With the Parade of Nations, the Beijing Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony will welcome countries competing in 2022. Here's how the order is determined.
Greece is the first team to march out during the Parade of Nations at each Olympics. The country gets the distinction for its founding role in the first modern Games, which took place in Athens in 1896, as well as the original Olympics thousands of years ago.
After Greece, the Parade of Nations will follow the alphabetical order of the home country’s language with two exceptions.The host country marches last during the Parade of Nations at each Olympics. In 2022, with Beijing playing host, China will be the final country to step out during the Opening Ceremony.
Future Olympic host countries have been moved to the end of the parade to add prominence with their upcoming Games. This was not done at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, but it was done for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, with the U.S. and France , respectively, walking out ahead of Japan. The penultimate nation to walk out at this year’s Opening Ceremony will be Italy, which will host the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. Here is a full look at the Parade of Nations marching order at the 2022 Opening Ceremony:
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