# 2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations

2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations was part of the opening ceremony that originating with the 1896 Olympic Games. The national team from each nation participating in the Olympic Games paraded behind their national flag into the Olympic Stadium. The flag bearer was an athlete of each national delegation chosen, to represent the athletes, either by the National Olympic Committee or by the national team.
Announcers in the stadium read off the names of the marching nations in French, English, (the official languages of the Olympics) and Mandarin Chinese with music accompanying the athletes as they marched into the stadium.
The Marshall Islands, Montenegro, and Tuvalu debuted at these Games, and Serbia competed under its name for the first time after the 1912 Summer Olympics. Montenegro and Serbia were previously one country as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

## Parade order

Per tradition, Greece entered first as the spiritual home of the Olympic Games, and the host country, China, entered last. All nations in between marched in the order of their names in Chinese, the host country's language.
As Chinese does not have an alphabetical order, the National Olympic Committees were sorted based on stroke count in Simplified Chinese characters. Specifically:
* Characters with fewer strokes march earlier, so Australia (澳大利亚) marched before Zambia (赞比亚) because 澳 has 15 strokes and 赞 has 16 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, Yemen (也门) marched before Maldives (马尔代夫) because 也 has three strokes in the order ㇆丨㇟ (525), while 马 has three strokes in the order ㇕㇉㇐ (551).
** Multiple Chinese sources reported that if the initial characters had the same number of strokes, the second characters would be used. However, this is inaccurate as Chad (乍得, stroke count 5-11) marched before Ghana (加纳, stroke count 5-7) because 乍 (stroke order ㇒㇐丨㇐㇐ (31211)) is ordered in front of 加 (stroke order ㇆㇓丨㇕㇐ (53251)).
* If the stroke order groups are still the same, the initial characters tie and the second characters of each nation are used.
** Excluding identical characters, a tie only occurred once, with The Gambia (冈比亚) and Benin (贝宁). 冈 has four strokes in the order 丨㇆㇒㇏ (2534), and 贝 has four strokes in the order 丨㇕㇓㇏ (2534), so the second characters were used. 比 has 4 strokes and 宁 has 5 strokes, so The Gambia marched before Benin.
** Note that this differs from GB stroke-based order, which also uses the 橫竖撇捺折 system. Under GB stroke-based order, the comparison between ㇆ and ㇕ would have been the tiebreaker, with ㇕ ordering before ㇆ due to having fewer turns. This would have caused 贝 to be ordered before 冈 instead of the two characters tying, and Benin would have marched before The Gambia.
* If the second characters still have the same number of strokes, then the stroke order groups are used again. For example, Djibouti (吉布提) marched before Kyrgyzstan (吉尔吉斯斯坦) because 布 has five strokes in the order ㇐㇒丨㇆丨 (13252), while 尔 has five strokes in the order ㇒㇖㇚㇒㇔ (35234).
* If the third characters still have the same number of strokes, the stroke order groups are not used and it skips to the fourth character. Excluding identical characters, this only occurred once: the US Virgin Islands (美属维尔京群岛) marched before American Samoa (美属萨摩亚), since 维 and 萨 both have 11 strokes, ㇜ (5) sorting behind ㇐ (1) is ignored, and 尔 (5 strokes) sorts in front of 摩 (15 strokes).
** This did not occur during the 2022 Winter Olympics, with stroke order groups used throughout and American Samoa marched in front of the US Virgin Islands.
Two nations were ordered based on a different name:
* Macedonia marched under its then-provisional designation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (前南斯拉夫马其顿共和国), but was sorted under "Macedonia" (马其顿 Mǎqídùn).
* The United Arab Emirates marched under its short name in Chinese (阿联酋 Āliánqiú), but was sorted under its full name (阿拉伯联合酋长国 Ālābó Liánhé Qiúzhǎngguó).
