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The last Olympic Games (as of June, 2014) were held in Sochi, Russia. The opening ceremony for the XXII Olympic Winter Games was on February 7, 2014, and the closing ceremony was held on February 25, 2014.
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The last 5 Summer Olympics have lasted 17 days from opening ceremony to closing ceremony.
The host nation always marches out last at the Olympics opening ceremony.
The opening ceremonies is the official start of the Olympic games, whether summer or winter. It is held in a large stadium or arena in the host city and is known for spectacular performances and high budgets. Every opening ceremony includes a march of the athletes participating in the games, who walk into the stadium for their country in alphabetical order with Greece first and the host country last. For many, the opening ceremonies symbolizes peace, hope and unity.
In the opening ceremony, the athletes from the host country enter last. In the closing ceremony, the athletes enter en masse and there is no structure as to what country's athletes enter last.
The athletes from China will be the last to enter during the opening ceremonies. Olympic protocol dictates that the host country's athletes enter last at the opening ceremony.
The Olympic March Past refers to the walk that is taken by the participants of various disciplines from different countries during the opening ceremony. Greece usually leads the Olympic march past with the host country last.
Olympic protocol states the first athletes that enter the stadium during the opening ceremony are those from Greece in recognition of Greece being the home of the Olympics (where the Ancient Olympics first began).
The last Olympic Games were the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy.