From the hosts right through to minnow nations like Tonga, they’re all here.
It’s a right and privilege any Olympic athlete thinks about for the rest of their lives regardless of how they perform, leading their country into the stadium for the opening ceremony.
And with the Sochi Winter Olympics just hours from being officially opened, here is a full list of athletes who will lead their team into the stadium.
List of flag bearers of leading nations at Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi:
Russia: Alexandre Zoubkov (bobsleigh)
France: Jason Lamy Chappuis (Nordic combined)
United Kingdom: Jon Eley (short track skating)
Austria: Mario Stecher (Nordic combined)
Germany: Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Alpine skiing)
Italy: Armin Zogeler (luge)
Switzerland: Simon Ammann (ski jumping)
Sweden: Anders Soedergren (Nordic skiing)
Denmark: Lene Nielsen (curling)
Finland: Enni Rukajarvi (snowboard)
Norway: Aksel Lund Svindal (Alpine skiing)
Croatia: Ivica Kostelic (Alpine skiing)
Slovenia: Tomaz Razingar (ice hockey)
Slovakia: Zdeno Chara (ice hockey)
Czech Republic: Sarka Strachova (Alpine skiing)
Poland: Dawid Kupczyk (bobsleigh)
Belarus: Aleksei Grishin (freestyle skiing)
USA: Todd Lodwick (Nordic Combined)
Canada: Hayley Wickenheiser (ice hockey)
South Korea: Lee Kyou-hyuk (speed skating)
Japan: Ayumi Ogasawara (curling)
China: Tong Jian (figure skating)
Australia: Alex Pullin (snowboard)
New Zealand: Shane Dobbin (speed skating)
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