# 1976 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations

During the parade of nations section of the 1976 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 his or her respective 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 Canada marched last, in accordance with the tradition and IOC guidelines. As each delegation entered accompanied by the music to be composed by Vic Vogel, the national name was announced in French and English (the official languages of the Olympics).
Whilst most countries entered under their short names, a few entered under acronyms or alternative names, mostly due to political and naming disputes. West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) entered as Allemagne (République Federal de Allemagne), East Germany (German Democratic Republic) as République Démocratique Allemande, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) as R.P.D. Corée (République Populaire Démocratique de Corée), and Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) as U.R.S.S. (Union des Républiques Socialistes Soviétiques).
Ninety-two nations entered the stadium with a combined total of 6,084 athletes. Four of them made their Olympic debut, namely Andorra (which had its overall Olympic debut a few months before in Innsbruck), Antigua and Barbuda (as Antigua), Cayman Islands, and Papua New Guinea. Because of the 1976 Summer Olympics boycott, several African countries which marched at the parade eventually withdrew from the Games, including Cameroon, Morocco, and Tunisia. Senegal and Ivory Coast were the only African countries that competed throughout the duration of the Games. Elsewhere, Burma, Iraq and Guyana also opted to join the Congolese-led boycott. Other countries, such as El Salvador and Zaire, did not participate in Montreal for purely economic reasons.

