2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations
parade nation within rio de janeiro summer olympics opening ceremony athlete official participating team marched maracanã stadium preceded flag placard bearer flag bearer chosen either team national olympic committee athlete greece entered first nation ancient first modern olympic game host nation brazil marched last team entered alphabetical order language host country portuguese according tradition ioc guideline announcer stadium read name marching team french english official language olympics well portuguese music accompanying athlete marched stadium country entered team short name entered formal alternative name sometimes due political naming dispute historical reason north macedonia entered former yugoslav republic macedonia portuguese exrepública iugoslava da macedônia e naming dispute greece people republic china commonly known china entered people republic china república popular da china c republic congo entered congo right democratic republic congo entered full name república democrática congo similarly south korea entered republic korea república da coreia c north korea entered democratic people republic korea república popular democrática da coreia team united kingdom entered great britain historical reason additionally brunei ivory coast united state hong kong iran lao moldova russia syria tanzania timorleste united state virgin island british virgin island entered formal name respectively brunei darussalam brunei darussalam côte d’ivoire costa marfim united state america estados unidos da américa hong kong china hong kong china islamic republic iran república islâmica irã lao people democratic republic república popular democrática lao republic moldova república da moldova russian federation federação da rússia syrian arab republic república árabe da síria united republic tanzania república unida da tanzânia democratic republic timorleste república democrática de timorleste american virgin island ilhas virgens americana british virgin island ilhas virgens britânicas refugee olympic team composed refugee several country went second last received standing ovation list parading team announced flag bearer order parade name given form officially designated ioc