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by Vienna__APH__

by Vienna__APH__

You and your country was in the Olympics! The host was South Korea

You were waiting for the parade of nations.

South Korea spent 116 billion won ($109 million) on an Olympic stadium that will be used precisely four timesbefore it is torn down. The first of these events will be for the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

Nearly 3,000 athletes from 92 countries and territories will march into the newly built Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on Feb. 9 to kick off the winter games. This will be the largest number of athletes in the history of the Winter Olympics, despite the fact that Russia, a powerhouse in the winter games, is not officially competing as a result of a state-sponsored doping scandal. (That said, 169 Russian athletes with no history of doping have been cleared to compete neutrally under the Olympic flag and the designation “Olympic Athletes from Russia.”)

While opening ceremonies can run over three hours, a big highlight of the show is the parade of nations. The procession has its roots in the 1908 London games, and in 1928, at the Amsterdam games, three rules were established to determine the order of the countries:

Greece marches first, in honor of the fact that the Olympics has its origin in ancient Greece.The host nation goes last. This year at Pyeongchang, the South and North Korean delegation will march together under the unified Korean flag.The remaining countries are ordered alphabetically in the language of the host nation. In the case of the Pyeongchang games, that will be Korean.

The last rule will give some unexpected places an opportunity to stand out. Ghana, for example, will be the first country in the lineup after Greece, and Hong Kong will have the penultimate appearance before the Korean delegation comes out.

In terms of scale, the US will have the biggest showing with 242 athletes, followed by Canada with 226 athletes, and Switzerland with 171 athletes.

When asked for an official list, a representative from the Pyeongchang Olympics organizing committee did not provide one but confirmed there will be 91 nations in the parade (one less than the total number of nations and territories represented because of the unified Korean delegation) presented in Korean alphabetical order. The opening ceremony will commence today (Feb. 9) at 8pm local time, which is 11am in the UK and 6am in New York.

Here’s the full list and their order:

Position Country Country name in Korean 1Greece그리스 2Ghana가나 3The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 구유고슬라비아 마케도니아 공화국 4Nigeria나이지리아 5South Africa 남아프리카 공화국 6Netherlands네덜란드7Norway 노르웨이 8New Zealand 뉴질랜드 9Denmark 덴마크 10Germany 독일11 Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste 동티모르 12Latvia 라트비아 13 Olympic Athletes from Russia 러시아 출신 올림픽 선수 14Lebanon 레바논 15Romania 루마니아 16Luxembourg 룩셈부르크 17Lithuania 리투아니아 18Liechtenstein 리히텐슈타인 19Madagascar 마다가스카르20Malaysia 말레이시아 21Mexico (Mexicy) 멕시코 22Monaco 모나코23Morocco 모로코 24Montenegro 몬테네그로 25Republic of Moldova 몰도바 26Malta 몰타27Mongolia 몽골 28United States of America 미국 29Bermuda 버뮤다30Belgium 벨기에 31Belarus 벨라루스32Bosnia and Herzegovina 보스니아 헤르체고비나 33Bolivia 볼리비아 34Bulgaria 불가리아35 Brazil 브라질36San Marino 산마리노 37Serbia 세르비아 38Sweden 스웨덴 39Switzerland 스위스 40Spain 스페인 41Slovakia 슬로바키아42Slovenia 슬로베니아 43Singapore 싱가포르 44Armenia 아르메니아 45Argentina 아르헨티나 46Iceland 아이슬란드47Ireland 아일랜드 48Azerbaijan 아제르바이잔 49Andorra 안도라 50Albania 알바니아51Eritrea 에리트레아 52Estonia 에스토니아 53Ecuador 에콰도르 54Great Britain 영국 55Australia 오스트레일리아56Austria 오스트리아 57Uzbekistan 우즈베키스탄 58Ukraine 우크라이나 59Islamic Republic of Iran 이란 60Israel 이스라엘61Italy 이탈리아 62India 인도63Japan 일본 64Jamaica 자메이카 65Georgia 조지아66People’s Republic of China 중국67Chinese Taipei 차이니스 타이베이 68Czech Republic 체코 69Chile 칠레70Kazakhstan 카자흐스탄 71Canada 캐나다 72Kenya 케냐 73Kosovo 코소보74Colombia 콜롬비아 75Croatia 크로아티아 76Kyrgyzstan 키르기스스탄 77Cyprus키프로스 78Thailand 태국 79Turkey 터키80Togob토고 81Tonga 통가 82Pakistan파키스탄 83Portugal 포르투갈 84Poland폴란드 85Puerto Rico 푸에르토리코86France 프랑스 87Finland 핀란드88Philippines 필리핀 89Hungary 헝가리90Hong Kong, China 홍콩 91Korea 코리아