During the Parade of Nations at the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, held on 28 July 2022, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations lead their national delegations as they paraded into Alexander Stadium in the host city of Birmingham, England. A total of 72 Commonwealth Games Associations entered into the stadium.
Parade order
As per tradition, Australia (as the host of the last games) entered first, followed by the rest of the Oceania region. Following this all countries entered in alphabetical order within their respective region groups. After Oceania, countries from Africa, America, Asia, the Caribbean and lastly Europe entered. The host nation, England, entered last.[citation needed]
Countries and flag bearers
Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. Names are given in the form officially designated by the CGF.
| Order | Nation | Flag bearer | Sport | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | Eddie Ockenden | Field hockey | |
| Rachael Grinham | Squash | |||
| 2 | Cook Islands | Aidan Zittersteijn | Lawn bowls | |
| Nooroa Mataio | ||||
| 3 | Fiji | Semesa Naiseruvati | Lawn bowls | |
| Naibili Vatunisolo | Para-athletics | |||
| 4 | Kiribati | |||
| 5 | Nauru | Christon Amram | Boxing | |
| Maximina Uepa | Weightlifting | |||
| 6 | New Zealand | Tom Walsh | Athletics | |
| Joelle King | Squash | |||
| 7 | Niue | Travis Tapatuetoa | Boxing | |
| Olivia Buckingham | Lawn bowls | |||
| 8 | Norfolk Island | Tim Sheridan | Lawn bowls | |
| Shae Wilson | ||||
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | John Ume | Boxing | |
| Rellie Kaputin | Athletics | |||
| 10 | Samoa | |||
| 11 | Solomon Islands | |||
| 12 | Tonga | Sione Tupou | Rugby sevens | |
| Kuinini Manumua | Weightlifting | |||
| 13 | Tuvalu | |||
| 14 | Vanuatu | Joe Mahit | Judo | |
| Miller Pata | Beach volleyball | |||
| Ellie Enock | Para-athletics Para powerlifting | |||
| 15 | Botswana | Bayapo Ndori | Athletics | |
| Aratwa Kasemang | Boxing | |||
| 16 | Cameroon | Emmanuel Eseme | Athletics | |
| Ayuk Otay Arrey Sophina | Judo | |||
| 17 | Eswatini | Sibusiso Matsenjwa | Athletics | |
| Hayley Hoy | Swimming | |||
| 18 | The Gambia | Modou Gamo | Para powerlifting | |
| Wurrie Njadoe | Athletics | |||
| 19 | Ghana | |||
| 20 | Kenya | Ferdinand Omanyala | Athletics | |
| Carolina Wanjira | 3x3 wheelchair basketball | |||
| 21 | Lesotho | Lerato Sechele | Athletics | |
| Tumelo Makae | Cycling | |||
| 22 | Malawi | |||
| 23 | Mauritius | Merven Clair | Boxing | |
| Priscilla Morand | Judo | |||
| Noemi Alphonse | Para-athletics | |||
| 24 | Mozambique | Caio Lobo | Swimming | |
| Alcinda Panguana | Boxing | |||
| 25 | Namibia | Ananias Shikongo | Para-athletics | |
| Christine Mboma | Athletics | |||
| 26 | Nigeria | Nnamdi Chinecherem | Athletics | |
| Folashade Oluwafemiayo | Para powerlifting | |||
| 27 | Rwanda | Ntagengwa Olivier | Beach volleyball | |
| Diane Ingabire | Cycling | |||
| 28 | Seychelles | Keddy Agnes | Boxing | |
| Natasha Chetty | Athletics | |||
| 29 | Sierra Leone | Joshua Wyse | Swimming | |
| Hafsatu Kamara | Athletics | |||
| 30 | South Africa | Christian Sadie | Para-swimming | |
| Bongiwe Msomi | Netball | |||
| 31 | Tanzania | |||
| 32 | Uganda | Michael Wokorach | Rugby sevens | |
