2020 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations
parade nation opening ceremony summer paralympic game athlete participating country paraded japan national stadium preceded flag placard carrier flag bearer chosen either nation national paralympic committee npc athlete international paralympic committee accordance agreement signed international olympic committee june follows rule protocol manual issued organizing committee edition olympic paralympic game since winter olympic paralympic gamesin way order delegation enter opening ceremony paralympic game follow tradition greece first country enter historical birthplace paralympic gameshowever rule couple flag bearer participating national olympic committee extended paralympic game first time ever npc invited appoint one female one male athlete jointly carry flag opening ceremony assumption afghanistan athlete would unable compete paralympics due fall kabul taliban international paralympic committee invited office un high commissioner refugee unhcr represent afghanistan parade nation sign solidarity however unhcr declined name representative volunteer served afghanistan flagbearer two athlete zakia khudadadi hossain rasouli evacuated afghanistan two day opening ceremony later confirmed participation paralympics via flight australia two carried afghanistan flag closing ceremony new zealand brazil athlete also participate parade solomon island national flag paraded opening ceremony ultimately solomon island team withdrew summer paralympics due logistics issue first edition new protocol approved th session international olympic committee held day ceremony used officiallysome rule maintained previous procedure obligation refugee paralympic team delegation first enter parade nation maintenance entry delegation alphabetical order host country maintained entering last team another change positioning team whose country future host next summer paralympic game entered reverse sequenceaccording original planning united state would th delegation enter placed afghanistan united arab emirate delegationsbut summer paralympics scheduled held los angeles placed th delegationthis situation also happened france according protocol manual would th delegation positioned brazil bulgaria due fact paris host city summer paralympics entered st delegation finally host nation japan protocol rule approved brisbane announced summer paralympics host australia allocated enter united state team entered natural position japanese language order el salvador austria team entered gojūon order based name country japanese name team announced english japanese official language paralympic movement host nation accordance olympic charter international olympic committee ioc international paralympic committee ipc guideline republic north macedonia previously competed provisional name former yugoslav republic macedonia disputed status official name officially renamed north macedonia february national paralympic committee north macedonia nmpc officially adopted february north macedonia first appearance summer paralympics new name 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 name paraathlete participated opening ceremony parade projected scrolled digital signage equivalent inner diameter stadium summer olympics parade nation national paralympic committee list – official homepage tokyo paralympics archived original retrieved