1980 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations

As the nation of the first modern Olympic Games, Greece entered the stadium first; whereas, the host nation Soviet Union marched last, in accordance with the tradition and IOC guidelines. As each delegation entered accompanied by the Soviet march music, the national name was announced in Russian.^[1][2][3]

Eighty nations entered the stadium with a combined total of 5,179 athletes, the smallest since 1956. Seven of them made their Olympic debut, namely Angola, Botswana, Cyprus, Jordan, Laos, Mozambique and Seychelles.^[4]

In partial support of the United States-led boycott, sixteen countries marched into the Olympic stadium under the Olympic flag. Seven of them, however, did not attend the opening ceremonies, their flags were instead carried by Moscow Olympic Committee volunteers. Two other countries (Great Britain and Ireland) paraded into the Stadium only with their officials,^[5][6] while four of them participated under the Olympic flag with their athletes. New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain, on the other hand, participated in the Games under their NOC flags.^[7] Due to the boycott, this marked the United States' first (and only) absence from the Olympics for the first time in the 84-year history. United States (Соединённые Штаты Америки Soyedinyonnyye Shtaty Ameriki, "United States of America") would have marched between Syria and Tanzania, Somalia joined the US-led boycott.

The following is a list of each country's announced flag bearer. The list is sorted by the order in which each nation appears in the parade of nations. The names are given in their official designations by the IOC.

This table is sortable by country name (in Russian), the flag bearer's name, and the flag bearer's sport.

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Order	Nation	Russian	Transliteration	Flag bearer	Sport
1	Greece	Греция	Gretsiya	Ilias Hatzipavlis	Sailing
2	Australia	Австралия	Avstraliya	Denise Boyd	Athletics
				Max Metzker	Swimming
3	Austria	Австрия	Avstriya	Karl Ferstl	Sailing
4	Algeria	Алжир	Alzhir	Djamel Yahiouche	Swimming
5	Angola	Ангола	Angola	Fernando Lopes	Swimming
6	Andorra	ОК Андорра	OK Andorra	Francesc Gaset Fris	Shooting
7	Afghanistan	Афганистан	Afghanistan
8	Belgium	КОИБ (Бельгия)	KOIB (Beľgiya)	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
9	Benin	Бенин	Benin
10	Burma	Бирма	Birma
11	Bulgaria	Болгария	Bolgariya	Aleksandar Tomov	Wrestling
12	Botswana	Ботсвана	Botsvana
13	Brazil	Бразилия	Brazilia	João Carlos de Oliveira	Athletics
14	Great Britain	Британская ОА	Britanskaya OA	Richard Palmer	Official
15	Hungary	Венгрия	Vengriya	István Szívós, Jr.	Water polo
16	Venezuela	Венесуэла	Venesuėla	Antonio Esparragoza	Boxing
17	Vietnam	Вьетнам	Vyetnam
18	Guyana	Гайана	Gaïana
19	Guatemala	Гватемала	Gvatemala	Carlos Silva	Shooting
20	Guinea	Гвинея	Gvinea
21	German Democratic Republic	ГДР	GDR[n 1]	Kristina Richter	Handball
22	Denmark	Дания	Daniya	Jørgen Lindhardsen	Sailing
23	Dominican Republic	Доминиканская Республика	Dominikanskaya Respublika	Marisela Peralta	Athletics
24	Zambia	Замбия	Zambiya
25	Zimbabwe	Зимбабве	Zimbabve	Abel Nkhoma	Athletics
26	India	Индия	Indiya
27	Jordan	Иордания	Iordaniya	Abdul Latif Abdul Magid	Official
28	Iraq	Ирак	Irak
29	Ireland	Ирландия	Irlandiya	Ken Ryan	Official
30	Iceland	Исландия	Islandiya	Birgir Borgþórsson	Weightlifting
31	Spain	ОК Испании	OK Ispanii	Herminio Menéndez	Canoeing
32	Italy	НОК Италии	NOK Italii	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
33	Cameroon	Камерун	Kamerun
34	Cyprus	Кипр	Kipr	Kostas Papakostas	Judo
35	Colombia	Колумбия	Kolumbiya
36	Republic of the Congo	НР Конго	NR Kongo[n 2]
37	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	КНДР	KNDR[n 3]
38	Costa Rica	Коста-Рика	Kosta-Rika	María París	Swimming
39	Cuba	Куба	Kuba	Teófilo Stevenson	Boxing
40	Kuwait	Кувейт	Kuveït
41	Laos	Лаос	Laos	Panh Khemanith	Athletics
42	Lesotho	Лесото	Lesoto
43	Liberia[n 4]	Либерия	Liberiya
44	Lebanon	Ливан	Livan	Toni Khouri	Official
45	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Джамахирия (Джамахирии Араб Ливий)	Dzhamakhiriya (Dzhamakhirii Arab Livii)
46	Luxembourg	КОСЛ (Люксембург)	KOSL (Lyuksemburg)	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
47	Madagascar	Мадагаскар	Madagaskar
48	Mali	Мали	Mali
49	Malta	Мальта	Maľta	Frans Chetcuti	Shooting
50	Mexico	Мексика	Meksika	Carlos Girón	Diving
51	Mozambique	Мозамбик	Mozambik
52	Mongolia	Монголия	Mongoliya	Zevegiin Düvchin	Wrestling
53	Nepal	Непал	Nepal
54	Nigeria	Нигерия	Nigeriya
55	Netherlands	НОК Нидерландов	NOK Niderlandov	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
56	Nicaragua	Никарагуа	Nikaragua	Xiomara Larios	Athletics
57	New Zealand	Новая Зеландия	Novaya Zelandiya	Brian Newth	Modern pentathlon
58	Peru	Перу	Peru	Walter Perón	Shooting
59	Poland	Польша	Poľsha	Czesław Kwieciński	Wrestling
60	Portugal	ОК Португалии	OK Portugalii	Esbela da Fonseca	Gymnastics (non-participant)
61	Puerto Rico	Пуэрто-Рико	Puėrto-Riko	Alberto Mercado	Boxing
62	Romania	Румыния	Rumyniya	Vasile Andrei	Wrestling
63	San Marino	ОК Сан-Марино	OK San-Marino	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
64	Seychelles	Сейшелы	Seïshely	Michael Pillay	Boxing
65	Senegal	Сенегал	Senegal
66	Sierra Leone	Сьерра-Леоне	Syerra-Leone
67	Syria	Сирия	Siriya
68	Tanzania	Танзания	Tanzaniya
69	Trinidad and Tobago	Тринидад и Тобаго	Trinidad i Tobago	Hasely Crawford	Athletics
70	Uganda	Уганда	Uganda
71	Finland	Финляндия	Finlyandiya	Peter Tallberg	Sailing
72	France	НОК Франции	NOK Frantsii	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
73	Czechoslovakia	Чехословакия	Chekhoslovakiya	Vítězslav Mácha	Wrestling
74	Switzerland	ОК Швейцарии	OK Shveïtsarii	Moscow 1980 – Volunteer
75	Sweden	Швеция	Shvetsiya	Stig Pettersson	Athletics (official)
76	Sri Lanka	Шри-Ланка	Shri-Lanka
77	Ecuador	Эквадор	Ėkvador	Nancy Vallecilla	Athletics
78	Ethiopia	Эфиопия	Ėfiopiya
79	Yugoslavia	Югославия	Yugoslaviya	Matija Ljubek	Canoeing
80	Jamaica	Ямайка	Yamaĩka
81	Soviet Union	CCCP	SSSR[n 5]	Nikolay Balboshin	Wrestling

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