How many Nations are competing
- 207 nations are competing this year
How many Athletes are participating
- 10,293 (more than 10,500 expected)
Number of events
- 306 in 28 sports
What are the names of the sports 2016
- Archery
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Beach volley
- Boxing
- Canoe/kayak
- Cycling(track, road, mountain and BMX)
- Diving
- Fencing
- Field hokey
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Hand ball
- Judo
- Modern Pentathlon
- Rowing
- Rugby 7s
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Soccer/ football
- Swimming
- Table tennis
Sorry but it is getting to long so I have to give you a link so you can look at the rest ^,^
Also just to let you know the opening ceremony will be on the 5th of August and held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Good luck to all nations. Peace!! :)
3 comments:
Hi Alfred, do you know which country won the most medals in the last Olympics? There are so many events and many competitors and that would mean a lot of medals to be maid by the organisers.
Hi Alfred,
Welcome to the Winter Learning Journey! It's so great to see that you have joined us and posted so much information about the upcoming Olympic games in Rio. Thanks for sharing both the information and the link.
I am personally amazed that so many different countries will be represented at the games this year. Did you know that there are also going to be an additional 10 athletes who are not competing for a specific country? Instead, they are competing as part of the 'Team of Olympic Refugee Athletes (ORA).'
For more information about the refugee team at the Olympics, please follow this link:
https://www.olympic.org/news/team-of-refugee-olympic-athletes-roa-created-by-the-ioc
Cheers!
Rachel
Hi Alfred just looking arond on your blog and I really like how you put in the Links to show who you have be researching about the Olympics.
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