2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony

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The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games will take place on the evening of Sunday 21 August in the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro. starting at 20:00 BRST (UTC−2).^[1] As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceeding will combine the formal ceremonial closing of this international sporting event. (including closing speeches, hoisting of the flags the parade of nations and extsinguishing of the flame)

Venue

For the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, a major reconstruction project was initiated for the Maracanã Stadium. The original seating bowl, with a two-tier configuration, was demolished, giving way to a new one-tier seating bowl.^[2] The original stadium's roof in concrete was removed and replaced with a fiberglass tensioned membrane coated with Polytetrafluoroethylene. the new roof covers 95% of the seats inside the stadium, unlike the former design, where protection was only afforded to some seats in the upper ring and the bleachers above the gates across of each sector.

Performance synopsis

The Road to Tokyo

The section will begin with Brazil national anthem. Then the Greek national anthem will be played and then the raising of the flag; followed by the Olympic anthem and the lowering of the flag. The Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, will then hand the Olympic Flag to Thomas Bach, who in turn will pass it to Yōichi Masuzoe, Governor of Tokyo. This will be followed by the Japanese national anthem and raising of the flag. The Olympic Flag will be raised again in Pyeongchang on 9 February 2018 at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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