The flagbearer.

Because 2012 is a Presidential election year the standard bearer for the Democrats will be their nominee for President, Barack Obama.

Searches for Olympic relay runners and those who have lit the cauldron revealed names beginning with "R" that include Rafer Johnson. He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Summer Games in Rome in 1960, where he was also the US flagbearer. Johnson lit the cauldron at the Summer Games in Los Angeles in 1984.

The cast of For the Motherland - 2005 includes: Victor Albert as Nikita Alex Alikashkin as Praporschik Federov Kevin Anthony Brooks as Russian Conscript Ramon Binaki as Russian Conscript Chris Cronin as Russian Conscript Mike DePaolo as Russian Conscript Lindsay Giuliano as Russian Conscript Brajan Kola as Door Guard Danny Kuhne as Russian Conscript Sean Lecouris as Russian Conscript Jason Liounakos as Flagbearer Jamie Parslow as Russian Conscript Michael Schatz as Russian Conscript Graham Sheldon as Russian Conscript Pavel Sidorenko as Kapitan Andrei Stetsenko as Serzeant Spencer Wilkerson as Russian Conscript Steven Zehnder as Russian Conscript

Akio Sato has: Performed in "Futari de hitori" in 1970. Played Shinja in "WWF Superstars of Wrestling" in 1984. Played himself in "WWF Wrestling Challenge" in 1986. Played Himself (The Mercenaries) in "Survivor Series" in 1990. Played himself in "WrestleMania VI" in 1990. Played himself in "Summerslam" in 1990. Played Saji Samurai in "Tagteam" in 1991. Played Japanese flagbearer in "Summerslam" in 1993. Played Shinja in "WWF in Your House" in 1995. Played Shinja in "The Bret Hart Story: The Best There Is, Was, and Ever Will Be" in 2005. Played Shinja in "WWE: Twist of Fate - The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story" in 2008. Played Shinja in "WWE: Legends of Wrestling" in 2009. Played himself in "WWE: Summerslam - The Complete Anthology, Vol. 1" in 2009.