Three nations marched out of order:
* During the 2000, 2004, and 2006 Olympics, South Korea (韩国) and North Korea (朝鲜民主主义人民共和国) had marched as one team under the Korean Unification Flag. However, during these 2008 Olympics, negotiations failed for political reasons. Despite this, by coincidence in Simplified Chinese, the sort order would have placed North Korea immediately after South Korea, since 韩 and 朝 both have 12 strokes starting with ㇐丨丨㇕ (1225) which no other 12-stroke country starts with. The organizing team left this as-is, but North Korea refused to march next to South Korea and successfully requested to be moved three teams later in the parade order. South Korea marched under its short name "Korea" in French and English.
* Under the original sort order, Israel (以色列) (㇙㇔㇓㇏ (5434)) would have marched immediately after Palestine (巴勒斯坦) (㇕丨㇐㇟ (5215)), but instead marched 22 teams earlier, apparently under the fiction (丨㇔㇓㇏ (2434)) between Vanuatu (瓦努阿图) (㇐㇙㇈㇔ (1554)) and Japan (日本) (丨㇕㇐㇐ (2511)).
** During the 2022 Winter Olympics in which Palestine did not compete, this did not occur and Israel marched after Pakistan (巴基斯坦), which starts with the same character as Palestine.
* For unknown reasons, Tonga (汤加) marched after Andorra (安道尔) and other nations beginning with 安, even though 汤 (㇔㇔㇀㇡㇒㇒ (441533)) sorts in front of 安 (㇔㇔㇖㇛㇒㇐ (445531)). By comparison, Zimbabwe (津巴布韦) marched in front of Tunisia (突尼斯) as expected, under the same circumstances (津 and 突 both have 9 strokes and begin with a comparison between ㇔㇔㇀ (441) and ㇔㇔㇖ (445)).
* Multiple sources reported that Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) (中华台北) and the Central African Republic (中非) had switched places to prevent Taiwan from marching next to Hong Kong (中国香港), but this is inaccurate as 非 (丨㇐㇐㇐丨㇐㇐㇐ (21112111)) is naturally ordered before 国 (丨㇕㇐㇐丨㇐㇔㇐ (25112141)). Taiwan had originally requested to march under 台 Tái.
** Zaobao reported that a contingency plan had been set up so that if Central African Republic athletes did not arrive at the opening ceremony, a BOCOG volunteer would still hold the country's placard and march between Taiwan and Hong Kong. However, this is not unusual (for example, the same occurred during the 2016 Summer Olympics parade when athletes from Eritrea did not arrive until after the opening ceremony).
Brunei was excluded from the Games by the IOC shortly before the Opening Ceremony as no athletes had been registered. One of the published lists of flag bearers was later edited to note this. Brunei athletes would have originally marched 36th between Uzbekistan and Barbados.

## List

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 IOC, and the Chinese names follow their official designations by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.
