Olympic Games 2008 Beijing
29th Olympiad
CHINA
Sports: 34
Events: 302
National Teams: 204
Participants: 10,901
Participating Countries and flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony
| No |
Country |
Name flag bearer |
Sport |
| 1 | Afghanistan | Nesar Ahmad BAHAVE | Taekwondo |
| 2 | Albania | Sahit PRIZRENI | Wrestling |
| 3 | Algeria | Salim ILES | Aquatics |
| 4 | American Samoa | Silulu AETONU | Judo |
| 5 | Andorra | Montserrat GARCIA RIBERAYGUA | Canoe/Kayak |
| 6 | Angola | Joao N'TYAMBA | Athletics |
| 7 | Antigua and Barbuda | James GROYMON | Athletics |
| 8 | Argentina | Emanuel GINOBILI | Basketball |
| 9 | Armenia | Albert AZARYAN | Gymnastics |
| 10 | Aruba | Fiderd VIS | Judo |
| 11 | Australia | James TOMKINS | Rowing |
| 12 | Austria | Hans-Peter STEINACHER | Sailing |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | Farid MANSUROV | Wrestling |
| 14 | Bahamas | Debbie FERGUSON-McKENZIE | Athletics |
| 15 | Bahrain | Roqaya AL GHASARA | Athletics |
| 16 | Bangladesh | Rubel RANA | Aquatics |
| 17 | Barbados | Bradely ALLY | Aquatics |
| 18 | Belarus | Alexander ROMANKOV | Fencing |
| 19 | Belgium | Sebastien GODEFROID | Sailing |
| 20 | Belize | Jonathan WILLIAMS | Athletics |
| 21 | Benin | Fabienne FERAEZ | Athletics |
| 22 | Bermuda | Jillian TERCEIRA | Equestrian |
| 23 | Bhutan | Tashi PELJOR | Archery |
| 24 | Bolivia | Menacho CESAR | Shooting |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Amel MEKIC | Judo |
| 26 | Botswana | Samantha PAXINOS | Aquatics |
| 27 | Brazil | Robert SCHEIDT | Sailing |
| 28 | British Virgin Islands | Tahesia HARRIGAN | Athletics |
| 29 | Bulgaria | Petar STOYCHEV | Aquatics |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | Aïssata SOULAMA | Athletics |
| 31 | Burundi | Francine NIYONIZIGIYE | Athletics |
| 32 | Cambodia | Hem BUNTING | Athletics |
| 33 | Cameroon | Franck MOUSSIMA EWANE | Judo |
| 34 | Canada | Adam VAN KOEVERDEN | Canoe/Kayak |
| 35 | Cape Verde | Wânia MONTEIRO | Gymnastics |
| 36 | Cayman Islands | Ronald FORBES | Athletics |
| 37 | Central African Republic | Mireille DEREBONA | Athletics |
| 38 | Chad | Albertine HINKISSIA NDIKERT | Athletics |
| 39 | Chile | Fernando GONZALEZ | Tennis |
| 40 | Chinese Taipei | Sheng-Jung LAI | Softball |
| 41 | Columbia | Maria Luisa CALLE | Cycling |
| 42 | Comoros | Ahamada FETA | Athletics |
| 43 | Congo | Pamela Chardene MOUELE MBOUSSI | Athletics |
| 44 | Cook Islands | Sam PERA JNR | Weightlifting |
| 45 | Costa Rica | Allan SEGURA | Athletics |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | Affoue Amandine ALLOU | Athletics |
| 47 | Croatia | Ivano BALIC | Handball |
| 48 | Cuba | Mijain LOPEZ | Wrestling |
| 49 | Cyprus | Georgios ACHILLEOS | Shooting |
| 50 | Czech Republic | Stepanka HILGERTOVA | Canoe/Kayak |
| 51 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | Mun Il PANG MUN IL | Athletics |
| 52 | Democratic Republic of Congo | Franka MAGALI | Athletics |
| 53 | Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste | Mariana XIMENES | Athletics |
| 54 | Denmark | Joachim B. OLSEN | Athletics |
| 55 | Djibouti | Salah Houssein AHMED | Olympian |
| 56 | Dominica | Jerome ROMAIN | Athletics |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | Felix SANCHEZ | Athletics |
| 58 | Ecuador | Alexandra ESCOBAR | Weightlifting |
| 59 | Egypt | Karam IBRAHIM | Wrestling |
| 60 | El Salvador | Eva Maria DIMAS | Weightlifting |
| 61 | Equatorial Guinea | Emilia MIKUE ONDO | Athletics |
| 62 | Eritrea | Simret SULTAN GHEBREMICHAEL | Athletics |
| 63 | Estonia | Martin PADAR | Judo |
| 64 | Ethiopia | Miruts YEFTER | Coach |
