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.

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	Argentina	Argentina	Argentine	Walter Pérez[2]	Cycling
2	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua y Barbuda	Antigue et Barbude	Daniel Bailey	Athletics
3	Aruba	Aruba	Aruba	Philipine van Aanholt[3]	Sailing
4	Bahamas	Bahamas	Bahamas	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace[4]	Swimming
5	Barbados	Barbados	Barbade	Darian King[4]	Tennis
6	Belize	Belice	Belize	Amed Figueroa	Triathlon
7	Bermuda	Bermuda	Bermudes	Julian Fletcher[4]	Swimming
8	Bolivia	Bolivia	Bolivie	Rudolf Knijnenburg[5]	Shooting
9	Brazil	Brasil	Brésil	Thiago Pereira[6]	Swimming
10	Chile	Chile	Chili	Isidora Jiménez[7]	Athletics
11	Colombia	Colombia	Colombie	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez[8]	Squash
12	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Roberto Sawyers[9]	Athletics
13	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Mijaín López[10]	Wrestling
14	Dominica	Dominica	Dominique	David Registe[4]	Athletics
15	Ecuador	Ecuador	Equateur	Jacqueline Factos[11]	Karate
16	El Salvador	El Salvador	Salvador	Marcelo Acosta[12]	Swimming
17	United States	Estados Unidos de América	États-Unis D'Amerique	Kim Rhode[13]	Shooting
18	Grenada	Granada	Grenade	Oreoluwa Cherebin[4]	Swimming
19	Guatemala	Guatemala	Guatemala	Mirna Ortiz[14]	Athletics
20	Guyana	Guyana	Guyana	Onika George[4]	Swimming
21	Haiti	Haití	Haïti	Edouard Joseph[4]	Weightlifting
22	Honduras	Honduras	Honduras	Kevin Mejía[15]	Wrestling
23	Cayman Islands	Islas Caimán	Îles Caïmans	Brett Fraser[4]	Swimming
24	British Virgin Islands	Islas Vírgenes Británicas	Îles Vierges britanniques	Joseph Chapman[4]	Squash
25	Virgin Islands	Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos	Îles Vierges des États-Unis	Cy Thompson[4]	Sailing
26	Jamaica	Jamaica	Jamaïque	Gareth Henry[4]	Badminton
27	Mexico	México	Mexique	Paola Longoria[16]	Racquetball
28	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Darrel Campbell Lewis[4]	Baseball
29	Panama	Panamá	Panama	Édgar Crespo[17]	Swimming
30	Paraguay	Paraguay	Paraguay	Benjamin Hockin[18]	Swimming
31	Peru	Perú	Perou	Diego Elías[8]	Squash
32	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Porto Rico	Luis Rivera[19]	Gymnastics
33	Dominican Republic	República Dominicana	République dominicaine	Eduardo Lorenzo[20]	Shooting
34	Saint Kitts and Nevis	San Cristóbal y Nieves	Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès	Antoine Adams[4]	Athletics
35	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	San Vicente y las Granadinas	Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines	Kineke Alexander[4]	Athletics
36	Saint Lucia	Santa Lucía	Sainte-Lucie	Jordan Augier[4]	Swimming
37	Suriname	Surinam	Suriname	Chinyere Pigot[4]	Swimming
38	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad y Tobago	Trinité-et-Tobago	Roger Daniel[4]	Shooting
39	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay	Déborah Rodríguez[21]	Athletics
40	Venezuela	Venezuela	Venezuela	Marvin Blanco[citation needed]	Athletics
41	Canada	Canadá	Canada	Mark Oldershaw[22]	Canoeing

References

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