| Order | Nation | Chinese name | Pinyin | Flag bearer | Sport |
| 1 | Greece (GRE) | 希腊 | Xīlà | Ilias Iliadis | Judo |
| 2 | Guinea (GUI) | 几内亚 | Jīnèiyà | Fatmata Fofanah | Athletics |
| 3 | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 几内亚比绍 | Jīnèiyà Bǐshào | Augusto Midana | Wrestling |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 土耳其 | Tǔěrqí | Mehmet Özal | Wrestling |
| 5 | Turkmenistan (TKM) | 土库曼斯坦 | Tǔkùmànsītǎn | Guwanç Nurmuhammedow | Judo |
| 6 | Yemen (YEM) | 也门 | Yěmén | Mohammed Al-Yafaee | Athletics |
| 7 | Maldives (MDV) | 马尔代夫 | Mǎěrdàifū | Aminath Rouya Hussain | Swimming |
| 8 | Malta (MLT) | 马耳他 | Mǎěrtā | Marcon Bezzina | Judo |
| 9 | Madagascar (MAD) | 马达加斯加 | Mǎdájiāsījiā | Jean de Dieu Soloniaina | Boxing |
| 10 | Malaysia (MAS) | 马来西亚 | Mǎláixīyà | Azizulhasni Awang | Cycling |
| 11 | Mali (MLI) | 马里 | Mǎlǐ | Daba Modibo Keita | Taekwondo |
| 12 | Malawi (MAW) | 马拉维 | Mǎlāwéi | Charlton Nyirenda | Swimming |
| 13 | Macedonia (MKD) | 前南斯拉夫马其顿共和国 | Qián Nánsīlāfū Mǎqídùn Gònghéguó | Atanas Nikolovski | Canoeing |
| 14 | Marshall Islands (MHL) | 马绍尔群岛 | Mǎshàoěr Qúndǎo | Waylon Muller | Official |
| 15 | Cayman Islands (CAY) | 开曼群岛 | Kāimàn Qúndǎo | Ronald Forbes | Athletics |
| 16 | Bhutan (BHU) | 不丹 | Bùdān | Tashi Peljor | Archery |
| 17 | Ecuador (ECU) | 厄瓜多尔 | Èguāduōěr | Alexandra Escobar | Weightlifting |
| 18 | Eritrea (ERI) | 厄立特里亚 | Èlìtélǐyà | Simret Sultan Ghebremichael | Athletics |
| 19 | Jamaica (JAM) | 牙买加 | Yámǎijiā | Veronica Campbell | Athletics |
| 20 | Belgium (BEL) | 比利时 | Bǐlìshí | Sébastien Godefroid | Sailing |
| 21 | Vanuatu (VAN) | 瓦努阿图 | Wǎnǔātú | Priscila Tommy | Table tennis |
| 22 | Israel (ISR) | 以色列 | Yǐsèliè | Michael Kolganov | Canoeing |
| 23 | Japan (JPN) | 日本 | Rìběn | Ai Fukuhara | Table tennis |
| 24 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 中华台北 | Zhōnghuá Táiběi | Lai Sheng-Jung | Softball |
| 25 | Central African Republic (CAF) | 中非 | Zhōngfēi | Mireille Derebona | Athletics |
| 26 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 中国香港 | Zhōngguó Xiānggǎng | Wong Kam-po | Cycling |
| 27 | The Gambia (GAM) | 冈比亚 | Gāngbǐyà | Badou Jack | Boxing |
| 28 | Benin (BEN) | 贝宁 | Bèiníng | Fabienne Feraez | Athletics |
| 29 | Mauritius (MRI) | 毛里求斯 | Máolǐqiúsī | Stephan Buckland | Athletics |
| 30 | Mauritania (MTN) | 毛里塔尼亚 | Máolǐtǎníyà | Souleyman Chebal Moctar | Athletics |
| 31 | Denmark (DEN) | 丹麦 | Dānmài | Joachim Olsen | Athletics |
| 32 | Uganda (UGA) | 乌干达 | Wūgāndá | Ronald Serugo | Boxing |
| 33 | Ukraine (UKR) | 乌克兰 | Wūkèlán | Yana Klochkova | Swimming |
| 34 | Uruguay (URU) | 乌拉圭 | Wūlāguī | Alejandro Foglia | Sailing |
| 35 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 乌兹别克斯坦 | Wūzībiékèsītǎn | Dilshod Makhmudov | Boxing |
