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title: "2016 Rio Olympics"
year: 2016
country: "Brazil"
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startDate: "2016-08-05"
endDate: "2016-08-21"
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# 2016 Rio Olympics

> Rio hosted the first South American Summer Olympics, celebrating Brazil's sporting potential amid Zika virus fears and political turbulence.

## Summary

The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad 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. Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009.

## Sources

- [2016 Rio Olympics]() - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/2016/2016-rio-olympics