Saturday 6 August 2016 00:49, UK
As Rio prepares to welcome the world for the 2016 Olympic Games with their opening ceremony, we look back on some memorable images from the recent past.
The memorable lighting of the cauldron at London's Olympic Stadium
2008 in Beijing provided some spectacular scenes
Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium played host to a vast ceremony
Fireworks are crucial to any opening ceremony and the Bird's Nest Stadium had plenty
In 2004, the Olympic Games returned home to Athens
Cathy Freeman's memorable lighting of the Olympic flame starting the Sydney Games in 2000
1992 saw the Games head to Spain and Barcelona's opening ceremony
Los Angeles welcomed the Games in their own unique way in 1984
And what opening ceremony would be complete without a jet pack.......
