During the opening ceremony of the 1928 Summer Olympics, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded into the arena. As Olympic tradition dictates, most participating nationsFrance and Malta did not take part in the Parade of Nations, but their athletes did compete at the Olympics. paraded in the alphabetical order of the language of the host country (here Dutch), except Greece, who enters first at the founding nation of the Olympics, and the host country (here the Netherlands) who enters last.
During the Parade of Nations, athletes from all participating countries entered the Olympisch Stadion. Each team was led by a flag bearer that was one of their athletes or officials, designated either by their respective National Olympic Committee (NOC) or by the athletes themselves.
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, or flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the IOC (International Olympic Committee).
OrderNationDutchFlag bearerSport 1 Griekenland Antonios Karyofyllis Athletics 2 Argentinië Héctor Méndez Boxing 3 Australië Bobby Pearce Rowing 4 België 5 Bulgarije 6 Canada Joseph Wright Jr. Rowing 7 Chili Manuel Plaza Athletics 8 Cuba José Barrientos Athletics 9 Denemarken Marius Jørgensen Athletics 10 Duitsland Ernst Paulus Athletics 11 Egypte 12 Engeland Malcolm Nokes Athletics 13 Estland Gustav Kalkun Athletics 14 Filipijnen Anselmo Gonzaga Athletics 15 Finland Akilles Järvinen Athletics 16 Haïti 17 Hongarije Kálmán Egri Athletics 18 Ierland Matt Flanagan Boxing 19 India 20 Italië Carlo Galimberti Weightlifting 21 Japan Yonetaro Nakazawa Athletics 22 Joegoslavië Dimitrije Stefanović Athletics 23 Letland Alberts Zvejnieks Wrestling 24 Litouwen Paulina Radziulytė Athletics 25 Luxemburg George Schmit Athletics 26 Mexico Jesús Aguirre Athletics 27 Monaco 28 Nieuw-Zeeland Arthur Porritt Athletics 29 Noorwegen Ketil Askildt Athletics 30 Oostenrijk Ludwig Wessely Athletics 31 Panama Adán Gordón Swimming 32 Polen Marian Cieniewski Wrestling 33 Portugal 34 Rhodesië 35 Roemenië 36 Spanje Diego Ordóñez Athletics 37 Tsjecho-Slowakije Josef Effenberger Gymnastics 38 Turkije 39 Uruguay 40 Verenigde Staten van Amerika Bud Houser Athletics 41 Zuid-Afrika 42 Zweden Bo Lindman Modern pentathlon 43 Zwitserland 44 Holland Sam Olij Boxing
See also 1928 Summer Olympics
References Amsterdam 1928 Official Film | The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928