2018 Asian Games national flag bearers

2018 Asian Games
Parade of Nations
Indonesia parades into the stadium.
Date18 August 2018 (2018-08-18)
Time19:18 – 19:59 WIB (UTC+7)
LocationJakarta, Indonesia
Coordinates6°13′7″S 106°48′9″E / 6.21861°S 106.80250°E / -6.21861; 106.80250
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During the Parade of Nations at the 2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, beginning at 19:00 WIB (UTC+7) on 18 August 2018, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in the co-host city of Jakarta, Indonesia, preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the nation's National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves. In keeping with tradition, the host nation, Indonesia entered last. 44 teams marched in (43 nations and the Unified Korea team).[1]

Although the Games were held in Indonesia, English was used to organize the Parade of Nations (as per Olympic Council of Asia protocol determines that this element could be held in French or the International Olympic Committee three-letter codes) instead of Indonesian, the official language of the nation. Had the parade followed the Indonesian script, Afghanistan would have been followed by Saudi Arabia, and Jordan would have been the penultimate country before Indonesia.

Parade order

Whilst most countries entered under their short names, a few entered under more formal or alternative names, mostly due to political and naming disputes. The Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) entered with the compromised name and flag of "Chinese Taipei" under T so that they did not enter together with conflicting China, under C.

List

Iran enters the stadium
Malaysia enters the stadium
Singapore enters the stadium
Palestine enters the stadium

Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by country name, flag bearer's name and flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the OCA.

Order Nation Flag bearer Sport
1  Afghanistan (AFG)
2  Bahrain (BRN) Bader Nasser[2] Official
3  Bangladesh (BAN) Mabia Akhter[3] Weightlifting
4  Bhutan (BHU) Karma Karma[4] Archery
5  Brunei (BRU)
(Brunei Darussalam)		 Basma Lachkar[5] Wushu
6  Cambodia (CAM) Sorn Seavmey[6] Taekwondo
7  China (CHN) Zhao Shuai[7] Taekwondo
8  Hong Kong (HKG)
(Hong Kong,China) [sic]		 Vivian Kong Man Wai[8] Fencing
9  India (IND) Neeraj Chopra[9] Athletics
10  Iran (IRI)
(IR Iran)		 Elaheh Ahmadi[10] Shooting
11  Iraq (IRQ)
12  Japan (JPN) Yukiko Ueno[11] Softball
13  Jordan (JOR) Ahmad Abu-Ghaush[12] Taekwondo
14  Kazakhstan (KAZ) Abilkhan Amankul[13] Boxing
15  Korea (COR) Lim Yung-hui[14] (South Korea) Basketball
Ju Kyong-chol[15] (North Korea) Football
16  Kuwait (KUW) Essa Al-Zenkawi[16] Athletics
17  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Kanybek Uulu Onolbek[17] Volleyball
18  Laos (LAO)
19  Lebanon (LBN) Gabriella Doueihy[18] Swimming
20  Macau (MAC)
(Macau, China)		 Sio Ka Kun[19] Swimming
21  Malaysia (MAS) Syakilla Salni[20] Karate
22  Maldives (MDV) Aishath Sajina[21] Swimming
23  Mongolia (MGL) Natsagsürengiin Zolboo[22] Wrestling
24  Myanmar (MYA) Zaw Lwin Tun[23] Volleyball
25  Nepal (NEP) Kamal Bahadur Adhikari[24] Weightlifting
26  Oman (OMA) Mahmood al Hassani[25] Field hockey
27  Pakistan (PAK) Muhammad Rizwan Sr.[26] Field hockey
28  Palestine (PLE) Dania Nour[27] Swimming
29  Philippines (PHI) Jordan Clarkson[28] Basketball
30  Qatar (QAT) Abdulla Al-Tamimi[29] Squash
31  Saudi Arabia (KSA) Ali Al-Othman[30] Weightlifting
32  Singapore (SGP) Hoe Wah Toon[31] Gymnastics
33  Sri Lanka (SRI) Dinusha Gomes[32] Weightlifting
34  Syria (SYR) Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi[33] Basketball
35  Chinese Taipei (TPE) Kuo Hsing-chun[34] Weightlifting
36  Tajikistan (TJK) Rustam Iskandari[35] Wrestling
37  Thailand (THA) Pleumjit Thinkaow[36] Volleyball
38  East Timor (TLS)
(Timor Leste) [sic]
39  Turkmenistan (TKM) Ziyamuhammet Saparov[37] Wrestling
40  United Arab Emirates (UAE) Latifa Al Hosani[38] Fencing
41  Uzbekistan (UZB) Isroil Madrimov[39] Boxing
42  Vietnam (VIE) Vũ Thành An[40] Fencing
43  Yemen (YEM)
44  Indonesia (INA) I Gede Siman Sudartawa[41] Swimming
  • Iran and Saudi Arabia paraded as "IR Iran" and "Saudi Arabia" respectively, though the announcer called out the full names "Islamic Republic of Iran" and "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia".

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