2026 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers

During the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy the flag bearers of 91 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into Verona Arena in Verona, Italy on 22 February. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, and behind them marched all the athletes. The flags of each country were not necessarily carried by the same flag bearer as in the opening ceremony.

The parade order was identical to the opening ceremony's Parade of Nations.

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.[1] 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 Sport Ref.
1  Greece Grecia Maria Eleni Tsiovolou Alpine skiing [2]
2  Albania Albania Volunteer [3]
3  Andorra Andorra Volunteer [3]
4  Saudi Arabia Arabia Saudita Volunteer [3]
5  Argentina Argentina Franco Dal Farra Cross-country skiing [3]
Verónica Ravenna Luge
6  Armenia Armenia Volunteer [3]
7  Australia Australia Danielle Scott Freestyle skiing [4]
Cooper Woods
8  Austria Austria Janine Flock Skeleton [5]
Alessandro Hämmerle Snowboarding
9  Azerbaijan Azerbaigian Volunteer [3]
10  Belgium Belgio Tineke den Dulk Short-track speed skating [6]
Ward Pétré
11  Benin Benin Nathan Tchibozo Alpine skiing [6]
12  Bolivia Bolivia Timo Juhani Grönlund Cross-country skiing [6]
13  Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia Erzegovina Volunteer [3]
14  Brazil Brasile Edson Bindilatti Bobsleigh [7]
15  Bulgaria Bulgaria Lora Hristova Biathlon [8]
16  Canada Canada Steven Dubois Short-track speed skating [9]
Valérie Maltais Speed skating
17  Czech Republic Cechia Metoděj Jílek Speed skating [6]
Martina Sáblíková
18  Chile Cile Stephanie Joffroy Freestyle skiing [6]
19  China Repubblica Popolare Cinese Su Yiming Snowboarding [10]
20  Cyprus Cipro Yianno Kouyoumdjian Alpine skiing [6]
21  Colombia Colombia Volunteer [3]
22  South Korea Repubblica di Corea Hwang Daeheon Short-track speed skating [6]
Choi Minjeong
23  Croatia Croazia Tena Hadžić Cross-country skiing [6]
Marko Skender
24  Denmark Danimarca Anne Bunemann de Besche Biathlon [11]
Viktor Hald Thorup Speed skating
25  Ecuador Ecuador Volunteer [3]
26  United Arab Emirates Emirati Arabi Uniti Alexander Astridge Alpine skiing [6]
Piera Hudson
27  Eritrea Eritrea Shannon Abeda Alpine skiing [6]
28  Estonia Estonia Marten Liiv Speed skating [12]
Niina Petrõkina Figure skating
29  Philippines Filippine Francis Ceccarelli Alpine skiing [6]
Tallulah Proulx
30  Finland Finlandia Iida Karhunen Figure skating [6]
31  Georgia Georgia Luka Berulava Figure skating [6]
Nino Tsiklauri Alpine skiing
32  Germany Germania Tobias Arlt Luge [6]
Tobias Wendl
33  Jamaica Giamaica Volunteer [3]
34  Japan Giappone Kaori Sakamoto Figure skating [13]
Wataru Morishige Speed skating
35  Great Britain Gran Bretagna Charlotte Bankes Snowboarding [14]
Matt Weston Skeleton
36  Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Winston Tang Alpine skiing [6]
37  Haiti Haiti Richardson Viano Alpine skiing [3]
38  Hong Kong Hong Kong, Cina Volunteer [3]
39  India India Stanzin Lundup Cross-country skiing [6]
40  Iran Repubblica Islamica dell'Iran Sadaf Savehshemshaki Alpine skiing [6]
41  Ireland Irlanda Benjamin Lynch Freestyle skiing [15]
42  Iceland Islanda Dagur Benediktsson Cross-country skiing [6]
