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  • Thumbnail for 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
    The opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on the evening of Friday 5 August 2016 in the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, starting at...
    43 KB (4,026 words) - 08:58, 12 April 2024
  • branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports...
    134 KB (9,979 words) - 01:28, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
    The opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on the evening of Friday 27 July 2012 in the Olympic Stadium, London, during which the Games...
    166 KB (14,765 words) - 02:42, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Olympic Games ceremony
    The Olympic Games ceremonies of the Ancient Olympic Games were an integral part of these Games; the modern Olympic games have opening, closing, and medal...
    61 KB (7,255 words) - 00:21, 29 April 2024
  • giving a favorable assessment in its final report. The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) chose Rio de Janeiro as its bidding city to host the 2016 Summer Olympics...
    125 KB (9,579 words) - 03:41, 30 September 2023
  • Rio Olympic Stadium)
    stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The stadium is part of a complex that includes an arena known by the name of Maracanãzinho, which means "The Little...
    47 KB (3,669 words) - 03:40, 12 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Algeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics
    at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1964, Algerian athletes had appeared in every...
    37 KB (2,100 words) - 10:39, 18 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics
    at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. Since the nation made its debut in 1952, Nigerian athletes had appeared in every...
    33 KB (1,912 words) - 10:39, 18 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics
    the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Portuguese athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic...
    55 KB (3,301 words) - 09:53, 18 December 2023
  • Garcetti led a 25-person contingent from Los Angeles to Rio de Janeiro to promote their city's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. On September 7, 2016, LA 2024...
    54 KB (4,418 words) - 00:24, 15 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cuba at the 2016 Summer Olympics
    the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twentieth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Cuban...
    75 KB (2,955 words) - 20:27, 30 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Switzerland at the 2016 Summer Olympics
    at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Swiss athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games...
    75 KB (4,229 words) - 10:17, 18 December 2023
  • country codes The new emblem, created by Asao Tokolo, was introduced at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Made...
    251 KB (20,704 words) - 21:37, 26 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
    Johnson, Mayor of London, to Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, the host city of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. During his closing speech, International...
    28 KB (3,303 words) - 19:45, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics
    at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1908, Turkish athletes have appeared in every...
    64 KB (2,887 words) - 09:38, 25 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Egypt at the 2016 Summer Olympics
    at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes had appeared in every...
    70 KB (3,360 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Senegal at the 2016 Summer Olympics
    the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. It was the nation's fourteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since...
    17 KB (1,036 words) - 04:12, 4 September 2023
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    the 125th IOC Session in 2013. Rio de Janeiro staged the first Summer Olympic Games in South America in 2016. Buenos Aires could potentially be the second...
    160 KB (11,749 words) - 03:19, 11 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Summer Olympic Games
    The 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were the first Summer Olympics to be held in South America and the first that was held completely during the local...
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