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This list includes all 72 current CGAs as well as a number of obsolete CGAs, arranged alphabetically. The three-letter country code is also listed for each CGA. Several nations have changed during the Games' history; name changes are explained by footnotes after the nation's name, and other notes are explained by footnotes linked within the table.
The other language used at each Commonwealth Games is the language of the host country (or languages, if a country has more than one official language apart from English). Every proclamation (such as the announcement of each country during the parade of nations in the opening ceremony) is spoken in these two (or more) languages.
After the First World War, the Olympic Games resumed in 1920, in Antwerp. Twenty-nine nations participated, [15] but not Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, or Turkey, none of which were invited because of their roles in the war. Several newly created European states, such as Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, made their Olympic debut.
During the Parade of Nations at the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, held on 28 July 2022, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations lead their national delegations as they paraded into Alexander Stadium in the host city of Birmingham, England. A total of 72 Commonwealth Games Associations entered into the stadium.
During the Parade of Nations at the 2025 Asian Winter Games opening ceremony, held on 7 February 2025, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into the Harbin International Convention Exhibition and Sports Center in the host city of Harbin, China.
Every flag tells a story about a country’s culture, values, and heritage. In this trivia, there are flags from each continent, so get ready for a wild ride through colors, shapes, and symbols!
The Olympic flag was created in 1913 under the guidance of Baron de Coubertin of France. It was first hoisted in Alexandria, Egypt, at the 1914 Pan-Egyptian Games. [1] The five rings on the flag represent the inhabited continents of the world (the Americas were considered as one continent and Europe was treated as distinct from Asia). It was ...
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games have showcased quite a bit of the red, white and blue colors that many of the national flags have.