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Brazil was the host nation of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-second appearance at the Summer Olympics, having competed in all editions in the modern era from 1920 onwards, except the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
The men's long jump competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was held at the Olympic Stadium between 12 and 13 August. [1] Thirty-two athletes from 23 nations competed. [2] The event was won by 1cm by Jeff Henderson of the United States, the nation's first gold medal in the event since 2004 and 22nd overall.
Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from 12 to 21 August 2016, at the Olympic Stadium. The sport of athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics was made into three distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.
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.
15 August 2016 Olympic Games: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [12] Long jump: 8.40 m (+1.4 m/s) Douglas de Souza: 15 February 1995 São Paulo, Brazil Triple jump: 17.90 m (+0.4 m/s) Jadel Gregório: 20 May 2007 Belém, Brazil Shot put: 22.61 m Darlan Romani: 30 June 2019 IAAF Diamond League: Stanford, United States [13] Discus throw: 65.55 m Ronald ...
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The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, 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 Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games [1] [2] (Portuguese: Comitê Organizador dos Jogos Olímpicos e Paralímpicos Rio 2016) [3] was the organizing committee for the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brazil. It was also known as the Rio 2016 Organising Committee [4] (Comitê Organizador Rio 2016) or ...