[3] Due to COVID-19 related protocols, athletes had to leave Japan within 48 hours from completion of their final event,[4] leaving some countries without representation during the closing ceremony.
Flags of the countries without athletes present were instead carried by volunteers.
[a] The following is a list of each country's flag bearer.
Names will be given as officially designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Because of the requirement that all competing athletes had to leave Tokyo within 48 hours of the completion of their events, not all of the National Olympic Committees were able to select a flag bearer for the closing ceremony, a games volunteer was represented instead.