The Opening Ceremony
of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics will
start at 5 August 2016 (evening, Friday).
Full Schedule:
Time: Evening (20:00 BRT, 23:00 UTC)
Stadium: Maracana Stadium
City: Rio de Janeiro
Country: Brazil
The Opening Ceremony
starts with a formal opening including with welcome speeches, hoisting of the
flags and parade of the athletes. There is an artistic gala round with host nation’s
culture.
The Olympic 2016
torch relaystarted at the temple of Hera in Olympia on 21 April 2016.The torch
was handed over to the Brazilian organizers on 27 April 2016 at the Panathenaic
Stadium in Athens.
The Closing Ceremony will also hold on 21 august 2016 in the
Maracana Stadium, at the ending day of the Olympics.
The ladies football in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games may have as of now began, yet the one
occasion that is at the forefront of everybody's thoughts this week is the
opening service at the famous Maracana Stadium, anticipated that would be seen
by three billion individuals around the globe on Friday.
The Local Organizing Committee for Rio 2016 guarantees this will be one extraordinary night of
Brazilian music and move, including a 12-year-old rapper, two of Brazil's most
acclaimed artists, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso; and loads of samba.
Artists from 12 samba schools in Rio will advance through the
Maracana before the night is over and the competitors walk.