1972 Summer Olympics national flag bearers

During the Parade of Nations section of the 1972 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded into the arena. The Parade of Nations was organised according to the German alphabet, with the first country following Greece being Egypt, while the host, West Germany, entered last.[1] Music during the parade of nations is composed by Kurt Edelhagen.

List
Order Nation German Flag bearer Sport
1 Greece (GRE)GriechenlandKhristos PapanikolaouAthletics
2 Egypt (EGY)ÄgyptenKamal Kamel El-GuamelBasketball
3 Ethiopia (ETH)ÄthiopienMamo WoldeAthletics
4 Afghanistan (AFG)AfghanistanGhulam DastagirWrestling
5 Albania (ALB)AlbanienAfërdita TushaShooting
6 Algeria (ALG)AlgerienAzzedine AzzouziAthletics
7 Argentina (ARG)ArgentinienCarlos Cesar DeliaEquestrian
8 Australia (AUS)AustralienDennis GreenCanoe Sprint
9 Bahamas (BAH)Bahamas
10 Barbados (BAR)BarbadosAnthony PhillipsWeightlifting
11 Belgium (BEL)BelgienGaston RoelantsAthletics
12 Bermuda (BER)BermudaKirk CooperSailing
13 Bolivia (BOL)BolivienRoberto Nielsen-ReyesEquestrian
14 Brazil (BRA)BrasilienLuiz Cláudio MenonBasketball
15 British Honduras (HBR)Britisch HondurasGimore HinksenNon-competitor
16 Bulgaria (BUL)BulgarienDimitar ZlatanovVolleyball
17 Burma (BIR)BurmaWin MaungFootball[2]
18 Chile (CHI)ChileRené VarasEquestrian
19 Costa Rica (CRC)Costa Rica
20 Denmark (DEN)DänemarkPeder PedersenCycling
21 Dahomey (DAH)Dahomey
22 East Germany (GDR)DDR[n 1]Manfred WolkeBoxing
23 Dominican Republic (DOM)Dominikanische RepublikEmilio BerroaWeightlifting
24 North Korea (PRK)DVR Korea[n 2]Kim Man-DokTennis
25 Ecuador (ECU)EcuadorAbdalá BucaramAthletics
26 Ivory Coast (CIV)ElfenbeinküsteSimbara MakiAthletics
27 El Salvador (ESA)El SalvadorSalvador VilanovaSwimming
28 Fiji (FIJ)FidschiUsia SotutuAthletics
29 Finland (FIN)FinnlandIlkka NummistoCanoe Sprint
30 France (FRA)FrankreichJean-Claude MagnanFencing
31 Gabon (GAB)GabunMatias MoussobouBoxing
32 Ghana (GHA)GhanaSam BugriAthletics
33 Great Britain (GBR)GroßbritannienDavid BroomeEquestrian
34 Guatemala (GUA)GuatemalaVíctor CastellanosShooting
35 Guyana (GUY)GuyanaGordon SankisCycling
36 Haiti (HAI)HaitiJules MelinerAthletics
37 Hong Kong (HKG)Hong KongPeter Rull Sr.Shooting
38 India (IND)IndienD.N. Devine JonesBoxing
39 Indonesia (INA)IndonesienWiem GommiesBoxing
40 Iran (IRI)IranAbdollah MovahedWrestling
41 Ireland (IRL)IrlandRonnie McMahonEquestrian
42 Iceland (ISL)IslandGeir HallsteinssonHandball
43 Israel (ISR)IsraelHenry HershkowitzShooting
44 Italy (ITA)ItalienAbdon PamichAthletics
45 Jamaica (JAM)JamaikaLennox MillerAthletics
46 Japan (JPN)JapanMasatoshi ShinomakiJudo
47 Yugoslavia (YUG)JugoslawienMirko SandićWater Polo
48 Virgin Islands (ISV)JungferninselnWilliam PeetsBoxing
49 Khmer Republic (KHM)KambodschaChaing ChengBoxing
50 Cameroon (CMR)KamerunGaston MalamAthletics
51 Canada (CAN)KanadaDouglas RogersJudo
52 Kenya (KEN)KeniaKipchoge KeinoArhletics
53 Colombia (COL)KolumbienAlfonso PérezBoxing
54 Republic of the Congo (CGO)Kongo
55 South Korea (KOR)KoreaKim Ji-hak
56 Cuba (CUB)KubaTeófilo StevensonBoxing
57 Kuwait (KUW)KuwaitYounis Abdallah RabeeAthletics
58 Lesotho (LES)LesothoMotsapi MoorosiAthletics
59 Lebanon (LIB)LibanonMohamed TarabulsiWeightlifting
60 Liberia (LBR)LiberiaThomas HoweAthletics
61 Liechtenstein (LIE)LiechtensteinEduard von Falz-FeinNon competitor
