During the Parade of Nations within the Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, athletes and officials from each participating country marched in the San Siro Stadium preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the nation's National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves.
Parade order
By tradition, Greece entered first as the originator of the Olympics, and Italy entered last as host. Per a new rule introduced by the International Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, the United States entered antepenultimately as the host of the 2034 Winter Olympics, in Utah, and France entered penultimately as the host of the 2030 Winter Olympics, in the French Alps. All nations in between entered in the order of the host nation's language, Italian.
Taiwan, participating as Chinese Taipei, marched under T rather than C. The Czech Republic and Turkey marched using their official short-form names: Czechia and Türkiye, respectively.
Participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes
The Olympic Committees of Russia and Belarus remain suspended in the aftermath of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The International Olympic Committee announced in September 2025 that Russian and Belarusian athletes would be allowed to compete at the 2026 Games as "Individual Neutral Athletes" with no representation in the parade of nations under the same rules used at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Locations
With the games divided into four geographic clusters, the Parade of Nations was held in four locations: San Siro Stadium in Milan, the city centre in Cortina, Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium in Predazzo, and Livigno Snow Park in Livigno. Nations were allowed to name two flagbearers, even if all their athletes were at one location; as host country, Italy had four.
List
The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the sequence that each nation appeared in the parade of nations. The names are given in their official designations by the IOC, and the Italian names follow their official designations by the Milano Cortina Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.
| Order | Nation | Italian | Flag bearer | Parade location | Sport | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | Grecia | AJ Ginnis | Predazzo | Alpine skiing | |
| 2 | Albania | Albania | Lara Colturi | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| Denni Xhepa | Livigno | |||||
| 3 | Andorra | Andorra | Joan Verdú | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| Cande Moreno | Cortina | |||||
| Irineu Esteve | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | ||||
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | Arabia Saudita | Rakan Alireza | Livigno | Cross-country skiing | |
| 5 | Argentina | Argentina | Franco Dal Farra | Livigno | Cross-country skiing | |
| Francesca Baruzzi | Cortina | Alpine skiing | ||||
| 6 | Armenia | Armenia | Karina Akopova | Milan | Figure skating | |
| Nikita Rakhmanin | ||||||
| 7 | Australia | Australia | Matt Graham | Livigno | Freestyle skiing | |
| Jakara Anthony | ||||||
| 8 | Austria | Austria | Benjamin Karl | Livigno | Snowboarding | |
| Anna Gasser | ||||||
| 9 | Azerbaijan | Azerbaigian | Anastasia Papatoma | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| Vladimir Litvintsev | Milan | Figure skating | ||||
| 10 | Belgium | Belgio | Hanne Desmet | Milan | Short-track speed skating | |
| 11 | Benin | Benin | Nathan Tchibozo | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| 12 | Bolivia | Bolivia | Timo Juhani Grönlund | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia Erzegovina | Marko Šljivić | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| Elvedina Muzaferija | Cortina | |||||
| 14 | Brazil | Brasile | Lucas Pinheiro Braathen | Milan | Alpine skiing | |
| Nicole Silveira | Cortina | Skeleton | ||||
| 15 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | Alexandra Feigin | Milan | Figure skating | |
| Vladimir Iliev | Cortina | Biathlon | ||||
| 16 | Canada | Canada | Mikaël Kingsbury | Livigno | Freestyle skiing | |
| Marielle Thompson | ||||||
| 17 | Czech Republic | Cechia | Lucie Charvátová | Cortina | Biathlon | |
| David Pastrňák | Milan | Ice hockey | ||||
| 18 | Chile | Cile | Matilde Schwencke | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| Sebastián Endrestad | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | ||||
| 19 | China | Repubblica Popolare Cinese | Ning Zhongyan | Milan | Speed skating | |
