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This is a chronological summary of the medal events of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.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.
The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), [C] officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Portuguese: Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and officially 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 beginning on 3 August.
The games featured 306 events in 28 sports and 41 disciplines. [3] [5] The 2016 Summer Games were the first Olympics to be held in South America. [6] Athletes representing 87 NOCs received at least one medal, breaking the record of most NOCs winning a medal at a single edition of the Olympics. [7]
The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 August 2016 to 21 August 2016. Approximately 11,000 athletes from 206 nations [1] participated in 306 events in 42 Olympic sport disciplines. [2]
Equestrian events at the 2016 Summer Olympics (1 C, 8 P) F. Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics (1 C, 12 P) Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics (5 C, 3 P) G.
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games begin on Aug. 5, marking the first time a South American country has ever hosted the event. ... About 7.5 million tickets are available for purchase for the Rio Olympic ...
2016 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main highlight for this year is the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . Calendar by month
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Jason Day still regrets skipping the Olympics when golf returned to the program in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Day was the No. 1 player in the world at the ...