The opening ceremonies signify the official start to each Olympic Games. An artistic program is designed by each hosting country to perform as an exhibition. In addition, the Parade of Nations takes place, in which the athletes march into the stadium to represent their country.
For the opening ceromony at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games officially start at 18:00 but at 4-5 p.m there is an audience participation part and the doors open at 2 p.m.
Friday 27th TOMORROW!
3:00 pm
Now, on normal cable ceremonies start at 5:30pm hst on nbc.
Opening Ceremonies are July 27th and Closing Ceremonies are August 12th
This year the time of opening is 9:00 PM London Time
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Opening ceremonies for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games commence at 4 PM Eastern Daylight Saving Time on July 27.
7:30 pm
The opening ceremony signifies the start of the Olympic games and the closing ceremony signifies the end of the games.
2:00 pmThe opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games begin at 9 PM BST, which is 1 PM MST.
Opening ceremonies for the 1972 Summer Olympics were held on August 26.
The opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics will begin August 8, 2008 (8/8/08) at 8:08:08 pm local time (the number 8 is considered lucky in China). However, initial rounds of the soccer competition will start two days before the opening ceremonies.
It will start at 9:00 PM GMT and torch will be lit shortly after. In USA it will air at 7:30-12:00 AM