| 36 | Barbados (BAR) | 巴巴多斯 | Bābāduōsī | Bradley Ally | Swimming |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 巴布亚新几内亚 | Bābùyà Xīn Jǐnèiyà | Ryan Pini | Swimming |
| 38 | Brazil (BRA) | 巴西 | Bāxī | Robert Scheidt | Sailing |
| 39 | Paraguay (PAR) | 巴拉圭 | Bālāguī | Víctor Fatecha | Athletics |
| 40 | Bahrain (BRN) | 巴林 | Bālín | Rakia Al Gassra | Athletics |
| 41 | Bahamas (BAH) | 巴哈马 | Bāhāmǎ | Debbie Ferguson | Athletics |
| 42 | Panama (PAN) | 巴拿马 | Bānámǎ | Jesika Jiménez | Fencing |
| 43 | Pakistan (PAK) | 巴基斯坦 | Bājīsītǎn | Zeeshan Ashraf | Field hockey |
| 44 | Palestine (PLE) | 巴勒斯坦 | Bālèsītǎn | Nader Almassri | Athletics |
| 45 | Cuba (CUB) | 古巴 | Gǔbā | Mijaín López | Wrestling |
| 46 | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 布基纳法索 | Bùjīnà Fǎsuǒ | Aïssata Soulama | Athletics |
| 47 | Burundi (BDI) | 布隆迪 | Bùlóngdí | Francine Niyonizigiye | Athletics |
| 48 | Timor-Leste (TLS) | 东帝汶 | Dōngdìwèn | Mariana Diaz Ximenez | Athletics |
| 49 | Qatar (QAT) | 卡塔尔 | Kǎtǎěr | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Shooting |
| 50 | Rwanda (RWA) | 卢旺达 | Lúwàngdá | Pamela Girimbabazi | Swimming |
| 51 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 卢森堡 | Lúsēnbǎo | Raphaël Stacchiotti | Swimming |
| 52 | Chad (CHA) | 乍得 | Zhàdé | Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert | Athletics |
| 53 | Belarus (BLR) | 白俄罗斯 | Báiéluósī | Alexandr Romankov | Fencing |
| 54 | India (IND) | 印度 | Yìndù | Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Shooting |
| 55 | Indonesia (INA) | 印度尼西亚 | Yìndùníxīyà | I Gusti Made Oka Sulaksana | Sailing |
| 56 | Lithuania (LTU) | 立陶宛 | Lìtáowǎn | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | Basketball |
| 57 | Niger (NIG) | 尼日尔 | Nírìěr | Mohamed Alhousseini Alhassan | Swimming |
| 58 | Nigeria (NGR) | 尼日利亚 | Nírìlìyà | Bose Kaffo | Table tennis |
| 59 | Nicaragua (NCA) | 尼加拉瓜 | Níjiālāguā | Alexis Argüello | Boxing (non-participant) |
| 60 | Nepal (NEP) | 尼泊尔 | Níbóěr | Deepak Bista | Taekwondo |
| 61 | Ghana (GHA) | 加纳 | Jiānà | Vida Anim | Athletics |
| 62 | Canada (CAN) | 加拿大 | Jiānádà | Adam van Koeverden | Canoeing |
| 63 | Gabon (GAB) | 加蓬 | Jiāpéng | Mélanie Engoang | Judo |
| 64 | San Marino (SMR) | 圣马力诺 | Shèng Mǎlìnuò | Daniela Del Din | Shooting |
| 65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) | 圣文森特和格林纳丁斯 | Shèng Wénsēntè hé Gélínnàdīngsī | Kineke Alexander | Athletics |
| 66 | Saint Lucia (LCA) | 圣卢西亚 | Shèng Lúxīyà | Levern Spencer | Athletics |
| 67 | São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) | 圣多美和普林西比 | Shèng Duōměi hé Pǔlínxībǐ | Celma Bonfim da Graça | Athletics |
| 68 | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 圣基茨和尼维斯 | Shèng Jīcí hé Níwéisī | Virgil Hodge | Athletics |
