When will the summer olympics start? Rio Olympics: how was the opening ceremony

The preparations for the 2016 Games are the worst I have ever seen... But we have no other plan B. So we're going to Rio.

Vice President of the IOC

Summer Olympic Games in 2016 - the main sporting event of the four years The Olympic movement originated in ancient Greece. Then it was both a sporting and religious event. But after 394 AD. competition fell under the disgrace of the authorities.

Only at the end of the 19th century the Games were resumed. Since then, since 1986, 22 Winter and 30 Summer Olympics have taken place in the world. The next Summer Olympic Games 2016 will be held in Brazil. This is the first Olympics in South America.

Choice of the host country and problems of organization

Eight countries have applied to host the Games. In addition to Brazil, Azerbaijan, Spain, the Czech Republic, Qatar, Japan, the USA and Russia fought for the right to host the Games. Three countries indicated in their applications cities that were not their capitals. These were: Russia (St. Petersburg), USA (Chicago) and Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). St. Petersburg withdrew the application, because a month and a half after the application was submitted, another city (Sochi) received the right to host the 2014 Winter Games.

Four applicants got to the final part of the race: Madrid, Tokyo, Chicago and Rio de Janeiro. Voting took place in three stages. With each of them, one applicant was eliminated. As a result, there were only two left: Rio de Janeiro and Madrid.

With a double advantage during the final vote in October 2009, Rio de Janeiro won. In 2014, information appeared that the venue for the 2016 Summer Olympics could be changed. The reason for the rumors was the frequent statements by IOC officials about non-compliance by the host country with the deadlines for the delivery of facilities for competitions.

The media considered London, which hosted the competition in 2012, and Moscow as an alternative to hosting the Games. But despite problems with the organization, IOC officials said that the Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro, and there is no talk of postponing the competition.

The Brazilians, after the approval of the candidacy of Rio de Janeiro, decided that the 2016 Summer Olympics will be held on the territory of four zones of the city.

• Athletics;
• marathon;
• archery;
• football;
• water polo;
• volleyball.

Maracana will become the main object of the Olympics. The stadium of the same name will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games. Also, the stadium "Maracana" will host the final match of the Olympic football tournament. It is the largest sports ground in Brazil with a capacity of 79,000 people.

The Joao Havelange and Maracanazinho stadiums adjacent to the Maracanã will host athletics and volleyball competitions, respectively. The João Havelange Olympic Stadium is new (commissioned in 2007) and can accommodate 45,000 people.

The Maracanazinho stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people. The stadium was built in 1954 and has gone through two renovations. The last one was in 2007. One of the main attractions of the Maracanã area will also host part of the Olympics competitions. We are talking about the famous Sambodrome street, where the Brazilian carnival takes place every year. The street has a length of 700 meters, and on the sides it is fenced off by spectator stands. Their capacity is 90,000 people.

Archery competitions will be held at the Sambadrome. Here will be the start and finish of the women's and men's marathons.

Barra

• boxing;
• table tennis;
• badminton;
• cycling (road);
• Weightlifting;
• gymnastics (sports, artistic and trampolining);
• cycle track;
• sports walking;
• diving;
• water polo;
• swimming;
• synchronized swimming;
• basketball;
• judo;
• taekwondo;
• wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman);
• handball;
• fencing;
• golf;
• tennis.

The Barra area will host the lion's share of the upcoming Olympics. There are 15 sports facilities on its territory. The largest water sports facility is the Maria Lenk Water Park, which will host swimming and ski jumping competitions.

The center was built in 2004 and has a capacity of 8,000 spectators. Its total area is 42,000 sq.m. Medals in all types of gymnastics and trampolining will be played at the HSBC Arena. The arena was opened in 2007 and can accommodate 15,000 spectators. The exhibition complex "Riocentro" can accommodate up to 9,000 spectators. It will host competitions in badminton, table tennis, boxing and weightlifting.

Basketball competitions will also be held in the Barra area. The venue for the tournament will be the Olympic Training Center, built specifically for the 2013 Olympics. The center can accommodate 20,000 spectators. Tennis competitions will be held at the Rio Olympic Tennis Center, which is still under construction. The center will consist of 16 courts. The central court will accommodate 10,000 spectators, court No. 1 - 5,000, court No. 2 - 3,000, other courts - 250 people each.

Barra will be home to the Olympic Park and the Olympic Village, as well as a television and press center covering the 2016 Summer Olympics.

• Beach volleyball;
• rowing, canoeing and rowing;
• cycling (highway);
• swimming in open water;
• triathlon;
• sailing.

In the Copacabana area, which is famous for its beach, there will be beach volleyball competitions, as well as open water swimming and triathlon competitions. Within the boundaries of Copacabana in the center "Marina da Gloria" sailing competitions will be held. Temporary stands will be erected on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, which will be able to accommodate 10,000 people.

