2024 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations
parade nation within summer olympics opening ceremony took place july seine river paris france athlete official participating team marched jardins du trocadéro preceded flag placard bearer flag bearer chosen either team national olympic committee athlete december announced opening ceremony would feature athlete transported boat pont dausterlitz pont diéna along seine river kilometre mi route passed landmark louvre notredame de paris place de la concorde feature cultural presentation official protocol took place seat ministadium trocadéro first time olympic history parade procedure held separate portion opening ceremony parade integrated artistic programme simultaneously allowed athlete sail boat artistic portion organizer stated ceremony would spectacular accessible opening ceremony olympic history estanguet stating would free attend estimating could attract many spectator addition similar summer olympics team option male flag bearer female flag bearer effort promote gender equality greece sailed first nation ancient first modern olympic game followed ioc refugee olympic team composed refugee several country per revised protocol introduced summer olympics australia antepenultimate host summer olympics brisbane united state penultimate host summer olympics los angeles host nation france entered last team sailed alphabetical order language host country french according tradition ioc guideline country entered team short name several entered formal alternative name sometimes due political naming dispute historical reason people republic china commonly known china entered people republic china république populaire de chine c republic congo entered congo right democratic republic congo entered full name république démocratique du congo similarly south korea entered republic korea république de corée c north korea entered democratic people republic korea république populaire démocratique de corée team united kingdom entered great britain grandebretagne historical reason team taiwan chinese taipei chinese taipei additionally brunei united state east timor hong kong iran lao moldova syria tanzania entered formal name respectively brunei darussalam brunei darussalam united state america étatsunis damérique democratic republic timorleste république démocratique du timorleste hong kong china hong kong chine islamic republic iran république islamique iran lao people democratic republic république populaire démocratique lao republic moldova république de moldova syrian arab republic république arabe syrienne united republic tanzania républiqueunie de tanzanie first olympics delegation czech republic turkey introduced name czechia tchéquie türkiye respectively potential participation russian belarusian athlete remained controversial amid russian invasion ukraine february international olympic committee ioc recommended sport federation ban russian belarusian athlete official participating international tournament citing violation olympic truce july ioc stated russia belarus would formally invited athlete would allowed compete neutral similar manner wimbledon reversed ban russian belarusian year confirmed ioc december russian belarusian athlete allowed compete neutral without anthem flag upcoming game individual athlete delegation take part parade nation opening ceremony list parading team boat travelled announced flag bearer order parade sortable team name flag bearer name flag bearer sport ioc named final list flagbearers july note country greece bahrain presented enchanté segment continued bangladesh people republic china country cyprus gabon presented fraternité segment continued gambia jamaica country japan norway presented sportivité segment country new zealand host nation france presented festivité segment