Atlanta 1996 OC - Parade of Athletes Part 1 of 10
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One of the main highlights of any Olympic Games opening ceremony: the arrival of the Olympic athletes by nations.
First, a message from the late Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), founder of the modern Olympic Games, was read out in both English and French: the official IOC languages. If you ask me about the narrator there, it sounded familiar from a CBC news reporter. Like the IOC, Canada's official languages are English and French, too.
Next, the list of past Olympic Games host cities are read out by another narrator.
Finally, the parade of athletes start with the nation of GREECE (La Grèce) because, by tradition, it is the home of the Olympiad. In 1997, Athens had finally got to bring the Olympic Games home for 2004. Afghanistan (L'Afghanistan) and Albania (L'Albanie) are announced here, to unfortunately conclude this clip.
Notes:
1. This was the last time the Afghani team marched under that former flag here. It was banned from competing at Sydney 2000 because of the former Taliban government's views about women in general, never mind in sports. It would return at Athens 2004, under a new government and a new and current flag.
2. Since this parade had ONE-HUNDRED-AND-NINETY-SEVEN (197) national teams competing in these Games, the CBC thought that it was impossible to showcase the entire sequence. Therefore, I will try to put here the national teams that were omitted from this big broadcast.
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| Pyrros Dimas also ... ( 11 months ago by aric2007) |
| Pyrros Dimas also held the Greek flag in Athens 2004. |
| Pirro Dhima bythqimi ( 11 months ago by kotsekoti) |
| Pirro Dhima bythqimi |
| I really like the ... ( 10 months ago by cdnserbluvr) |
| I really like the parade of nations. I'm usually anxious to hear the crowd reaction to my country CANADA |
| I have a question ... ( 9 months ago by Mulderre) |
| I have a question for Rockies77. Does CBC broadcasted the complete parade of nations in Sydney 2000? Very good video. |
| Unfortunately, it ... ( 9 months ago by rockies77) |
| Unfortunately, it did not. Just like here, the Sydney 2000 parade went through the same thing. |
| Rockies77, will you ... ( 9 months ago by blackonyx2002) |
| Rockies77, will you have Beijing 2008 Parade of Nations? |
| Once it starts on ... ( 9 months ago by rockies77) |
| Once it starts on August 8th, then yes, I will have it. |
| Awesome entrance ... ( 8 months ago by joiseytawlk) |
| Awesome entrance coming down the ramp...really cool! Imagine being an athlete and coming over that rise into the stadium. |
| I like what NBC did ... ( 8 months ago by joiseytawlk) |
| I like what NBC did for the 2004 Parade of Nations. When they came back from commercials, they briefly highlighted the countries they had missed. Though since it was tape-delayed, they technically didn't have to miss any in the first place. |
| Salt Lake 2002 did ... ( 8 months ago by Nacholympic) |
| Salt Lake 2002 did the same with the past celebrated games. Their names were writen in flags. |
| I tell you - i was ... ( 8 months ago by wareagleaz) |
| I tell you - i was at the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremonies - just to the right of the ramp. i tell you, you think that was a good entrance for the athletes, you should have been in attendance. The minute the lights lite the back of the ramp and you saw the greece flag was flipping amazing. Sad not other olympics have followed suit - it was completely amazing. |
| i can´t hardly wait ... ( 7 months ago by rasce) |
| i can´t hardly wait for the beijing´s OC...and have it at the you tube also... |
| I HAVE THE PARADE ... ( 1 month ago by JACKIEMON1) |
| I HAVE THE PARADE OF NATINS 2008! |
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