Rio 2016" redirects here. For the 2016 Paralympic Games, see
2016 Summer Paralympics.
The
2016 Summer Olympics (
Portuguese:
Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016),
[1] officially known as the
Games of the XXXI Olympiad, and commonly known as
Rio 2016, is a major international
multi-sport event in the tradition of the
Olympic Games due to take place in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Record numbers of countries are participating in a record number of sports. More than 10,500 athletes from 206
National Olympic Committees (NOCs), including first time entrants
Kosovo and
South Sudan, will take part.
[2] With 306 sets of medals, the games will feature 28
Olympic sports — including
rugby sevens and
golf, which were added by the
International Olympic Committee in 2009. These sporting events will take place at 33 venues in the host city and at 5 venues in the cities of
São Paulo (Brazil's largest city),
Belo Horizonte,
Salvador,
Brasília (Brazil's capital), and
Manaus.
These will be the first Summer Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of
Thomas Bach.
[2] The host city of
Rio de Janeiro was announced at the
121st IOC Session held in
Copenhagen,
Denmark, on 2 October 2009. Rio will become the first South American city to host the Summer Olympics. These will be the first games to be held in a Portuguese-speaking country, the first to be held in the host country's winter season, the first since
1968 to be held in Latin America, and the first since
2000 (third overall) to be held in the
Southern Hemisphere.
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