RIO OLYMPICS 2016

Host city   :Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Nations participating : 207
Athletes participating : 10,293 confirmed (more than 10,500 expected)

Events : 306 in 28 sports
Opening ceremony :5 August
Closing ceremony :21 August
Stadium Maracanã Stadium

The 2016 Summer Olympics, and commonly known as Rio 2016, is an upcoming 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.

A record number 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, are scheduled to 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.