{"id":2528,"date":"2016-07-25T11:27:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T01:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onlyaustralia.com.au\/?p=2528"},"modified":"2016-08-06T06:59:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T20:59:24","slug":"rio-olympic-games-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlyaustralia.com.au\/oa\/australia\/rio-olympic-games-in-australia","title":{"rendered":"Rio Olympic Games in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2532\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlyaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/211px-2016_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"266\" \/>The opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics \u00a0will take place in the Maracan\u00e3 Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday\u00a05 August 2016 with Australians watching it live on Saturday morning 6 August 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Rio 2016) from 5 to 21 August 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Telecast LIVE on Channel 7,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"newsletter\">7pm &#8211; 11pm (Rio) Friday 5 August 2016\u00a0(GMT-3)<\/li>\n<li class=\"newsletter\">8am &#8211; 12pm (Melbourne) Saturday 6 August 2016\u00a0(GMT+10)<\/li>\n<li class=\"newsletter\">7.30am &#8211; 11.30pm (Adelaide) Saturday 6 August 2016\u00a0(GMT+9.30)<\/li>\n<li class=\"newsletter\">6am &#8211; 10.00am (Perth) Saturday 6 August 2016\u00a0(GMT+8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>AUSTRALIA<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Opening Ceremony<\/strong> for the <strong>2016 Rio Olympic Games <\/strong>is scheduled to start at <strong>8:50am AEST<\/strong> on Saturday, August 6 2016 at the Maracana Stadium.<span id=\"more-444983\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While the television broadcast starts at 6am on Channel 7, the coverage of the Ceremony itself doesn\u2019t start until 8:50am AEST.<\/p>\n<p>Channel 7 (Seven Network) has the rights to broadcast the Games with live coverage across Seven, 7Two and 7Mate.<\/p>\n<p>Every session is also available live on the <a href=\"https:\/\/7rio2016.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seven website<\/a> or through their mobile app, some of which is only available through their premium content.<\/p>\n<h2>ROAR<\/h2>\n<p>Check out The Roar\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theroar.com.au\/olympics\/olympics-tv-guide\/\">Olympic TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theroar.com.au\/olympics\/olympics-events-schedule\/\">full schedule of events at Rio 2016 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Roar<\/strong> is Australia\u2019s leading sports opinion website, combining expert columnists with edited fan-written sports articles.<\/p>\n<h2>DATE &amp; TIME<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/converter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Date &amp; Time Converter:\u00a0www.timeanddate.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More than 10,500 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees including first time entrants Kosovo and South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>306 medals for 28 Olympic sports at 33 venues in S\u00e3o Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Bras\u00edlia*, and Manaus.<\/p>\n<p>* Bras\u00edlia is the capital city of Brazil<\/p>\n<p>Links<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"newsletter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rio2016.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.rio2016.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"newsletter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Summer_Olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">wikipedia.org\/2016_Summer_Olympics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics \u00a0will take place in the Maracan\u00e3 Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday\u00a05 August 2016 with Australians watching it live on Saturday morning 6 August 2016. 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