| 69 | Guyana (GUY) | 圭亚那 | Guīyànà | Niall Roberts | Swimming |
| 70 | Djibouti (DJI) | 吉布提 | Jíbùtí | Salah Houssein Ahmed | Athletics (non-participant) |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 吉尔吉斯斯坦 | Jíěrjísīsītǎn | Talant Dzhanagulov | Judo |
| 72 | Laos (LAO) | 老挝 | Lǎowō | Souksavanh Tonsacktheva | Athletics |
| 73 | Armenia (ARM) | 亚美尼亚 | Yàměiníyà | Albert Azaryan | Gymnastics |
| 74 | Spain (ESP) | 西班牙 | Xībānyá | David Cal Figueroa | Canoeing |
| 75 | Bermuda (BER) | 百慕大 | Bǎimùdà | Jillian Terceira | Equestrian |
| 76 | Liechtenstein (LIE) | 列支敦士登 | Lièzhīdūnshìdēng | Marcel Tschopp | Athletics (marathon) |
| 77 | Republic of the Congo (CGO) | 刚果（布） | Gāngguǒ (Bù) | Pamela Mouele-Mboussi | Athletics |
| 78 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | 刚果（金） | Gāngguǒ (Jīn) | Franka Magali | Athletics |
| 79 | Iraq (IRQ) | 伊拉克 | Yīlākè | Hamza Hussein | Rowing |
| 80 | Iran (IRI) | 伊朗 | Yīlǎng | Homa Hosseini | Rowing |
| 81 | Guatemala (GUA) | 危地马拉 | Wēidìmǎlā | Kevin Cordón | Badminton |
| 82 | Hungary (HUN) | 匈牙利 | Xiōngyálì | Zoltán Kammerer | Canoeing |
| 83 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 多米尼加共和国 | Duōmǐníjiā Gònghéguó | Félix Sánchez | Athletics |
| 84 | Dominica (DMA) | 多米尼克 | Duōmǐníkè | Jerome Romain | Athletics |
| 85 | Togo (TOG) | 多哥 | Duōgē | Benjamin Boukpeti | Canoeing |
| 86 | Iceland (ISL) | 冰岛 | Bīngdǎo | Örn Arnarson | Swimming |
| 87 | Guam (GUM) | 关岛 | Guāndǎo | Ricardo Blas Jr. | Judo |
| 88 | Angola (ANG) | 安哥拉 | Āngēlā | João N'tyamba | Athletics |
| 89 | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 安提瓜和巴布达 | Āntíguā hé Bābùdá | James Grayman | Athletics |
| 90 | Andorra (AND) | 安道尔 | Āndàoěr | Montserrat García Riberaygua | Canoeing |
| 91 | Tonga (TGA) | 汤加 | Tāngjiā | Ana Po'uhila | Athletics |
| 92 | Jordan (JOR) | 约旦 | Yuēdàn | Zeina Shaban | Table tennis |
| 93 | Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) | 赤道几内亚 | Chìdào Jīnèiyà | Emilia Mikue Ondo | Athletics |
| 94 | Finland (FIN) | 芬兰 | Fēnlán | Juha Hirvi | Shooting |
| 95 | Croatia (CRO) | 克罗地亚 | Kèluódìyà | Ivano Balić | Handball |
| 96 | Sudan (SUD) | 苏丹 | Sūdān | Abubaker Kaki | Athletics |
| 97 | Suriname (SUR) | 苏里南 | Sūlǐnán | Anthony Nesty | Swimming |
| 98 | Libya (LBA) | 利比亚 | Lìbǐyǎ | Mohamed Ben Saleh | Judo |
| 99 | Liberia (LBR) | 利比里亚 | Lìbǐlǐyà | Jangy Addy | Athletics |
| 100 | Belize (BIZ) | 伯利兹 | Bólìzī | Jonathan Williams | Athletics |
| 101 | Cape Verde (CPV) | 佛得角 | Fódéjiǎo | Wânia Monteiro | Gymnastics |
| 102 | Cook Islands (COK) | 库克群岛 | Kùkè Qúndǎo | Sam Pera Junior | Weightlifting |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 沙特 | Shātè | Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi | Athletics |
