1992 Summer Olympics national flag bearers 1992 Summer Olympics national flag bearers During the Parade of Nations portion of the 1992 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded in the arena, preceded by their flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country. As the nation of the first modern Olympic Games, Greece entered the stadium first; whereas, the host nation Spain marched last. Other countries entered in alphabetical order in the French language, instead of both Catalan and Spanish (despite that
Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics for 10 metre running target, which replaced 50 metre running target on the Olympic program, as well as the first games with the new targets in all rifle and pistol events except 50 metre pistol, leading to a large number of automatic Olympic records. The shooting events at the 1992 Olympics mark the first time that Independent Olympic Participants, competing under the Olympic flag, have won medals in any sport at any Olympic competition. A total of 407 shooters, 290 men and 117 women, from 83 nations competed at the Barcelona Games: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics The shooting