| 65 | Federated States of Micronesia | Manuel MINGINFEL | Weightlifting |
| 66 | Fiji | Makelesi BULIKIOBO | Athletics |
| 67 | Finland | Juha HIRVI | Shooting |
| 68 | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Atanas NIKOLOVSKI | Canoe/Kayak |
| 69 | France | Tony ESTANGUET | Canoe/Kayak |
| 70 | Gabon | Mélanie ENGOANG | Judo |
| 71 | Gambia | Badou JACK | Boxing |
| 72 | Georgia | Ramaz NOZADZE | Wrestling |
| 73 | Germany | Dirk NOWITZKI | Basketball |
| 74 | Ghana | Vida ANIM | Athletics |
| 75 | Great Britain | Mark FOSTER | Aquatics |
| 76 | Greece | Ilias ILIADIS | Judo |
| 77 | Grenada | Alleyne FRANCIQUE | Athletics |
| 78 | Guam | Ricardo BLAS JR | Judo |
| 79 | Guatemala | Kevin CORDON | Badminton |
| 80 | Guinea | Fatmata Margaret FOFANAH | Athletics |
| 81 | Guinea-Bissau | Augusto MIDANA | Wrestling |
| 82 | Guyana | Niall ROBERTS | Aquatics |
| 83 | Haiti | Joel BRUTUS | Judo |
| 84 | Honduras | Miguel FERRERA | Taekwondo |
| 85 | Hong Kong,China | Kam-Po WONG | Cycling |
| 86 | Hungary | Zoltàn KAMMERER | Canoe/Kayak |
| 87 | Iceland | Orn ARNARSON | Aquatics |
| 88 | India | Rajvardhan Singh RATHORE | Shooting |
| 89 | Indonesia | I. Gusti Made Oka SULAKSANA | Sailing |
| 90 | Iraq | Hamzah AL-HILFI | Rowing |
| 91 | Ireland | Ciara PELLO | Sailing |
| 92 | Islamic Republic of Iran | Homa HOSSEINI | Rowing |
| 93 | Israel | Michael KOLGANOV | Canoe/Kayak |
| 94 | Italy | Antonio ROSSI | Canoe/Kayak |
| 95 | Jamaica | Veronica CAMPBELL-BROWN | Athletics |
| 96 | Japan | Ai FUKUHARA | Table Tennis |
| 97 | Jordan | Zeina SHABAN | Table Tennis |
| 98 | Kazakhstan | Akhmetov BAKHYT | Weightlifting |
| 99 | Kenya | Grace Kwamboka MOMANYI | Athletics |
| 100 | Kiribati | David KATOATAU | Weightlifting |
| 101 | Korea | Sung Ho JANG | Judo |
| 102 | Kuwait | Abdullah ALRASHIDI | Shooting |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | Talant DJANAGULOV | Judo |
| 104 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | Suksavanh TONSACKTHEVA | Athletics |
| 105 | Latvia | Vadims VASILEVSKIS | Athletics |
| 106 | Lebanon | Ziad RICHA | Shooting |
| 107 | Lesotho | Tsotang MAINE | Athletics |
| 108 | Liberia | Jangy ADDY | Athletics |
| 109 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | Mohamed BEN SALEH | Judo |
| 110 | Liechtenstein | Marcel TSCHOPP | Athletics |
| 111 | Lithuania | Sarunas JASIKEVICIUS | Basketball |
| 112 | Luxembourg | Raphaël STACCHIOTTI | Aquatics |
| 113 | Madagascar | Soloniaina RAZANADRAKOTO | Boxing |
| 114 | Malawi | Charlton NYIRENDA | Aquatics |
| 115 | Malaysia | Mohd Azizulhasni AWANG | Cycling |
| 116 | Maldives | Aminath Rouya HUSSAIN | Aquatics |
| 117 | Mali | Daba Modibo KEITA | Taekwondo |
| 118 | Malta | Marcon BEZZINA | Judo |
| 119 | Marshall Islands | Waylon MULLER | Official |
| 120 | Mauritania | Souleymane CHEBAL MOCTAR | Athletics |
| 121 | Mauritius | Stephan BUCKLAND | Athletics |
| 122 | Mexico | Paola ESPINOZA SANCHEZ | Diving |
| 123 | Monaco | Mathias RAYMOND | Rowing |
| 124 | Mongolia | Makhgal BAYARJAVKHLAN | Judo |
| 125 | Morocco | Abdelkader KADA | Athletics |
| 126 | Mozambique | Kurt Leonel Da Rocha COUTO | Athletics |
| 127 | Myanmar | - PHONE MYINT TAYZAR | Canoe/Kayak |
| 128 | Namibia | Mannie HEYMANS | Cycling |
| 129 | Nauru | Itte DETENAMO | Weightlifting |
| 130 | Nepal | Deepak BISTA | Taekwondo |
| 131 | Netherlands | Jeroen DELMEE | Hockey |
| 132 | Netherlands Antilles | Churandy MARTINA | Athletics |
| 133 | New Zealand | Mahe' DRYSDALE | Rowing |
| 134 | Nicaragua | Alexis ARGÜELLO | Boxing |
| 135 | Niger | Lamine ALHOUSSEINI | Aquatics |
| 136 | Nigeria | Bose KAFFO | Table Tennis |