| Peace Proscovia | Netball | |||
| 33 | Zambia | Muzala Samukonga | Athletics | |
| Margret Tembo | Boxing | |||
| 34 | Bahamas | Izaak Bastian | Swimming | |
| Lilly Higgs | ||||
| 35 | Belize | Shaun Gill | Athletics | |
| Alicia Thompson | Cycling | |||
| 36 | Bermuda | Dage Minors | Athletics | |
| Emma Keane | Squash | |||
| 37 | Canada | Josh Cassidy | Para-athletics | |
| Maude Charron | Weightlifting | |||
| 38 | Falkland Islands | Doug Clark | Badminton | |
| Daphne Arthur-Almond | Lawn bowls | |||
| 39 | Guyana | Keevin Allicock | Boxing | |
| Aliyah Abrams | Athletics | |||
| 40 | Saint Helena | |||
| 41 | Bangladesh | Sura Krishna | Boxing | |
| Mabia Aktar | Weightlifting | |||
| 42 | Brunei | |||
| 43 | India | Manpreet Singh | Field hockey | |
| P. V. Sindhu | Badminton | |||
| 44 | Malaysia | Bonnie Bunyau Gustin | Para powerlifting | |
| Aifa Azman | Squash | |||
| 45 | Maldives | Zayan Zaki | Badminton | |
| Fathimath Nimal | Table tennis | |||
| 46 | Pakistan | Muhammad Inam | Wrestling | |
| Bismah Maroof | Cricket | |||
| 47 | Singapore | Terry Hee | Badminton | |
| Nur Aini Yasli | Para powerlifting | |||
| 48 | Sri Lanka | Indika Dissanayake | Weightlifting | |
| Chamari Athapaththu | Cricket | |||
| 49 | Anguilla | Hasani Hennis | Cycling | |
| Tri-Tania Lowe | Athletics | |||
| 50 | Antigua and Barbuda | |||
| 51 | Barbados | Matthew Wright | Triathlon | |
| Latonia Blackman | Netball | |||
| 52 | British Virgin Islands | Rikkoi Brathwaite | Athletics | |
| Beyoncé De Freitas | ||||
| 53 | Cayman Islands | Rasheem Brown | Athletics | |
| Alison Jackson | Swimming | |||
| 54 | Dominica | Dennick Luke | Athletics | |
| Thea LaFond | ||||
| 55 | Grenada | Kurt Felix | Athletics | |
| Tilly Collymore | Swimming | |||
| 56 | Jamaica | Oshane Edie | Rugby sevens | |
| Jhaniele Fowler | Netball | |||
| 57 | Montserrat | Julius Morris | Athletics | |
| 58 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | St. Clair Hodge | Beach volleyball | |
| Amya Clarke | Athletics | |||
| 59 | Saint Lucia | Arthur Langelier | Boxing | |
| Julien Alfred | Athletics | |||
| 60 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Shane Cadogan | Swimming | |
| Mikeisha Welcome | Athletics | |||
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | Jereem Richards | Athletics | |
| Michelle-Lee Ahye | ||||
| 62 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Courtney Missick | Athletics | |
| Arleigha Hall | Swimming | |||
| 63 | Cyprus | Marios Georgiou | Gymnastics | |
| Zoi Konstantopoulou | Beach volleyball | |||
| 64 | Gibraltar | Derek Barbara | Cycling | |
| Holly O'Shea | Weightlifting | |||
| 65 | Guernsey | Marc Cox | Cycling | |
| Elena Johnson | Badminton | |||
| 66 | Isle of Man | Mark Cavendish | Cycling | |
| Laura Kinley | Swimming | |||
| 67 | Jersey | Rhys Hidrio | Cycling | |
| 68 | Malta | Kijan Sultana | Squash | |
| Tenishia Thornton | Weightlifting | |||
| 69 | Northern Ireland | Martin McHugh | Lawn bowls | |
| Michaela Walsh | Boxing | |||
| 70 | Scotland | Micky Yule | Para powerlifting | |
| Kirsty Gilmour | Badminton | |||
| 71 | Wales | Geraint Thomas | Cycling | |
| Tesni Evans | Squash | |||
| 72 | England | Jack Laugher | Diving | |
| Emily Campbell | Weightlifting |
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