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Summer Olympics Games

Here are the rescheduled dates of the Olympics Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony. They were rescheduled from 2020 due to COVID-19

Opening Day Ceremony: July 23, 2021

Closing Day Ceremony: August 8, 2021

Location: Tokyo, Japan

The Next Summer Olympics: The XXXIII Olympics Games will be held in Paris, France in 2024

Once every four years, the world's top athletes meet, to compete in the games of  the Summer Olympics. It is officially called the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

Opening Day ceremonies for the Summer Olympics is a huge, and very special event. The Olympic competitions are held over a two week period. It concludes with a closing ceremony.

Also see the Winter Olympics

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Holiday Insights, where every day in August is a holiday, a bizarre or wacky day, an observance, or a special event. Join us in the daily calendar fun each and every day of the year.

Did You Know? There are literally thousands of daily holidays, special events and observances, more than one for every day of the year. Many of these holidays are new. More holidays are being created on a regular basis. August holidays are no exception. At Holiday Insights, we take great efforts to thoroughly research and document the details of each one, as completely and accurately as possible.

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