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List of People Who Have Opened the Summer Olympic Games

November 4, 2020 by olympicsvenue Leave a Comment

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic situation which arose in early 2020. Now the games are scheduled from 23rd July 2021 to 8th August 2021. Now that the games have been postponed, many fans have become sad as many were expecting to enjoy visiting Japan or by streaming on their devices. Anyway, since we have some time for the Olympic Games to kick off, let’s check a few interesting stats. 

Do you know who inaugurates or officially opens the Summer Olympic Games? Well, I know we have asked a difficult question. Even if you follow the Olympics, it’s difficult to have knowledge regarding this. So let’s get into this and know the protocol for inaugurating Olympic Games. 

According to the protocol, the sitting president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) makes the speech and then invites the representative from the host country to officially open the Games. The person is supposed to be royalty, presidents, or their representatives. 

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List of People Who Have Opened the Summer Olympic Games

List of People Who Have Opened the Summer Olympic Games

List of people who have opened the Summer Olympic Games

Check out the list of people who have opened the Summer Olympic Games. This list includes names from the very first Olympic Games in Athens to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. 

Year Games Host city Officially opened by
1896 I Olympiad Athens, Greece George I
1900 II Olympiad Paris, France No official opening
1904 III Olympiad St. Louis, United States David R. Francis
1908 IV Olympiad London, United Kingdom Edward VII
1912 V Olympiad Stockholm, Sweden Gustaf V
1920 VII Olympiad Antwerp, Belgium Albert I
1924 VIII Olympiad Paris, France Gaston Doumergue
1928 IX Olympiad Amsterdam, Netherlands Prince Hendrik
1932 X Olympiad Los Angeles, United States Charles Curtis
1936 XI Olympiad Berlin, Germany
1948 XIV Olympiad London, Great Britain George VI
1952 XV Olympiad Helsinki, Finland Juho Kusti Paasikivi
1956 XVI Olympiad (equestrian) Stockholm, Sweden Gustaf VI Adolf
1956 XVI Olympiad Melbourne, Australia The Duke of Edinburgh
1960 XVII Olympiad Rome, Italy Giovanni Gronchi
1964 XVIII Olympiad Tokyo, Japan Hirohito
1968 XIX Olympiad Mexico City, Mexico Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
1972 XX Olympiad Munich, West Germany Gustav Heinemann
1976 XXI Olympiad Montreal, Canada Elizabeth II
1980 XXII Olympiad Moscow, Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev
1984 XXIII Olympiad Los Angeles, United States Ronald Reagan
1988 XXIV Olympiad Seoul, Republic of Korea Roh Tae-woo
1992 XXV Olympiad Barcelona, Spain Juan Carlos I
1996 XXVI Olympiad Atlanta, United States Bill Clinton
2000 XXVII Olympiad Sydney, Australia William Deane
2004 XXVIII Olympiad Athens, Greece Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
2008 XXIX Olympiad Beijing, China PR Hu Jintao
2012 XXX Olympiad London, Great Britain Elizabeth II
2016 XXXI Olympiad Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Michel Temer
2020 XXXII Olympiad Tokyo, Japan Naruhito (expected)
2028 XXXIV Olympiad Los Angeles, United States TBD

Who Will Open the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games?

It’s not yet official who will open the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, but it’s expected that Naruhito will have the honors. We will update you once the official news is out.

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