2008 Beijing Olympic Opening--Iran the 81st to enter the stadium behind Iraq

[lulu]

2008 Beijing Olympics— List of Nations Entering the Stadium (in Chinese Alphabetical Order)

Iran will be the 81st to enter the Olympic Stadium, behind Iraq and followed by Guatemala. Here is the full list:

1 Greece Greece (GRE) 希腊 Ilias Iliadis[1] Judo
2 Guinea Guinea (GUI) 几内亚
3 Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau (GBS) 几内亚比绍
4 Turkey Turkey (TUR) 土耳其
5 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan (TKM) 土库曼斯坦 Guvanch Nurmuhamedov
6 Yemen Yemen (YEM) 也门
7 Maldives Maldives (MDV) 马尔代夫
8 Malta Malta (MLT) 马耳他 Marcon Bezzina[3] Judo
9 Madagascar Madagascar (MAD) 马达加斯加
10 Malaysia Malaysia (MAS) 马来西亚 Azizul Hasni Awang[4] Cycling (track)
11 Mali Mali (MLI) 马里 Daba Modibo Keita[5] Taekwondo
12 Malawi Malawi (MAW) 马拉维
13 Macedonia FYR Macedonia (MKD) 马其顿 Atanas Nikolovski[6] Canoe
14 Marshall Islands Marshall Islands (MHL) 马绍尔群岛 Waylon Muller
15 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (CAY) 开曼群岛
16 Bhutan Bhutan (BHU) 不丹
17 Ecuador Ecuador (ECU) 厄瓜多尔
18 Eritrea Eritrea (ERI) 厄立特里亚
19 Jamaica Jamaica (JAM) 牙买加
20 Belgium Belgium (BEL) 比利时
21 Vanuatu Vanuatu (VAN) 瓦努阿图 Priscila Tommy[8] Table tennis
22 Israel Israel (ISR) 以色列 Michael Kolganov[9] Canoe / Kayak (flatwater)
23 Japan Japan (JPN) 日本 Ai Fukuhara[10] Table tennis
24 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (TPE) 中华台北
25 Central African Republic Central African Republic (CAF) 中非
26 Hong Kong, China Hong Kong, China (HKG) 中国香港81 Iran Iran (IRI) 伊朗 Homa Hosseini[25] Rowing 205 China China (CHN) 中国

[amirkarimi2]

164) ***ibati ***ibati (***) 基里巴斯



(k*r) oh man that too funny

[lulu]

164) ***ibati ***ibati (***) 基里巴斯

(k*r) oh man that too funny

I was wondering why it that, cos i tried twice. First time i thought i copy & pasted wrong.. second time, still changed to *** automatically..

[Under Lahaf]

it used to be in alphabetical order...how is it now?

[Farhad-7]

wtf...wasn't it alphabetic?

[radin119]

i thinks its alphabetical in chinese

[lulu]

it used to be in alphabetical order...how is it now?

In Alphabetical Order of the language of the hosting country (Chinese Character).

[Ali]

I thought Iraq was knocked out of the olympics?

[lulu]

I thought Iraq was knocked out of the olympics?

No, they are back. They were allowed to attend the games after all.

[EKBATAN]

how does Iraq even have sporting teams??
As much mess that country is in, its hard to believe atheletes even live there....let alone have a place to practice.

[PSGman#19]

What are the sport in which is Iran represented?
Does someone have the time of Iran's basketball matches?
thx

PS: will AN come to the ceremony?

[Shervin.]

What are the sport in which is Iran represented?
Does someone have the time of Iran's basketball matches?
thx
PS: will AN come to the ceremony?

for question 1, this is waht wikipedia says, i don't know if you want to trust them but i think they got it right: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_at...ummer_Olympics

for question 2, im not sure if this helps cos im not sure about what zone the times are in: http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/...Stat_sche.html

for question 3, no idea sorry.

[mayhem]

what a event anyone watching it now?

[mayhem]

their bringing the countries now!

[Daban]

Iran is going to have all it's women come out with roosari's aren't they?