2018 Asian Games Parade of Nations


During the Parade of Nations at the 2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, beginning at 19:00 WIB on 18 August 2018, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in the co-host city of Jakarta, Indonesia, preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the nation's National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves. In keeping with tradition, the host nation, Indonesia entered last. 44 teams marched in.
Although the Games were held in Indonesia, English was used to organize the Parade of Nations instead of Indonesian, the official language of the nation. Had the parade followed the Indonesian alphabet, Afghanistan would have been followed by Saudi Arabia, and Jordan would have been the penultimate country before Indonesia.

Parade order

Whilst most countries entered under their short names, a few entered under more formal or alternative names, mostly due to political and naming disputes. The Republic of China entered with the compromised name and flag of "Chinese Taipei" under T so that they did not enter together with conflicting China, under C.

List

Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by country name, flag bearer's name and flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the OCA.
OrderNationFlag bearerSport
1
2Bader NasserOfficial
3Mabia AkhterWeightlifting
4KarmaArchery
5Basma LachkarWushu
6Sorn SeavmeyTaekwondo
7Zhao ShuaiTaekwondo
8Vivian Kong Man WaiFencing
9Neeraj ChopraAthletics
10Elaheh AhmadiShooting
11
12Yukiko UenoSoftball
13Ahmad Abu-GhaushTaekwondo
14Abilkhan AmankulBoxing
15Lim Yung-hui (South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games|SouthBasketball
15Ju Kyong-chol (North Korea at the 2018 Asian Games|NorthFootball
16Essa Al-ZankawiAthletics
17Kanybek Uulu OnolbekVolleyball
18
19Gabriella DoueihySwimming
20Sio Ka KunSwimming
21Syakilla SalniKarate
22
23Natsagsürengiin ZolbooWrestling
24Zaw Lwin TunVolleyball
25Kamal Bahadur AdhikariWeightlifting
26Mahmood al HassaniField hockey
27Muhammad Rizwan Sr.Field hockey
28Dania NourSwimming
29Jordan ClarksonBasketball
30Abdulla Al-TamimiSquash
31Ali Al-OthmanWeightlifting
32Hoe Wah ToonGymnastics
33Dinusha GomesWeightlifting
34Abdulwahab Al-HamwiBasketball
35Kuo Hsing-chunWeightlifting
36Rustam IskandariWrestling
37Pleumjit ThinkaowVolleyball
38
39Ziyamuhammet SaparovWrestling
40Latifa Al HosaniFencing
41Isroil MadrimovBoxing
42Vũ Thành AnFencing
43
44I Gede Siman SudartawaSwimming