What order will countries enter the stadium at the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games?

Answer 1

Greece is always first. The order of the nations was being dictated by the number of Chinese strokes in the first syllable of each nation in Mandarin. The hosting country is always last. 1 Greece (GRE) Ilias Iliadis Judo

2 Guinea (GUI)

3 Guinea-Bissau (GBS)

4 Turkey (TUR)

5 Turkmenistan (TKM) Guvanch Nurmuhamedov Judo

6 Yemen (YEM)

7 Maldives (MDV)

8 Malta (MLT) Marcon Bezzina Judo

9 Madagascar (MAD)

10 Malaysia (MAS) Azizul Hasni Awang Cycling (track)

11 Mali (MLI) Daba Modibo Keita Taekwondo

12 Malawi (MAW)

13 FYR Macedonia (MKD) Atanas Nikolovski Canoe / Kayak (slalom)

14 Marshall Islands (MHL) Waylon Muller

15 Cayman Islands (CAY)

16 Bhutan (BHU)

17 Ecuador (ECU)

18 Eritrea (ERI)

19 Jamaica (JAM)

20 Belgium (BEL) Se'bastien Godefroid Sailing

21 Vanuatu (VAN) Priscila Tommy Table tennis

22 Israel (ISR) Michael Kolganov Canoe / Kayak (flatwater)

23 Japan (JPN) Ai Fukuhara Table tennis

24 Chinese Taipei (TPE) Lai Shengrong Softball

25 Central African Republic (CAF)

26 Hong Kong, China (HKG) Wong Kam-po Cycling

27 Gambia (GAM)

28 Benin (BEN)

29 Mauritius (MRI)

30 Mauritania (MTN)

31 Denmark (DEN) Joachim Olsen Athletics (shot put)

32 Uganda (UGA)

33 Ukraine (UKR) Yana Klochkova Swimming

34 Uruguay (URU) Alejandro Foglia Sailing (Laser)

35 Uzbekistan (UZB)

36 Brunei Brunei (BRU)

37 Barbados (BAR)

38 Papua New Guinea (PNG)

39 Brazil (BRA) Robert Scheidt Sailing (Star)

40 Paraguay (PAR) Vi'ctor Fatecha Athletics (javelin throw)

41 Bahrain (BRN) Rakia Al Gassra Athletics (sprints)

42 Bahamas (BAH)

43 Panama (PAN) Irving Saladino Athletics (long jump)

44 Pakistan (PAK) Zeeshan Ashraf Field hockey

45 Palestine (PLE)

46 Cuba (CUB) Mijail Lopez Wrestling (Greco-Roman)

47 Burkina Faso (BUR)

48 Burundi (BDI)

49 Timor-Leste (TLS)

50 Qatar (QAT)

51 Rwanda (RWA)

52 Luxembourg (LUX)

53 Chad (CHA)

54 Belarus (BLR) Alexandr Romankov

55 India (IND) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Shooting

56 Indonesia (INA) I Gusti Made Oka Sulaksana Sailing (RS:X)

57 Lithuania (LTU) S(aru-nas Jasikevic(ius Basketball

58 Niger (NIG)

59 Nigeria (NGR)

60 Nicaragua (NCA) Alexis Arguello

61 Nepal (NEP) Deepak Bista Taekwondo

62 Ghana (GHA)

63 Canada (CAN) Adam van Koeverden Canoe / Kayak (flatwater)

64 Gabon (GAB)

65 San Marino (SMR) Daniela Del Din Shooting

66 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)

67 Saint Lucia (LCA)

68 Sa~o Tome' and Pri'ncipe (STP)

69 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)

70 Guyana (GUY)

71 Djibouti (DJI)

72 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Talant Dzhanagulov Judo

73 Laos (LAO)

74 Armenia (ARM) Albert Azaryan Gymnastics (coach)

75 Spain (ESP) David Cal Figueroa Canoe / Kayak (flatwater)

76 Bermuda (BER)

77 Liechtenstein (LIE)

78 Congo (CGO)

79 DR Congo (COD)

80 Iraq (IRQ)

81 Iran (IRI) Homa Hosseini Rowing

82 Guatemala (GUA) Kevin Cordon Buezo Badminton

83 Hungary (HUN) Zolta'n Kammerer Canoe / Kayak (flatwater)

84 Dominican Republic (DOM) Fe'lix Sa'nchez Athletics (400m Hurdles)

85 Dominica (DMA)

86 Togo (TOG)

87 Iceland (ISL)

88 Guam (GUM)

89 Angola (ANG)

90 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)

91 Andorra (AND)

92 Tonga (TGA)

93 Jordan (JOR) Zeina Shaban Table tennis

94 Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)

95 Finland (FIN) Juha Hirvi Shooting

96 Croatia (CRO) Ivano Balic' Handball

97 Sudan (SUD)

98 Suriname (SUR)

99 Libya (LBA) Mohamed Ben Saleh Judo

100 Liberia (LBR)

101 Belize (BIZ)

102 Cape Verde (CPV)

103 Cook Islands (COK) Sam Pera Junior Weightlifting

104 Saudi Arabia (KSA)

105 Algeria (ALG)

106 Albania (ALB) Sahit Prizreni Wrestling (Freestyle)

107 United Arab Emirates (UAE) Maitha bint Mohammed Al Maktoum[41] Taekwondo

108 Argentina (ARG) Manu Gino'bili Basketball

109 Oman (OMA)

110 Aruba (ARU)

111 Afghanistan (AFG)

112 Azerbaijan (AZE) Farid Mansurov Wrestling

113 Namibia (NAM) Mannie Heymans Cycling (mountain bike)

114 Tanzania (TAN)

115 Latvia (LAT) Vadims Vasil,evskis Athletics (Javelin Throw)

116 Great Britain (GBR) Mark Foster Swimming (50m freestyle)

117 British Virgin Islands (IVB)

118 Kenya (KEN) Wilfred Bungei Athletics (800M)

119 Romania (ROU) Valeria Bese Handball

120 Palau (PLW)

121 Tuvalu (TUV) Logona Esau Weightlifting

122 Venezuela (VEN) Softball Team Softball

123 Solomon Islands (SOL) Wendy Hale Weightlifting

124 France (FRA) Tony Estanguet Canoe / Kayak (slalom)

125 Poland (POL) Marek Twardowski Canoe / Kayak (flatwater)

126 Puerto Rico (PUR) McWilliams Arroyo Judo

127 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) Amel Mekic' Judo

128 Bangladesh (BAN) Rubel Rana Swimming

129 Bolivia (BOL)

130 Norway (NOR) Ruth Kasirye Weightlifting

131 South Africa (RSA)

132 Cambodia (CAM)

133 Kazakhstan (KAZ) Bakhyt Akhmetov Weightlifting

134 Kuwait (KUW)

135 Co^te d'Ivoire (CIV)

136 Comoros (COM)

137 Bulgaria (BUL) Petar Stoychev Swimming (marathon)

138 Russia (RUS) Andrei Kirilenko Basketball

139 Syria (SYR)

140 United States (USA) Lopez Lomong Athletics (1500metres)

141 Virgin Islands (ISV)

142 American Samoa (ASA)

143 Honduras (HON)

144 Zimbabwe (ZIM)

145 Tunisia (TUN)

146 Thailand (THA) Manus Boonjumnong Boxing

147 Egypt (EGY) Karam Gaber Wrestling (Greco-Roman)

148 Ethiopia (ETH)

149 Lesotho (LES)

150 Mozambique (MOZ)

151 Netherlands (NED)

152 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)

153 Grenada (GRN)

154 Georgia (GEO)

155 Somalia (SOM)

156 Colombia (COL) Mari'a Luisa Calle Cycling (track)

157 Costa Rica (CRC)

158 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)

159 Peru (PER) Sixto Barrera Wrestling (Greco-Roman)

160 Ireland (IRL) Ciara Peelo Sailing (Laser Radial)

161 Estonia (EST) Martin Padar Judo

162 Haiti (HAI)

163 Czech Republic (CZE) Stepanka Hilgertova Canoe / Kayak (Slalom)

164 Kiribati (KIR)

165 Philippines (PHI) Manny Pacquiao

166 El Salvador (ESA)

167 Samoa (SAM)

168 Micronesia (FSM)

169 Tajikistan (TJK) Dilshod Nazarov Athletics (hammer)

170 Vietnam (VIE)

171 Botswana (BOT)

172 Sri Lanka (SRI) Susanthika Jayasinghe Athletics (sprints)

173 Swaziland (SWZ)

174 Slovenia (SLO) Urs(ka Z(olnir Judo

175 Slovakia (SVK) Elena Kaliska' Canoe / Kayak (slalom)

176 Portugal (POR) Nelson E'vora Athletics

177 South Korea (KOR) Jang Sung-Ho Judo

178 North Korea (PRK)

179 Fiji (FIJ) Makelesi Bulikiobo Athletics (sprints)

180 Cameroon (CMR) Frank Moussima Judo

181 Montenegro (MNE) Veljko Uskokovic' Water polo

182 Chile (CHI) Fernando Gonza'lez Tennis

183 Austria (AUT) Hans-Peter Steinacher Sailing (Tornado)

184 Myanmar (MYA)

185 Switzerland (SUI) Roger Federer Tennis

186 Sweden (SWE)

187 Nauru (NRU)

188 Mongolia (MGL) Mahgal Bayarjavhlan Judo

189 Singapore (SIN) Li Jiawei Table tennis

190 New Zealand (NZL) Mahe Drysdale Rowing

191 Italy (ITA) Antonio Rossi Canoe / Kayak (flatwater)

192 Senegal (SEN)

193 Serbia (SRB) Jasna S(ekaric' Shooting

194 Seychelles (SEY)

195 Sierra Leone (SLE)

196 Cyprus (CYP) George Achilleos Shooting

197 Mexico (MEX) Paola Espinosa Diving

198 Lebanon (LIB)

199 Germany (GER) Dirk Nowitzki Basketball

200 Moldova (MDA) Nicolai Ceban Wrestling (Freestyle)

201 Monaco (MON)

202 Morocco (MAR)

203 Australia (AUS) James Tomkins Rowing

204 Zambia (ZAM)

205 China (CHN) Yao Ming Basketball