Olympics 2016 Brazil

Olympic Games in Brazil

The Games of the XXXI Olympiad, is a multi-sport event held in the second half of 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The choice was made during the 121st IOC Session, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009. The Summer Paralympics in 2016 will be based in the same city and organized by the same committee.

The event takes place between 5 and 21 August 2016, and the Paralympics will be between 7 and 18 September of that year. The location will be opening and closing the Maracana Stadium. 28 sports will be played, two more than at the 2012 Olympics. The IOC Executive Board has suggested the inclusion of Rugby Sevens and golf, and 121 were approved during the session. The Games program can still be expanded after the success of new arrangements included in the first Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore in 2010.