| 104 | Algeria (ALG) | 阿尔及利亚 | Āěrjílìyà | Salim Iles | Swimming |
| 105 | Albania (ALB) | 阿尔巴尼亚 | Āěrbāníyà | Sahit Prizreni | Wrestling |
| 106 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 阿联酋 | Āliánqiú | Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Taekwondo |
| 107 | Argentina (ARG) | 阿根廷 | Āgēntíng | Emanuel Ginóbili | Basketball |
| 108 | Oman (OMA) | 阿曼 | Āmàn | Dadallah Al-Bulushi | Shooting |
| 109 | Aruba (ARU) | 阿鲁巴 | Ālǔbā | Fiderd Vis | Judo |
| 110 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 阿富汗 | Āfùhàn | Nesar Ahmad Bahave | Taekwondo |
| 111 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 阿塞拜疆 | Āsāibàijiāng | Farid Mansurov | Wrestling |
| 112 | Namibia (NAM) | 纳米比亚 | Nàmǐbǐyà | Mannie Heymans | Cycling |
| 113 | Tanzania (TAN) | 坦桑尼亚 | Tǎnsāngníyà | Fabiano Joseph Naasi | Athletics |
| 114 | Latvia (LAT) | 拉脱维亚 | Lātuōwéiyà | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Athletics |
| 115 | Great Britain (GBR) | 英国 | Yīngguó | Mark Foster | Swimming |
| 116 | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 英属维尔京群岛 | Yīngshǔ Wéiěrjīng Qúndǎo | Tahesia Harrigan | Athletics |
| 117 | Kenya (KEN) | 肯尼亚 | Kěnníyà | Grace Momanyi | Athletics |
| 118 | Romania (ROU) | 罗马尼亚 | Luōmǎníyà | Valeria Bese | Handball |
| 119 | Palau (PLW) | 帕劳 | Pàláo | Elgin Loren Elwais | Wrestling |
| 120 | Tuvalu (TUV) | 图瓦卢 | Túwǎlú | Logona Esau | Weightlifting |
| 121 | Venezuela (VEN) | 委内瑞拉 | Wěinèiruìlā | María Soto | Softball |
| 122 | Solomon Islands (SOL) | 所罗门群岛 | Suǒluōmén Qúndǎo | Wendy Hale | Weightlifting |
| 123 | France (FRA) | 法国 | Fǎguó | Tony Estanguet | Canoeing |
| 124 | Poland (POL) | 波兰 | Bōlán | Marek Twardowski | Canoeing |
| 125 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 波多黎各 | Bōduō Lígè | McWilliams Arroyo | Boxing |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 波黑 | Bōhēi | Amel Mekić | Judo |
| 127 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 孟加拉国 | Mèngjiālāguó | Rubel Rana | Swimming |
| 128 | Bolivia (BOL) | 玻利维亚 | Bōlìwéiyà | César Menacho | Shooting |
| 129 | Norway (NOR) | 挪威 | Nuówēi | Ruth Kasirye | Weightlifting |
| 130 | South Africa (RSA) | 南非 | Nánfēi | Natalie du Toit | Swimming |
| 131 | Cambodia (CAM) | 柬埔寨 | Jiǎnpǔzhài | Hem Bunting | Athletics |
| 132 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 哈萨克斯坦 | Hāsàkèsītǎn | Bakhyt Akhmetov | Weightlifting |
| 133 | Kuwait (KUW) | 科威特 | Kēwēitè | Abdullah Alrashidi | Shooting |
| 134 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 科特迪瓦 | Kētè Díwǎ | Affoue Amandine Allou | Athletics |
| 135 | Comoros (COM) | 科摩罗 | Kēmóluó | Ahamada Feta | Athletics |
| 136 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 保加利亚 | Bǎojiālìyà | Petar Stoychev | Swimming |
