Games of the XXXI Olympiad- Rio de Janeiro 2016

Summer Olympics 2016, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, are a big international sports event in the tradition of the Olympic Games which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. A record number of countries are participating in the record number of sports. More than 10.500 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees will take part.

With 306 sets of medals, the games will feature 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added to the Olympic program in 2009.These sporting events will take place at 33 venues in the host city, and at five in the cities of São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Brasília, and Manaus.

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