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File:2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony (2014-02-07) 01.jpeg | |
Date | 7 February 2014 |
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Time | 8:14pm – 11:02pm MSK (UTC+4) |
Location | Sochi, Russia |
Coordinates | 43°24′08″N 39°57′22″E / 43.4022667°N 39.9561111°E |
Filmed by | OBS |
The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics took place at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on 7 February 2014. It began at 20:14 MSK (UTC+4) and finished at 23:02 MSK (UTC+4).[1] This was the first Winter Olympics and first Olympic Games opening ceremony under the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach.[2][3][4]
The Games were officially opened by President Vladimir Putin. An audience of 40,000 were in attendance at the stadium with an estimated 2,000 performers.[5]
The ceremony touched upon various aspects of Russian history, and included tributes to famous Russians, such as Peter Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Ukrainian-born Russian humorist, dramatist, and novelist Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852), filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein (1898–1948), ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky (1889–1950), and patron of arts, and founder of Ballet Russes, Sergei Diaghilev (1872–1929).[6][7]
Preparations
The site of the opening ceremony, Fisht Olympic Stadium was built specifically for the games. It will be used only for opening and closing ceremonies.[8] Konstantin Ernst was the main producer in charge of the opening ceremonies.[9]
Programme
Pre-ceremony activities included performances by the Russian pop duo t.A.T.u., and the Ministry of Internal Affairs choir, who performed a version of Daft Punk’s "Get Lucky".[10][11][12]
Opening section
Letter | Association (Romanisation) |
Association (in Russian) |
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А | ABC | Азбука |
Б | Baikal | Байкал |
В | Sikorsky's helicopter | Вертолёт Сикорского |
Г | Gagarin/Gzhel | Гагарин/Гжель |
Д | Dostoyevsky | Достоевский |
Е | Catherine II | Екатерина II |
Ё | Hedgehog in the Fog | Ёжик в тумане |
Ж | Zhukovsky | Жуковский |
З | Corn mowing machine | Зерноуборочная машина |
И | Empire | Империя |
Й | Tchaikovsky | Чайковский |
К | Kandinsky | Кандинский |
Л | Lunokhod | Луноход |
М | Malevich | Малевич |
Н | Nabokov | Набоков |
О | Space Station | Орбитальная станция |
П | Periodic table | Периодическая таблица |
Р | Russian Ballet | Русский балет |
С | Sputnik | Спутник |
Т | Tolstoy, Television | Толстой, Телевидение |
У | Ushanka | Ушанка |
Ф | Fisht, Fisht | Фишт |
Х | Khokhloma | Хохлома |
Ц | Tsiolkovsky | Циолковский |
Ч | Chekhov | Чехов |
Ш | Chagall | Шагал |
Щ | Shchusev | Щусев |
Ъ | Pushkin | Пушкин |
Ы | We | Мы |
Ь | Lyubov, Love | Любовь |
Э | Eisenstein | Эйзенштейн |
Ю | Parachute | Парашют |
Я | Russia | Россия |
An on-screen video showed 11-year-old Liza Temnikova playing a character named Lyubov (Russian for 'love') reciting the Russian Alphabet. A famous Russian person or landmark was associated with each letter. Lyubov then flew into the air as she dreamed of grabbing the tail of a kite and being lifted far off the stage. Nine different floats, carrying Russian landscapes, passed beneath her as she slept.[9]
Five large snowflakes descended into the stadium which expanded and joined to form the Olympic rings. However, a malfunction meant that one of the snowflakes failed to open. Of the defect, Ernst remarked that "no normal person would get distracted by one snowflake that did not open from the story that is being told over two and-a-half hours."[13] The malfunction was not seen during the telecast of the ceremony in Russia, where the broadcaster quickly cut to footage of the scene from a dress rehearsal.[14][15]
Russian national anthem
The Sretensky Monastery men's choir sang the Russian National Anthem, while 240 volunteers stood in formation wearing glowing suits of white, red, and blue to represent the Russian flag. The Russian flag bearers were a detachment of cosmonauts — Fyodor Yurchikhin (who returned from space with the torch), Roman Romanenko, Svetlana Savitskaya and Yelena Serova — and the flag was raised by Sergei Krikalev [16]. The volunteers moved up and down to create a waving flag motion.[17][18]
Parade of Nations
The parade of nations was led, according to custom, by the Greek team, followed by other competing countries in alphabetical order based off their names in the Russian language, and finally the host nation Russia. Athletes were then seated in the lower level of the stadium's stands. Through a projection, a rendering of Earth showing each competing country (along with their names in English, French, and Russian) was displayed on the stadium floor as they entered. The parade was accompanied by a soundtrack by Russian electronic dance music producer Leonid Rudenko, which featured remixes of popular Russian folk music.[13][18][19]
Performances
The opening ceremony focused heavily on classical music and large scale productions.[9] Performances journeyed through Russian history through the eyes of a child, touching on its art, music, and ballet.[13] Performances included the building of St. Basil's Cathedral and Peter the Great building an army as Russia transitioned from Medieval times to the 20th century.[20] Fourteen columns rose from the floor, then disappeared, replaced first by scenes of the Russian Revolution. Dozens of men carried rockets and the name of Yuri Gagarin appeared on the floor, followed up skyscrapers emerging.[17] After a reference to the 1980 Summer Olympics, three large renditions of the mascots representing the games entered the stadium.[20][17]
Putin declared the games open.[13] A performance of Swan Lake where the Swans transformed into doves, a traditional Olympic symbol, followed.[20] Netrebko later sung the Olympic Anthem in Russian.[17]
Many performers wore white to symbolize peace. More than 3,000 performers and 2,000 volunteers took part in the show.[13] 10,000 people in all helped organize and execute the ceremonies. More than 130 projectors and 2.6 million lumens turned the stadium floor into a 3D, moving landscape. Prima ballerina Diana Vishneva was among those who performed.[17]
Olympic flag
The Olympic flag bearers were:
- Chulpan Khamatova
- Lidiya Skoblikova
- Anastasia Popova
- Valentina Tereshkova
- Vyacheslav Fetisov
- Valery Gergiev
- Alan Enileev
- Nikita Mikhalkov
Classical musician Anna Netrebko performed the Olympic Anthem with an unidentified male choir.[9]
Oath and torch lighting
The Olympic Oath on behalf of all athletes was Ruslan Zakharov (Short-track), Vyacheslav Vedenin took the oath for all judges and Anastasia Popkova took the oath for all coaches.
