After no opening ceremony at the 1900 Games in Paris, and a low-key affair four years later in St Louis, the London 1908 Olympic heralded in a new era.
For the first time, teams paraded behind their national flags, but Finnish athletes refused to march under the Russian flag and came into the stadium without one.
Sweden's flag was not displayed above the stadium so they refused to take part.
And the United States refused to lower their flag to the Royal Box, because their flag was also missing from the top of the stadium and they claimed "this flag dips to no earthly king".
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