1984 Summer Olympics national flag bearers


During the Parade of Nations portion of the 1984 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded in the arena, preceded by their flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country.

Parade order

As the nation of the first modern Olympic Games, Greece entered the stadium first; whereas, the host nation of the United States marched last. Other countries entered in alphabetical order in the language of the host country, according with tradition and IOC guidelines.
Whilst most countries entered under their short names, a few entered under more formal or alternative names, mostly due to political and naming disputes. The Republic of China entered with the compromised name and flag of "Chinese Taipei" under T so that they did not enter together with conflicting People's Republic of China, which entered as the "People's Republic of China" under C.
A record of 140 nations entered the stadium with a combined total of 7,078 athletes. Eighteen nations made their Olympic debut, namely Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, British Virgin Islands, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Grenada, Mauritania, Mauritius, North Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and the United Arab Emirates. The People's Republic of China made its first appearance at the Summer Olympics since 1952, while the Republic of China participated for the first time under the name Chinese Taipei as a result of the IOC agreement. Thirteen countries, namely Afghanistan, Angola, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Laos, Mongolia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Poland, and Vietnam, were part of the Soviet Union boycott of these Games. Apart from the People's Republic of China, Romania and Yugoslavia were among the socialist countries to disregard the boycott and attend the Games. Albania, Iran and Libya also did not compete the Games, citing political reasons.
Notable flag bearers in the opening ceremony featured the following athletes: six-time Olympian and Star sailor Hubert Raudaschl ; defending Olympic champions Stelios Mygiakis in Greco-Roman wrestling, Esko Rechardt in Finn sailing, Angelo Parisi in heavyweight judo, Sara Simeoni in women's high jump, Corneliu Ion in rapid fire pistol shooting, and Alejandro Abascal in the Flying Dutchman; middle-distance runner and 1976 Olympic champion John Walker; dressage rider Christine Stückelberger ; professional basketball player Dražen Dalipagić, who led his men's team to capture the gold medal in Moscow four years earlier; and hammer thrower Ed Burke, who competed in his third appearance since the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

List

The following is a list of each country's announced flag bearer. The list is sorted by the order in which each nation appears in the parade of nations. The names are given in their official designations by the IOC.
OrderNationFlag bearerSport
1Stelios MygiakisWrestling
2Abdelkrim BendjemilHandball
3Joan Tomàs RocaShooting
4Lester BenjaminAthletics
5Ricardo IbarraRowing
6Wayne RoycroftEquestrian
7Hubert RaudaschlSailing
8Bradley CooperAthletics
9Youssef MubarakOfficial
10Saidur Rahman DawnAthletics
11Charles PileCycling
12Edgar Henri CuepperEquestrian
13Lindford GillittCycling
14Firmin AbissiBoxing
15Clarence SaundersAthletics
16Thinley DorjiArchery
17Saúl MendozaFencing
18Norman MangoyeOfficial
19Eduardo de SouzaSailing
20Lindel HodgeAthletics
21Latt ZawBoxing
22Issa HayatouOfficial
23Alex BaumannSwimming
24Carson EbanksSailing
25André Marie SayetBoxing
26Ousman MiangotoAthletics
27Carlos RossiSailing
28Wang LibinBasketball
29Pablo RestrepoSwimming
30Simone NkabouChef de mission
31Mariano LaraShooting
32Marios KassianidisAthletics
33Michael MarkussenCycling
34Djama RoblehAthletics
35Pedro NolascoBoxing
36Brigitte MorilloEquestrian
37Mohamed Sayed SolimanBasketball
38Kriscia GarcíaAthletics
39Secundino BorabotaAthletics
40Viliame TakayawaJudo
41Esko RechardtSailing
42Angelo ParisiJudo
43Odette MistoulAthletics
44Oumar FyeAthletics
45Wilhelm KuhweideSailing
46Makarios DjanAthletics
47Lucinda GreenEquestrian
48Bernard WilsonBoxing
49Oswaldo MéndezEquestrian
50Abdoullaye DialloJudo
51Earl HaleyAthletics
52Ronald AgénorTennis
53Carlos SotoJudo
54Solomon LeeShooting
55Einar VilhjálmssonAthletics
56Zafar IqbalField hockey
57Lukman NiodeSwimming
58Ismail SalmanBoxing
59Gerry MullinsEquestrian
60Zehava ShmueliAthletics
61Sara SimeoniAthletics
62Avognan NogboumAthletics
63Bertland CameronAthletics
64Shigenobu MurofushiAthletics
65Mourad BarakatChef de mission
66James OmondiBoxing
67Ha Hyung-jooJudo
68Tareq Al-GhareebJudo
69Toni KhouriChef de mission
70Mochochonono MokhutloleChef de mission
71Wallace ObeyAthletics
72Manuela MarxerAthletics
73Jeannette GoergenArchery
74Jean-Luc BezokyBoxing
75Fletcher KapitoBoxing
76Sabiahmad Abdullah AhadShooting
77Karamoke Kory KonteChef de mission
78Peter BonelloSailing
79Oumar Samba SyWrestling
80Vivian CoralieAthletics
81Ivar SisniegaModern pentathlon
82Jean-Luc AdornoSwimming
83Lahcen Samsam AkkaAthletics
84Daniel FirminoOfficial
85Khadga RanabhatOfficial
86Ton BuunkWater polo
87Evert Johan KroonSwimming
88John WalkerAthletics
89Gustavo HerreraOfficial
90Boubagar SoumanaBoxing
91Yusuf AlliAthletics
92Alf HansenRowing
93Mohamed Al-BusaidiOfficial
94Manzoor HussainField hockey
95José DíazWeightlifting
96Iammogapi LaunaAthletics
97Max NarváezJudo
98Edwin VásquezShooting '
99Isidro del PradoAthletics
100António RoqueteJudo
101Fernando CañalesSwimming
102Waheed Khamis Al-SalemAthletics
103Corneliu IonShooting
104Emmanuel TwagirayezuAthletics '
105Maurizio ZonziniGymnastics
106Safaq Al-AnziShooting
107Amadou Ciré BaalShooting
108Denis RoseAthletics
109David SawyerrAthletics
110Ang Peng SiongSwimming
111Leslie AtaWeightlifting
112Abdi BileAthletics
113Alejandro AbascalSailing
114Lalin JirasinhaSailing
115Abdul Al-LalifOfficial
116Siegfried CrudenAthletics
117Lenford DlamineOfficial
118Hans SvenssonRowing
119Christine StückelbergerEquestrian
120Joseph AtiyehWrestling
121Lee Fu-anAthletics
122Michael NassoroBoxing
123Rangsit YanothaiShooting
124Denou KoffiAthletics
125Fine SaniBoxing
126Hasely CrawfordAthletics
127Fethi BaccoucheAthletics
128Semra AksuAthletics
129Ruth KyalisimaAthletics
130Mubarak IsmailAthletics
131Carlos PeinadoBasketball
132William WuyckeAthletics
133Jodie LawaetzSwimming
134Apelu IoaneBoxing
135Ahmed Al-OzariOfficial
136Dražen DalipagićBasketball
137Christine BakomboAthletics
138Dave LisheboAthletics
139Zephaniah NcubeAthletics
140Ed BurkeAthletics