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Opening Ceremony in 1960 Summer Olympics in Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy. Olympic Stadium 2 (Stadio Olimpico) – opening/closing ceremonies, athletics, equestrian events; Flaminio Stadium 1 (Stadio Flaminio) – football finals; Swimming Stadium 1 – swimming, diving, water polo, modern pentathlon (swimming)
On 27 August 1960, Giovanni Gronchi, President of the Italian Republic, declares the Summer Olympics in Rome open by speaking in Italian: "I proclaim the opening of the Olympic Games of Rome, celebrating the XVII Olympiad of the modern era." On 10 October 1964, Emperor Hirohito of Japan, opened the Summer Olympics in Tokyo by speaking in Japanese:
This page contains a chronological summary of major events from the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Calendar. OC: Opening ceremony ... Ceremonies: OC:
The 2008 Beijing Olympics marked the first time Ralph Lauren designed Team USA's opening ceremony outfits. The brand said the uniforms were designed to "evoke the heritage and legacy of the 1920s ...
1960 -- Rome. $616,720,000. Rome built several new structures to host the Olympics, including an Olympic Stadium to house the opening and closing ceremonies and the track-and-field competition ...
The last opening ceremony held during daytime hours was that of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. CBS, which held the broadcast rights for the United States, demanded the opening ceremony coincide with prime-time television viewing in New York, so the ceremony, originally planned for evening, was rescheduled to start at 11:00 am local ...
The first well-known major athlete to light the cauldron was nine-time Olympic champion Paavo Nurmi at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Other famous final torch bearers include 1960 decathlon gold medallist Rafer Johnson, who became the first person of African descent to light the cauldron at the 1984 Summer Olympics, [1] French football star Michel Platini (), heavyweight boxing champion ...
The ceremony featured various song-and-dance acts, including a cabaret medley from Lady Gaga (who belted out the 1960s-era tune "Mon Truc En Plumes"), a performance from Mali-born French pop star ...