Deodoro

• basketball;
• modern pentathlon;
• Horseback Riding;
• field hockey;
• shooting;
• rugby 7;
• mountain biking and velomotocross;
• slalom.

Show jumping competitions will be held at the fourth Deodoro Center at the National Equestrian Center. The center was built in 2007, but three years later it required reconstruction. Its capacity is 20,000 people. Next to the Equestrian Sports Center is the National Shooting Sports Center, also built in 2007. Within its limits, competitions in bullet and trap shooting will be held.

Fencing (Deodoro Arena), modern pentathlon (National Center for Modern Pentathlon), cycling (mountain biking) and rowing and canoeing (Olympic Slalom Stadium) will also be held within Deodoro. Cycling competitions will be able to attract up to 25,000 spectators based on the number of places in the Olympic mountain bike center, and fencing, slalom and modern pentathlon competitions, respectively, 5,000, 8,000 and 15,000 spectators.

Not only Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Four more Brazilian cities will host competitions as part of the Olympics. Part of the competitions of the Olympic football tournament will be held at the stadiums of Sao Paulo, Salvador, Belo Horizonte and the capital of Brasilia. The most capacious is the Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia (76,000 people). This is followed by the Mineirão Stadium in Belo Horizonte (74,000), Morumbi in Sao Paulo (66,000) and Fonte Nava Arena in Salvador (60,000).

Mascot and logo of the Games

The talisman of the future Olympics was an animal named Vinicius and a plant named Tom. Both mascots represent the diverse flora and fauna of Brazil. Vinicius is the epitome of all the animals that live in Brazil, "born from an explosion of joy" that the country was chosen as the capital of the Olympics. The volume personifies the symbol of the Paralympic Games and is a mixture of plants.

The theme of the Brazilian flag is clearly traced in the colors of the mascots. The official logo of the Olympics is an image of three dancing human figures in orange, green and blue. They all hold hands. Below is the inscription "RIO 2016" and the symbol of all the Olympic Games - five rings connected to each other.

301 medals in 40 sports disciplines will be played at the Olympics. For the first time, rugby sevens, which is a simplified form of this game, was included in the program of the Summer Games. Also, for the first time since 1904, a golf tournament will be held at the Summer Olympics. This sport was once excluded from the Olympics, but by decision of the IOC, by voting in 2009, this status was returned to it.

Otherwise, the 2016 Summer Olympics will follow the same sports program as the previous Olympics.

The well-known Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva plans to perform in Rio de Janeiro. Elena twice became the champion of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008). After a bronze podium at the 2012 London Olympics, she announced that she was suspending her sports career and would make a final decision on performance at the next Games later.

The American swimmer, 18-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps, who retired in 2012 and returned to sports in 2014, intends to take part in the Games in Brazil, setting the 2016 Summer Olympics as his goal.

Going to the Olympics as a Volunteer

To do this, you need to register on the official website of the Games and submit an application. In May 2015, casting began at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games. It will run until November 2015. During this period, interviews will take place, following which, in November 2015, there will be a meeting of the participants with the artistic group, which will select the most liked applicants with an invitation in April 2016 to Brazil for rehearsal events.

Participants must be at least 16 years of age as of April 1, 2016. The ticket to Brazil is paid by the volunteer himself.

Tickets for the competition went on sale at the beginning of 2015. So, the price of tickets for the Olympic Games in Brazil ranges from 17 to 1300 dollars. For the opening ceremony, the cheapest tickets cost $57 or BRL 200 depending on the exchange rate.

The most expensive tickets (1,200 reais or $341) will be sold for athletics and volleyball competitions, the cheapest (40 reais or $11) for open water swimming, field hockey, shooting, weightlifting and race walking.

All tickets can be purchased through the online portal "Rio 2016 Tickets" after registration. There are no direct flights between Russia and Brazil. Direct flights to Galleon Airport can be reached from airports in Europe. These can be: Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Madrid, Rome, London and Istanbul.

A trip to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will require a large financial outlay for at least one flight, but despite the financial side of the issue and the initial problems with the organization, the 2016 Summer Olympics promise to be the grandest sporting event of the year, which is worth visiting at least once in a lifetime .

The Summer Olympics will be held in Brazil in Rio de Janeiro from 5 to 21 August.
Live broadcasts will most likely not be very convenient for us to watch. Time zones will have their effect.
Surely the Olympics will amaze with a riot of colors. Carnival specialists will not miss the opportunity to demonstrate their skills.

Olympic venues 2016.

Maracana

The opening ceremony will take place here.
Football, athletics and volleyball competitions are also planned here and in the surrounding area.

Barra

Barra will host calisthenics, wrestling, basketball, tennis, cycling, golf, water polo and diving.

