2015 Pan American Games Parade of Nations

The 2015 Pan American Games Parade of Nations occurred at the 2015 Pan American Games opening ceremony, held beginning at 18:45 Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) on July 10, 2015. 41 athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into Pan Am Ceremonies Venue in the host city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Athletes entered the stadium in an order dictated by tradition. As the host of the first Pan American Games, Argentina entered first. The Canadian delegation entered last, representing the host nation. The remaining countries entered in Spanish alphabetical order as per Pan American Sports Organization protocol.[1]

As each nation entered the music reflected the traditional instruments and melodic styles of each of the 41 countries and territories. Silhouettes portraying the five disciplines of the pentathlon appear in the distance to honour their entrance (javelin, long jump, wrestling, discus and running), where the first multi sport games and the Pan American Games grew from their foundations. Each nation was preceded by a placard bearer holding a high-tech LED Device which flashed the name of each participating team in the three languages (English, French and Spanish), the former two also being the official languages of Canada.

List
The US contingent for the 2015 Pan Am games shown entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies
Order Nation Spanish French Flag bearer Sport
1 ArgentinaArgentinaArgentine Walter Pérez[2] Cycling
2 Antigua and BarbudaAntigua y BarbudaAntigue et Barbude Daniel Bailey Athletics
3 ArubaArubaAruba Philipine van Aanholt[3] Sailing
4 BahamasBahamasBahamas Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace[4] Swimming
5 BarbadosBarbadosBarbade Darian King[4] Tennis
6 BelizeBeliceBelize Amed Figueroa Triathlon
7 BermudaBermudaBermudes Julian Fletcher[4] Swimming
8 BoliviaBoliviaBolivie Rudolf Knijnenburg[5] Shooting
9 BrazilBrasilBrésil Thiago Pereira[6] Swimming
10 ChileChileChili Isidora Jiménez[7] Athletics
11 ColombiaColombiaColombie Miguel Ángel Rodríguez[8] Squash
12 Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica Roberto Sawyers[9] Athletics
13 CubaCubaCuba Mijaín López[10] Wrestling
14 DominicaDominicaDominique David Registe[4] Athletics
15 EcuadorEcuadorEquateur Jacqueline Factos[11] Karate
16 El SalvadorEl SalvadorSalvador Marcelo Acosta[12] Swimming
17 United StatesEstados Unidos de AméricaÉtats-Unis D'Amerique Kim Rhode[13] Shooting
18 GrenadaGranadaGrenade Oreoluwa Cherebin[4] Swimming
19 GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala Mirna Ortiz[14] Athletics
20 GuyanaGuyanaGuyana Onika George[4] Swimming
21 HaitiHaitíHaïti Edouard Joseph[4] Weightlifting
22 HondurasHondurasHonduras Kevin Mejía[15] Wrestling
23 Cayman IslandsIslas CaimánÎles Caïmans Brett Fraser[4] Swimming
24 British Virgin IslandsIslas Vírgenes BritánicasÎles Vierges britanniques Joseph Chapman[4] Squash
25 Virgin IslandsIslas Vírgenes de los Estados UnidosÎles Vierges des États-Unis Cy Thompson[4] Sailing
26 JamaicaJamaicaJamaïque Gareth Henry[4] Badminton
27 MexicoMéxicoMexique Paola Longoria[16] Racquetball
28 NicaraguaNicaraguaNicaragua Darrel Campbell Lewis[4] Baseball
29 PanamaPanamáPanama Édgar Crespo[17] Swimming
30 ParaguayParaguayParaguay Benjamin Hockin[18] Swimming
31 PeruPerúPerou Diego Elías[8] Squash
32 Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPorto Rico Luis Rivera[19] Gymnastics
33 Dominican RepublicRepública DominicanaRépublique dominicaine Eduardo Lorenzo[20] Shooting
34 Saint Kitts and NevisSan Cristóbal y NievesSaint-Christophe-et-Niévès Antoine Adams[4] Athletics
35 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSan Vicente y las GranadinasSaint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines Kineke Alexander[4] Athletics
36 Saint LuciaSanta LucíaSainte-Lucie Jordan Augier[4] Swimming
37 SurinameSurinamSuriname Chinyere Pigot[4] Swimming
38 Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad y TobagoTrinité-et-Tobago Roger Daniel[4] Shooting
39 UruguayUruguayUruguay Déborah Rodríguez[21] Athletics
40 VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela Marvin Blanco Athletics
41 CanadaCanadáCanada Mark Oldershaw[22] Canoeing

References
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  18. ""Benji" Hockin será abanderado de la comitiva" ["Benji" Hockin will be flagbearer of the team]. abc.com.py/ (in Spanish). ABC Paraguay. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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