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| Date | 5 August 2016 |
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| Time | 20:00 – 23:54 BRT (UTC-3) |
| Venue | Maracanã Stadium |
| Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 22°54′44″S 43°13′49″W / 22.91222°S 43.23028°W |
| Filmed by | Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) |
| Participants | 207 delegations +12,000 athletes + 4,000 background performers |
| Footage | The ceremony on the IOC YouTube channel on YouTube |
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The opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on the evening of Friday 5 August 2016 in the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, starting at 20:00 BRT (23:00 UTC).[1] As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal ceremonial opening of this international sporting event (including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes, as well as a new feature—the presentation of the International Olympic Committee's Olympic Laurel distinction) with an artistic spectacle to showcase the host nation's culture and history. The Games were officially opened by Acting President of Brazil Michel Temer.[2]
Directed by Fernando Meirelles, Daniela Thomas and Andrucha Waddington, the ceremony featured presentations of the history and culture of Brazil, including its landscape and forests, the history of the Brazilian people dating back to the arrival of the Portuguese, music and samba, and the favelas among other aspects. Portions of the ceremony were also dedicated to the topics of environmental conservation and climate change. The ceremony was intended to have a significantly lower cost than those of other recent Olympics, with a reported budget under R$20,433,298 (US$6.5265 million).
The ceremony was praised by the international media for its vivid, diverse performances, emphasis on multiculturalism, and its appeal to the issue of climate change.
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