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Host city
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Countries visited
Greece, Switzerland, Brazil
Distance
20,000 kilometres (12,000 mi)
Torch bearers
12,000
Start date
21 April 2016 (2016-04-21)
End date
5 August 2016 (2016-08-05)
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Bid process (bid details)
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Marketing (mascots)
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Event calendar
Chronological summary
Medal table (medalists)
Controversies (
Russian doping scandal
prior doping offences
ticket scandal
Lochtegate
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President Dilma Rousseff holding the Olympic torch, accompanied by the president of BOC Carlos Arthur Nuzman (left), IOC Member Bernard Rajzman (center), and the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes (right).
The 2016 Summer Olympics torch relay which ran from 21 April until 5 August 2016. After being lit in Olympia, Greece, the torch traveled to Athens on the 27 April. The Brazilian leg began in the capital, Brasília, and ended in Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã Stadium, the main venue of the 2016 Olympics. After having visited more than 300 Brazilian cities, including all 26 state capitals and the Federal District.[1] The end of the relay was the closing to the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[2]
^"Goiás will be the first state to receive the Rio 2016 Olympic Flame". USA Today. Diário da Manhã. 29 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
^Rio 2016 Opening Ceremonies (5 August 2016)
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