# 1984 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations

During the parade of nations portion of the 1984 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 that 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 of the United States marched last. Other countries entered in alphabetical order in the language of the host country (English), according to tradition and IOC guidelines.
Whilst most countries entered under their short names, a few entered under more formal or alternative names, mostly due to political and naming disputes. The Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) entered with the compromised name and flag of "Chinese Taipei" under T so that they did not enter together with conflicting People's Republic of China (commonly known as China), which entered as the "People's Republic of China" under C.
A record 140 nations entered the stadium with a combined total of 7,078 athletes. Eighteen nations made their Olympic debut, namely Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, British Virgin Islands, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Grenada, Mauritania, Mauritius, North Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and the United Arab Emirates. The People's Republic of China made its first appearance at the Summer Olympics since 1952, while the Republic of China participated for the first time under the name Chinese Taipei as a result of the IOC agreement. Thirteen countries, namely Afghanistan, Angola, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, East Germany, Hungary, Laos, Mongolia, North Korea, Poland, and Vietnam, were part of the Soviet Union-boycott of these Games. Apart from the People's Republic of China (a communist country that had substantially warmer relations with the United States than with the Soviet Union, following the Sino–Soviet split), Romania and Yugoslavia were among the socialist countries to disregard the boycott and attend the Games. Albania, Iran, Burkina Faso and Libya also did not compete at the Games, citing political reasons unrelated to the Soviet Union.
Notable flag bearers in the opening ceremony featured the following athletes: six-time Olympian and Star sailor Hubert Raudaschl (Austria); defending Olympic champions Stelios Mygiakis (Greece) in Greco-Roman wrestling, Esko Rechardt in Finn sailing, Angelo Parisi (France) in heavyweight judo, Sara Simeoni (Italy) in women's high jump, Corneliu Ion (Romania) in rapid fire pistol shooting, and Alejandro Abascal (Spain) in the Flying Dutchman; middle-distance runner and 1976 Olympic champion John Walker; dressage rider Christine Stückelberger (Switzerland); professional basketball player Dražen Dalipagić (Yugoslavia), who led his men's team to capture the gold medal in Moscow four years earlier; and hammer thrower Ed Burke (United States), who competed in his third appearance since the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

## 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.
| Order | Country | Flag bearer | Sport |
| 1 | Greece (GRE) | Stelios Mygiakis | Wrestling |
| 2 | Algeria (ALG) | Abdelkrim Bendjemil | Handball |
| 3 | Andorra (AND) | Joan Tomàs Roca | Shooting |
| 4 | Antigua (ANT) | Lester Benjamin | Athletics |
| 5 | Argentina (ARG) | Ricardo Ibarra | Rowing |
| 6 | Australia (AUS) | Wayne Roycroft | Equestrian |
| 7 | Austria (AUT) | Hubert Raudaschl | Sailing |
| 8 | Bahamas (BAH) | Bradley Cooper | Athletics |
| 9 | Bahrain (BRN) | Youssef Mubarak | Official |
| 10 | Bangladesh (BAN) | Saidur Rahman Dawn | Athletics |
| 11 | Barbados (BAR) | Charles Pile | Cycling |
| 12 | Belgium (BEL) | Edgar Henri Cuepper | Equestrian |
