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The line up at 2016 Olympic and the names in Portuguese spelling

August 09, 2016

Brought to you by a reader.  This posting is made necessary because of the confusion and the distress caused when some viewers of the opening ceremony saw GHANA spelled as GANA.

 

Here is the full order of countries by Portuguese spelling:


1 Greece (GRE)Grécia
3 South Africa (RSA)África do Sul
14 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)Atletas Olímpicos Independentes
70 United States of America (USA)Estados Unidos da América
74 Fiji (FIJ)Fiji
78 Gabon (GAB)Gabão
80 Ghana (GHA)Gana

87 Guinea (GUI)Guiné
109 Lesotho (LES)Lesoto
121 Mali (MLI)Mali
134 Namibia (NAM)Namíbia
139 Nigeria (NGR)Nigéria
169 Senegal (SEN)Senegal
174 Somalia (SOM)Somália
188 Togo (TOG)Togo
206 Refugee Olympic Team (ROT)
207 Brazil (BRA) Brasil

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