Gymnasts as Flag Bearers - A List in History

So I have gone through the archives and here is what I have found for the history of Gymnastics flag bearers at the Summer Olympics. If there needs to be an amendment, please let me know! 

OPENING CEREMONY:
  • 1908:
    • Wilheim Kaufmann (GER) - 
    • Pietro Brgaglia (ITA) - Did not compete - sent solely as a flagbearer.
    • Jan de Boer (NED)
    • Oskar Bye (NOR)
    • Erik Granfelt (SWE)
  • 1912:
    • Eino Saastamoinen (FIN) - Standard bearer instead of flagbearer. Finland competed under the Russian flag
    • Jeno Reti (HUN)
    • Alberto Braglia (ITA)
    • Jean-Pierrer Thommes (LUX)
    • M. Rayevsky (RUS) - Did not compete
  • 1920:
    • Robert Johnsen (DEN)
  • 1928:
    • Josef Effenberger (CZE)
  • 1936:
    • Al Jochim (USA)
  • 1952:
    • Miranda Cicognani (ITA)
    • Willi Welt (AUT) 
    • Vit Matlocha (CZE)
    • Walter Lehmann (SUI) - Did not compete
  • 1956:
    • Zdenek Ruzicka (CZE)
  • 1960:
    • Takashi Ono (JPN)
    • Jaime Belenguer (ESP)
  • 1964:
    • Mohamed Lazhari (ALG)
    • Karel Klecka (CZE)
    • Eugen Ekman (FIN)
    • Josy Stoffel (LUX)
    • Miroslav Cerar (YUG)
  • 1968:
    • Hector Ramirez (CUB)
    • Yukio Endo (JPN)
  • 1976:
    • Teresa Diaz (MEX)
  • 1980:
    • Esbela de Fonseca (POR) - Non-participant/Official who marched under Olympic Flag 
  • 1984:
    • Maurizio Zonzini (SMR)
  • 1992:
    • Daniel Giubellini (SUI)
  • 2004:
    • Wania Monteiro (CPV)
    • Albert Azaryan (ARM - Head Coach)
    • Jury Chechi (ITA)
  • 2008:
    • Albert Azaryan (ARM)
    • Wania Monteiro (CPV)
  • 2012:
    • Yordan Yovchev (BUL)
  • 2016:
    • Rosannagh MacLennan (CAN)
    • Ana Sofia Gomez (GUA)
    • Neta Rivkin (ISR)
    • Catalina Ponor (ROU)
    • Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
  • 2020:
    • Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
    • Milka Gehani de Silva (SRI)
    • Samir Ait Said (FRA)
  • 2024:
    • Caitlin Rooskrantz (RSA)
    • Audrys Nin Reyes (DOM)
    • Mahdi Olfati (IRI)
    • Lynzee Brown (HAI)
    • Hillary Heron (PAN)
CLOSING CEREMONY:
  • 1948:
    • Walter Lehrmann (SUI)
  • 1964:
    • Eugen Ekman (FIN)
  • 2000:
    • Szilvester Csollany (HUN)
  • 2004:
    • Kristina Rangelova (BUL)
  • 2008:
    • Sascha Palgen (LUX)
    • Karen Cockburn (CAN)
  • 2012:
    • Chrystalleni Trikomiti (CYP)
    • Neta Rivkin (ISR)
    • Sandra Izbasa (ROU)
    • Jessica Lopez (VEN)
  • 2016:
    • Mihaela Maevska (BUL)
    • Simone Biles (USA)
    • Alona Koshevatskiy (ISR)
    • Sanne Wevers (NED)
  • 2020:
    • Linoy Ashram (ISR)
    • Rebeca Andrade (BRA)
    • Simona Dyankova (BUL)

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