The
opening ceremony of the
2014 Winter Olympics took place at the
Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on 7 February 2014. It began at 20:14
MSK (
UTC+4) and finished at 23:02
MSK (
UTC+4). It was filmed and produced by OBS and Russian host broadcaster VGTRK. This was the first Winter Olympics and first Olympic Games opening ceremony under the
IOC presidency of
Thomas Bach. This was also the second consecutive Winter Olympic opening ceremony to be held in an indoor stadium.