During international athletic events like the Olympics and World Cup ... ALSO READ: What did the Nigerian flag look like ...

Let’s take a closer look at them. The first example is Switzerland. The Swiss flag is not rectangular, but square. However, in international competitions such as the Olympic Games, the standard ...

Each country's team is preceded into the Olympic Stadium by an athlete or delegation representative bearing his or her country’s flag. The flagbearer for the United States Olympic Team is normally ...