| 13 | Belize (BIZ) | Lindford Gillitt | Cycling |
| 14 | Benin (BEN) | Firmin Abissi | Boxing |
| 15 | Bermuda (BER) | Clarence Saunders | Athletics |
| 16 | Bhutan (BHU) | Thinley Dorji | Archery |
| 17 | Bolivia (BOL) | Saúl Mendoza | Fencing |
| 18 | Botswana (BOT) | Norman Mangoye | Official |
| 19 | Brazil (BRA) | Eduardo de Souza | Sailing |
| 20 | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | Lindel Hodge | Athletics |
| 21 | Burma (BIR) | Latt Zaw | Boxing |
| 22 | Cameroon (CMR) | Issa Hayatou | Official |
| 23 | Canada (CAN) | Alex Baumann | Swimming |
| 24 | Cayman Islands (CAY) | Carson Ebanks | Sailing |
| 25 | Central African Republic (CAF) | André Marie Sayet | Boxing (coach) |
| 26 | Chad (CHA) | Ousman Miangoto | Athletics |
| 27 | Chile (CHI) | Carlos Rossi | Sailing |
| 28 | People's Republic of China (CHN) | Wang Libin | Basketball |
| 29 | Colombia (COL) | Pablo Restrepo | Swimming |
| 30 | People's Republic of the Congo (CGO) | Simone Nkabou | Chef de mission |
| 31 | Costa Rica (CRC) | Elizabeth Jagush | Shooting |
| 32 | Cyprus (CYP) | Marios Kassianidis | Athletics |
| 33 | Denmark (DEN) | Michael Markussen | Cycling |
| 34 | Djibouti (DJI) | Djama Robleh | Athletics |
| 35 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | Pedro Nolasco | Boxing |
| 36 | Ecuador (ECU) | Brigitte Morillo | Equestrian |
| 37 | Egypt (EGY) | Mohamed Sayed Soliman | Basketball |
| 38 | El Salvador (ESA) | Kriscia García | Athletics |
| 39 | Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) | Secundino Borabota | Athletics |
| 40 | Fiji (FIJ) | Viliame Takayawa | Judo |
| 41 | Finland (FIN) | Esko Rechardt | Sailing |
| 42 | France (FRA) | Angelo Parisi | Judo |
| 43 | Gabon (GAB) | Odette Mistoul | Athletics |
| 44 | Gambia (GAM) | Oumar Fye | Athletics |
| 45 | Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) | Wilhelm Kuhweide | Sailing |
| 46 | Ghana (GHA) | Makarios Djan | Athletics |
| 47 | Great Britain (GBR) | Lucinda Green | Equestrian |
| 48 | Grenada (GRN) | Bernard Wilson | Boxing |
| 49 | Guatemala (GUA) | Oswaldo Méndez | Equestrian |
| 50 | Guinea (GUI) | Abdoullaye Diallo | Judo |
| 51 | Guyana (GUY) | Earl Haley | Athletics |
| 52 | Haiti (HAI) | Ronald Agénor | Tennis |
| 53 | Honduras (HON) | Carlos Soto | Judo |
| 54 | Hong Kong (HKG) | Solomon Lee | Shooting |
| 55 | Iceland (ISL) | Einar Vilhjálmsson | Athletics |
| 56 | India (IND) | Zafar Iqbal | Field hockey |
| 57 | Indonesia (INA) | Lukman Niode | Swimming |
| 58 | Iraq (IRQ) | Ismail Salman | Boxing |
| 59 | Ireland (IRL) | Gerry Mullins | Equestrian |
| 60 | Israel (ISR) | Zehava Shmueli | Athletics |
| 61 | Italy (ITA) | Sara Simeoni | Athletics |
| 62 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | Avognan Nogboum | Athletics |
| 63 | Jamaica (JAM) | Bertland Cameron | Athletics |
| 64 | Japan (JPN) | Shigenobu Murofushi | Athletics |
| 65 | Jordan (JOR) | Mourad Barakat | Chef de mission |
| 66 | Kenya (KEN) | James Omondi | Boxing |
| 67 | Korea (KOR) | Ha Hyung-joo | Judo |
| 68 | Kuwait (KUW) | Tareq Al-Ghareeb | Judo |
| 69 | Lebanon (LIB) | Toni Khouri | Chef de mission |
| 70 | Lesotho (LES) | Mochochonono Mokhutlole | Chef de mission |
| 71 | Liberia (LBR) | Wallace Obey | Athletics |
| 72 | Liechtenstein (LIE) | Manuela Marxer | Athletics |
| 73 | Luxembourg (LUX) | Jeannette Goergen | Archery |
| 74 | Madagascar (MAD) | Jean-Luc Bezoky | Boxing |
| 75 | Malawi (MAW) | Fletcher Kapito | Boxing |
| 76 | Malaysia (MAS) | Sabiahmad Abdullah Ahad | Shooting |
| 77 | Mali (MLI) | Karamoke Kory Konte | Chef de mission |
| 78 | Malta (MLT) | Peter Bonello | Sailing |
