The 2016 Summer Olympics Games officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad commonly known as Rio 2016. It is a major international multi-sport event held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 August to 21 August 2016. 11,303 athletes from 207 Nations, With 306 sets of medals, the games featured 28 Olympic sports.
Edition
31st
Opening Ceremony
5th August, 2016
Closing Ceremony
22nd August, 2016
Theme
World Peace and Environment
Motto
A New World
Mascot
Vinicius
Total Participating Nations
207
Total Events
306
Total Sports Category
28
1st Time Participating Country
Kosovo, South Sudan
New Sports Event
Golf, Rugby
Headquarter of International Olympic Committee
Lausanne, Switzerland
President of International Olympic Committee
Thomas Bach
1st Indian Women Member
Nita Ambani
India’s Flag bearer at Opening Ceremony
Abhinav Bindra
India’s Flag bearer at Closing Ceremony
Sakshi Malik
Number of Indian Athletes
117
Largest Olympic Team of 2016 Rio Olympics
USA (554 athletes)
Smallest Olympic Team of 2016 Rio Olympics
South Pacific Nation of Tuvalu (1 athletes)
1st Gold Medal at Rio Olympic
Virginia Thrasher (Women’s 10 meter air rifle, USA)
General Secretary of Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
Rajeev Mehta
Opening & Closing Ceremony
Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The top ten listed Nationals by number of gold, silver & bronze medals are listed below. India finished in 67th place with a total of 2 medals (0 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze).
World Sports » Exercise - 15. P V Sindhu recently secured a silver medal in 2016 Rio Olympics. She is associated with which of the following sports ? (a) quash (b) Tennis (c) Boxing (d) Badminton
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World Sports » Exercise - 13. Who won the men’s 200 m gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics ? (a) Usain Bolt (b) Adam Gemili (c) Colin Jackson (d) Michael Johnson
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World Sports » Exercise - 14. Name the Indian female wrestler who won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category at 2016 Rio Olympics. (a) Geeta Singh (b) Sakshi Malik (c) Geeta Phogat (d) Dipa Karmakar
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World Sports » Exercise - 1 2. Track and field star Carl Lewis won how many gold medals at the 1984 Olympic games? (a) Two (b) Three (c) Four (d) Eight
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World Sports » Exercise - 11. Which country ranked number one in the 2016 Rio Olympics medal standings ? (a) UK (b) USA (c) China (d) Russia