Olympic Opening Ceremony 2025 Timetable. The ceremony will begin at 7.30pm cest (which is 6.30pm bst, 12.30pm cdt and 10.30pm pdt). The olympic flame goes out in paris, officially ending the 2025 games as los angeles takes over for 2028.
The opening ceremony to signal the official start of the paris 2025 olympics will be held on friday, 26 july. The opening ceremony will be shown live from 17:45 bst on bbc one, bbc iplayer and the bbc sport website and app.