Sports
Station:
NBC (BR)
Status:
In Development
Start:
2016-08-05
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The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, are the 31st Summer Olympic Games, the world's largest international multi-sport event that is held every four years. The 2016 Summer Olympics are commonly known as Rio 2016, as this competition will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The host city of Rio de Janeiro was announced at the 121st IOC Session held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009. The other finalists were Madrid, Spain;Chicago, United States; and Tokyo, Japan. Rio will become the first South American city to host the Summer Olympics, the second city in Latin America to host the event after Mexico City in 1968, and the first since 2000 to be held in the Southern Hemisphere.The games will take place from 5 to 21 August 2016 and more than 10,500 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) will take part in this sporting event. The games will feature 28 sports — including rugby sevens and golf, which were added by the International Olympic Committee in 2009. These sporting events will take place across 33 venues spread across four regions of the city namely – Barra, Copacabana, Deodoro, and Maracanã
There is no Next Episode of The 2016 Summer Olympics planned.
S1E1 - 2016 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games will take place on the evening of Friday 5 August in the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro starting at 18:00 BRT (UTC−3). As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings will combine the formal ceremonial opening of this international sporting event (including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes) with an artistic spectacle to showcase the host nation's culture. The creative directors for the ceremony will be three Brazilian renowned film directors: Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Constant Gardener), Daniela Thomas (who co-directed the handover from London 2012) and Andrucha Waddington.
Nations participating: 142 qualified (206 expected)
Athletes participating: 4756 (more than 10500 expected)
Events: 306 in 28 sports
Opening ceremony: 5 August 2016
Closing ceremony: 21 August 2016
Air Date: 05 Aug 2016 19:00 (CDT)
S1E3 - Opening ceremonies
Air Date: 05 Aug 2016 20:00 (CDT)