62 Luxembourg (LUX)LuxemburgCharles SowaBoxing
63 Madagascar (MAD)MadagaskarJean-Aimé RandrianalijaonaAthletics
64 Malawi (MAW)MalawiMartin MatupiAthletics
65 Malaysia (MAS)MalaysiaMohamed BakarFootball
66 Mali (MLI)MaliNamakoro NiaréAthletics
67 Malta (MLT)MaltaJoseph GrechShooting
68 Morocco (MAR)Marokko
69 Mexico (MEX)MexikoFelipe MuñozSwimming
70 Monaco (MON)MonacoJean-Charles SenecaFencing
71 Mongolia (MGL)MongoleiBazarragchaagiin JamsranWrestling
72 Nepal (NEP)NepalJit Bahadur Khatri Chhetri
73 New Zealand (NZL)NeuseelandLes MillsAthletics
74 Nicaragua (NCA)NicaraguaDon Vélez
75 Netherlands (NED)NiederlandeNico SpitsField Hockey
76 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)Niederländische AntillenBèto Adriana
77 Niger (NIG)NigerIssaka Dabore
78 Nigeria (NGR)NigeriaBenedict MajekodunmiAthletics
79 Norway (NOR)NorwegenHarald BarlieWrestling
80 Upper Volta (VOL)Obervolta
81 Austria (AUT)ÖsterreichHubert RaudaschlSailing
82 Pakistan (PAK)PakistanMohammad Malik Arshad
83 Panama (PAN)PanamaDonaldo ArzaBoxing
84 Paraguay (PAR)ParaguayArnulfo Ruben Becker
85 Peru (PER)PeruEnrique BarzaFencing
86 Philippines (PHI)PhilippinenJimmy MarianoBasketball
87 Poland (POL)PolenWaldemar BaszanowskiWeightlifting
88 Portugal (POR)PortugalArmando ArdegalegaAthletics
89 Puerto Rico (PUR)Puerto RicoArnaldo BistolAthletics
90 Republic of China (ROC)Republik ChinaChi ChengAthletics
91 Romania (ROM)RumänienAurel VernescuCanoeing
92 Zambia (ZAM)Sambia
93 San Marino (SMR)San MarinoCasale PiladeShooting
94 Saudi Arabia (KSA)Saudi-ArabienBilal Said Al-AzmaAthletics
95 Sweden (SWE)SchwedenJan JönssonEquestrian
96 Switzerland (SUI)SchweizUrs von WartburgAthletics
97 Senegal (SEN)SenegalRobert N'DiayeWrestling
98 Singapore (SIN)SingapurPat ChanSwimming
99 Somalia (SOM)SomaliaMohamed AbokerAthletics
100 Spain (ESP)SpanienFrancisco Fernández OchoaNon competitor
101 Ceylon (CEY)Sri Lanka (Ceylon)Lucien RosaAthletics
102 Sudan (SUD)SudanAbdel Wahab Abdullah SalihBoxing
103 Suriname (SUR)SurinameSammy MonselsAthletics
104 Swaziland (SWZ)SwasilandRichard MabuzaAthletics (marathon)
105 Syria (SYR)SyrienMounzer KatibShooting
106 Tanzania (TAN)TansaniaClaver KamanyaAthletics
107 Thailand (THA)ThailandRangsit YanothaiShooting
108 Togo (TOG)TogoRoger KangniAthletics
109 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)Trinidad und TobagoHasely CrawfordAthletics
110 Chad (CHA)TschadAhmed SenoussiAthletics (high jump)
111 Czechoslovakia (TCH)TschechoslowakeiLudvík DaněkAthletics
112 Turkey (TUR)TürkeiGiyasettin YilmazWrestling
113 Tunisia (TUN)TunesienSalem BoughattasAthletics
114 Soviet Union (URS)UdSSR[n 3]Aleksandr MedvedWrestling
115 Uganda (UGA)UgandaJohn Akii-BuaAthletics
116 Hungary (HUN)UngarnGergely KulcsárAthletics
117 Uruguay (URU)UruguayDarwin PiñeyrúaAthletics
118 United States (USA)USAOlga FikotováAthletics
119 Venezuela (VEN)VenezuelaFrancisco RodríguezBoxing
120 Vietnam (VIE)VietnamHo Minh ThuArchery
121 West Germany (FRG)DeutschlandDetlef LeweCanoe Sprint
Notes
  1. DDR – Deutsche Demokratische Republik
  2. DVRK – Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea
  3. UdSSR - Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken
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References
  1. Munich 1972 Opening Ceremony YouTube
  2. "Win Maung Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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