Opening Ceremony - Sydney 2000 Olympics 

Watching this as a child was such a moment! Everything felt peaceful and happy back then. What a time.

The lighting of Sydney´s Cauldron it´s the most glorious olympic moment EVER for me... i mean... look how insane the crowd got as the UFO rises on fire from the water, as you can see by the amount of flashes coming from the audience. Camera work and the orchestral music were perfection . Not even the cauldron´s technical problem stole the magic that this moment represent.

I was a child when a see this and i was totally amazed!! To me this is the best olympic games ceremony ever!!! Thanks Sydney and Australia!!!

I was in that choir singing (amongst other songs earlier) Tibi Omnes at the torch lighting. We sat in the “waterfall” and moved to the right and left just before the water started. We were all wearing grey Olympic ponchos to keep dry. This is the first time I’ve ever ever seen the recording. It brings hairs up on the back of my neck and tears to my eyes. It’s great.

This is the best Opening Ceremony of the Olympics in this 21st Century. I've seen on RU-vid all the Olympics Opening ceremonies from Seoul to Barcelona to Atlanta to Sydney to Beijing to London and to Rio de Janeiro. This Sydney Olympics is the most lively and spectacular. The audience are so energetic that they cheered all the participating countries in the parade of nations that even the smallest and unknown countries were cheered. Unlike in other olympics, they cheered only the popular and favorite countries.😊

wonderful! The water and the fire. And Kathy Freeman who went on winning gold. An iconic moment.

3rd coolest Cauldron lighting IMO. 2Nd is beijing sky walker 1st is Barcelona. Dead-eye accuracy.

Much better than Paris 2024.

Most memorable Cauldron lighting out of all Olympic opening ceremonies I've witnessed.

Cathy Freeman has made it all. Water Fire Air and then she wins a gold medal. this was sooo crazy!

the flame and the water, still have goosebumps...

This was my very first olympic memory. 5 years old, 7am, about to go to school, watching bits of this scene.

look, its hard to compare ceremonies because of the technologies etc. sydney did and set the standard for the others to come but with what they had at the time it worked, just like in london and soon in rio.

The theme of ocean suit Australia well and it is beautiful!

Technology is always improving but there was a cheerfulness and warmth in these Games which hasn't been equalled since

Aussie people were amazing. Genuinely great people. As the IOC President said The Best Games Ever. Most friendly happy joyful games ever.

Today marked 20 years since the Opening Ceremony during the Sydney Olympic Games.

This is meaningful, two opposite force of nature, fire and water coming in contact to kick off Sydney 2000. Way to show nature is there!

The music at 1:42 is just Awesome.

los mejores juegos olimpicos para mi.....nunca lo olvidaré.

This is the best lighting of the Olympic Flame ever

nah this was the best olypics the president of the ioc even said so at the closing ceremony

Man o man I forgot how great this was

it would've been the proudest moment in cathy's life

Thank you AUSTRALIA!!

Barcelona y Sydney los más espectaculares

Memories still fresh...20 years passed since then...

Arguably the best digitally marketed and successful sports ratings than any Olympic Games that has ever been hosted by a single nation. Sidney Olympics. Nostalgic indeed. Sidney will forever go down in history as the Capital City of Olympics Valley! :"(

This is still the best cauldron lighting in Olympic history.

Now 2024. Sydney is best ever!!!

Most Awesome Live TV event ever!! Hands down!

Hoy puedo decir en mi humilde opinión que los mejores Juegos olímpicos han sido realizados en Beijing 2008, pero el mejor encendido de pebetero ha sido en Sydney 2000, Saludos🖐🏻🇵🇦.

Sydney 2000 Olympic torch is my favorite torch, 2nd is the vanconver Olympic, torch 3rd is Rio Olympic torch

Sydney olympics❤️

Sin duda la mejor inauguración los cuatro elementos en los juegos olímpicos sublime

Preciosa como dice el alberto mejias la mejor expresion de sentimientos de union de ilusion barcelona logro las mejores olimpiadas de la historia los juegos olimpicos de las personas

To date still the best of the olympic flame ceremonys

The UFO carrying the Olympic flame is amazing!

Sydney is BEST...the water represents life and fire represents passion, hunger, want ;-)

Los mejores juegos olímpicos

most memorable olympic flame lightning ever

I love the Olympics

I wish I had been old enough to care to watch it

THA BEST OLYMPIC OPENING EVER

Still my favorite! :)

Same!! My mum was in the choir and she was pregnant with me :)

Everybody was like "Where is the fu**king Cauldron??? And it was first in the water??? That was totally out of this world and I LOOOOOOVVVVEEEEE IIITTTT!!!!!!

Sydney was the best olympics only challenged by the london olympics

• Sem dúvidas uma das melhores Pira Olímpica de todos os tempos. 28 / 07 / 2024 •• 06h40mins.