## 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.
This table is sortable by country name (in French), the flag bearer's name, and the flag bearer's sport.
| Order | Nation | French | Flag bearer | Sport |
| 1 | Greece (GRE) | Grèce | Vasilios Papageorgopoulos | Athletics |
| 2 | Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) | Allemagne | Hans Günter Winkler | Equestrian |
| 3 | Andorra (AND) | Andorre | Esteve Dolsa | Shooting |
| 4 | Antigua (ANT) | Antigua | Fred Sowerby | Athletics |
| 5 | Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | Antilles Néerlandaises | Jaime Felipa | Judo |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | Arabie Saoudite | Mohamed Al-Bouhairi | Athletics |
| 7 | Argentina (ARG) | Argentine | Hugo Aberastegui | Rowing |
| 8 | Australia (AUS) | Australie | Raelene Boyle | Athletics |
| 9 | Austria (AUT) | Autriche | Günther Pfaff | Canoeing |
| 10 | Bahamas (BAH) | Bahamas | Mike Sands | Athletics |
| 11 | Barbados (BAR) | Barbade | Lorna Forde | Athletics |
| 12 | Belgium (BEL) | Belgique | Gaston Roelants | Athletics |
| 13 | Belize (BIZ) | Belize | John Waight | Shooting |
| 14 | Bermuda (BER) | Bermudes | Clark Godwin | Athletics |
| 15 | Bolivia (BOL) | Bolivie | Marco Soria | Cycling |
| 16 | Brazil (BRA) | Brésil | João Carlos de Oliveira | Athletics |
| 17 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Bulgarie | Aleksandar Tomov | Wrestling |
| 18 | Cameroon (CMR) | Cameroun | Nicolas Owona | Cycling |
| 19 | Cayman Islands (CAY) | Îles Caïmans | Peter Milburn | Sailing |
| 20 | Chile (CHI) | Chili | Juan Inostroza | Fencing |
| 21 | Colombia (COL) | Colombie | Helmut Bellingrodt | Shooting |
| 22 | Republic of Korea (KOR) | Corée | Yoo Jae-kwon | Wrestling |
| 23 | Costa Rica (CRC) | Costa Rica | María París | Swimming |
| 24 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | Côte d'Ivoire | Jacques Ayé Abehi | Athletics |
| 25 | Cuba (CUB) | Cuba | Teófilo Stevenson | Boxing |
| 26 | Denmark (DEN) | Danemark | Judith Andersen | Rowing |
| 27 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | République Dominicaine | Eleoncio Mercedes | Boxing |
| 28 | Ecuador (ECU) | Équateur | Nelson Suárez | Diving |
| 29 | Spain (ESP) | Espagne | Enrique Rodríguez | Boxing |
| 30 | United States of America (USA) | États-Unis de Amerique | Gary Hall, Sr. | Swimming |
| 31 | Fiji (FIJ) | Fidji | Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault | Athletics |
| 32 | Finland (FIN) | Finlande | Lasse Virén | Athletics |
| 33 | France (FRA) | France | Daniel Morelon | Cycling |
| 34 | Great Britain (GBR) | Grande Bretagne | Rodney Pattisson | Sailing |
| 35 | Guatemala (GUA) | Guatémala | Edgar Tornez | Weightlifting |
| 36 | Guyana (GUY) | Guyana | Kenny Bristol | Boxing |
| 37 | Haiti (HAI) | Haiti | Emmanuel Saint-Hilaire | Athletics |
| 38 | Honduras (HON) | Honduras | Santiago Fonseca | Athletics |
| 39 | Hong Kong (HKG) | Hong Kong | Tso Hok Young | Shooting |
| 40 | Hungary (HUN) | Hongrie | Jenő Kamuti | Fencing |
| 41 | India (IND) | Inde | Ajitpal Singh | Field hockey |
| 42 | Indonesia (INA) | Indonésie | Syamsul Anwar Harahap | Boxing |
| 43 | Iran (IRI) | Iran | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi | Wrestling |
| 44 | Ireland (IRL) | Irlande | Frank Moore | Rowing |
| 45 | Iceland (ISL) | Islande | Óskar Jakobsson | Athletics |
| 46 | Israel (ISR) | Israël | Esther Roth-Shahamorov | Athletics |
| 47 | Italy (ITA) | Italie | Klaus Dibiasi | Diving |
| 48 | Jamaica (JAM) | Jamaïque | Don Quarrie | Athletics |
| 49 | Japan (JPN) | Japon | Katsutoshi Nekoda | Volleyball |
| 50 | Kuwait (KUW) | Koweït | Abdul Nasser Al-Sayegh | Fencing |
| 51 | Lebanon (LIB) | Liban | Toni Khouri | Official |
| 52 | Liechtenstein (LIE) | Liechtenstein | Paul Büchel | Judo |
| 53 | Luxembourg (LUX) | Luxembourg | Robert Schiel | Fencing |
| 54 | Malaysia (MAS) | Malaisie | Ishtiaq Mubarak | Athletics |
| 55 | Mali (MLI) | Mali | | |
| 56 | Morocco (MAR) | Maroc | Abdel Latif Fatihi | Boxing |
| 57 | Mexico (MEX) | Mexique | Teresa Díaz | Gymnastics |
| 58 | Monaco (MON) | Monaco | Francis Boisson | Shooting (official) |
| 59 | Mongolia (MGL) | Mongolie | Zevegiin Oidov | Wrestling |
| 60 | Nepal (NEP) | Népal | Baikuntha Manandhar | Athletics |
| 61 | Nicaragua (NCA) | Nicaragua | Frank Richardson | Swimming |
| 62 | Norway (NOR) | Norvège | Leif Jenssen | Weightlifting |
| 63 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée | Wavala Kali | Athletics |
| 64 | New Zealand (NZL) | Nouvelle-Zélande | David Aspin | Wrestling |
| 65 | Pakistan (PAK) | Pakistan | Abdul Rashid | Field hockey |
| 66 | Panama (PAN) | Panamá | Georgina Osorio | Swimming |
| 67 | Paraguay (PAR) | Paraguay | Julio Abreu | Swimming |
| 68 | Netherlands (NED) | Pays-Bas | André Bolhuis | Field hockey |
| 69 | Peru (PER) | Pérou | Teresa Núñez | Volleyball |
| 70 | Philippines (PHI) | Philippines | Gerardo Rosario | Swimming |
| 71 | Poland (POL) | Pologne | Grzegorz Śledziewski | Canoeing |
| 72 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | Porto Rico | Téofilo Colón | Athletics (non-participant) |
| 73 | Portugal (POR) | Portugal | Carlos Lopes | Athletics |
| 74 | German Democratic Republic (GDR) | République Démocratique Allemande | Hans-Georg Reimann | Athletics |
| 75 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea (PRK) | R.P.D. Corée | Kim Man-dok | Official |
| 76 | Romania (ROM) | Roumanie | Nicolae Martinescu | Wrestling |
| 77 | San Marino (SMR) | Saint-Marin | Italo Casali | Shooting |
| 78 | Senegal (SEN) | Senegal | Samba Dièye | Athletics |
| 79 | Singapore (SIN) | Singapour | Koh Eng Kian | Judo |
| 80 | Sweden (SWE) | Suède | Jan Karlsson | Wrestling |
| 81 | Switzerland (SUI) | Suisse | Christian Kauter | Fencing |
| 82 | Suriname (SUR) | Suriname | Ricardo Elmont | Judo |
| 83 | Swaziland (SWZ) | Swaziland | Jonathan Magagula | Boxing |
| 84 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | Tchécoslovaquie | Ludvík Daněk | Athletics |
| 85 | Thailand (THA) | Thaïlande | Anat Ratanapol | Athletics |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | Trinidad-Tobago | Hasely Crawford | Athletics |
| 87 | Tunisia (TUN) | Tunisie | Mohammed Gammoudi | Athletics |
| 88 | Turkey (TUR) | Turquie | Erol Küçükbakırcı | Cycling |
| 89 | Soviet Union (URS) | U.R.S.S. | Vasily Alekseyev | Weightlifting |
| 90 | Uruguay (URU) | Uruguay | Reinaldo Kutscher | Rowing |
| 91 | Venezuela (VEN) | Venezuela | Manuel Luna | Judo |
| 92 | Virgin Islands (ISV) | Îles Vierges | Ivan David | Wrestling |
| 93 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | Yougoslavie | Hrvoje Horvat | Handball |
| 94 | Canada (CAN) | Canada | Abby Hoffman | Athletics |

### Notes

* $^a$ République Populaire Démocratique de Corée
* $^b$ Union des Républiques Socialistes Soviétiques
* $^c$ Withdrew after the opening ceremony