Ralph Lauren
In the opening ceremony, the athletes from the host country enter last. In the closing ceremony, the athletes enter en masse and there is no structure as to what country's athletes enter last.
yes they were
Iran have not provided any athletes this year
There were 595 athletes at the opening ceremony. But I'm unsure as to how many more there are competing that didn't go.
Opening ceremony: Swimmer Mark Foster Closing ceremony: Cyclist Chris Hoy
Yes! The Olympic Hymn/ Anthem written by Costis Palamas. The lyrics can be found in the attached web link here below
The ancient Olympic Games originated from Greece; also the first edition of the modern Olympic Games was held in Athens - 1896.
One of the team's athletes is selected, by either the nation's olympic committee or by the members of the team, to be the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
us we inspire many athletes to compete for our countries
Jan Parandowski has written: 'Gustaw Flaubert' 'The Olympic discus' -- subject(s): Fiction, Olympics 'Olympic athletes' -- subject(s): Athletes, Olympics 'Olympic athletes' -- subject(s): Athletes, Olympic Games
There were total of 11,196 athletes in 2008 Beijing Olympics
There are 184 athletes in the Dutch (Netherlands) olympic team