1952 Summer Olympics national flag bearers
During the Parade of Nations section of the 1952 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded into the arena. The Parade of Nations was organized according to the Finnish name of the country. Greece led the parade followed by Netherlands Antilles. Other countries marched by following the Finnish alphabet, except the host country, Finland, which marched last. The athletes from British Guiana and People’s Republic of China were absent from the Parade of Nations, meaning only 67 nations participated in the parade.List
| Order | Nation | Finnish | Flag bearer | Sport |
| 1 | | Kreikka | Nikolaos Syllas | Athletics |
| 2 | | Alankomaiden Antillit | | |
| 3 | | Argentiina | Delfo Cabrera | Athletics |
| 4 | | Australia | Mervyn Wood | Rowing |
| 5 | | Bahama | | |
| 6 | | Belgia | Charles Debeur | Official |
| 7 | | Bermuda | | |
| 8 | | Brasilia | Mário Jorge | Basketball |
| 9 | | Bulgaria | Boris Nikolov | Boxing |
| 10 | | Burma | | |
| 11 | | Ceylon | | |
| 12 | | Chile | Adriana Millard | Athletics |
| 13 | | Egypti | | |
| 14 | | Espanja | Luis Omedes | Rowing |
| 15 | | Etelä-Afrikka | Schalk Booysen | Athletics |
| 16 | | Filippiinit | | |
| 17 | | Guatemala | | |
| 18 | | Hollanti | Simon de Wit | Chef d’equipe sailing |
| 19 | | Hong Kong | | Team official |
| 20 | | Indonesia | | Team official |
| 21 | | Intia | Balbir Singh Sr. | Field hockey |
| 22 | | Iran | Mahmoud Namjoo | Weightlifting |
| 23 | | Irlanti | | |
| 24 | | Islanti | | |
| 25 | | Iso-Britannia | Harold Whitlock | Athletics |
| 26 | | Israel | Abraham Shneior | Basketball |
| 27 | | Italia | Miranda Cicognani | Gymnastics |
| 28 | | Itävalta | Willi Welt | Gymnastics |
| 29 | | Jamaika | Arthur Wint | Athletics |
| 30 | | Japani | Bunkichi Sawada | Athletics |
| 31 | | Jugoslavia | Oto Rebula | Athletics |
| 32 | | Kanada | William Parnell | Athletics |
| 33 | | Korea | | |
| 34 | | Kultarannikko | | |
| 35 | | Kuuba | Federico Lopez Carviso | Basketball |
| 36 | | Libanon | | |
| 37 | | Liechtenstein | | |
| 38 | | Luxemburg | Camille Wagner | Football |
| 39 | | Meksiko | Joaquin Capilla | Diving |
| 40 | | Monaco | | |
| 41 | | Neuvostolitto | Yakov Kutsenko | Weightlifting |
| 42 | | Nigeria | | |
| 43 | | Norja | Martin Stokken | Athletics |
| 44 | | Pakistan | | |
| 45 | | Panama | Carlos Chávez | Weightlifting |
| 46 | | Porto Rico | Jaime Annexy | Athletics |
| 47 | | Portugali | | |
| 48 | | Puola | Teodor Kucerka | Rowing |
| 49 | | Ranska | Ignace Heinrich | Athletics |
| 50 | | Romania | Dumitru Paraschivescu | Athletics |
| 51 | | Ruotsi | Bo Eriksson | Fencing |
| 52 | | Saar | Toni Breder | Athletics |
| 53 | | Saksa | Friedel Schirmer | Athletics |
| 54 | | Singapore | | |
| 55 | | Sveitsi | Walter Lehmann | Gymnastics |
| 56 | | Tanska | Erik Swane Lund | Fencing |
| 57 | | Thaimaa | | |
| 58 | | Trinidad | Rodney Wilkes | Weightlifting |
| 59 | | Tsekkoslovakia | Vít Matlocha | |
| 60 | | Turkki | | |
| 61 | | Unkari | Imre Németh | Athletics |
| 62 | | Uruguay | | |
| 63 | | Uusi-Seelanti | Harold Cleghorn | Weightlifting |
| 64 | | Venezuela | Asnoldo Devonish | Athletics |
| 65 | | Vietnam | | |
| 66 | | Yhdysvallat | Norman Armitage | Fencing |
| 67 | | Suomi | Väinö Suvivuo | Athletics |
