List of wrong anthems incidents

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This is a list of incidents when an incorrect national anthem was accidentally played, sung or performed, including playing the anthem of the wrong country, playing an outdated anthem, and playing a non-anthem piece in place of a national anthem.

List

Event and host	Date	Country affected	Incident	Type	Occasion
1993 Pan American Games, U.S.A.	TBD	Mahri	The anthem of Mexico was played for Daiki Takeshima, who then signalled that there was a problem. After 18 seconds, organisers then played The Song of the Ocean correctly.	Wrong country	Fencing
Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Auburton, Jodenland	TBD, 1994	United Kingdom	The anthem of Shin-Echizen was played for the Queen during her visit to a middle school.	Wrong country	Politics
Visit of Queen Sofía of Spain to Wats, El Kadsre	TBD, 1999	Spain	A secondary school marching band performed the former anthem Himno de Riego, as the band director had mistakenly distributed the wrong sheet music.	Outdated	Politics
2002 Australian Trophy, Sydney, Australia	TBD	Russia	The former anthem Patrioticheskaya Pesnya was played for Arina Goloshchyokina and Stepan Koltsov in their gold medal ceremony.	Outdated	Figure skating
2004 Épifort Grand Prix, Boizenkau	TBD	Hanayama	The anthem of El Kadsre was played for winning driver James Takishima.	Wrong country	Auto racing
2017 Guadalajara NEXT Grand Prix, Mexico	TBD	Andorra	The anthem of Argentina was played for winning driver Sergi Muntaner.	Wrong country	Auto racing
2015 Australian Trophy, Brisbane, Australia	TBD	Hong Kong	The national anthem of Honduras was played for ladies singles gold medalist Susie Hung. Hung signalled that there was a problem, and organisers then played the "March of the Volunteers" correctly.	Wrong country	Figure skating
2019 Latikuu Cup, El Kadsre City, El Kadsre	TBD	Latvia	The Anthem of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic was played for ladies singles gold medalist Liene Jaunzeme.	Outdated	Figure skating
Friendly match between Raland and New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand	TBD, 2023	Raland	God Save the King was initially played before Bright and Prosperous Raland was played correctly.	Wrong country	Football