The 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony takes place on Friday morning, with 92 National Olympic Committees set to take part in the Parade of Nations at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium.
The Parade of Nations allows all 2,952 athletes competing in the XXIII Olympic Winter Games to march with their countrymen before the lighting of the Olympic torch which officially kicks off the games. Each country is led by their flag bearer, usually a top athlete from their country.
Luge star Erin Hamilton will lead the United States of America into the stadium with the honor of carrying the stars and stripes.
A viral sensation from the Summer Olympics, Pita Taufatofua of Tonga, who will be participating in cros-country skiing, will once again be carrying the flag for his country. The last time we spotted Taufatofua at an Opening Ceremony, he created plenty of buzz for his chiseled physique as he marched through the stadium shirtless.
As countries enter Olympic Stadium, the names of the nations will be announced in French, followed by English and Korean.
Who will be carrying the flag for each nation?
The complete list of flag bearers for the 2018 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations can be seen below:
Country | Flagbearer | Event |
Albania | Suela Mehilli | Alpine Skiing |
Andora | Irineu Esteve Altimiras | Cross-Country Skiing |
Argentina | Sebastiano Gastaldi | Alpine Skiing |
Armenia | Mikayel Mikayelan | Cross-Country Skiing |
Australia | Scotty James | Snowboard |
Austria | Anna Veith | Alpine Skiing |
Azerbaijan | Patrick Brachner | Alpine Skiing |
Belarus | Alla Tsuper | Freestyle Skiing |
Belgium | Seppe Smits | Snowboard |
Bermuda | Tucker Murphy | Cross-Country Skiing |
Boliva | Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander | Alpine Skiing |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | Elvedina Muzaferua | Alpine Skiing |
Brazil | Edson Bindilatti | Bobsleigh |
Bulgaria | Radoslav Yankov | Alpine Skiing |
Canada | Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir | Figure Skating |
Chile | Henrik Von Appen | Alpine Skiing |
China | Yang Zhou | Short Track Speed Skating |
Chine Taipei | Te-An Lien | Luge |
Colombia | Pedro Causil | Speed Skating |
Croatia | Natko Zrncic Dim | Alpine Skiing |
Cryprus | Dinos Lefkaritus | Alpine Skiing |
Czech Republic | Eva Samkova | Snowboard |
Demark | Elena Moller Rigas | Speed Skating |
Dem Rep of Timor-Leste | Yohan Goncalves Goutt | Alpine Skiing |
Ecuador | Klaus Jungbluth | Cross-Country Skiing |
Eritrea | Shannon-Obgnai Abeda | Alpine Skiing |
Estonia | Saskia Alusalu | Speed Skating |
Finland | Janne Ahonyen | Ski Jumping |
France | Martin Fourcade | Biathlon |
Georgia | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Figure Skating |
Germany | Eric Frenzel | Nordic Combined |
Ghana | Akwasi Frimpong | Skeleton |
Great Britain | Lizzy Yarnold | Skeleton |
Greece | Sophia Ralli | Alpine Skiing |
Hong Kong | Arabella Caroline Yili Ng | Alpine Skiing |
Hungary | Konrad Nagy | Speed Skating |
Iceland | Freydis Halla Einarsdottir | Alpine Skiing |
India | Shiva Keshavan | Luge |
Iran | Samarneh Beyrami Baher | Cross-Country Skiing |
Ireland | Seamus O’Connor | Snowboard |
Israel | Alexei Bychenko | Figure Skating |
Italy | Arianna Fontana | Short Track Speed Skating |
Jamaica | Audra Segree | Bobsleigh |
Japan | Noriaki Kasai | Ski Jumping |
Kazakhstan | Abzal Azhgaliyev | Short Track Speed Skating |
Kenya | Sabrina Simander | Alpine Skiing |
Korea | Chung Gum Hwang, Yunjong Won | Ice Hockey, Bobsleigh |
Kosovo | Alib Tahiri | Alpine Skiing |
Kyrgyzstan | Tariel Zharkmybaev | Cross-Country Skiing |
Latvia | Daumants Drieskens | Bobsleigh |
Lebanon | Samer Tawk | Cross-Country Skiing |
Liechenstein | Marco Pfiffner | Alpine Skiing |
Lithuania | Tomas Kaukenas | Biathlon |
Luxemborg | Matthieu Osch | Alpine Skiing |
Macedonia | Stavre Jada | Cross-Country Skiing |
Madagascar | Mialitiana Stephanie Charlotte Clerc | Alpine Skiing |
Malaysia | Julian Zhi Jie Lee | Figure Skating |
Malta | Elise Pellegrin | Alpine Skiing |
Mexico | German Madrazo | Cross-Country Skiing |
Moldova | Nicolae Gaiduc | Cross-Country Skiing |
Monaco | Rudy Rinaldi | Bobsleigh |
Mongolla | Achbadrakh Batmunkh | Cross-Country Skiing |
Montenegro | Jelena Vujicic | Alpine Skiing |
Morocco | Samir Azzimani | Cross-Country Skiing |
Netherlands | Jan Smeekens | Speed Skating |
New Zealand | Beau-James Wells | Freestyle Skiing |
Nigeria | Ngozi Onwimere | Bobsleigh |
Norway | Emil Hegle | Biathlon |
Olympic Athlete from Russia | POCOG Volunteer | |
Pakistan | Muhammad Karim | Alpine Skiing |
Philippines | Asa Miller | Alpine Skiing |
Poland | Zbigniew Brodka | Speed Skating |
Portugal | Kequyen Lam | Cross-Country Skiing |
Puerto Rico | Charles Flaherty | Alpine Skiing |
Romania | Marius-Petru Ungureanu | Biathlon |
San Marino | Alessandro Mariotti | Alpine Skiing |
Serbia | Nevena Ighjatovic | Alpine Skiing |
Singapore | Cheyenne Goh | Short Track Speed Skating |
Slovakia | Veronika Velez Zuzulova | Alpine Skiing |
Slovenia | Vesna Fabjan | Cross-Country Skiing |
South Africa | Connor Wilson | Alpine Skiing |
Spain | Lucas Eguibar | Snowboard |
Sweden | Niklas Edin | Curling |
Switzerland | Dario Cologna | Cross-Country Skiing |
Thailand | Mark Charloung | Cross-Country Skiing |
Togo | Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean | Cross-Country Skiing |
Tonga | Pita Taufatofua | Cross-Country Skiing |
Turkey | Faith Aroa Ipioglu | Ski Jumping |
Ukraine | Olena Pidhrushna | Biathlon |
USA | Erin Hamlin | Luge |
Uzbekistan | Komiljon Tukhtaev | Alpine Skiing |