| 79 | Mauritania (MTN) | Oumar Samba Sy | Wrestling |
| 80 | Mauritius (MRI) | Vivian Coralie | Athletics |
| 81 | Mexico (MEX) | Ivar Sisniega | Modern pentathlon |
| 82 | Monaco (MON) | Jean-Luc Adorno | Swimming |
| 83 | Morocco (MAR) | Lahcen Samsam Akka | Athletics |
| 84 | Mozambique (MOZ) | Daniel Firmino | Official |
| 85 | Nepal (NEP) | Khadga Ranabhat | Official |
| 86 | Netherlands (NED) | Ton Buunk | Water polo |
| 87 | Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | Evert Johan Kroon | Swimming |
| 88 | New Zealand (NZL) | John Walker | Athletics |
| 89 | Nicaragua (NCA) | Gustavo Herrera | Official |
| 90 | Niger (NIG) | Boubagar Soumana | Boxing |
| 91 | Nigeria (NGR) | Yusuf Alli | Athletics |
| 92 | Norway (NOR) | Alf Hansen | Rowing |
| 93 | Oman (OMA) | Mohamed Al-Busaidi | Official |
| 94 | Pakistan (PAK) | Manzoor Hussain | Field hockey |
| 95 | Panama (PAN) | José Díaz | Weightlifting |
| 96 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | Iammogapi Launa | Athletics |
| 97 | Paraguay (PAR) | Max Narváez | Judo |
| 98 | Peru (PER) | Edwin Vásquez | Shooting (official) |
| 99 | Philippines (PHI) | Isidro del Prado | Athletics |
| 100 | Portugal (POR) | António Roquete | Judo |
| 101 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | Fernando Cañales | Swimming |
| 102 | Qatar (QAT) | Waheed Khamis Al-Salem | Athletics |
| 103 | Romania (ROM) | Corneliu Ion | Shooting |
| 104 | Rwanda (RWA) | Emmanuel Twagirayezu | Athletics (coach) |
| 105 | San Marino (SMR) | Maurizio Zonzini | Gymnastics |
| 106 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | Safaq Al-Anzi | Shooting |
| 107 | Senegal (SEN) | Amadou Ciré Baal | Shooting |
| 108 | Seychelles (SEY) | Denis Rose | Athletics |
| 109 | Sierra Leone (SLE) | David Sawyerr | Athletics |
| 110 | Singapore (SIN) | Ang Peng Siong | Swimming |
| 111 | Solomon Islands (SOL) | Tommy Bauro | Boxing |
| 112 | Somalia (SOM) | Abdi Bile | Athletics |
| 113 | Spain (ESP) | Alejandro Abascal | Sailing |
| 114 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | Lalin Jirasinha | Sailing |
| 115 | Sudan (SUD) | Abdul Al-Lalif | Official |
| 116 | Suriname (SUR) | Siegfried Cruden | Athletics |
| 117 | Swaziland (SWZ) | Lenford Dlamine | Official |
| 118 | Sweden (SWE) | Hans Svensson | Rowing |
| 119 | Switzerland (SUI) | Christine Stückelberger | Equestrian |
| 120 | Syria (SYR) | Joseph Atiyeh | Wrestling |
| 121 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | Lee Fu-an | Athletics |
| 122 | Tanzania (TAN) | Michael Nassoro | Boxing |
| 123 | Thailand (THA) | Rangsit Yanothai | Shooting |
| 124 | Togo (TOG) | Denou Koffi | Athletics |
| 125 | Tonga (TGA) | Fine Sani | Boxing |
| 126 | Trinidad & Tobago (TRI) | Hasely Crawford | Athletics |
| 127 | Tunisia (TUN) | Fethi Baccouche | Athletics |
| 128 | Turkey (TUR) | Mehmet Yurdadön | Athletics |
| 129 | Uganda (UGA) | Ruth Kyalisima | Athletics |
| 130 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | Mubarak Ismail | Athletics |
| 131 | Uruguay (URU) | Carlos Peinado | Basketball |
| 132 | Venezuela (VEN) | William Wuycke | Athletics |
| 133 | Virgin Islands (ISV) | Jodie Lawaetz | Swimming |
| 134 | Western Samoa (SAM) | Apelu Ioane | Boxing |
| 135 | Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) | Ahmed Al-Ozari | Official |
| 136 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | Dražen Dalipagić | Basketball |
| 137 | Zaire (ZAI) | Christine Bakombo | Athletics |
| 138 | Zambia (ZAM) | Dave Lishebo | Athletics |
| 139 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | Zephaniah Ncube | Athletics |
| 140 | United States of America (USA) | Ed Burke | Athletics |