During the Parade of Nations section of the 1952 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded into the arena. The Parade of Nations was organized according to the Finnish name of the country. Greece led the parade followed by the Netherlands Antilles. Other countries marched by following the Finnish alphabet, except the host country, Finland, which marched last. The athletes from British Guiana and the People's Republic of China were absent from the Parade of Nations, meaning only 67 nations participated in the parade.
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- ^ "Flagbearers for 1952 Summer Olympics". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "15th Olympic Games Opened as 70,000 See Rites in Rain". The Milwaukee Journal. 19 July 1952. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
Hong Kong [sent] a flagbearer and four athletes
- The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 (PDF) (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2011.
- sports-reference.com