Opening Ceremony London 1908

The following teams marched in the White City Stadium of London on Monday 13 July 1908

• Austria
• Belgium
• Bohemia
• Denmark
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Holland
• Hungary
• Italy
• Norway
• Sweden
• Finland
• United States
• South Africa
• Canada
• Australasia
• United Kingdom
  did not march:
• Argentina
• Ottoman Empire
• Russia
  I do not consider that Iceland (one athlete in Danish team) or Switzerland (one athlete still officially a German) competed with a "team"

The flags they used:

• Austria
• Belgium
• Bohemia
• Denmark
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Holland
• Hungary
• Italy
• Norway
• Sweden
• Finland did not march with a flag, since it whould have been the russian one
• United States
• South Africa
• Canada
• Australasia
  If an Australian flag was ever hoisted, it should have been this one:
  New Zealand also had a flag since 1902:
• United Kingdom
  did not march:
• Argentina
• Ottoman Empire
• Russia
  I do not consider that Iceland (one athlete in Danish team) or Switzerland (one athlete still officially a German) competed with a "team"

The North End of the Stadium:

(from the Official Report)

This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.