2020 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations
parade nation within tokyo summer olympics opening ceremony took place july athlete official participating team entered olympic stadium preceded flag placard bearer flag bearer chosen either team national olympic committee athlete first time team option allow two flag bearer one male one female effort promote gender equality olympics postponed due covid pandemic due security measure country prevented athlete participate event first edition new protocol approved th session international olympic committee held day ceremony used officially rule maintained previous procedure obligation greek delegation first enter parade nation maintenance entry delegation alphabetical order organizing country maintained entering last team however others changed entry ioc refugee olympic team composed refugee several country immediately behind greek team another change positioning team whose country future host next summer olympic game entered reverse sequence according original planning united state would th delegation enter placed afghanistan united arab emirate delegation summer olympics scheduled held los angeles placed th delegation situation also happened france according protocol manual would st delegation positioned brazil bulgaria due fact paris host city summer olympics entered th delegation host nation japan protocol rule approved brisbane announced summer olympics host australia allocated enter united state team instead entered natural position japanese language order el salvador austria zimbabwe usually penultimate nation positioned singapore switzerland appearing middle parade team entered gojūon order based name country japanese name team announced french english japanese official language olympic movement host nation accordance olympic charter international olympic committee ioc guideline republic north macedonia previously competed provisional name former yugoslav republic macedonia disputed status official name officially renamed north macedonia february olympic committee north macedonia nmoc officially adopted february north macedonia first appearance summer olympics new name north macedonia 北マケドニア kita makedonia several nation marched formal japanese name example great britain delegation marched formal name eikoku united kingdom rather better known informal igirisu イギリス china delegation marched chūka jinmin kyōwakoku people republic china instead common chūgoku 中国 april north korea announced would participate summer olympics covid concern marked north korea first absence summer olympics since north korea 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 chōsen minshushugi jinmin kyōwakoku democratic people republic korea would marched tunisia chile march ioc announced team option allow two flag bearer one male one female effort promote gender equality trialed summer olympics parade nation list parading team announced flag bearer order parade sortable team name flag bearer name flag bearer sport first time parade nation conducted japanese order multiple taiwanese medium outlet well japanese lawmaker akihisa nagashima reported taiwan chinese taipei delegation specially ordered within parade would march タ ta either taiwan ambiguously chinese taipei rather チ chi チャイ chai chinese taipei however would done regardless special ordering chinese taipei paraded equivalent every parade nation language chinese including example pyeongchang seoul nhk opening ceremony official japanese broadcaster also specially commented taiwan 台湾です！ taiwan desu stadium announcer finished announcing name chinese taipei also received attention taiwanese medium musical piece parade nation selected several video game soundtrack created japan selection included theme square enixs dragon quest final fantasy saga nier chrono trigger disney kingdom heart bandai namcos tale series soulcalibur ace combat capcoms monster hunter konamis pro evolution soccer gradius sega sammys sonic hedgehog phantasy star summer paralympics parade nation summer olympics parade nation also tokyo japan winter olympics parade nation national olympic committee list official homepage tokyo olympics july archived original august retrieved september