# 2002 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations

During the Parade of Nations portion of the 2002 Winter 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. Costa Rica did not march in the parade, but still competed in the Games.

## List

| Order | Nation | Flag bearer | Sport |
| 1 | Greece (GRE) | Lefteris Fafalis | Cross country |
| 2 | Andorra (AND) | Victor Gómez | Alpine skiing |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | Cristian Javier Simari Birkner | Alpine skiing |
| 4 | Armenia (ARM) | Arsen Harutyunyan | Alpine skiing |
| 5 | Australia (AUS) | Adrian Costa | Freestyle skiing |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | Angelika Neuner | Luge |
| 7 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Sergei Rylov | Figure skating |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | Oleg Ryzhenkov | Biathlon |
| 9 | Belgium (BEL) | Simon Van Vossel | Short track |
| 10 | Bermuda (BER) | Patrick Singleton | Luge |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | Enis Bećirbegović | Alpine skiing |
| 12 | Brazil (BRA) | Mirella Arnhold | Alpine skiing |
| 13 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Stefan Georgiev | Alpine skiing |
| 14 | Cameroon (CMR) | Isaac Menyoli | Cross country |
| 15 | Canada (CAN) | Catriona Le May Doan | Speed skating |
| 16 | Chile (CHI) | Anita Irarrázabal | Alpine skiing |
| 17 | People's Republic of China (CHN) | Zhang Min | Figure skating |
| 18 | Croatia (CRO) | Janica Kostelic | Alpine skiing |
| 19 | Cyprus (CYP) | Theodoros Christodoulou | Alpine skiing |
| 20 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Ales Valenta | Freestyle skiing |
| 21 | Denmark (DEN) | Ulrik Schmidt | Curling |
| 22 | Estonia (EST) | Allar Levandi | Nordic Combined |
| 23 | Fiji (FIJ) | Laurence Thoms | Alpine skiing |
| 24 | Finland (FIN) | Toni Nieminen | Ski jumping |
| 25 | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MKD) | Jana Nikolovska | Alpine skiing |
| 26 | France (FRA) | Carole Montillet | Alpine skiing |
| 27 | Georgia (GEO) | Sofia Akhmeteli | Alpine skiing |
| 28 | Germany (GER) | Hilde Gerg | Alpine skiing |
| 29 | Great Britain (GBR) | Michael Dixon | Biathlon |
| 30 | Hong Kong, China (HKG) | Cordia Tsoi | Short track |
| 31 | Hungary (HUN) | Krisztina Egyed | Speed skating |
| 32 | Iceland (ISL) | Dagny Linda Kristjansdottir | Alpine skiing |
| 33 | India (IND) | Shiva Keshavan | Luge |
| 34 | Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) | Bagher Kalhor | Alpine skiing |
| 35 | Ireland (IRL) | Tamsen McGarry | Alpine skiing |
| 36 | Israel (ISR) | Galit Chait | Ice dancing |
| 37 | Italy (ITA) | Isolde Kostner | Alpine skiing |
| 38 | Jamaica (JAM) | Winston Watt | Bobsleigh |
| 39 | Japan (JPN) | Eriko Sanmiya | Speed skating |
| 40 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Radik Bikchantayev | Speed skating |
| 41 | Kenya (KEN) | Philip Boit | Cross country |
| 42 | Korea (KOR) | Hur Seung-wook | Alpine skiing |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | Dmitry Chvykov | Ski jumping |
| 44 | Latvia (LAT) | Harijs Vītoliņš | Ice hockey |
| 45 | Lebanon (LIB) | Chirine Njeim | Alpine skiing |
| 46 | Liechtenstein (LIE) | Marco Buchel | Alpine skiing |
| 47 | Lithuania (LTU) | Ricardas Panavas | Cross country |
| 48 | Mexico (MEX) | Roberto Tamés | Bobsleigh |
| 49 | Republic of Moldova (MDA) | Ion Bucsa | Cross country |
| 50 | Monaco (MON) | Jean-François Calmes | Bobsleigh |
| 51 | Mongolia (MGL) | Jargalyn Erdenetülkhüür | Cross country |
| 52 | Nepal (NEP) | Jay Khadka | Cross country |
| 53 | Netherlands (NED) | Nicolien Sauerbreij | Snowboard |
| 54 | New Zealand (NZL) | Angela Paul | Luge |
| 55 | Norway (NOR) | Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poiree | Biathlon |
| 56 | Poland (POL) | Mariusz Siudek | Figure skating |
| 57 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | Manuel Repollet | Bobsleigh |
| 58 | Romania (ROM) | Éva Tófalvi | Biathlon |
| 59 | Russian Federation (RUS) | Alexei Prokourorov | Cross country |
| 60 | San Marino (SMR) | Gian Matteo Giordani | Alpine skiing |
| 61 | Slovakia (SVK) | Róbert Petrovický | Ice hockey |
| 62 | Slovenia (SLO) | Dejan Košir | Snowboard |
| 63 | South Africa (RSA) | Alex Heath | Alpine skiing |
| 64 | Spain (ESP) | Íker Fernández | Snowboard |
| 65 | Sweden (SWE) | Magdalena Forsberg | Biathlon |
| 66 | Switzerland (SUI) | Gian Simmen | Alpine skiing |
| 67 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | Lin Chui-bin | Luge |
| 68 | Tajikistan (TJK) | Gafar Mirzoyev | Official |
| 69 | Thailand (THA) | Prawat Nagvajara | Cross country |
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | Gregory Sun | Bobsleigh |
| 71 | Turkey (TUR) | Atakan Alaftargil | Alpine skiing |
| 72 | Ukraine (UKR) | Olena Petrova | Biathlon |
| 73 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | Komil Urunbayev | Alpine skiing |
| 74 | Venezuela (VEN) | Iginia Boccalandro | Luge |
| 75 | Virgin Islands (ISV) | Dinah Browne | Luge |
| 76 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | Jelena Lolović | Alpine skiing |
| 77 | United States of America (USA) | Amy Peterson | Short track |