During the Parade of Nations portion of the
1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded in the arena, preceded by their flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the
National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country. Although the Games were held in
Japan,
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
was used to organize the Parade of Nations instead of
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
. Had the parade followed the
Japanese characters
The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana. Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalised Japanese wo ...
, Greece would have been followed by Iceland, and Rhodesia would have been the penultimate country before
Japan. The Japanese language order would not be introduced until
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...
when the country
hosted the games for the second time.
List
See also
*
2020 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations
During the Parade of Nations within the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, which took place on 23 July 2021, athletes and officials from each participating team entered the Olympic Stadium preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Ea ...
, also in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
,
Japan.
*
1998 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations
References
External links
Sports-reference.comHome Movies - Tokyo Olympics 1964 Part 2 of 4Home Movies - Tokyo Olympics 1964 Part 3 of 4The Olympic History - Tokyo 1964 part 1
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1964 Summer Olympics
Lists of Olympic flag bearers