2023 Pan American Games Parade of Nations

During the Parade of Nations at the 2023 Pan American Games opening ceremony, on October 20, 2023, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations lead their national delegations as they paraded into National stadium in the host city of Santiago, Chile.

Chile's delegation at the 2023 Pan American Games Parade of Nations

For the first time, each team had the option to allow two flag bearers, one male and one female. This was first done at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in an effort to promote gender equality.^[1]

March order

Athletes entered the stadium in an order dictated by tradition. As the host of the first Pan American Games, Argentina entered first. The Chilean delegation entered last, representing the host nation. The remaining countries entered in Spanish alphabetical order as per Pan American Sports Organization protocol.^[2]

List

Order	Nation	Spanish	Flag bearer	Sport	Ref.
1	Argentina	Argentina	Marcos Moneta	Rugby sevens	[3]
			Sabrina Ameghino	Canoeing
2	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua y Barbuda	Tiger Tyson	Sailing	[4]
3	Aruba	Aruba	Mikel Schreuders	Swimming	[4]
			Shanayah Howell	Cycling
4	Independent Athletes Team	Equipo de Atletas Independientes	Emilio Flores	Sport climbing	[4]
			Lucero Mejia	Swimming
5	Bahamas	Bahamas	Lamar Taylor	Swimming	[4]
			Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson	Swimming
6	Barbados	Barbados	Kennie King	Badminton	[5]
			Michelle Elliot	Shooting
7	Belize	Belice	Trent Hardwick	Sailing	[4]
			Ashantie Carr	Athletics
8	Bermuda	Bermuda	Conor White	Cycling	[6]
			Emma Harvey	Swimming
9	Bolivia	Bolivia	Conrrado Moscoso	Racquetball	[7]
			Noelia Zeballos	Tennis
10	Brazil	Brasil	Luisa Stefani	Tennis	[8]
			Fernando Scheffer	Swimming
11	Canada[a]	Canadá	Melissa Humana-Paredes	Beach volleyball	[9]
			Brandie Wilkerson
12	Colombia	Colombia	Miguel Trejos	Taekwondo	[10]
			Yeni Arias	Boxing
13	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Andrés Acuña	Racquetball	[11]
			Nishy Lee Lindo	Taekwondo
14	Cuba	Cuba	Julio César La Cruz	Boxing	[12]
			Idalys Ortiz	Judo
15	Dominica	Dominica	Delroy Charles	Boxing	[4]
16	Ecuador	Ecuador	Richard Carapaz	Cycling	[13][14]
			Angie Palacios	Weightlifting
17	El Salvador	El Salvador	Amado de Jesús Alvarado	Surfing	[15]
			Sindy Portillo	Surfing
18	United States	Estados Unidos de América	Vincent Hancock	Shooting	[16]
			Jordan Chiles	Gymnastics
19	Grenada	Granada	Zackary Gresham	Swimming	[17]
			Tilly Collymore
20	Guyana	Guyana	Desmond Amsterdam	Boxing	[4]
			Priyanna Ramdhani	Badminton
21	Haiti	Haití	Jackson Darrius	Boxing	[4]
			Aliyah Shipman	Taekwondo
22	Honduras	Honduras	Julio Horrego	Swimming	[18]
			Natalie Espinal	Tennis
23	Cayman Islands	Islas Caimán	James Allison	Swimming	[4]
			Sierrah Broadbelt
24	Virgin Islands	Islas Vírgenes	Adriel Sanes	Swimming	[4]
			Natalia Kuipers
25	British Virgin Islands	Islas Vírgenes Británicas	Deya Erickson	Athletics	[19]
26	Jamaica	Jamaica	Samuel Ricketts	Badminton	[4]
			Tyesha Mattis	Gymnastics
27	Mexico	México	Carlos Sansores	Taekwondo	[20]
			Karina Esquer	Basketball
28	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Orlando Vásquez	Weightlifting	[4]
			Sema Ludrick
29	Panama	Panamá	Davis Romero	Baseball	[21]
			Hillary Heron	Gymnastics
30	Paraguay	Paraguay	Derlis Ayala	Athletics	[22]
			Agua Marina Espínola	Cycling
31	Peru	Perú	Nicolás Pacheco	Shooting	[23][24]
			María Fernanda Reyes	Surfing
32	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Jean Pizarro	Archery	[25]
			María Pérez	Judo
33	Dominican Republic	República Dominicana	Robert Pigozzi	Water skiing	[26]
			Yvonne Losos de Muñiz	Equestrian
34	Saint Kitts and Nevis	San Cristóbal y Nieves	Nadale Buntin	Athletics	[4]
			Arina Valitova	Tennis
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	San Vicente y las Granadinas	Nikolas Sylvester	Swimming	[4]
			Kennice Greene
35	Saint Lucia	Santa Lucía	Luc Chevrier	Sailing	[4]
37	Suriname	Surinam	Irvin Hoost	Swimming	[4]
			Kaelyn Djoparto
38	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad y Tobago	Nicholas Paul	Cycling	[4]
			Tiana Guy	Boxing
39	Uruguay	Uruguay	Rodrigo Chagas	Football	[27]
			Camila Piñeiro	Boxing
40	Venezuela	Venezuela	Keydomar Vallenilla	Weightlifting	[28]
			Joselyn Brea	Athletics
41	Chile	Chile	Esteban Grimalt	Beach volleyball	[29]
			Kristel Köbrich	Swimming

Notes

• ^[a] Both of the Canadian flagbearers were women.