Olympics 2016 Host & Start Date

The Rio Olympics 2016 host is Brazil with the event being held in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The Rio Olympics 2016 schedule includes a number of different sporting events where participants from across the globe are taking part from 5^th – 21^st August. The Olympics will feature 28 different sports and a total of 308 medals are up for grabs for the participating sportsman to win.

Rio Olympics 2016 Opening Event

The Rio Olympics 2016 opening ceremony date is confirmed as 5^th August 2016. The event is set to welcome all the participants from various countries and would announce the game open with the lightening of the Olympic Flame by the Olympic Torch. The Rio Olympics 2016 opening ceremony would be an exciting event with all the competitors to have a lap of honour at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The sporting extravaganza is also set to include performances from a number of artists. Top bureaucrats and ministers from across the world are expected to be present at the event.

Rio Olympics 2016 TV Broadcasters

The IOC decided to sell the broadcasting rights for the 2016 Olympics to GrupoGlobo. The deal allows the company to cover the Olympics over the Radio, on pay TV and also give them with digital rights to the whole games. The Rio Olympics 2016 TV Broadcasting channels for a number of countries include YLE for England, Canal+ in France, ZDF in Germany, NBC Universal in America and Dentsu in Asia.

2016 Rio Olympics Schedule & Fixtures

The Rio Olympics 2016 fixtures include 28 different sporting events across the extravaganza. The Olympics will start with the opening ceremony on the 5^th August with the sporting events to start from the next day. Although the first few rounds for the Football sporting event will start on 3^rd August. The Olympics 2016 will officially end with the Closing Ceremony on the 21^st August. For the past few editions of the Olympics, the US and China have emerged as the top 2 competitors for the highest number of gold medals throughout the whole event. Behind the two leading countries, a number of countries including Germany, France, UK and others try to be among the top performers in Rio Olympics.

All dates are Brasília Time (UTC–3)

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Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Gold medal events

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Exhibition gala

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Closing ceremony

August		3 Wed	4 Thu	5 Fri	6 Sat	7 Sun	8 Mon	9 Tue	10 Wed	11 Thu	12 Fri	13 Sat	14 Sun	15 Mon	16 Tue	17 Wed	18 Thu	19 Fri	20 Sat	21 Sun	Gold medal events
Ceremonies (opening / closing)				OC																CC
Archery					1	1	●	●	●	1	1										4
Athletics											3	5	4	5	5	4	6	7	7	1	47
Badminton										●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2	1		5
Basketball					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Boxing					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	13
Canoeing	Slalom					●	●	1	1	2											16
	Sprint													●	4	●	4	●	4
Cycling	Road cycling				1	1			2												18
	Track cycling									1	2	2	1	1	3
	BMX															●	●	2
	Mountain biking																		1	1
Diving						1	1	1	1		●	●	1	●	1	●	1	●	1		8
Equestrian					●	●	●	2	●	●	1		●	1	●	1		1			6
Fencing					1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1								10
Field hockey					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1			2
Football		●	●		●	●		●	●		●	●			●	●		1	1		2
Golf										●	●	●	1			●	●	●	1		2
Gymnastics	Artistic				●	●	1	1	1	1			4	3	3	EG					18
	Rhythmic																	●	1	1
	Trampolining										1	1
Handball					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Judo					2	2	2	2	2	2	2										14
Modern pentathlon																	●	1	1		2
Rowing					●	●	●	●	2	4	4	4									14
Rugby sevens					●	●	1	●	●	1											2
Sailing							●	●	●	●	●	●	2	2	2	2	2				10
Shooting					2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1								15
Swimming					4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		1	1						34
Synchronized swimming													●	●	1		●	1			2
Table tennis					●	●	●	●	1	1	●	●	●	●	1	1					4
Taekwondo																2	2	2	2		8
Tennis					●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	3								5
Triathlon																	1		1		2
Volleyball	Beach volleyball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1				4
	Indoor volleyball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1
Water polo					●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Weightlifting					1	2	2	2	2		2	1	1	1	1						15
Wrestling													2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	18
Total gold medal events					12	14	14	15	20	19	24	21	22	17	25	16	23	22	30	12	306
Cumulative total					12	26	40	55	75	94	118	139	161	178	203	219	242	264	294	306
August		3 Wed	4 Thu	5 Fri	6 Sat	7 Sun	8 Mon	9 Tue	10 Wed	11 Thu	12 Fri	13 Sat	14 Sun	15 Mon	16 Tue	17 Wed	18 Thu	19 Fri	20 Sat	21 Sun	Gold medal events

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