkašová & Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing 21 슬로베니아 seul ro be ni a Jernej Slivnik Alpine skiing 22 아르메니아 a reu me ni a Stasik Nazaryan Cross-country skiing 23 아르헨티나 a reu hen ti na Enrique Plantey Alpine skiing 24 아이슬란드 a i seul ran deu Hilmar Snær Örvarsson Alpine skiing 25 안도라 an do ra Roger Puig Davi Alpine skiing 26 영국 yeong guk Owen Pick Snowboarding 27 오스트레일리아 o seu teu re il ri a Joany Badenhorst Snowboarding 28 오스트리아 o seu teu ri a Claudia Loesch Alpine skiing 29 우즈베키스탄 u jeu be ki seu tan Yokutkhon Kholbekova Cross-country skiing 30 우크라이나 u keu ra i na Vitaliy Lukyanenko BiathlonCross-country skiing 31 이란 i ran Elaheh Gholifallah Cross-country skiing 32 이탈리아 i tal ri a Florian Planker Para ice hockey 33 일본 il bon Momoka Muraoka Alpine skiing 34 조선민주주의인민공화국 jo seon min ju ju ui in min gong hwa guk Kim Jong-hyon Cross-country skiing 35 조지아 jo ji a Temuri Dadiani Cross-country skiing 36 중국 jung guk Peng Yuanyuan Cross-country skiing 37 패럴림픽 중립 선수 pae reol lim pik jung nip seon su POCOG Volunteer N/A 38 체코 che ko Miroslav Hrbek Para ice hockey 39 칠레 chil re Diego Seguel Alpine skiing 40 카자흐스탄 ka ja heu seu tan Kairat Kanafin Cross-country skiing 41 캐나다 kae na da Brian McKeever Cross-country skiing 42 크로아티아 keu ro a ti a Eva Goluža Alpine skiing 43 타지키스탄 ta ji ki seu tan Siyovush Ilyasov Cross-country skiing 44 터키 teo ki Mehmet Çekiç Alpine skiing 45 폴란드 pol ran deu Kamil Rosiek BiathlonCross-country skiing 46 프랑스 peu rang seu Marie Bochet Alpine skiing 47 핀란드 pin ran deu Matti Suur-Hamari Snowboarding 48 헝가리 heong ga ri Zsolt Balogh Alpine skiing 49 대한민국 dae han min guk Sin Eui-hyun BiathlonCross-country skiing
See also 2018 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations
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