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During the Parade of Nations within the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, which will take place on 26 July 2024, it is expected that athletes and officials from each participating team march into the Jardins du Trocadéro preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer will be chosen either by the team's National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves. On 13 December 2021, it was announced that the opening ceremony will feature athletes being transported by boat from Pont d'Austerlitz to Pont d'Iéna along the Seine river. The 6 km (3.7 miles) route will pass landmarks such as the Louvre, Notre-Dame de Paris, and Place de la Concorde, and feature cultural presentations. The official protocol will take place at a 30,000-seat "mini-stadium" at the Trocadéro. Organizers stated that the ceremony would be the most "spectacular and accessible opening ceremony in Olympic history", with Estanguet stating that it would be free to attend, and estimating that it could attract as many as 600,000 spectators. In addition, similar to the 2020 Summer Olympics, each team will have the option of having a male flag bearer and a female flag bearer in an effort to promote gender equality.[1][2]
Parade order
The expectation is that Greece will enter first, as the nation of the ancient and first modern Olympic Games, followed by the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, composed of refugees from several countries. As with the 2020 Parade of Nations, Australia is expected to enter antepenultimately as the host of the 2032 Summer Olympics, the United States is also expected to enter penultimately as the host of the 2028 Summer Olympics, and finally the host nation France will enter last. Other teams entered in alphabetical order in the language of the host country (French), according to tradition and IOC guidelines. It is expected that the announcers in the stadium read off the names of the marching teams in English (the other official language of the Olympics) and French (host country language and also official language of the Olympics), with music accompanying the athletes as they marched into the stadium.
While most countries will enter teams under their short names, It is possible that a few will enter under more formal or alternative names, sometimes due to political or naming disputes or for historical reasons. The People's Republic of China (commonly known as China), entered as the "People's Republic of China" (République populaire de Chine) under C. The Republic of the Congo entered as just "Congo", right before the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which entered under its full name (République démocratique du Congo). Similarly, South Korea entered as "Republic of Korea" (République de Corée) under C while North Korea entered as "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (République populaire démocratique de Corée). The team from the United Kingdom used the misnomer Great Britain, for historical reasons. Additionally, Brunei, the United States, Hong Kong, Iran, Laos, the United States Virgin Islands, and the British Virgin Islands all entered under their formal names, respectively "Brunei Darussalam" (Brunei Darussalam), "United States of America" (États-Unis d'Amérique), "Hong Kong, China" (Hong Kong, Chine), "Islamic Republic of Iran" (République islamique d' Iran), "Lao People's Democratic Republic" (République populaire démocratique Lao), "American Virgin Islands" (Îles Vierges des États-Unis), and "British Virgin Islands" (Îles Vierges britanniques).
Participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes
The potential participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes has remained controversial amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended sports federations to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from participating in international tournaments, citing the violation of the Olympic Truce.
In July 2023, the IOC stated that while Russia and Belarus would not be formally invited, their athletes would be allowed to compete as neutrals in a similar manner to Wimbledon after it reversed its ban of Russians and Belarusians that year. This was confirmed by the IOC in December 2023, with Russian and Belarusian athletes allowed to compete as neutrals without anthems or flags for the upcoming Games.[3] As individual athletes, the delegation will not take part in the parade of nations during the opening ceremony.
Teams and flagbearers
Below is a list of parading teams and their announced flag bearer(s), in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by team name, flag bearer's name, and flag bearer's sport.
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