2019 Pan American Games Parade of Nations

Estadio Nacional

During the Parade of Nations at the 2019 Pan American Games opening ceremony, on July 26, 2019, 41 athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into Estadio Nacional in the host city of Lima, Peru

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 Peruvian delegation entered last, representing the host nation. The remaining countries entered in Spanish alphabetical order as per Pan American Sports Organization protocol.^[1]

List

Order	Nation	Spanish	Flag bearer	Sport
1	Argentina	Argentina	Javier Conte[2]	Sailing
2	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua y Barbuda	Jalese Gordon[3]	Sailing
3	Aruba	Aruba	Mack van den Eerenbeemt[3]	Sailing
4	Bahamas	Bahamas	Justin Roberts[4]	Tennis
5	Barbados	Barbados	Chelsea Tuach[5]	Surfing
6	Belize	Belice	Jordan Santos[6]	Triathlon
7	Bermuda	Bermuda	Cecilia Wollmann[7]	Sailing
8	Bolivia	Bolivia	Conrrado Moscoso[8]	Racquetball
9	Brazil	Brasil	Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze[9]	Sailing
10	Canada	Canadá	Scott Tupper[10]	Field hockey
11	Chile	Chile	Felipe Miranda[11]	Water skiing
12	Colombia	Colombia	Yuberjen Martínez^[citation needed]	Boxing
13	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Shirley Cruz[12]	Football
14	Cuba	Cuba	Mijaín López[13]	Wrestling
15	Dominica	Dominica	Brendan Williams[3]	Chef De Mission
16	Ecuador	Ecuador	Tamara Salazar[14]	Weightlifting
17	El Salvador	El Salvador	Roberto Hernández[15]	Archery
18	United States	Estados Unidos de América	Kathleen Sharkey[16]	Field hockey
19	Grenada	Granada	Anderson Peters[3]	Athletics
20	Guatemala	Guatemala	Jorge Vega[17]	Gymnastics
21	Guyana	Guyana	Keevin Alicock[3]	Boxing
22	Haiti	Haití	Aniya Louissaint[18]	Taekwondo
23	Honduras	Honduras	Pedro Espinosa[19]	Equestrian
24	Cayman Islands	Islas Caimán	Kemar Hyman[20]	Athletics
25	British Virgin Islands	Islas Vírgenes Británicas	Thad Lettsome[21]	Sailing
26	Virgin Islands	Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos	Eduardo Garcia[3]	Athletics
27	Jamaica	Jamaica	Christopher Binnie[22]	Squash
28	Mexico	México	Jorge Orozco[23]	Shooting
29	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Swan Mendoza[24]	Beach volleyball
30	Panama	Panamá	Carolena Carstens[25]	Taekwondo
31	Paraguay	Paraguay	Alejandro Toranzos[26]	Table tennis
32	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Franklin Gómez[27]	Wrestling
33	Dominican Republic	República Dominicana	Crismery Santana[28]	Weightlifting
34	Saint Kitts and Nevis	San Cristóbal y Nieves	Jermaine Francis[29]	Athletics
35	Saint Lucia	Santa Lucía	Luc Chevrier[30]	Sailing
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	San Vicente y las Granadinas	Zefal Bailey[31]	Cycling
37	Suriname	Surinam	Dylan Darmohoetomo[32]	Badminton
38	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad y Tobago	Andrew Lewis[33]	Sailing
39	Uruguay	Uruguay	Julieta Mautone[34]	Shooting
40	Venezuela	Venezuela	Elvismar Rodríguez[35]	Judo
41	Peru	Perú	Stefano Peschiera[36]	Sailing

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