| Zhang Chutong | Short-track speed skating | |||||
| 20 | Cyprus | Cipro | Yianno Kouyoumdjian | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| Andrea Loizidou | Cortina | |||||
| 21 | Colombia | Colombia | Fredrik Fodstad | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| 22 | South Korea | Repubblica di Corea | Cha Jun-hwan | Milan | Figure skating | |
| Park Ji-woo | Speed skating | |||||
| 23 | Croatia | Croazia | Matija Legović | Cortina | Biathlon | |
| Valentina Aščić | Milan | Short-track speed skating | ||||
| 24 | Denmark | Danimarca | Jesper Jensen Aabo | Milan | Ice hockey | |
| Denise Dupont | Cortina | Curling | ||||
| 25 | Ecuador | Ecuador | Klaus Jungbluth | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | Emirati Arabi Uniti | Alexander Astridge | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| Piera Hudson | Cortina | |||||
| 27 | Eritrea | Eritrea | Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| 28 | Estonia | Estonia | Johanna Talihärm | Cortina | Biathlon | |
| Marten Liiv | Milan | Speed skating | ||||
| 29 | Philippines | Filippine | Tallulah Proulx | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| Francis Ceccarelli | Livigno | |||||
| 30 | Finland | Finlandia | Krista Pärmäkoski | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| Mikko Lehtonen | Milan | Ice hockey | ||||
| 31 | Georgia | Georgia | Luka Berulava | Milan | Figure skating | |
| Diana Davis | ||||||
| 32 | Germany | Germania | Leon Draisaitl | Milan | Ice hockey | |
| Katharina Schmid | Predazzo | Ski jumping | ||||
| 33 | Jamaica | Giamaica | Mica Moore | Cortina | Bobsleigh | |
| Henri Rivers IV | Livigno | Alpine skiing | ||||
| 34 | Japan | Giappone | Wataru Morishige | Milan | Speed skating | |
| Sena Tomita | Livigno | Snowboarding | ||||
| 35 | Great Britain | Gran Bretagna | Brad Hall | Cortina | Bobsleigh | |
| Lilah Fear | Milan | Figure skating | ||||
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | Winston Tang | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| 37 | Haiti | Haiti | Stevenson Savart | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| 38 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong, Cina | Eloise Yung Shih King | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| Darren Kwok Tsz Fung | Milan | Short-track speed skating | ||||
| 39 | India | India | Arif Khan | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| 40 | Iran | Repubblica Islamica dell'Iran | Samaneh Beyrami Baher | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| Danyal Saveh Shemshaki | ||||||
| 41 | Ireland | Irlanda | Anabelle Zurbay | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| Thomas Maloney Westgård | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | ||||
| 42 | Iceland | Islanda | Elín Elmarsdóttir Van Pelt | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| Jón Erik Sigurðsson | Livigno | |||||
| 43 | Israel | Israele | Mariia Seniuk | Milan | Figure skating | |
| Jared Firestone | Cortina | Skeleton | ||||
| 44 | Kazakhstan | Kazakistan | Denis Nikisha | Milan | Short-track speed skating | |
| Ayaulym Amrenova | Livigno | Freestyle skiing | ||||
| 45 | Kenya | Kenya | Sabrina Simader | Alpine skiing | ||
| Issa Laborde Dit Pere | Livigno | |||||
| 46 | Kosovo | Kosovo | Kiana Kryeziu | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| Drin Kokaj | Livigno | |||||
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyzstan | Artur Saparbekov | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| 48 | Latvia | Lettonia | Kaspars Daugaviņš | Milan | Ice hockey | |
| Dženifera Ģērmane | Cortina | Alpine skiing | ||||
| 49 | Lebanon | Libano | Andrea El Hayek | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| 50 | Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein | Martin Kranz | Cortina | Bobsleigh | |
| 51 | Lithuania | Lituania | Allison Reed | Milan | Figure skating | |
| Saulius Ambrulevičius | ||||||
| 52 | Luxembourg | Lussemburgo | Matthieu Osch | Milan | Alpine skiing | |
| 53 | North Macedonia | Macedonia del Nord | Jana Atanasovska | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| Stavre Jada | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | ||||
| 54 | Madagascar | Madagascar | Mialitiana Clerc | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| Mathieu Gravier | Livigno | |||||
