page_title: 2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony
section_title: Parade of Nations
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony / Synopsis / Parade of Nations
caption_attribution_description: Rio de Janeiro - Cerimônia de abertura dos Jogos Paralímpicos Rio 2016 no Estádio do Maracanã.English: 2016 Summer Paralympics: Opening with ...
context_page_description: The opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on the evening of 7 September 2016 at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, starting at 18:30 BRT.
context_section_description: Delegations representing 161 National Paralympic Committees marched into the stadium, led by the Independent athletes. Each team was accompanied by a woman carrying a puzzle piece-shaped sign with the country's name written on in Brazilian Portuguese; the other side of each piece contained photos of the athletes participating in the Games. In protest of the banning of Russia from the Games over a doping scandal, Belarusian Ministry of Sport official Andrey Fomochkin was seen carrying the flag of Russia while entering the stadium; the flag was confiscated, and Fomochkin's credentials were revoked by the IPC for violating the policy forbidding political protests and gestures. As countries entered, the puzzle pieces were assembled on the stadium floor to create a mosaic of the human heart using the photos.
caption: The Belarusian delegation at the Parade of Nations carrying both the Belarusian and Russian flags.
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