# 2022 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations

During the Parade of Nations within the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony on March 4, athletes and officials from each participating country marched in the Beijing National Stadium, preceded by their flag and placard bearer bearing the respective country's name. Each flag bearer was chosen either by the nation's National Paralympic Committee or by the team of athletes themselves.

## Parade order

Nations marched in the order of the host language, Simplified Chinese. China entered last as host, and Italy entered second-to-last as upcoming host.
As Chinese characters do not have an alphabetical order, they were sorted based on stroke count. Specifically:
* Characters with fewer strokes march earlier, so New Zealand (新西兰) marched before Mexico (墨西哥) because 新 has 13 strokes and 墨 has 15 strokes.
* If the initial characters have the same number of strokes, then the stroke orders of the two characters are grouped in the order 橫竖撇捺折 (horizontal/vertical/left falling/right falling/fold). For example, Denmark (丹麦) marched before Brazil (巴西) because 丹 has four strokes in the order ㇓㇆㇔㇐ (3541), while 巴 has four strokes in the order ㇕丨㇐㇟ (5215).
** The second characters are not compared, even though 麦 has more strokes than 西.
* While it is possible to have a pair of characters with the same stroke count and the same stroke order groups, this did not occur during the parade. If the initial characters are identical, the second characters of each nation are used, and so on.

