1952 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations
During the Parade of Nations section of the 1952 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded into the arena. The Parade of Nations was organized according to the Finnish name of the country. Greece led the parade followed by the Netherlands Antilles. Other countries marched by following the Finnish alphabet, except the host country, Finland, which marched last. The athletes from British Guiana and the People's Republic of China were absent from the Parade of Nations, meaning only 67 nations participated in the parade.
List
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| Order | Nation | Finnish | Flag bearer | Sport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Greece (GRE) |
Kreikka | Nikolaos Syllas | Athletics |
| 2 |  Netherlands Antilles (AHO) |
Alankomaiden Antillit | ||
| 3 |  Argentina (ARG) |
Argentiina | Delfo Cabrera | Athletics |
| 4 |  Australia (AUS) |
Australia | Mervyn Wood | Rowing |
| 5 |  Bahamas (BAH) |
Bahama | ||
| 6 |  Belgium (BEL) |
Belgia | Charles Debeur | Official |
| 7 |  Bermuda (BER) |
Bermuda | ||
| 8 |  Brazil (BRA) |
Brasilia | Mário Jorge | Basketball |
| 9 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
Bulgaria | Boris Nikolov | Boxing |
| 10 |  Burma (BIR) |
Burma | ||
| 11 |  Ceylon (CEY) |
Ceylon | ||
| 12 |  Chile (CHI) |
Chile | Adriana Millard | Athletics |
| 13 |  Egypt (EGY) |
Egypti | ||
| 14 |  Spain (ESP) |
Espanja | Luis Omedes | Rowing |
| 15 |  South Africa (RSA) |
Etelä-Afrikka | Schalk Booysen | Athletics |
| 16 |  Philippines (PHI) |
Filippiinit | ||
| 17 |  Guatemala (GUA) |
Guatemala | ||
| 18 | Netherlands (NED) |
Hollanti | Simon de Wit | Chef d’equipe sailing |
| 19 |  Hong Kong (HKG) |
Hongkong | Team official[1] | |
| 20 |  Indonesia (INA) |
Indonesia | Team official[2] | |
| 21 |  India (IND) |
Intia | Balbir Singh Sr. | Field hockey |
| 22 |  Iran (IRI) |
Iran | Mahmoud Namjoo | Weightlifting |
| 23 |  Ireland (IRL) |
Irlanti | ||
| 24 |  Iceland (ISL) |
Islanti | ||
| 25 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
Iso-Britannia | Harold Whitlock | Athletics |
| 26 |  Israel (ISR) |
Israel | Abraham Shneior | Basketball |
| 27 |  Italy (ITA) |
Italia | Miranda Cicognani | Gymnastics |
| 28 |  Austria (AUT) |
Itävalta | Willi Welt | Gymnastics |
| 29 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
Jamaika | Arthur Wint | Athletics |
| 30 |  Japan (JPN) |
Japani | Bunkichi Sawada | Athletics |
| 31 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) |
Jugoslavia | Oto Rebula | Athletics |
| 32 |  Canada (CAN) |
Kanada | William Parnell | Athletics |
| 33 |  South Korea (KOR) |
Korea | ||
| 34 |  Ghana (GHA) |
Kultarannikko | ||
| 35 |  Cuba (CUB) |
Kuuba | Federico Lopez Carviso | Basketball |
| 36 |  Lebanon (LIB) |
Libanon | ||
| 37 |  Liechtenstein (LIE) |
Liechtenstein | ||
| 38 |  Luxembourg (LUX) |
Luxemburg | Camille Wagner | Football |
| 39 |  Mexico (MEX) |
Meksiko | Joaquin Capilla | Diving |
| 40 |  Monaco (MON) |
Monaco | ||
| 41 |  Soviet Union (URS) |
Neuvostoliitto | Yakov Kutsenko | Weightlifting |
| 42 |  Nigeria (NGR) |
Nigeria | ||
| 43 |  Norway (NOR) |
Norja | Martin Stokken | Athletics |
| 44 |  Pakistan (PAK) |
Pakistan | ||
| 45 |  Panama (PAN) |
Panama | Carlos Chávez | Weightlifting |
| 46 |  Puerto Rico (PUR) |
Puerto Rico | Jaime Annexy | Athletics |
| 47 |  Portugal (POR) |
Portugali | ||
| 48 |  Poland (POL) |
Puola | Teodor Kocerka | Rowing |
| 49 |  France (FRA) |
Ranska | Ignace Heinrich | Athletics |
| 50 |  Romania (ROU) |
Romania | Dumitru Paraschivescu | Athletics |
| 51 |  Sweden (SWE) |
Ruotsi | Bo Eriksson | Fencing |
| 52 |  Saar (SAA) |
Saar | Toni Breder | Athletics |
| 53 |  Germany (GER) |
Saksa | Friedel Schirmer | Athletics |
| 54 |  Singapore (SIN) |
Singapore | ||
| 55 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
Sveitsi | Walter Lehmann | Gymnastics |
| 56 |  Denmark (DEN) |
Tanska | Erik Swane Lund | Fencing |
| 57 |  Thailand (THA) |
Thaimaa | ||
| 58 |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
Trinidad | Rodney Wilkes | Weightlifting |
| 59 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
Tšekkoslovakia | Vít Matlocha | |
| 60 |  Turkey (TUR) |
Turkki | ||
| 61 |  Hungary (HUN) |
Unkari | Imre Németh | Athletics |
| 62 |  Uruguay (URU) |
Uruguay | ||
| 63 |  New Zealand (NZL) |
Uusi-Seelanti | Harold Cleghorn | Weightlifting |
| 64 |  Venezuela (VEN) |
Venezuela | Asnoldo Devonish | Athletics |
| 65 |  Vietnam (VIE) |
Vietnam | ||
| 66 |  United States (USA) |
Yhdysvallat | Norman Armitage | Fencing |
| 67 |  Finland (FIN) |
Suomi | Väinö Suvivuo | Athletics |
References
- ^ "15th Olympic Games Opened as 70,000 See Rites in Rain". The Milwaukee Journal. 1952-07-19. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
Hong Kong [sent] a flagbearer and four athletes
- ^ "15th Olympic Games Opened as 70,000 See Rites in Rain". The Milwaukee Journal. 1952-07-19. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
Indonesia [sent] a flagbearer and three athletes
- The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 (PDF) (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2011.
- sports-reference.com
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