Talk:Olympic Games ceremony

Artistic direction
Shouldn't it be noted that there was a qualitative shift in regard of the artistic (or propagandaic) directing of the opening ceremony from the 1936 opening ceremony onwards? --Xact (talk) 00:49, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * If this can be referenced by credible sources then by all means. Be sure that the sourcing is good though as this runs the risk of straying into opinion.  It will be hard to quantify this across a majority of the Olympics from 1936 onward.  Certainly a case can be made for the Berlin Games and other isolated Games but you'll have your work cut out for you to prove that there was a qualitative shift in all or even a majority of the Games after 1936.  H1nkles (talk) 00:55, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Grammar in question
At the Olympic Games, ceremonies are commemorate the opening and closing of a specific celebration of the Olympics << I'm not sure this is correct grammar... Philly boy92 (talk) 20:10, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Raising of the host nation's flag
I have updated this article to reflect the past couple of closing ceremonies, along with what is now written in the IOC's Closing Ceremony Protocol fact sheet: The raising of the host nation's flag is now being done near the start of the ceremony -- instead of in the middle along with the raising of the Greek and the next host's flag. Zzyzx11 (talk) 06:24, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Parade of Nations
I propose to make changes to the parade of nations section on the Olympic Game Ceremony page. It is so general that it doesn't really show the importance behind the parade of nations. The way the countries walk in and it what order is very representative of the past and current relationships between the countries.

Artistic Component
I also propose to make changes to the artistic program section on the same page. It is a very short paragraph, and a lot of the ceremony revolves around the artistic component. Although the paragraph mentions that it is tied to the culture, history, and Olympic motto, it fails to mention how or why. If I were to read this section, I would want to know how the artistic component is tied culturally and how it has changed over history.I also don't know what the olympic motto is, so I would clarify this as well. I think that the artistic component is the thing that leaves an impression on the audience. Therefore, I propose to add to this section to clarify some things as well as elaborate on certain topics mentioned. Since the artistic component is so important and is also tied to the ideas behind this course, I plan on starting a new page about the artistic component of the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. I don't know what I would title it, but I think that a small paragraph on a page doesn't do it justice. LCJNuggs10 (talk) 02:12, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Please help clarify
The section Parade of Nations contains the following sentence (toward the bottom of the section):
 * In the 2010 Winter Olympics, teams entered in English alphabetical order, although the languages of the Olympics are also the languages of the host country, Canada, because English is the more dominant of the two in Vancouver and in the host province of British Columbia.

I'm guessing that the meaning here is that English and French happen to be the official languages of both the Olympics and of that year's host nation, Canada. But because English is more dominant in BC, the English alphabetical order was used rather than the French alphabetical order.

Imho the sentence could by formulated more clearly, maybe by breaking it up. Something like this:
 * In the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada, teams entered in English rather than French alphabetical order. Although French and English are the two official languages of the Olympics as well as of Canada, English is the more dominant of the two in Vancouver and in the host province of British Columbia.

Please give your feedback, and feel free to instate if you agree. --89.0.210.238 (talk) 16:26, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

References in Closing section
, I would like references for the following lines about the handover ceremonies in italics: '' The reference added is an article from the IOC on the topic of the handover ceremonies, in which they still call the current flags as the Rio Flag and PyeongChang flag. I have not come across any references online or mentions on broadcast which calls the flags the Toyko and Beijing flag respectively. Lama12 (talk) 02:45, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The Rio flag was presented to the IOC at the 2016 Summer Olympics by the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a replacement for the Seoul flag. It is currently passed on to the next organizing city of the Summer Olympics. In 2020, as a result of the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan to 2021, it was renamed as the Tokyo flag.
 * The PyeongChang flag was presented to the IOC at the 2018 Winter Olympics by the city of PyeongChang, South Korea as a replacement for the Oslo flag. It is currently passed on to the next organizing city of the Winter Olympics. ''As a result of Beijing, China hosting both the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics, it was renamed as the Beijing flag in 2022.