During the Parade of Nations at the

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of the

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, athletes from each participating country paraded in the

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, preceded by its flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the

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or by the athletes themselves.

Parade order

All nations paraded in alphabetical order except the host country,

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, who entered last.

Countries and flag bearers

The following is a list of all parading countries with their respective flag bearer, sorted in the order they appeared in the parade. This is sortable by country name under which they entered, the flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport. Names are given as were officially designated by the IPC.

References

{{NPCin2012SummerParalympics Parade of Nations Lists of Paralympic flag bearers Parades in London

Parade order

Countries and flag bearers

See also

References