| 55 | Malaysia | Malaysia | Aruwin Salehhuddin | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| 56 | Malta | Malta | Jenny Axisa Eriksen | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| 57 | Morocco | Marocco | Pietro Tranchina | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| 58 | Mexico | Messico | Donovan Carrillo | Milan | Figure skating | |
| Sarah Schleper | Cortina | Alpine skiing | ||||
| 59 | Moldova | Repubblica di Moldova | Iulian Luchin | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| Elizaveta Hlusovici | ||||||
| 60 | Monaco | Monaco | Volunteer | Milan | Volunteer | |
| 61 | Mongolia | Mongolia | Enkhbayaryn Ariuntungalag | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| Altanzulyn Ariunbat | Livigno | Alpine skiing | ||||
| 62 | Montenegro | Montenegro | Branislav Peković | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| 63 | Nigeria | Nigeria | Samuel Ikpefan | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| 64 | Norway | Norvegia | Kajsa Vickhoff Lie | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| Peder Kongshaug | Milan | Speed skating | ||||
| 65 | New Zealand | Nuova Zelanda | Zoi Sadowski-Synnott | Livigno | Snowboarding | |
| Ben Barclay | Freestyle skiing | |||||
| 66 | Netherlands | Paesi Bassi | Jens van 't Wout | Milan | Short-track speed skating | |
| Kimberley Bos | Cortina | Skeleton | ||||
| 67 | Pakistan | Pakistan | Muhammad Karim | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| 68 | Poland | Polonia | Kamil Stoch | Predazzo | Ski jumping | |
| Natalia Czerwonka | Milan | Speed skating | ||||
| 69 | Puerto Rico | Porto Rico | Kellie Delka | Cortina | Skeleton | |
| 70 | Portugal | Portogallo | Vanina Guerillot | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| José Cabeça | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | ||||
| 71 | Romania | Romania | Julia Sauter | Milan | Figure skating | |
| Mihai Țentea | Cortina | Bobsleigh | ||||
| Raluca Strămăturaru | Luge | |||||
| 72 | San Marino | San Marino | Rafael Mini | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| 73 | Serbia | Serbia | Anja Ilić | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| Miloš Milosavljević | ||||||
| 74 | Singapore | Singapore | Faiz Basha | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| 75 | Slovakia | Slovacchia | Viktória Čerňanská | Cortina | Bobsleigh | |
| Tomáš Tatar | Milan | Ice hockey | ||||
| 76 | Slovenia | Slovenia | Nika Prevc | Predazzo | Ski jumping | |
| Domen Prevc | ||||||
| 77 | Spain | Spagna | Joaquim Salarich | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| Olivia Smart | Milan | Figure skating | ||||
| 78 | South Africa | Sud Africa | Nicole Burger | Cortina | Skeleton | |
| Matthew Smith | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | ||||
| 79 | Sweden | Svezia | Sara Hector | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| Walter Wallberg | Livigno | Freestyle skiing | ||||
| 80 | Switzerland | Svizzera | Fanny Smith | Livigno | Freestyle skiing | |
| Nino Niederreiter | Milan | Ice hockey | ||||
| 81 | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | Lin Hsin-jung | Cortina | Bobsleigh | |
| Li Yu-Hsiang | Milan | Figure skating | ||||
| 82 | Thailand | Thailandia | Karen Chanloung | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| Mark Chanloung | ||||||
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad e Tobago | Emma Gatcliffe | Cortina | Alpine skiing | |
| Nikhil Alleyne | Livigno | |||||
| 84 | Turkey | Türkiye | İrem Dursun | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| Furkan Akar | Milan | Short-track speed skating | ||||
| 85 | Ukraine | Ucraina | Vladyslav Heraskevych | Cortina | Skeleton | |
| Yelyzaveta Sydorko | Milan | Short-track speed skating | ||||
| 86 | Hungary | Ungheria | Bence Nógrádi | Milan | Short-track speed skating | |
| Maja Somodi | ||||||
| 87 | Uruguay | Uruguay | Nicolás Pirozzi | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| 88 | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan | Daniil Eybog | Milan | Short-track speed skating | |
| 89 | Venezuela | Venezuela | Nicolás Claveau-Laviolette | Predazzo | Cross-country skiing | |
| 90 | United States | Stati Uniti d'America | Frank Del Duca | Cortina | Bobsleigh | |
| Erin Jackson | Milan | Speed skating | ||||
| 91 | France | Francia | Clément Noël | Livigno | Alpine skiing | |
| Chloé Trespeuch | Snowboarding | |||||
| 92 | Italy | Italia | Federico Pellegrino | Milan | Cross-country skiing | |
| Amos Mosaner | Cortina | Curling | ||||
| Arianna Fontana | Milan | Short-track speed skating | ||||
| Federica Brignone | Cortina | Alpine skiing |
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