List of standard bearers for the 1948 Summer Olympics

Invasion of the Nations

The list of standard-bearers for the 1948 Summer Olympics is given by the standard-bearers at the opening ceremony.

When the nations marched in, athletes from all participating countries moved into the Empire 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.

sequence

The Greek team has traditionally been given the front seat, a special status that stems from the hosting of the ancient and first modern games in Greece . Great Britain invaded as the host nation last. The other countries entered the stadium in alphabetical order in the language of the host nation, in this case English . This order corresponds to both the tradition and the statutes of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Ireland invaded under "Éire", the name of the country in Irish .

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	Greece	Greece	GRE	61	Georgios Kalambokidis	sailing
2	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	AFG	25th
3	Argentina	Argentina	ARG	199	Alfredo Yantorno	swim
4th	Australia	Australia	OUT	75	Les McKay	Water polo
5	Austria	Austria	AUT	144
6th	Belgium	Belgium	BEL	150	Charles Vyt	Modern pentathlon
7th	Bermuda	Bermuda	BER	12	Chummy Hayward	Official
8th	Brazil	Brazil	BRA	70	Sylvio de Magalhães Padilha	fencing
9	British Guiana	British Guiana	GUI	4th
10	Burma	Burma	BIR	5
11	Canada	Canada	CAN	118	Bob McFarlane	athletics
12	Ceylon	Ceylon	CEY	7th	Duncan White	athletics
13	Chile	Chile	CHI	54	Mario Recordón	athletics
14th	China	China	CHN	31	Wee Tian Siak	basketball
15th	Colombia	Columbia	COL	6th
16	Cuba	Cuba	CUB	53	Raúl García	basketball
17th	Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	TCH	87	Ladislav Trpkoš	basketball
18th	Denmark	Denmark	THE	162	Vagn Loft	hockey
19th	Egypt	Egypt	EGY	85
20th	Ireland	Eire	IRL	73	Paddy Carroll	Official
21st	Finland	Finland	FIN	129	Hannes Sonck	athletics
22nd	France	France	FRA	316	Jean Séphériadès	rowing
23	Hungary	Hungary	HUN	128	Imre Németh	athletics
24	Iceland	Iceland	ISL	20th	Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson	athletics
25th	India	India	IND	79	Talimers Ao	Soccer
26th	Iran	Iran	IRN	36	Mostafa Baharmast	Official
27	Iraq	Iraq	IRQ	11
28	Italy	Italy	ITA	213	Gianni Rocca	athletics
29	Jamaica	Jamaica	JAM	13
30th	Korea	Korea	COR	46	Son Kee-chung	athletics
31	Lebanon	Lebanon	LIVE	8th
32	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	LIE	2
33	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	LUX	45	Victor Feller	Soccer
34	Malta	Malta	MLT	1	Francis Xavier Zammit Cutajar	Official
35	Mexico	Mexico	MEX	88	Francisco Bustamente	shoot
36	Monaco	Monaco	MON	4th
37	Netherlands	Netherlands	HOL	149	Wim Landman	Official
38	New Zealand	New Zealand	NZL	7th	Harold Nelson	athletics
39	Norway	Norway	NOR	81	Godtfred Holmvang	athletics
40	Panama	Panama	PAN
41	Pakistan	Pakistan	PAH	35	Ahmed Zahur Khan	athletics
42	Peru	Peru	BY	41	Carlos Domínguez Mavila	Weightlifting
43	Philippines	Philippines	PHI	26th	Francisco Vestil	basketball
44	Poland	Poland	POLE	37	Mieczysław Łomowski	athletics
45	Portugal	Portugal	POR	48	Joaquim Fiúza	sailing
46	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	PURE	9	José Vicente	athletics
47	Singapore	Singapore	SGP	1	Jocelyn de Souza	Official
48	South African Union	South Africa	RSA	35
49	Spain	Spain	ESP	65	Fabián Vicente del Valle	Official
50	Sweden	Sweden	SWE	181	Per Carleson	fencing
51	Switzerland	Switzerland	SUI	181	Armin Scheurer	athletics
52	Syria	Syria	SYR	1
53	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	5	Wilfred Tull	athletics
54	Turkey	Turkey	DOOR	58
55	United States	United States	United States	300	Ralph Craig	athletics
56	Uruguay	Uruguay	URU	61
57	Venezuela	Venezuela	VEN	1	Julio César León	Cycling
58	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	YUG	90	Božo Grkinić	Water polo
59	Great Britain	Great Britain	GBR	398	John Emrys Lloyd	fencing

According to sports

sport	Nations	number
basketball	China - Cuba - Philippines - Czechoslovakia	4th
fencing	Brazil - Great Britain - Sweden	3
Soccer	India - Luxembourg	2
Weightlifting	Peru	1
hockey	Denmark	1
athletics	Ceylon - Chile - Iceland - Italy - Canada - Korea - New Zealand - Norway - Pakistan - Poland - Puerto Rico - Switzerland - Trinidad and Tobago - Hungary - United States	15th
Modern pentathlon	Belgium	1
Cycling	Venezuela	1
rowing	France	1
shoot	Mexico	1
swim	Argentina	1
sailing	Greece - Portugal	2
Water polo	Australia - Yugoslavia	2
Official	Bermuda - Iran - Ireland - Malta - Netherlands - Singapore - Spain	7th
unknown	Afghanistan - Egypt - Burma - British Guiana - Iraq - Jamaica - Columbia - Lebanon - Liechtenstein - Monaco - Austria - Panama - South African Union - Syria - Turkey - Uruguay	16

Web links

• Video of the opening ceremony