List of standard bearers of the 1908 Summer Olympics

Invasion of the Nations

The list of standard-bearers for the 1908 Summer Olympics is the list of the standard- bearers at the opening ceremony.

When the nations marched in, the athletes from all participating countries moved into the White City Stadium . At the opening ceremony, the individual teams were led by a flag bearer from the ranks of their athletes or officials, who was determined either by their respective National Olympic Committee (NOK) or by the athletes themselves. Behind the flag bearer, the athletes marched in rows of four. Finland and Russia were linked states in a personal union, but sent separate teams.

sequence

The countries entered the stadium in alphabetical order in the language of the host nation, in this case English . Exceptions were Finland , which invaded the European states, and the United States, which invaded before the British colonies. The UK delegation was the last to arrive as the host nation. Argentina , Iceland , the Ottoman Empire , Switzerland and the Russian Empire took part in the competitions, but did not march at the opening ceremony.

List of standard bearers

Below is a list of the flag bearers of the opening ceremony of all participating nations, sorted according to the order in which they marched in. The list can also be sorted according to their state name, team abbreviation, number of athletes, the surname of the flag bearer and their sport.

According to nations

sequence	National team	English name	Abbreviation	Athletes	Standard bearer	sport
1	Austria	Austria	AUT	7th
2	Belgium	Belgium	BEL	77
3	Bohemia	Bohemia	BOH	19th	Miroslav Šustera	Athletics / wrestling
4th	Denmark	Denmark	THE	77	Aage Holm	swim
5	France	France	FRA	215	Émile Demangel	Cycling
6th	German Empire	Germany	GER	81	Wilhelm Kaufmann	do gymnastics
7th	Greece	Greece	GRE	20th	Nikolaos Georgandas	athletics
8th	Netherlands	Holland	HOL	118	Jan de Boer	do gymnastics
9	Hungary	Hungary	HUN	66	Istvan Mudin	athletics
10	Italy	Italy	ITA	67	Pietro Bragaglia	Official
11	Norway	Norway	NOR	68	Oskar Bye	do gymnastics
12	Sweden	Sweden	SWE	172	Erik Granfelt	do gymnastics
13	Finland	Finland	FIN	65	Bruno Zilliacus	athletics
14th	United States	United States	United States	122	Ralph Rose	Athletics / tug of war
15th	Australasia	Australasia	ANZ	29	Henry Murray	athletics
16	Canada	Canada	CAN	88	Edward Archibald	athletics
17th	South Africa	South Africa	RSA	14th	Doug Stupart	athletics
18th	Great Britain	United Kingdom	GBR	737	Kynaston Studd	Official

No invasion
National team	English name	Abbreviation	Athletes
Iceland	Iceland	ISL	1
Ottoman Empire	Ottoman Empire	DOOR	1
Russian Empire	Russia	RUS	6th
Switzerland	Switzerland	SUI	1

According to sports

sport	Nations	number
athletics	Australasia - Bohemia 1 - Finland - Greece - Canada - South Africa - Hungary - United States 1	8th
Cycling	France	3
Wrestling	Bohemia 1	2
swim	Denmark	2
Tug of war	United States 1	1
do gymnastics	German Empire - Netherlands - Norway - Sweden	1
Official	Great Britain - Italy	2
unknown	Belgium - Austria	2
No invasion	Argentina - Iceland - Ottoman Empire - Russian Empire - Switzerland	5

¹ The standard bearer participated in two sports.

Web links

• Olympic Report 1908 ( Memento from October 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive )