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The oldest person in the 2012 Olympics is 70-year-old Hiroshi Hoketsu, who has qualified for Japan's equestrian team.
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Oscar Swahn is the oldest person to ever compete in the Olympics. He competed in the 1920 Olympics at 72 years old. He competed in sport shooting events.
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Galen Spencer was the oldest to receive equestrian medal.
There is no specific rule, but more often than not the flag carrier is a competing athlete.
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the oldest athlete competing at the Beijing Olympics in August is 67-year-old Hiroshi Hoketsu, a dressage rider for the Japanese equestrian team. His first Olympics was in 1964, where he placed 40th in the show jumping competition. It's been 44 years since Hoketsu's Olympic debut, and in that time he's been busy running large pharmaceutical companies, including the Japan division of Johnson & Johnson, prior to his retirement in 2002.