43  Israel Israele Barnabas Szollos Alpine skiing [6]
44  Kazakhstan Kazakistan Mikhail Shaidorov Figure skating [16]
45  Kenya Kenya Issa Gachingiri Laborde Dit Pere Alpine skiing [6]
46  Kosovo Kosovo Drin Kokaj Alpine skiing [6]
47  Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Volunteer [3]
48  Latvia Lettonia Patrīcija Eiduka Cross-country skiing [6]
Roberts Kruzbergs Short-track speed skating
49  Lebanon Libano Samer Tawk Cross-country skiing [6]
50  Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Volunteer [3]
51  Lithuania Lituania Modestas Vaičiulis Cross-country skiing [6]
Meda Variakojytė Figure skating
52  Luxembourg Lussemburgo Matthieu Osch Alpine skiing [6]
53  North Macedonia Macedonia del Nord Volunteer [3]
54  Madagascar Madagascar Mialitiana Clerc Alpine skiing [6]
Mathieu Gravier
55  Malaysia Malaysia Aruwin Salehhuddin Alpine skiing [6]
56  Malta Malta Volunteer [3]
57  Morocco Marocco Volunteer [3]
58  Mexico Messico Donovan Carrillo Figure skating [6]
Sarah Schleper Alpine skiing
59  Moldova Repubblica di Moldova Iulian Luchin Cross-country skiing [17]
60  Monaco Monaco Volunteer [3]
61  Mongolia Mongolia Batmonkh Achbadrakh Cross-country skiing [6]
Enkhbayar Ariuntungalag
62  Montenegro Montenegro Volunteer [3]
63  Nigeria Nigeria Samuel Ikpefan Cross-country skiing [6]
64  Norway Norvegia Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo Cross-country skiing [18]
Aurora Grinden Løvås Speed skating
65  New Zealand Nuova Zelanda Luca Harrington Freestyle skiing [19]
66  Netherlands Paesi Bassi Jorrit Bergsma Speed skating [6]
Xandra Velzeboer Short-track speed skating
67  Pakistan Pakistan Muhammad Karim Alpine skiing [6]
68  Poland Polonia Vladimir Semirunniy Speed skating [6]
Gabriela Topolska Short-track speed skating
69  Puerto Rico Porto Rico Volunteer [3]
70  Portugal Portogallo José Cabeça Cross-country skiing [6]
71  Romania Romania Julia Sauter Figure skating [6]
72  San Marino San Marino Rafael Mini Alpine skiing [6]
73  Serbia Serbia Volunteer [3]
74  Singapore Singapore Faiz Basha Alpine skiing [6]
75  Slovakia Slovacchia Rebeka Cully Ski mountaineering [6]
Jakub Siarnik
76  Slovenia Slovenia Lila Grace Lapanja Alpine skiing [6]
77  Spain Spagna Ana Alonso Rodriguez Ski mountaineering [6]
Oriol Cardona Coll
78  South Africa Sud Africa Thomas Weir Alpine skiing [6]
79  Sweden Svezia Volunteer [3]
80  Switzerland Svizzera Alina Müller Ice hockey [20]
81  Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Sophia Tsu Velicer Figure skating [21]
82  Thailand Thailandia Karen Chanloung Cross-country skiing [6]
Mark Chanloung
83  Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad e Tobago De Aundre John Bobsleigh [6]
84  Turkey Türkiye Volunteer [3]
85  Ukraine Ucraina Anhelina Brykina Alpine skiing [22]
Dmytro Kotovskyi
86  Hungary Ungheria Maja Dora Somodi Short-track speed skating [6]
Bence Nogradi
87  Uruguay Uruguay Volunteer [3]
88  Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Volunteer [3]
89  Venezuela Venezuela Volunteer [3]
90  United States Stati Uniti d'America Evan Bates Figure skating [23]
Hilary Knight Ice hockey
91  France Francia Mathis Desloges Cross-country skiing [24]
Lou Jeanmonnot Biathlon
92  Italy Italia Davide Ghiotto Speed skating [25]
Lisa Vittozzi Biathlon

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