Why is Greece the first to march in the Olympics Parade of Nations?

For a casual viewer of the parade of nations during the recently concluded Tokyo 2020 summer olympics, it might have been a bit confusing to predict the order in which the countries will enter the Olympic Stadium.
Why did the I-starting countries march before those that start with the letter A? Why did the United Arab Emirates come after Afghanistan? And many other inconsistencies with the known alphabetical order.
Such inconsistencies are common in every iteration of the Olympic games, but one constant across them all is that Greece gets to march first.
In this video, we wish to answer why.
Video References:
2020 Tokyo Olymics: • Full: Tokyo 2020 Olymp...
2020 Tokyo Opening Highlights: • #Tokyo2020 Opening Cer...
2016 Rio Olympics: • Rio 2016 Opening Cerem...
2012 London Olympics: • Athletes Parade - Open...
2008 Beijing Olympics: • Full Opening Ceremony ...
Countries in Japanese Order: bondlingo.tv/b...
Countries in French Order: www.thoughtco....
Image References:
Olympia: commons.wikime...
Zeus: pixabay.com/il...
Ancient Olympics Running: commons.wikime...
Ancient Olympics Pankration: commons.wikime...
Ancient Olympics Chariot Race: commons.wikime...
Ancient Olympic Track: commons.wikime...
1896 Olympics: commons.wikime...
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[@xtopis]

Because Greece invented the Olympics 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@ekfylobifteki]

Because olympic games were first held in Greece 🇬🇷 😙

[@Your_Greek_Guy]

"Why is Greece the first to march"
Cuz we created this thing baby

[@davidscwimer1974]

Greece 🇬🇷 is the Olympics

[@firstname9954]

and this is the same reason why the Hymn to Liberty,Greece national anthem,along with the Greek flag are raised at the closure ceremony of every olympic game
they created something and revived the tradition that spans 4 millennials

[@JorgeSchz2004]

I think the only time when Greece was the last country to march in the Athletes parade was in Athens 2004, for obvious reasons.

[@tg1095gr]

In the 2004 opening ceremony Greece entered both first and afterwards. The entrance of the greek flag happened first while the athletes entered according to the aplhabetical order

[@heiron]

​@@tg1095grcorrection. During the athens 2004 olympics, only the greek flag with the greek flag bearer paraded first, then the greek flag bearer paraded last with the rest of the greek athletes

[@oiko2k4]

I believe that, after the success of the Olympic Game's revival in 1896 in Athens, there was the obvious thought that all next games should be hosted in Greece. This is natural, as the games were hosted in the same place in ancient Greece. There were some events called Olympic Games, prior to 1896, out of Greece, that were not so successful. The co-founder of modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin, a frenchman, wanted the host city to be rotating among the participating countries and made sure the next ones were held in France by the way. Having Olympic Games away from Greece was extremely enough, so they made sure to honor the home country of the games by having Greeks parade first, showing Greece in one side of the medals, having a ceremony in Olympia, where the flame starts its journey etc.

[@valerieselau7384]

Very helpful to hear.

[@VirusTechKEKW]

tl:dw: We invented it. We march first. Deal with it.

[@GlobalSpaceInvestigation]

Its like asking why alexander the great was Greek and not slav , baby 😂😂😂

[@NoNeedJustFeed]

BRING OLYMPIC GAME BACK TO GREECE

[@kristoferalexander7559]

Tell the Greek government to put a bid in then, most countries don’t want to host the Olympics anymore lol.
Tbh though Greece really can’t afford it 😅
EDIT: Purely as it’s just a money pit.

[@DiamondDora2006]

Why is the host nation usually the last country to walk in the parade of nations? 🇨🇳🇬🇧🇧🇷🇯🇵

[@maximusflash0997]

bruh what you mean?
XD