2016 Summer Olympics

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Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 2016 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Brazil, notable for being the first Olympic Games staged in South America and featuring over 11,000 athletes from around the world.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
2016 Summer Olympics football tournament 1
2016 Summer Olympics windsurfing events 1
Rio 2016 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
athletesVillageLocation Barra da Tijuca ⓘ
awardingBody International Olympic Committee ⓘ
bidDefeatedCity Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Madrid ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
bidElectionCity Copenhagen ⓘ
bidElectionDate 2009-10-02 ⓘ
bidWinner Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
broadcastIn worldwide ⓘ
category 2016 in sports ⓘ
Sports competitions in Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
Summer Olympics in Brazil ⓘ
closingCeremonyVenue Maracanã Stadium ⓘ
closingDate 2016-08-21 ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
currencyOfBudget Brazilian real ⓘ
firstOlympicsInContinent first Olympic Games in South America ⓘ
followedBy 2020 Summer Olympics ⓘ
hostCity Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
hostCountryFirstTime true ⓘ
introducedSport golf ⓘ
rugby sevens ⓘ
legacyTopic urban development in Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
use of Olympic venues after the Games ⓘ
mainStadium Maracanã Stadium ⓘ
mascot Vinicius ⓘ
mascotType fictional Brazilian animal ⓘ
mottoLanguage English ⓘ
notableIssue concerns about Zika virus ⓘ
concerns about water pollution ⓘ
economic and political crisis in Brazil ⓘ
numberOfAthletes about 11000 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 306 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations over 200 ⓘ
numberOfSports 28 ⓘ
officialName Games of the XXXI Olympiad ⓘ
openingCeremonyVenue Maracanã Stadium ⓘ
openingDate 2016-08-05 ⓘ
organisingCommittee Organising Committees for the Olympic Games ⓘ
surface form: Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
paralympics Paralympic Games ⓘ
surface form: 2016 Summer Paralympics
precededBy 2012 Summer Olympics ⓘ
shortName 2016 Summer Olympics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rio 2016
slogan A New World ⓘ
timePeriod August 2016 ⓘ
torchRelayHostCountry Brazil ⓘ
torchRelayStartCountry Greece ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elena Delle Donne → OlympicGames → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Diana Taurasi → OlympicGoldMedal → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Sue Bird → OlympicGoldMedal → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics
Jessica Ennis-Hill → competedIn → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Michael Phelps → competedIn → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Kyrie Irving → competitionParticipated → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Elena Delle Donne
Summer Olympics 2012 → followedBy → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: 2012 Summer Olympics
Rio de Janeiro → hostedEvent → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Usain Bolt → olympicGames → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio de Janeiro 2016
Alex Morgan → participatedIn → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Debinha → participatedIn → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Lindsey Horan → participatedIn → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament
2020 Summer Olympics → precededBy → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
2016 Summer Olympics → shortName → 2016 Summer Olympics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio 2016
Guanabara Bay → wasVenueFor → 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2016 Summer Olympics windsurfing events