Rio 2016 Olympic Schedule and Result
Rio 2016 Olympic Schedule and Result
Summer
Olympics of 2016 (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially known as the Olympic Games XXXI
known as Rio in 2016, is a multi-international sports major event in the
tradition of the Olympic Games judged by the International Olympic Committee
and to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It began opening rounds in some of
the events in the August 3, 2016 - two days before the opening ceremony and is
running the Games officially in the period from August 5 to August 21, 2016.................
More
than 11,000 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), including
first time entrants Kosovo and South Sudan, are involved. with 306 sets of
medals, Games features 28 Olympic sport, including Sevens rugby and golf, which
has been added by the International Olympic Committee in 2009. This sporting
events taking place in 33 locations in the host city, as well as in five places
in the cities of Sao Paulo (the largest city in Brazil), Salvador and Belo
Horizonte, Brasilia (Brazil's capital), and Manaus.
This is
the first Summer Olympic Games under the presidency of the International
Olympic Committee Thomas Bach. The announcement of the host city in Rio de
Janeiro in the 121 IOC session held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 2, 2009.
Rio became the first South American city to host the Summer Olympics. This is
the first game to be held in the Portuguese-speaking country, the first to be
held completely during the winter season (starting games in 2000 on September
15, but the past has continued the vernal equinox) for the first time since
1968, to be held in Latin America for the first time since 2000 (and third
place) , which will be held in the southern hemisphere.
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