| 137 | Russia (RUS) | 俄罗斯 | Éluōsī / Éluósī | Andrei Kirilenko | Basketball |
| 138 | Syria (SYR) | 叙利亚 | Xùlìyà | Ahed Joughili | Weightlifting |
| 139 | United States (USA) | 美国 | Měiguó | Lopez Lomong | Athletics |
| 140 | Virgin Islands (ISV) | 美属维尔京群岛 | Měishǔ Wéiěrjīng Qúndǎo | Josh Laban | Swimming |
| 141 | American Samoa (ASA) | 美属萨摩亚 | Měishǔ Sàmóyà | Silulu A'etonu | Judo |
| 142 | Honduras (HON) | 洪都拉斯 | Hóngdūlāsī | Miguel Ferrera | Taekwondo |
| 143 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 津巴布韦 | Jīnbābùwéi | Brian Dzingai | Athletics |
| 144 | Tunisia (TUN) | 突尼斯 | Tūnísī | Anis Chedly | Judo |
| 145 | Thailand (THA) | 泰国 | Tàiguó | Worapoj Petchkoom | Boxing |
| 146 | Egypt (EGY) | 埃及 | Aījí | Karam Gaber | Wrestling |
| 147 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 埃塞俄比亚 | Aīsāiébǐyà | Miruts Yefter | Coach |
| 148 | Lesotho (LES) | 莱索托 | Láisuǒtuō | Tsotang Maine | Athletics |
| 149 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 莫桑比克 | Mòsāngbǐkè | Kurt Couto | Athletics |
| 150 | Netherlands (NED) | 荷兰 | Hélán | Jeroen Delmee | Field hockey |
| 151 | Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | 荷属安的列斯 | Héshǔ Āndelièsī | Churandy Martina | Athletics |
| 152 | Grenada (GRN) | 格林纳达 | Gélínnàdá | Alleyne Francique | Athletics |
| 153 | Georgia (GEO) | 格鲁吉亚 | Gélǔjíyà | Ramaz Nozadze | Wrestling |
| 154 | Somalia (SOM) | 索马里 | Suǒmǎlǐ | Duran Farah | Chef de mission (non-participant) |
| 155 | Colombia (COL) | 哥伦比亚 | Gēlúnbǐyà | María Luisa Calle | Cycling |
| 156 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 哥斯达黎加 | Gēsīdá Líjiā | Allan Segura | Athletics |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 特立尼达和多巴哥 | Tèlìnídá hé Duōbāgē | George Bovell III | Swimming |
| 158 | Peru (PER) | 秘鲁 | Bìlǔ | Sixto Barrera | Wrestling |
| 159 | Ireland (IRL) | 爱尔兰 | Aìěrlán | Ciara Peelo | Sailing |
| 160 | Estonia (EST) | 爱沙尼亚 | Aìshāníyà | Martin Padar | Judo |
| 161 | Haiti (HAI) | 海地 | Hǎidì | Joel Brutus | Judo |
| 162 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 捷克 | Jiékè | Štěpánka Hilgertová | Canoeing |
| 163 | Kiribati (KIR) | 基里巴斯 | Jīlǐbāsī | David Katoatau | Weightlifting |
| 164 | Philippines (PHI) | 菲律宾 | Fēilǜbīn | Manny Pacquiao | Boxing (non-participant) |
| 165 | El Salvador (ESA) | 萨尔瓦多 | Sàěrwǎduō | Eva Dimas | Weightlifting |
| 166 | Samoa (SAM) | 萨摩亚 | Sàmóyà | Ele Opeloge | Weightlifting |
| 167 | Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) | 密克罗尼西亚联邦 | Mìkèluóníxīyà Liánbāng | Manuel Minginfel | Weightlifting |
| 168 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 塔吉克斯坦 | Tǎjíkèsītǎn | Dilshod Nazarov | Athletics |
| 169 | Vietnam (VIE) | 越南 | Yuènán | Nguyen Dinh Cuong | Athletics |
