The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada), and commonly known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. Rio was announced as the host city at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009.
More than 11,000 athletes from 207 nations took part in the 2016 Games, including first-time entrants Kosovo, South Sudan, and the Refugee Olympic Team. With 306 sets of medals, the games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added to the Olympic program in 2009. These sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city and at five separate venues in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Brasília, and Manaus.
These were the first Olympic Games to be held in South America, as well as the first to be held in a Portuguese-speaking country, the first summer edition to be held entirely in the host country's winter season, the first since 1968 to be held in Latin America, and the first since 2000 to be held in the Southern Hemisphere. These were the first Summer Olympics to take place under the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency of Thomas Bach.
The United States topped the medal table, winning the most gold medals (46) and the highest number of medals overall (121); the US team also won its 1,000th Summer Olympic gold medal overall. Great Britain finished second and became only the second country in modern Olympic history to increase its tally of medals in the Olympiad immediately after being host nation. China finished third in the medal table. Host nation Brazil won seven gold medals, its largest tally at any single Summer Olympics, finishing in thirteenth place. Bahrain, Fiji, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kosovo, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Tajikistan, and Vietnam each won their first gold medals, as did the group of Independent Olympic Athletes (from Kuwait).
Venues[]
Venue | Location | Sporting Events |
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New competition venues | ||
Carioca Arena 1 | Rio de Janeiro | Basketball |
Carioca Arena 2 | Judo, wrestling | |
Carioca Arena 3 | Fencing, taekwondo | |
Olympic Aquatics Stadium | Swimming, waterpolo (play-offs) | |
Olympic BMX Centre | Cycling (BMX) | |
Olympic Golf Course | Golf | |
Olympic Hockey Centre | Field hockey | |
Olympic Tennis Centre (Main Court) | Tennis | |
Deodoro Olympic Whitewater Stadium | Canoe/Kayak (slalom) | |
Rio Olympic Velodrome | Cycling (track) | |
Youth Arena (Deodoro) | Basketball (women's preliminary round), Modern pentathlon (fencing) | |
Existing competition venues | ||
Deodoro Aquatics Centre | Rio de Janeiro | Modern pentathlon (swimming) |
Maracanã Stadium | Ceremonies, football (semi-final 2 and finals) | |
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Olympic Stadium (Engenhão)) |
Football (8 x group), Athletics (track and field) | |
Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon | Rowing, Canoe/Kayak (sprint) | |
Maracanãzinho Arena | Volleyball | |
Maria Lenk Aquatics Center | Diving, synchronized swimming, waterpolo (group matches) | |
Marina da Glória | Sailing | |
Olympic Equestrian Center | Equestrian | |
Olympic Shooting Center | Shooting | |
HSBC Arena (Rio Olympic Arena) |
Gymnastics | |
Riocentro - Pavilion 6 | Boxing | |
Riocentro - Pavilion 3 | Table Tennis | |
Riocentro - Pavilion 4 | Badminton | |
Sambódromo | Archery, athletics (marathon) | |
Temporary competition venues | ||
Copacabana Stadium | Rio de Janeiro | Beach volleyball |
Deodoro Stadium | Modern pentathlon (riding, combined running and shooting), rugby | |
Fort Copacabana | Marathon swimming, cycling (road races), triathlon | |
Future Arena | Handball | |
Mountain Bike Centre | Cycling (mountain bike) | |
Pontal | Athletics (racewalking), cycling (time trials) | |
Riocentro - Pavilion 2 | Weightlifting | |
Competition venues outside Rio de Janeiro | ||
Mané Garrincha National Stadium | Brasília, Distrito Federal | Football (8 x group, quarterfinals) |
Mineirão | Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais | Football (6 x group, quarterfinals, W semifinal, M 3rd place) |
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova | Salvador, Bahia | Football (8 x group, quarterfinals) |
Arena Corinthians | São Paulo, São Paulo | Football (6 x group, quarterfinals, M semifinal, W 3rd place) |
Arena de Amazônia | Manaus, Amazonas | Football (6 x group) |
