Games mascots were two characters who personify the flora and fauna of Brazil. Mascot
Olympics Vinicius has a yellow color and symbolizes the brightest and
most popular wildlife in Brazil, combining "feline flexibility, agility
monkeys, birds grace." The
character of the Paralympic Games, Tom became the collective image of
the Brazilian flora, its features can be found and the elements of the
tree and flower elements. Mascots got their names in honor of Brazilian musicians of the XX
century Vinicius de Moraes (1913-1980) and Tom Jobim (1927-1994) [3],
which stood at the origins of bossa nova style.
Olympic Torch Relay
Main article: Olympic Torch Relay Olympic Games 2016
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff with a torch Olympic torch
Olympic fire was lit April 21, 2016 in the temple of Hera in Olympia. Greek stage of the relay lasted for eight days, until 28 April (27 and
28 April the fire was in Athens), then the fire came to Lausanne, where
the IOC headquarters, and a day later - in Geneva.
The bowl with the Olympic flame in the stadium "Maracana"
May 2 one-day visit to the Colombian Bogota. 3 May the Olympic flame arrived in Brasilia, Brazil started from a part of the relay. Within its framework the fire visited more than 300 cities, including the capitals of all Brazilian states. July 24 the fire came in the most populated city of the southern hemisphere - Sao Paulo. Relay Ends August 5, 2016 at the stadium "Maracana" opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
In the Rio de Janeiro Games competitions will be held in 32 sports facilities. Another five stadiums will the matches of the football tournament in five Brazilian cities. Nine facilities in Rio has been specially built for the Olympic Games in 2016, 8 more sites have been seriously renovated. It is planned that seven facilities will be dismantled after the Games. Driving
with 4 clusters, where the sports facilities have been tested in Rio
during the Pan American Games in 2007 (number of facilities built for
the competition in 2007, and were used in 2016). It Olympic teams built a modern and comfortable Olympic Village.
The main area (cluster), where most of the sports facilities in Rio de Janeiro - is Barra da Tijuca. Here, the Olympic Park was built, which houses nine arenas (two of them will be dismantled after the Games). The
largest capacity on the arena of the Olympic Park - "Arena Carioca 1"
(basketball), the Olympic water sports stadium (swimming, water polo),
Olympic Tennis Center (Tennis). More
three objects Barra da Tijuca area located outside the Olympic Park -
the golf course in the reserve Reserva de Marapendi, Beach Area Pontal
and Exhibition Center "Riosentro", in which the competition will be held
in four pavilions (the organizers consider each pavilion as a separate
sports facility ).
Three
other cluster in Rio de Janeiro - Copacabana Beach (4 places of the
competition, built "Arena Copacabana" on the most famous beach for beach
volleyball), Maracanã (4 projects, including the stadium "Maracana",
which will be opening and closing ceremonies of the Games ) and Deodoro (9 facilities). It is noteworthy that for the first time since 1900 the stadium, where
the opening and closing ceremonies of the Summer Games ( "Maracanã"),
will not accept the competition of athletes (they will compete on behalf
of Joao Havelange Olympic Stadium).
Kinds of sports
Competition program remained roughly the same as in the previous games. October
9, 2009 at the same IOC session, where the city was chosen, voting was
held, at which it was decided to include rugby-7 (a simplified version
of rugby, with 81 votes against 8) and golf (vote 63 to 27) in the list
of Olympic kinds sport and competition [4] [5] will be carried out by him for the first time in a long time. Last time golfers competed in the Olympics 112 years ago, and rugby competitions took place 92 years ago. Sport Olympiad program began two days before the opening ceremony -
at the Olympic Stadium João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro Sweden women's
national football team played with the South African team on August 3 at
13:00 local time.
Rowing Rowing
Badminton Badminton
Basketball
Boxing Boxing
Fight Fight
manumission
Greco-Roman
Cycling Cycling
BMX
track cycling
Mountain Bike
Road Cycling
Water sports
Waterpolo Waterpolo
Swimming Swimming
Jumping into the water Jumping into the water
Synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming
Volleyball Volleyball
Volleyball
Beach volleyball
Handball
Golf Golf
Canoe Sprint Canoe Sprint
Gymnastics
Jumping on a trampoline Jumping on a trampoline
Gymnastics Gymnastics
Artistic Gymnastics Artistic Gymnastics
Judo Judo
Equestrian Equestrian
Dressage
Show Jumping
Triathlon
Athletics Athletics
Table Tennis Table Tennis
Sailing Sailing
Rugby 7 Rugby 7
Modern Pentathlon Modern Pentathlon
Shooting
Archery Archery
Tennis Tennis
Triathlon Triathlon
Taekwondo Taekwondo
Weightlifting Weightlifting
Fencing Fencing
Football Football