## Countries and flag bearers

The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the sequence that each nation appeared in the Parade of Nations. The names are given in their official designations by the IPC, and the Chinese names follow their official designations by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
| Order | Nation | Chinese name | Pinyin | Flag bearer | Sport/Function |
| 1 | Belgium (BEL) | 比利时 | Bǐlìshí | Rémi Mazi | Alpine skiing |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 日本 | Rìběn | Taiki Kawayoke [ja; no] | Cross-country skiing |
| 3 | Denmark (DEN) | 丹麦 | Dānmài | Games Volunteer | — |
| 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 乌克兰 | Wūkèlán | Maksym Yarovyi [uk; no] | Biathlon |
| 5 | Brazil (BRA) | 巴西 | Bāxī | Aline Rocha | Cross-country skiing |
| 5 | Brazil (BRA) | 巴西 | Bāxī | Cristian Ribera [pt; no] | Cross-country skiing |
| 6 | Israel (ISR) | 以色列 | Yǐsèliè | Games Volunteer | — |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 加拿大 | Jiānádà | Ina Forrest | Wheelchair curling |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 加拿大 | Jiānádà | Greg Westlake | Para ice hockey |
| 8 | Spain (ESP) | 西班牙 | Xībānyá | Víctor González Fernández [es] | Snowboarding |
| 9 | Liechtenstein (LIE) | 列支敦士登 | Lièzhīdūnshìdēng | Sarah Hundert | Alpine skiing |
| 10 | Iran (IRI) | 伊朗 | Yīlǎng | Elaheh Gholifallah | Cross-country skiing |
| 11 | Hungary (HUN) | 匈牙利 | Xiōngyálì | Richard Dumity | Alpine skiing |
| 12 | Iceland (ISL) | 冰岛 | Bīngdǎo | Hilmar Orvarsson | Alpine skiing |
| 13 | Andorra (AND) | 安道尔 | Āndàoěr | Games Volunteer | — |
| 14 | Finland (FIN) | 芬兰 | Fēnlán | Inkki Inola | Cross-country skiing |
| 14 | Finland (FIN) | 芬兰 | Fēnlán | Maiju Laurila | Alpine skiing |
| 15 | Croatia (CRO) | 克罗地亚 | Kèluódìyà | Bruno Bošnjak [hr] | Snowboarding |
| 16 | Greece (GRE) | 希腊 | Xīlà | Evangelia Nikou | Alpine skiing |
| 16 | Greece (GRE) | 希腊 | Xīlà | Konstantinos Petrakis | Snowboarding |
| 17 | Argentina (ARG) | 阿根廷 | Āgēntíng | Enrique Plantey | Alpine skiing |
| 18 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 阿塞拜疆 | Āsāibàijiāng | Mehman Ramazanzade | Cross-country skiing |
| 19 | Latvia (LAT) | 拉脱维亚 | Lātuōwéiyà | Ojars Briedis | Wheelchair curling |
| 19 | Latvia (LAT) | 拉脱维亚 | Lātuōwéiyà | Poļina Rožkova | Wheelchair curling |
| 20 | Great Britain (GBR) | 英国 | Yīngguó | Gregor Ewan | Wheelchair curling |
| 20 | Great Britain (GBR) | 英国 | Yīngguó | Meggan Dawson-Farrell | Wheelchair curling |
| 21 | Romania (ROU) | 罗马尼亚 | Luōmǎníyà | Mihăiță Papară | Snowboarding |
| 21 | Romania (ROU) | 罗马尼亚 | Luōmǎníyà | Laura Văleanu | Alpine skiing |
| 22 | France (FRA) | 法国 | Fǎguó | Benjamin Daviet [fr] | Biathlon Cross-country skiing |
| 23 | Poland (POL) | 波兰 | Bōlán | Andrzej Szczesny [pl; no] | Alpine skiing |
| 24 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 波多黎各 | Bōduō Lígè | Orlando Perez | Alpine skiing |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 波黑 | Bōhēi | Jovica Goreta | Alpine skiing |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 波黑 | Bōhēi | Ilma Kazazić [bs] | Alpine skiing |
| 26 | Norway (NOR) | 挪威 | Nuówēi | Sissel Løchen [no] | Wheelchair curling |
| 26 | Norway (NOR) | 挪威 | Nuówēi | Kjartan Haugen [no] | Cross-country skiing |
| 27 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 哈萨克斯坦 | Hāsàkèsītǎn | Yerbol Khamitov | Biathlon |
| 28 | United States (USA) | 美国 | Měiguó | Tyler Carter | Alpine skiing |
| 28 | United States (USA) | 美国 | Měiguó | Danelle Umstead | Alpine skiing |
| 29 | Netherlands (NED) | 荷兰 | Hélán | Lisa Bunschoten | Snowboarding |
| 29 | Netherlands (NED) | 荷兰 | Hélán | Chris Vos | Snowboarding |
| 30 | Georgia (GEO) | 格鲁吉亚 | Gélǔjíyà | Temuri Dadiani | Cross-country skiing |
| 31 | Estonia (EST) | 爱沙尼亚 | Aìshāníyà | Signe Falkenberg [et] | Wheelchair curling |
| 31 | Estonia (EST) | 爱沙尼亚 | Aìshāníyà | Mait Mätas | Wheelchair curling |
| 32 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 捷克 | Jiékè | Zdeněk Krupička | Para ice hockey |
| 33 | Slovenia (SLO) | 斯洛文尼亚 | Sīluòwénníyà | Jernej Slivnik | Alpine skiing |
| 34 | Slovakia (SVK) | 斯洛伐克 | Sīluòfákè | Miroslav Haraus [sk] | Alpine skiing |
| 34 | Slovakia (SVK) | 斯洛伐克 | Sīluòfákè | Monika Kunkelová | Wheelchair curling |
| 35 | South Korea (KOR) | 韩国 | Hánguó | Baek Hye-jin | Wheelchair curling |
| 36 | Chile (CHI) | 智利 | Zhìlì | Nicolás Bisquertt | Alpine skiing |
| 37 | Austria (AUT) | 奥地利 | Aòdìlì | Barbara Aigner | Alpine skiing |
| 37 | Austria (AUT) | 奥地利 | Aòdìlì | Markus Salcher [de] | Alpine skiing |
| 38 | Switzerland (SUI) | 瑞士 | Ruìshì | Hans Burgener | Wheelchair curling |
| 38 | Switzerland (SUI) | 瑞士 | Ruìshì | Romy Tschopp | Snowboarding |
| 39 | Sweden (SWE) | 瑞典 | Ruìdiǎn | Viljo Petersson-Dahl | Wheelchair curling |
| 39 | Sweden (SWE) | 瑞典 | Ruìdiǎn | Kristina Ulander | Wheelchair curling |
| 40 | Mongolia (MGL) | 蒙古 | Měnggǔ | Batmönkhiin Ganbold | Cross-country skiing |
| 41 | New Zealand (NZL) | 新西兰 | Xīn Xīlán | Games Volunteer | — |
| 42 | Mexico (MEX) | 墨西哥 | Mòxīgē | Arly Velásquez [es] | Alpine skiing |
| 43 | Germany (GER) | 德国 | Déguó | Martin Fleig [de] | Biathlon |
| 43 | Germany (GER) | 德国 | Déguó | Anna-Lena Forster [de] | Alpine skiing |
| 44 | Australia (AUS) | 澳大利亚 | Àodàlìyǎ | Melissa Perrine | Alpine skiing |
| 44 | Australia (AUS) | 澳大利亚 | Àodàlìyǎ | Mitchell Gourley | Alpine skiing |
| 45 | Italy (ITA) | 意大利 | Yìdàlì | Giacomo Bertagnolli [it] | Alpine skiing |
| 46 | China (CHN) | 中国 | Zhōngguó | Guo Yujie | Biathlon |
| 46 | China (CHN) | 中国 | Zhōngguó | Wang Zhidong | Para ice hockey |