For the finale, tennis player Maria Sharapova brought the Olympic torch into the stadium. She handed it off to pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva who, in turn, passed it to wrestler Aleksandr Karelin. Karelin then passed the torch to gymnast Alina Kabaeva. Figure skater Irina Rodnina took the torch and was met by former ice hockey goalkeeper Vladislav Tretiak, handing the torch to him. Tretiak jogged out of the stadium alongside Rodnina. The pair then jointly lit the Olympic cauldron installed at the Sochi Medals Plaza in the Sochi Olympic Park to the music of the "Firebird Suite" by Igor Stravinsky. This was followed by a fireworks display across the area around Fisht Olympic Stadium, including the other sporting venues.[13] Twenty-two tonnes of fireworks were lit as Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker score played.[13][17] In total, the show lasted just under three hours.[13]
Music
- Opening section
- State Anthem of the Russian Federation
- Parade of Nations
- Belarus, Brazil - Somewhere Far Away
- Italy, Cyprus, Latvia - My Rock 'n Roll
- Luxembourg, Malta, Morocco, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, independent, Nepal - Yablochko (traditional folk melody)
- New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Korea, Romania, San Marino - Do You Want?
- Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, the USA, Tajikistan, Thailand - Cry, Dance, Run from me
- Togo, Tonga, Turkey, Finland, France, Montenegro - There's just a blink...
- Czech Republic, Chile, Switzerland, Sweden - Blood Type (with Viktor Tsoi's voice)
- Russia - Nas Ne Dogonyat & We Will Rock You
- Mascots
- Performances
- The Rite of Spring
- Kostroma
- marches
- My Affectionate and Tender Beast
- Concerto Grosso № 1
- Time, Forward!
- Walking the Streets of Moscow
- The Best City in the World
- Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures
- Olimpiada-1980
- Moscow Nights
- Guys from our neighborhood
- I Am Glad, 'Cause I'm Finally Returning Back Home
- May There Always Be Sunshine
- Siberiade
- Ballet
- Olympic Hymn
- Olympic Hymn in Russian (the text was translated for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow)
- Final section
Dignitaries in attendance
In addition to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, forty-four heads of states or governments attended the opening ceremonies,[13] including:[21]
- Hamid Karzai
- Ilham Aliyev
- Serge Sarkisian
- Werner Faymann
- Alexander Lukashenko
- President Rosen Plevneliev, Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski
- Xi Jinping
- Ivo Josipovic
- Milos Zeman
- Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
- Andrus Ansip
- President Sauli Niinisto, Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen
- Karolos Papoulias
- János Áder
- Olafur Ragnar Grimsson
- Enrico Letta
- Prince Feisal bin Al Hussein
- Shinzo Abe
- Nursultan Nazarbayev
- Andris Bērziņš
- Najib Mikati
- Adrian Hasler
- Algirdas Butkevičius
- Grand Duke Henri
- Gjorge Ivanov
- Iurie Leanca
- Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
- Filip Vujanovic
- Prince Albert and Princess Charlene[22]
- Abdelilah Benkirane
- King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima, Prime Minister Mark Rutte[23]
- Kim Yong Nam
- Victor Ponta
- Tomislav Nikolić
- Didier Burkhalter
- Ivan Gasparovic
- Emomali Rahmon
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov
- Viktor Yanukovych
- Islam Karimov
Politicians declining to attend the ceremonies
- Canada: Stephen Harper, citing the fact that Canadian prime ministers do not typically attend the Winter Games outside of Canada.[24]
- France/ Andorra: François Hollande, who declined to cite a reason.[25]
- Germany: Joachim Gauck, who did not cite a reason; however the national human rights commissioner Markus Loening said that it was a "wonderful gesture.[26]
- Lithuania: Dalia Grybauskaitė, citing Russia's "attitude toward Eastern partners and economic sanctions against Lithuania."[27]
- United Kingdom: David Cameron, citing a scheduling conflict and the fact that no British prime minister has attended the Winter Games.[28]
- United States: Barack Obama, citing a desire to not distract from competitions.[29][30]
Safety
A Pegasus Airlines jetliner from Ukraine to Turkey was threatened during the opening ceremony by a passenger claiming to have a bomb and wanting to hijack the plane to fly it to Sochi. It landed in Istanbul, Turkey.[31][32]
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