# Canonical recap data for 2016 Rio Olympics (2016)
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slug: 2016-rio-olympics
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/2016/2016-rio-olympics"
title: 2016 Rio Olympics
subtitle: Rio hosted the first South American Summer Olympics, celebrating Brazil's sporting potential amid Zika virus fears and political turbulence.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 2016-08-05
endDate: 2016-08-21
datePrecision: day
year: 2016
decade: 2010
country:
name: Brazil
slug: brazil
summaryShort: 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 121s
summaryLong: 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.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/2016_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony_1035301-05082016-_v9a2048_04.08.16.jpg/1280px-2016_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony_1035301-05082016-_v9a2048_04.08.16.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Agência Brasil · via Wikipedia
importance: 77
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: ""
  title: 2016 Rio Olympics
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
- festival
metaDescription: 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 2
wikidataQid: Q8613
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20160630052726/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics"
  capturedAt: 2016-06-30
  label: 2016 Rio Olympics
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics"