Broadcasting[]
Country | Channel |
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Afghanistan | RTA TV |
Albania | RTSH, SuperSport |
Algeria | EPTV |
Andorra | RTVE, France Télévisions |
Angola | TPA |
Antigua and Barbuda | ABS |
Argentina | TV Pública, TyC Sports |
Asia | Dentsu |
Austria | ORF |
Azerbaijan | İTV |
Bahamas | ZNS |
Barbados | CBC |
Belarus | Belteleradio |
Belgium | VRT, RTBF |
Belize | Channel 5, Channel 7 |
Benin | ORTB |
Bermuda | BBC |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | BHRT, RTRS, FTV |
Botswana | BTV |
Brazil | Rede Globo, Rede Bandeirantes, Rede Record, ESPN, Fox Sports, SporTV |
Brunei | Astro |
Bulgaria | BNT, TV+ |
Burundi | RTNB |
Cambodia | TVK, Hang Meas HDTV |
Canada | CBC/Radio-Canada, TSN, Sportsnet, RDS |
Cape Verde | RTC |
Caribbean | CANOC Broadcasting Inc., CBU, CWC, ESPN |
Cayman Islands | Hurley's TV Ltd |
Central African Republic | TéléCentrafrique |
Central Asia | Dentsu |
Chad | Télé Tchad |
Chile | TVN |
China | CCTV, Tencent, Ali Sports |
Chinese Taipei | ELTA TV, Chunghwa Telecom, Formosa Television, PTS |
Colombia | Caracol Televisión, Canal RCN |
Comoros | ORTV |
Congo | TELE Congo |
Costa Rica | Repretel |
Croatia | HRT |
Cuba | ICRT |
Cyprus | CyBC |
Czech Republic | ČT, TV Nova, Český Rozhlas |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | RTNC |
Denmark | DR, TV 2 |
Dominican Republic | CDN |
Ecuador | Teleamazonas |
El Salvador | TCS |
Eritrea | Eri-TV |
Estonia | ER, MTG |
Europe | Sportfive |
Fiji | FBC, Fiji Television |
Finland | Yle |
France | France Télévisions, Canal+ |
Gabon | RTG |
Gambia | Groupe Excaf Telecom |
Georgia | GPB |
Germany | ARD, ZDF |
Ghana | GBC |
Greece | ERT, OTE |
Grenada | GBN |
Guatemala | Radio y Televisión de Guatemala |
Guinea | RTG |
Guinea Bissau | Guine Bissau Televisao, RTGB |
Guyana | NCN |
Haiti | Canal+ |
Honduras | VTV |
Hong Kong | TVB |
Hungary | MTVA |
Iceland | RÚV, 365 |
India | Doordarshan |
Indonesia | Emtek |
Iran | IRIB |
Ireland | RTÉ |
Israel | Sport 5 |
Italy | RAI |
Ivory Coast | RTI |
Jamaica | Television Jamaica, CVM |
Japan | Japan Consortium |
Kazakhstan | Khabar TV, KazTRK |
Kenya | KBC |
Kosovo | RTK, SuperSport |
Kuwait | KTV |
Kyrgyzstan | KTRK |
Laos | LNTV |
Latin America | América Móvil, DirecTV, ESPN, Fox Sports |
Latvia | LTV, MTG |
Lesotho | Lesotho TV |
Liberia | LBS |
Lithuania | LNK, Lietuvos rytas TV, MTG |
Luxembourg | RTL |
Macau | TDM, CCTV |
Macedonia | MRT |
Madagascar | ORTM |
Malawi | MBC |
Malaysia | Astro, HyppTV, RTM |
Marshall Islands | MBC |
Mauritius | MBC |
Mexico | Canal 22, Canal Once |
Middle East and North Africa | ASBU, beIN Sports, Abu Dhabi Sports |
Moldova | TRM |
Mongolia | MNB, MNC |
Montenegro | RTCG |
Morocco | SNRT |
Mozambique | TVM |
Myanmar | MRTV, Sky Net, Channel 9 |
Namibia | NBC |
Nauru | Nauru Media Bureau |
Netherlands | NOS |
New Zealand | Prime, Sky Television |
Nigeria | DAAR Communications Plc, Hip TV, NTA, Silverbird Communications |
Niue | BCN |
North Korea | SBS |
Norway | TV 2 |
Pacific Islands | Sky Television |
Pakistan | PTV |
Palau | PNCC |
Papua New Guinea | EM TV |
Paraguay | Paraguay TV |
Peru | Latina Television |
Philippines | TV5 |
Poland | TVP |
Portugal | RTP, Sport TV |
Puerto Rico | NBCUniversal |
Qatar | QGBTC |
Romania | TVR |
Russia | Channel One, VGTRK, NTV Plus |
Rwanda | RTV |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | ZIZ |
Saint Lucia | HTS |
Samoa | SBC |
San Marino | RAI |
Senegal | Groupe Excaf Telecom |
Serbia | RTS |
Seychelles | SBC |
Sierra Leone | SLBC |
Singapore | Mediacorp |
Slovakia | RTVS, TV Nova |
Slovenia | RTV Slovenija |
Solomon Islands | Solomon Telekom |
South Africa | SABC, SuperSport |
South Asia | Star India |
South Korea | SBS, MBC, KBS |
Spain | RTVE |
Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation |
Sub-Saharan Africa | SuperSport, Infront Sports and Media, TV5Monde, Canal+ |
Suriname | STVS, ABC |
Swaziland | Swazi TV |
Sweden | MTG |
Switzerland Liechtenstein |
SRG SSR |
Tajikistan | Television Varzish |
Tanzania | Azam Media |
Thailand | TV Pool |
Tonga | TBC |
Trinidad and Tobago | CNMG, CCN TV6 |
Tunisia | ERTT |
Turkey | TRT |
Uganda | UBC |
Ukraine | NTKU |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi Media |
United Kingdom | BBC |
United States | NBCUniversal |
Uruguay | TNU |
Uzbekistan | MTRK |
Vanuatu | VBTC |
Venezuela | TVes |
Vietnam | VTV, Yan TV |
Zimbabwe | ZBC |