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zachary harden
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![[Flag for Sydney 2000.]](../images/o/oly@s27.gif)
image by Zach Harden, 26 June 2001
During the Openings Ceremony all the teams paraded into the
stadium behind their flags, and during the Closing Ceremony the flags
did so once more. The flags and teams paraded in alphabetical order
according to the language of the host country, except for Greece as
the origin of the Olympic Games which always leads the parade, and
Australia as the host country which closed the parade. The flags
themselves all have the same size, and all have the ratio 2:3. For the
flag of Nepal, which isn't rectangular, this
ratio is used for the hoist and the bottom.
The millions watching the Opening Ceremony saw the flags and athletes
enter the stadium in this order:
Sources:
Codes: International Olympic Committee Website
Text: Rob Raeside and Juan Manuel Gabino.
Names got directly from the Opening Ceremony
(September 15, 2000).
Images: Athens 2004 Olympic Games - Official web-site,
excepting Unified Korea, Bahrain, Comoros, and Georgia.
Flags of
BRN, CAY, COM
GEO, KOR & PER: Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán.
Country (English) ABR. FLAG
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- Greece GRE
- Albania ALB
- Algeria ALG
- American Samoa ASA
- Andorra AND
- Angola ANG
- Antigua and Barbuda ANT
- Argentina ARG
- Armenia ARM
- Aruba ARU
- Austria AUT
- Azerbaijan AZE
- Bahamas BAH
- Bahrain BRN
- Bangladesh BAN
- Barbados BAR
- Belarus BLR
- Belgium BEL
- Belize BIZ
- Benin BEN
- Bermuda BER
- Bhutan BHU
- Bolivia BOL
- Bosnia and Hercegovina BIH
- Botswana BOT
- Brazil BRA
- British Virgin Islands IVB
- Brunei Darussalam BRU
- Bulgaria BUL
- Burkina Faso BUR
- Burundi BDI
- Cambodia CAM
- Cameroon CMR
- Canada CAN
- Cape Verde CPV
- Cayman Islands CAY
- Central African Republic CAF
- Chad CHA
- People's Republic of China CHN
- Chile CHI
- Colombia COL
- Comoros COM
- Congo CGO
- Cook Islands COK
- Costa Rica CRC
- Côte d'Ivoire CIV
- Croatia CRO
- Cuba CUB
- Cyprus CYP
- Czech Republic CZE
- Democratic Republic of the Congo COD
- Denmark DEN
- Djibouti DJI
- Dominica DMA
- Dominican Republic DOM
- Ecuador ECU
- Egypt EGY
- El Salvador ESA
- Equatorial Guinea GEQ
- Eritrea ERI
- Estonia EST
- Ethiopia ETH
- Fiji FIJ
- Finland FIN
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MKD
- France FRA
- Gabon GAB
- Gambia GAM
- Georgia GEO
- Germany GER
- Great Britain GBR
- Ghana GHA
- Grenada GRN
- Guam GUM
- Guatemala GUA
- Guinea GUI
- Guinea-Bissau GBS
- Guyana GUY
- Haiti HAI
- Honduras HON
- Hong Kong, China HKG
- Hungary HUN
- Iceland ISL
- India IND
- Indonesia INA
- Islamic Republic of Iran IRI
- Iraq IRQ
- Ireland IRL
- Israel ISR
- Italy ITA
- Jamaica JAM
- Japan JPN
- Jordan JOR
- Kazakhstan KAZ
- Kenya KEN
- Kirghyzstan KGZ
- Korea
Korea KOR 
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 
- Kuwait KUW
- Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO
- Latvia LAT
- Lebanon LIB
- Lesotho LES
- Liberia LBR
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya LBA
- Liechtenstein LIE
- Lithuania LTU
- Luxembourg LUX
- Madagascar MAD
- Malawi MAW
- Malaysia MAS
- Maldives MDV
- Mali MLI
- Malta MLT
- Mauritania MTN
- Mauritius MRI
- Mexico MEX
- Federated States of Micronesia FSM
- Republic of Moldova MDA
- Monaco MON
- Mongolia MGL
- Morocco MAR
- Mozambique MOZ
- Myanmar MYA
- Namibia NAM
- Nauru NRU
- Nepal NEP
- Netherlands NED
- Netherlands Antilles AHO
- New Zealand NZL
- Nicaragua NCA
- Niger NIG
- Nigeria NGR
- Norway NOR
- Oman OMA
- Pakistan PAK
- Palau PLW
- Palestine PLE
- Panama PAN
- Papua New Guinea PNG
- Paraguay PAR
- Peru PER
- Philippines PHI
- Poland POL
- Portugal POR
- Puerto Rico PUR
- Qatar QAT
- Romania ROM
- Russian Federation RUS
- Rwanda RWA
- Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN
- Saint Lucia LCA
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN
- Samoa SAM
- San Marino SMR
- Sao Tome and Principe STP
- Saudi Arabia KSA
- Senegal SEN
- Seychelles SEY
- Sierra Leone SLE
- Singapore SIN
- Slovakia SVK
- Slovenia SLO
- Solomon Islands SOL
- Somalia SOM
- South Africa RSA
- Spain ESP
- Sri Lanka SRI
- Sudan SUD
- Suriname SUR
- Swaziland SWZ
- Sweden SWE
- Switzerland SUI
- Syrian Arab Republic SYR
- Chinese Taipei TPE
- Tajikistan TJK
- United Republic of Tanzania TAN
- Thailand THA
- Tonga TGA
- Togo TOG
- Turkey TUR
- Turkmenistan TKM
- Trinidad and Tobago TRI
- Tunisia TUN
- Uganda UGA
- Ukraine UKR
- United Arab Emirates UAE
- United States of America USA
- Uruguay URU
- Uzbekistan UZB
- Vanuatu VAN
- Venezuela VEN
- Vietnam VIE
- Virgin Islands ISV
- Yemen YEM
- Yugoslavia YUG
- Zambia ZAM
- Zimbabwe ZIM
- Individual Olympic Athletes; East Timor IOA
- Australia AUS
