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People who have carried the Olympic flag
As part of the opening ceremony, the Olympic flag is carried into the stadium and hoisted prominently, next to the national flag of the hosting country. Even though it is not explicitly specified in the Olympic Charter, carrying the Olympic flag is considered a way to honor prominent sportspeople and citizens according to the values stated by the Organizing Committee.

! scope="row"| Jean-Michel Cousteau Cathy Freeman Kazuyoshi Funaki John Glenn Jean-Claude Killy Steven Spielberg Desmond Tutu Lech Walesa ! scope="row"| Nikolaos Kaklamanakis ! scope="row"| Stefania Belmondo ! scope="row"| Li Ning ! scope="row"| Steve Nash (indoor cauldron)
 * 2002 Winter
 * Salt Lake City
 * Ice hockey
 * Famous for the "Miracle on Ice"; an upset of the Soviet hockey team en route to the gold medal.
 * 2004 Summer
 * Athens
 * 2004 Summer
 * Athens
 * Sailing
 * Winner of Olympic gold in 1996 and would win a silver in these Olympics.
 * 2006 Winter
 * Turin
 * 2006 Winter
 * Turin
 * Cross-country skiing
 * Winner of ten Olympic medals, two of them gold. One of Italy's most decorated Olympians.
 * 2008 Summer
 * Beijing
 * 2008 Summer
 * Beijing
 * Artistic gymnastics
 * Winner of six Olympic medals, including three gold in 1984. He was China's most successful athlete at their first Olympic appearance since 1952.
 * rowspan="4"| 2010 Winter
 * rowspan="4"| Vancouver
 * rowspan="4"| 2010 Winter
 * rowspan="4"| Vancouver
 * Basketball
 * rowspan="4"| Le May Doan was a winner of two gold medals in the 500 m in 1998 and 2002 and a bronze in the 1000 m in 1998. Nash is a two-time NBA MVP with the Phoenix Suns and a former member of the Canadian Olympic Basketball team, playing in 2000 Summer Olympics. Greene won gold in the giant slalom and silver in the slalom in 1968 Winter Olympics. Gretzky was a member of the Canadian ice hockey team and won four Stanley Cup titles as captain of the Edmonton Oilers . He was the Executive Director of the Canadian men's hockey team in 2002, who won gold at that Games.

During the opening ceremony, Nash, Greene and Gretzky lit a cauldron inside the BC Place indoor stadium. Gretzky then lit a second, outdoor cauldron near the Vancouver Convention Centre. Only the outdoor cauldron remained lit throughout the Games.

Le May Doan was supposed to participate in the lighting of the indoor cauldron, but was left out when one of the four arms failed to raise due to mechanical problems. This was corrected at the beginning of the closing ceremony, when a joke was made about the mechanical error, and she was able to light the newly emerged fourth arm and relight the indoor cauldron to begin the closing ceremony. ! scope="row"| Nancy Greene (indoor cauldron) ! scope="row"| Wayne Gretzky (indoor & outdoor cauldrons) ! scope="row"| Catriona Le May Doan (closing ceremony) ! scope="row"| Desiree Henry
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 * Alpine skiing
 * Ice hockey
 * Speed skating
 * rowspan="7"| 2012 Summer
 * rowspan="7"| London
 * rowspan="7"| London
 * rowspan="4"| Track and field
 * rowspan="7"|The cauldron was lit by seven teenagers, each nominated by a veteran British Olympian: Airlie was nominated by Shirley Robertson, Duckitt by Duncan Goodhew, Henry by Daley Thompson, Kirk by Dame Mary Peters, MacRitchie by Sir Steve Redgrave, Reynolds by Lynn Davies and Tracey by Dame Kelly Holmes. Austin Playfoot later relit the cauldron in its new spot in the Olympic Stadium. Duckitt was the only non-athlete among them.

Henry would later go on to win an Olympic bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m in 2016. ! scope="row"| Katie Kirk ! scope="row"| Aidan Reynolds ! scope="row"| Adelle Tracey ! scope="row"| Callum Airlie ! scope="row"| Jordan Duckitt ! scope="row"| Cameron MacRitchie ! scope="row"| Irina Rodnina ! scope="row"| Vladislav Tretiak ! scope="row"| Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima (stadium cauldron) ! scope="row"| Jorge Gomes (public cauldron) ! scope="row"| Yuna Kim
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 * Sailing
 * Non-athlete (Young Ambassadors Group)
 * Rowing
 * rowspan="2"| 2014 Winter
 * rowspan="2"| Sochi
 * rowspan="2"| Sochi
 * Figure skating
 * rowspan="2"| Rodnina won three successive Olympic gold medals in figure skating. Tretiak also won three golds (and four medals overall), in ice hockey.
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 * Ice hockey
 * rowspan="2"| 2016 Summer
 * rowspan="2"| Rio de Janeiro
 * rowspan="2"| Rio de Janeiro
 * rowspan="2"| Athletics
 * Winner of the bronze medal in the marathon of the 2004 Summer Olympics. De Lima was the first Latin American awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal after he was deliberately interrupted during that event.
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 * A second, outdoor cauldron was lit in front of Candelaria Church by 14-year-old, who was part of a sports project in Rio de Janeiro.
 * 2018 Winter
 * Pyeongchang
 * Pyeongchang
 * Figure skating
 * Winner of Olympic gold in the ladies' singles in 2010 and silver in 2014.
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