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Sport.                                                   The



             And More                                                                Flag



                                Than                                                 Bearers



                            Sport.                             For an Olympic athlete carrying his/her country’s


                                                               national flag during the parade of  nations at the
                                                               opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is an
                                                               honour and privilege. During the parade,
                                                               participating athletes march into the stadium
                                                               country by country, proudly carrying the flag of their
                                                               nation and leading an entourage of other athletes
                                                               from that country in a wonderful display of colour
                                                               and pageantry.


                "Spor t is at the  he ar t of the  Olympic        2020  Summer          Kelly Ann Baptiste
                "Sport is at the heart of the Olympic
                                                                  2016  Summer          Keshorn Walcott
                Games. But they are about so much
                Games. But they are about so much                 2012  Summer          Marc Burns
                more than that. They go beyond
                more than that. They go beyond                    2008  Summer        George Bovell III
                competition. They are about living
                competition. They are about living                2004   Summer          Ato Boldon
                                                                  2002   Winter          Gregory Sun
                the Olympic values, about feeling the
                the Olympic values, about feeling the             2000  Summer         Ato Boldon
                emotions, about enjoying the                      1998  Winter          Curtis Harry
                emotions, about enjoying the
                opportunities, about sharing                      1996  Summer         Gene Samuel
                opportunities, about sharing
                                                                  1994   Winter          Gregory Sun
                wonderful memories. This is the                   1992  Summer         Alvin Daniel
                wonderful memories. This is the
                unique and enduring spirit of the
                unique and enduring spirit of the                 1988  Summer         Ian Morris
                Olympic Games that we are about to                1984  Summer        Hasely Crawford
                Olympic Games that we are about to
                                                                  1980  Summer         Hasely Crawford
                witness at Paris 2024, and beyond"
                witness at Paris 2024, and beyond"                1976  Summer         Hasely Crawford
                                                                  1972  Summer        Hasely Crawford
                          - Thomas Bach, IOC President            1968  Summer         Roger Gibbon
                          - Thomas Bach, IOC President
                                                                  1964  Summer         Wendell Mottley
                                                                  1956  Summer         Mike Agostini
                                                                  1952  Summer         Rodney Wilkes
                                                                  1948  Summer         Wilfred Tull









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