Sydney was amazing

the best opening ceremony ever

Amazing woooooooooooo ♥️😍

It couldnt have been better than the London ceremony . We had John Lennon singing Imagine .

This is INCOMPLETE!

AWESOME

much better than london ceremony

Increíble y hermano

i hope this video is viewed as all men and women are created = what a fantastic unification of the human race! well done australia!!

I’m here because paris 2024 was awful and to watch these as emotional medicine

Its magical

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED Q+++ 6:50 am Melbourne

Better than Paris

the torch has just been lit!

We want to see all the opening ceremony.

• Ficou legal Os Jogos Olímpicos de Sydney me faz lembrar do meu Rio de Janeiro no dia 05 / 08 / 2016. - 26 / 07 / 2024 • 04h48mins.

@13pireu Essas questões de avaliação quanto as cerimônias de abertura são muito subjetivas. Para mim a que mais me tocou foi a de Seul 88, enquanto as as de Los Angeles 84 e Atlanta 96 foram meio vazias.

It was the best Olympic Games ever, because it was a time of freedom and peace, the very next year the twin towers fell, and the world has never been the same since.

Sydney so far has the best one

I remember it breaking down!

WHO IS WATCHING THIS SO CRAZY🎉🎉❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😊😊

Q+++ GOLDEN EAGLE 🦅 LIGHTS FLAME 🔥 6:48 am Melbourne Time ⌚

the winner is Athens by far !!! I think the opening ceremony in Athens was and the close ceremony for every Olympic ceremony !!!

20 years this year.

i was not alive for this olympics buti wish i was!!!!!

O 'Te Deum' Opus 22, de Hector Berlioz..

I'm not sure about this but did anyone here got to hold the torch themselves after a few months? I did luckily.

Wow

I remember the rising of the saucer took a while.

@karter139 Beijing was chosen by the IOC and the best magazines in the world as the best opening ceremony ever. Got it or you need to explain it again.

DO YOU REMEMBER THIS? Sing the Slice of Heaven (song) !!!

Barcelona 92

I do not think that this video is necessary. On April 6, 2020, you uploaded the full version to RU-vid.

Nice wonderful emblematic olimpic games sidney all time pretty

Luv aus olympic❤️

The best Olympic cauldron of all !!

1896 Athens, 1900 Paris, 1904 St. Louis, 1908 London, 1912 Stockholm, 1916, Berlin was canceled from World War I. 1920 Antwerp, 1924 Paris, 1928 Amsterdam, 1932 Los Angeles, 1936 Berlin, 1940 Tokyo and 1944 London has been canceled from World War II. 1948 London, 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne, 1960 Rome, 1964 Tokyo, 1968 Mexico City, 1972 Munich, 1976 Montreal, 1980 Moscow (American peoples can’t go to Moscow), 1984 Los Angeles, 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta (100 years) and 2000 Sydney.

@Overhell100 I didn't talk that Athens presented the better of the history opening olympic ceremony .Beijing 2008 really did present an opening ceremony visually more amazing,but athens was more human.

Im remember this

Athens 2004 Olympic Games was the first to put an opening ceremony in an impressive level! Better unparalleled Athens

Agree.. If you think China Beijing Olympics 2008 is the Greatest and most Amazing Ceremony of all time in Olympic History!!! 💯☝️👌 Its spectacular and perfect. Also the longest ceremony ever.!! Top 2 is Athens Olympic 2004 and Top 3 is Rio Olympic 2016

thumbs up if u watch all the opping cerenony before the olympics

El mejor encendido de pevetero

I thought to myself: “wow that looks like ANZ Stadium” but then it hit me... I’m so stupid

Esto lo hace Dubai y deccimos que es exibicionismo de poder y riqueza. Lo hacen en nuestro país y es derrochar dinero público. Pero lo hace China y es lo más maravilloso del mundo... Para todos los que decís que ningún país occidental ha hecho algo igual, lo que pasa es que aquí conocemos la moderación en el gasto público, que os recuerdo es dinero DE TODOS. Además, no hace falta gastar tanto para hacer algo espectacular: mirad BCN '92 (un arquero, un poco de gas y a correr), o incluso Sydney 2000 (seguro que fue más barato que en China) y aún así fueron dos encendidas sorprendentes, bonitas, elegantes y espectaculares.

RIO 2016 ?

LOL! At start of video-Ghasts from Minecraft))

where can i see the opening and closing ceremonies of prevew olympics? i mean full

A cross between waterworld and close encounters! A water feature is always going to be a bit naff

Unreal.

So much pride when the stockman entered. I'm surprise the crowd didn't really let out a roar at that.Very politically correct opening in so many ways. Note that the convict era seemed to be largely forgotten. One of the best openings ever!