| 137 | Norway | Ruth KASIRYE | Weightlifting |
| 138 | Oman | Allah Dad AL BALUSHI | Shooting |
| 139 | Pakistan | Zeeshan ASHRAF | Hockey |
| 140 | Palau | Elgin Loren ELWAIS | Wrestling |
| 141 | Palestine | Nader ALMASSRI | Athletics |
| 142 | Panama | Jessica JIMENEZ LUNA | Fencing |
| 143 | Papua New Guinea | Ryan PINI | Aquatics |
| 144 | Paraguay | Victor FATECHA | Athletics |
| 145 | People´s Republic of China | Ming Yao | Basketball |
| 146 | Peru | Sixto BARRERA | Wrestling |
| 147 | Philippines | Manny PACQUIAO | Boxing |
| 148 | Poland | Marek TWARDOWSKI | Canoe/Kayak |
| 149 | Portugal | Nelson ÉVORA | Athletics |
| 150 | Puerto Rico | McWilliams ARROYO ACEVEDO | Boxing |
| 151 | Qatar | Nasser Saleh AL-ATTIYA | Shooting |
| 152 | Republic of Moldova | Nicolai CEBAN | Wrestling |
| 153 | Republic of Montenegro | Veljko USKOKOVIC | Water polo |
| 154 | Republic of Serbia | Jasna SEKARIC | Shooting |
| 155 | Romania | Valeria BESE | Handball |
| 156 | Russian Federation | Andrey KIRILENKO | Basketball |
| 157 | Rwanda | Pamela GIRIMBABAZI RUGABIRA | Aquatics |
| 158 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Virgil HODGE | Athletics |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | Levern SPENCER | Athletics |
| 160 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kineke ALEXANDER | Athletics |
| 161 | Samoa | Ele OPELOGE | Weightlifting |
| 162 | San Marino | Daniela DEL DIN | Shooting |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | Celma DA GARA SOARES BONFIM | Athletics |
| 164 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed Salman H. AL-KHUWAILDI | Athletics |
| 165 | Senegal | Bineta DIEDHIOU | Taekwondo |
| 166 | Seychelles | Georgie CUPIDON | Badminton |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | Solomon BAYOH | Athletics |
| 168 | Singapore | Jiawei LI | Table Tennis |
| 169 | Slovakia | Elena KALISKA | Canoe/Kayak |
| 170 | Slovenia | Urska ZOLNIR | Judo |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | Wendy HALE | Weightlifting |
| 172 | Somalia | Duran FARAH | Rowing |
| 173 | South Africa | Natalie DU TOIT | Aquatics |
| 174 | Spain | David CAL | Canoe/Kayak |
| 175 | Sri Lanka | Susanthika JAYASINGHE | Athletics |
| 176 | Sudan | Abubaker KAKI | Athletics |
| 177 | Suriname | Anthony NESTY | Aquatics |
| 178 | Swaziland | Temalangeni DLAMINI | Athletics |
| 179 | Sweden | Christian OLSSON | Athletics |
| 180 | Switzerland | Roger FEDERER | Tennis |
| 181 | Syrian Arab Republic | Ahed JUGHILI | Weightlifting |
| 182 | Tajikistan | Dilshod NAZAROV | Athletics |
| 183 | Thailand | Worapoj PETCHKOOM | Boxing |
| 184 | Togo | Benjamin BOUKPETI | Canoe/Kayak |
| 185 | Tonga | Ana PO'UHILA | Athletics |
| 186 | Trinidad and Tobago | George BOVELL II | Aquatics |
| 187 | Tunisia | Anis CHADLY | Judo |
| 188 | Turkey | Mehmet OZAL | Wrestling |
| 189 | Turkmenistan | Guvanch NURMUHAMMEDOV | Judo |
| 190 | Tuvalu | Logona ESAU | Weightlifting |
| 191 | Uganda | Ronald SERUGO | Boxing |
| 192 | Ukraine | Yana KLOCHKOVA | Aquatics |
| 193 | United Arab Emirates | Sheikha Maitha AL MAKTOUM | Taekwondo |
| 194 | United Republic of Tanzania | Fabian NAASI | Athletics |
| 195 | United States of America | Lopez LOMONG | Athletics |
| 196 | Uruguay | Alejandro FOGLIA | Sailing |
| 197 | Uzbekistan | Dilshod MAKHMUDOV | Boxing |
| 198 | Vanuatu | Priscila TOMMY | Table Tennis |
| 199 | Venezuela | Maria Jose SOTO GIL | Softball |
| 200 | Vietnam | Nguyen DINH CUONG | Athletics |
| 201 | Virgin Islands | Josh LABAN | Aquatics |
| 202 | Yemen | Mohammed AL-YAFAEE | Athletics |
| 203 | Zambia | Hastings BWALYA | Boxing |
| 204 | Zimbabwe | Brian DZINGAI | Athletics |