List of standard bearers for the 1956 Summer Olympics

The list of standard-bearers for the 1956 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 Melbourne Cricket Ground . 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 . Australia was the last to invade as the host nation. 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).

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	13	Georgios Roumbanis	athletics
2	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	AFG	12
3	Argentina	Argentina	ARG	28	Isabel Avellan	athletics
4th	Austria	Austria	AUT	29	Franz Wimmer	Cycling
5	Bahamas	Bahamas	BAH	4th
6th	Belgium	Belgium	BEL	54	André Nelis	sailing
7th	Bermuda	Bermuda	BER	3
8th	Brazil	Brazil	BRA	44	Adhemar da Silva	athletics
9	British Guiana	British Guiana	GUI	4th
10	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	BUL	43	Georgi Panov	basketball
11	Burma	Burma	BIR	11
12	Canada	Canada	CAN	92	Robert Steckle	Wrestling
13	Ceylon	Ceylon	CEY	3
14th	Chile	Chile	CHI	33	Marlene Ahrens	athletics
15th	Colombia	Colombia	COL	26th	Jaime Aparicio	athletics
16	Cuba	Cuba	CUB	16	Manuel Sanguily	swim
17th	Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	TCH	63	Zdeněk Růžička	do gymnastics
18th	Denmark	Denmark	THE	31	Ole Hviid Jensen	shoot
19th	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	ETH	12
20th	Fiji	Fiji	FIJ	5
21st	Finland	Finland	FIN	64	Eeles Landström	athletics
22nd	China, Republic	Formosa, Republic of China	RCF	20th
23	France	France	FRA	137	Jean Debuf	Weightlifting
24	All-German team	Germany	EUA	158	Karl-Friedrich Haas	athletics
25th	Great Britain	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	GRB	189	George MacKenzie	Official
26th	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	HKG	2
27	Hungary	Hungary	HUN	108	József Csermák	athletics
28	Iceland	Iceland	ISL	2	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	athletics
29	India	India	IND	59	Balbir Singh	hockey
30th	Indonesia	Indonesia	INA	22nd
31	Iran	Iran	IRN	17th	Mahmoud Namdjou	Weightlifting
32	Ireland	Ireland	IRL	12	Anthony Byrne	Boxing
33	Israel	Israel	ISR	3	Yoav Raanan	Diving
34	Italy	Italy	ITA	129	Edoardo Mangiarotti	fencing
35	Jamaica	Jamaica	JAM	6th
36	Japan	Japan	JPN	110	Shōzō Sasahara	Wrestling
37	Kenya	Kenya	KEN	25th
38	South Korea	Korea	COR	35
39	Liberia	Liberia	LBR	4th
40	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	LUX	11	René Kohn	swim
41	Malaya	Malaya	TIMES	32
42	Mexico	Mexico	MEX	24	Joaquín Capilla	Diving
43	New Zealand	New Zealand	NZL	51	Richard Johnston	Cycling
44	Nigeria	Nigeria	NGR	10
45	North Borneo	North Borneo	NBO	2	Gabuh bin Piging	athletics
46	Norway	Norway	NOR	18th	Thor Thorvaldsen	sailing
47	Pakistan	Pakistan	PAH	55	Abdul Hamid	hockey
48	Peru	Peru	BY	8th
49	Philippines	Philippines	PHI	39	Gertrude Lozada	swim
50	Poland	Poland	POLE	64	Tadeusz Ruth	athletics
51	Portugal	Portugal	POR	5	Bernardo d'Almeida	sailing
52	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	PURE	10	Daniel Cintrón	Official
53	Romania	Rumania	RUM	44	Iosif Sîrbu	shoot
54	Singapore	Singapore	SGP	49	Lionel Chee	Water polo
55	South African Union	South Africa	RSA	50
56	Sweden	Sweden	SWE	88	Per Carleson	fencing
57	Thailand	Thailand	THA	25th
58	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad	TTO	6th	Mike Agostini	athletics
59	Turkey	Turkey	DOOR	23	Hamit Kaplan	Wrestling
60	Uganda	Uganda	UGA	3
61	Uruguay	Uruguay	URU	21st	Héctor Costa	basketball
62	United States	United States	United States	297	Norman Cohn-Armitage	fencing
63	Soviet Union	USS: R.	URS	272	Alexei Medvedev	Weightlifting
64	Venezuela	Venezuela	VEN	19th	Rafael Romero	athletics
65	Vietnam, Republic	Vietnam	VNM	6th
66	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	YOUTH	35	Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić	Water polo
67	Australia	Australia	OUT	294	Mervyn Wood	rowing

According to sports

sport	Nations	number
basketball	Bulgaria - Uruguay	2
Boxing	Ireland	1
fencing	Italy - Sweden - United States	3
Weightlifting	France - Iran - Soviet Union	3
hockey	India - Pakistan	2
athletics	Argentina - Brazil - Chile - Germany - Finland - Greece - Iceland - Colombia - North Borneo - Poland - Trinidad and Tobago - Hungary - Venezuela	13
Cycling	New Zealand - Austria	2
Wrestling	Canada - Japan - Turkey	3
rowing	Australia	1
shoot	Denmark - Romania	2
swim	Cuba - Luxembourg - Philippines	3
sailing	Belgium - Norway - Portugal	3
do gymnastics	Czechoslovakia	1
Water polo	Yugoslavia - Singapore	2
Diving	Israel - Mexico	2
Official	Great Britain - Puerto Rico	2
unknown	Afghanistan - Ethiopia - Bahamas - Bermuda - Burma - British Guiana - Ceylon - China, Republic - Fiji - Hong Kong - Indonesia - Jamaica - Kenya - Liberia - Malaya - Peru - South African Union - South Korea - Thailand - Uganda - Vietnam, Republic	21st

Web links

• Video of the opening ceremony