| 170 | Botswana (BOT) | 博茨瓦纳 | Bócíwǎnà | Samantha Paxinos | Swimming |
| 171 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 斯里兰卡 | Sīlǐ Lánkǎ | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Athletics |
| 172 | Swaziland (SWZ) | 斯威士兰 | Sīwēishìlán | Temalangeni Dlamini | Athletics |
| 173 | Slovenia (SLO) | 斯洛文尼亚 | Sīluòwénníyà | Urška Žolnir | Judo |
| 174 | Slovakia (SVK) | 斯洛伐克 | Sīluòfákè | Elena Kaliská | Canoeing |
| 175 | Portugal (POR) | 葡萄牙 | Pútáoyá | Nelson Évora | Athletics |
| 176 | South Korea (KOR) | 韩国 | Hánguó | Jang Sung-ho | Judo |
| 177 | Fiji (FIJ) | 斐济 | Fěijì | Makelesi Bulikiobo | Athletics |
| 178 | Cameroon (CMR) | 喀麦隆 | Kāmàilóng | Frank Moussima | Judo |
| 179 | Montenegro (MNE) | 黑山 | Hēishān | Veljko Uskoković | Water polo |
| 180 | North Korea (PRK) | 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国 | Cháoxiǎn Mínzhǔzhǔyì Rénmín Gònghéguó | Pang Mun-Il | Athletics (official) |
| 181 | Chile (CHI) | 智利 | Zhìlì | Fernando González | Tennis |
| 182 | Austria (AUT) | 奥地利 | Aòdìlì | Hans-Peter Steinacher | Sailing |
| 183 | Myanmar (MYA) | 缅甸 | Miǎndiàn | Phone Myint Tayzar | Canoeing |
| 184 | Switzerland (SUI) | 瑞士 | Ruìshì | Roger Federer | Tennis |
| 185 | Sweden (SWE) | 瑞典 | Ruìdiǎn | Christian Olsson | Athletics |
| 186 | Nauru (NRU) | 瑙鲁 | Nǎolǔ | Itte Detenamo | Weightlifting |
| 187 | Mongolia (MGL) | 蒙古 | Měnggǔ | Makhgalyn Bayarjavkhlan | Judo |
| 188 | Singapore (SIN) | 新加坡 | Xīnjiāpō | Li Jiawei | Table tennis |
| 189 | New Zealand (NZL) | 新西兰 | Xīn Xīlán | Mahé Drysdale | Rowing |
| 190 | Italy (ITA) | 意大利 | Yìdàlì | Antonio Rossi | Canoeing |
| 191 | Senegal (SEN) | 塞内加尔 | Sàinèijiāěr | Bineta Diedhiou | Taekwondo |
| 192 | Serbia (SRB) | 塞尔维亚 | Sàiěrwéiyà | Jasna Šekarić | Shooting |
| 193 | Seychelles (SEY) | 塞舌尔 | Sàishéěr | Georgie Cupidon | Badminton |
| 194 | Sierra Leone (SLE) | 塞拉利昂 | Sàilā Lìáng | Solomon Bayoh | Athletics |
| 195 | Cyprus (CYP) | 塞浦路斯 | Sàipǔlùsī | George Achilleos | Shooting |
| 196 | Mexico (MEX) | 墨西哥 | Mòxīgē | Paola Espinosa | Diving |
| 197 | Lebanon (LIB) | 黎巴嫩 | Líbānèn | Ziad Richa | Shooting |
| 198 | Germany (GER) | 德国 | Déguó | Dirk Nowitzki | Basketball |
| 199 | Moldova (MDA) | 摩尔多瓦 | Móěrduōwǎ | Nicolae Ceban | Wrestling |
| 200 | Monaco (MON) | 摩纳哥 | Mónàgē | Mathias Raymond | Rowing |
| 201 | Morocco (MAR) | 摩洛哥 | Móluògē | Abdelkader Kada | Athletics (coach) |
| 202 | Australia (AUS) | 澳大利亚 | Àodàlìyǎ | James Tomkins | Rowing |
| 203 | Zambia (ZAM) | 赞比亚 | Zànbǐyà | Hastings Bwalya | Boxing |
| 204 | China (CHN) | 中国 | Zhōngguó | Yao Ming | Basketball |

### Notes

* ↑ Miguel Molina was originally chosen, but Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo chose Pacquiao to become the flagbearer following his victory over David Díaz.