1980 Summer Olympics national flag bearers

During the Parade of Nations portion of the 1980 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.

Notable flag bearers included triple jumper and Olympic bronze medalist João Carlos de Oliveira (Brazil), heavyweight boxer and two-time Olympic gold medalist Teofilo Stevenson (Cuba), sprinter and defending Olympic champion Hasely Crawford (Trinidad and Tobago), hurdler and former Olympic champion John Akii-Bua (Uganda), and middle-distance runner Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia).

In partial support to the United States boycott, sixteen countries marched into the Olympic stadium under the Olympic flag. Seven of them, however, did not attend the opening ceremonies, but their flags were instead carried by Moscow Olympic Committee volunteers. Two other countries (Great Britain and Ireland) paraded into the Stadium only by their officials, while four of them participated at the Games under the Olympic flag by their athletes. New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain, on the other hand, participated at the Games under their NOC flags.

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