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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.
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Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was the host city to the 2016 Summer Olympics. This marked the first time that any country in South America has hosted the games. [ 2 ] This also marks the first time that a lusophone country hosted any edition of the Olympic Games.
In 2008, the Light Institute, maintained by the company Light S.A., which aims to contribute to the historical and cultural preservation of the region and the development of local tourism, with sponsorship from the Rio de Janeiro State Department of Culture, through the Culture Incentive Law and support from several institutions, began the project to build the São João Marcos Archaeological ...
Known as "Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock" (City of Rock Olympic Park) or Parque dos Atletas (Athletes' Park), the venue started being built in 2010 and was completed one year later, to host the fourth edition of Rock in Rio. [4] Further editions followed in 2013 and 2015. [5] On 2012, two international concerts were hosted there.
At the closing date of the receipt of applications to host 2006 Winter Olympics (formally known as XX Olympic Winter Games) on February 1, 1998, six cities had formally presented their candidatures to the IOC.
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.
São Marcos is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. As of 2020, the estimated population was 21,658. As of 2020, the estimated population was 21,658. [ 1 ]