Prior to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics - the first to be held in Australia and the first in the southern hemisphere - during the closing ceremony, the athletes marched by nation, just as they did in the Opening Ceremony. In Melbourne, the athletes cam into the stadium together during the closing ceremony. This was to symbolise world unity. (Incidentally, the suggestion to change was made by a young Australian named John Ian Wing.)
The athletes from Greece enter first and the athletes from the host nation (in 2010 that is Canada) enter last. In between, the athletes enter in alphabetical order of the country name as known in the host nation's language (in 2010 that is English). At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Greece will enter first, Russia will enter last, and in between the countries will enter in alphabetical order in the Russian language.
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The United States.
The State of Georgia hosted the olympics in 1996. The nation has Georgia has not hosted the Olympic yet.
Greece because it is the birthplace of the olympics
The host nation always marches out last at the Olympics opening ceremony.
In accordance with tradition, the host nation China was the last one to march into the stadium during the opening ceremony. If you mean excluding that, then the last one was the African nation of Zambia.
The host nation.
The 1928 Summer Games were the first in which the opening ceremony saw Greece enter the stadium first and the host country, The Netherlands, enter last. This became tradition that is continued today.
Greece leads the march past at every Olympic games. Greece is given the privilege as she is the nation where modern Olympics was held for the first time.
Prior to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics - the first to be held in Australia and the first in the southern hemisphere - during the closing ceremony, the athletes marched by nation, just as they did in the Opening Ceremony. In Melbourne, the athletes cam into the stadium together during the closing ceremony. This was to symbolise world unity. (Incidentally, the suggestion to change was made by a young Australian named John Ian Wing.)
The athletes from Greece enter first and the athletes from the host nation (in 2010 that is Canada) enter last. In between, the athletes enter in alphabetical order of the country name as known in the host nation's language (in 2010 that is English). At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Greece will enter first, Russia will enter last, and in between the countries will enter in alphabetical order in the Russian language.
The athletes from China will be the last to enter during the opening ceremonies. Olympic protocol dictates that the host country's athletes enter last at the opening ceremony.
Veronica Campbell-Brown, the nation's most out-standing performer in Athens, Greece, four years ago, is scheduled to march with the country's flag, at the official opening ceremony for the Games of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China. The team comprises 57 members.
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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.