Copacabana

Copacabana will host swimming, rowing, sailing and triathlon competitions.

Deodoro

In Deodoro, it is planned to hold such sports events as: mountain biking; rowing slalom; pentathlon; shooting; equestrian competitions; fencing.

Talisman 2016

The talismans were characters of yellow-orange and blue-green colors.
Yellow looks like some kind of cat-like animal, and blue looks like a fruit or a bright sea anemone.
The animal-like talisman was named Vinicius, and the plant-like talisman was named Tom.

Olympics logo.

The logo is three dancing (by itself) little men green, yellow and blue. They combined the brightness of the hostess of the Olympiad - the sun, rough vegetation and the blue ocean.

Medals.

Medals for the 2016 Olympics will be made from old electrical appliances
The choice of raw materials is dictated by the desire to demonstrate the concern of the organizers of the Games for the environment.
The Brazilian Mint will produce 4,924 award and 75,000 commemorative medals for the Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

Ticket prices.

The cheapest ticket will cost sports fans 14 euros.
The organizers have not yet provided for discounts for preferential groups of citizens.
One of the most expensive pleasures will be going to the finals of the 100 meters. The ticket will cost 420 euros - these are the best places. In London, the cost of similar tickets was over 900 euros.
The best seats at the opening ceremony cost 1600 euros, in England, for such a pleasure, one had to part with the amount of 2530 euros.
The ticket price for the closing ceremony of Rio 2016 is about 1050 euros, for the tennis finals - 245 euros.

Where will the 2016 Olympic Games be held? The next Summer Olympic Games 2016 will be held for the first time in their history in South America. This sports championship of the planet will be held in Brazil from 5 to 21 August.

Hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics

An application for the right to host this most prestigious sporting event was filed back in 2007. The following countries took part in the competition: Azerbaijan, USA, Spain, Japan, Qatar, Czech Republic and Brazil. Based on the results of the competition, four applicant cities were selected: Madrid, Tokyo, Chicago and Rio de Janeiro. In 2009, the International Olympic Committee held several tours of these cities and made the final decision on where these sports competitions would be held. The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro will be the winning city and host of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Before that, Brazil made several attempts and submitted an application to the International Olympic Committee, but never made it to the final. According to preliminary data, more than 12 thousand athletes from 205 countries of the world will participate in the games. 306 sets of awards will be drawn. At the moment, the budget for the Olympics is $2.95 billion, and this does not take into account the costs that the government has allocated for the development of infrastructure in the places where the competitions will be held. Such a huge amount was the result of accounting for rising inflation, the use of the most advanced technologies and changes in some programs.

It should be noted that the program of the 2016 Olympics itself has not undergone significant changes, this is when compared with the previous Games held in 2012 in London, the capital of Great Britain. It was slightly supplemented with some provisions. For example, some sports have been added: golf, beach soccer, a simplified version of rugby and street basketball. The ongoing 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be the first environmentally friendly sporting event in history.

Especially for the Olympics, the RAFAA company from Switzerland built a huge waterfall that runs on solar panels and accumulates solar energy throughout the day. According to the developers, the capacity of this unique structure will be enough to fully provide electricity to the Olympic village and the entire city. The city authorities presented an improved transportation system Bus Rapid Transit. This vehicle will deliver people to various Olympic venues, moving along lanes specially allocated for it and linking the city districts with each other.

Olympic venues

The organizers of the games have allocated several areas for competitions, which are discussed below.

Barra

Most of the Olympics will be held in Barra. Several sports facilities were built in this place. Water polo and diving competitions will take place in the Maria Lenk Water Park. Rhythmic and artistic gymnastics competitions will be held at the Olympic Arena. The Riocenter will host boxing and weightlifting competitions. Basketball and martial arts competitions will be held in the Olympic halls. In addition, there is a Velodrome and a Tennis Center in Barra.

Deodoro

The following sports competitions will be held in this zone:

• mountain bike;
• Rowing slalom;
• Pentathlon;
• Shooting;
• Equestrian competitions;
• Fencing.

Maracana

This grandiose sports facility is one of the most popular football stadiums in the world. This stadium will host the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics, as well as the football championship, in which not only Rio de Janeiro, but also other Brazilian cities will participate. It is worth noting that in this zone there is the Joao Havelange facility, where athletics competitions will be held, as well as the Maracanazinho sports complex, where volleyball competitions will be held. Small Olympic villages have been built for media representatives at the competition venues.

Copacabana

Copacabana is considered one of the famous and picturesque beaches in the world. In this place, the organizers of the games plan to hold competitions in the following sports:

• Swimming;
• Sailing;
• Rowing;
• Triathlon.

Mascots and symbols of the 2016 Olympics

We found out that the 2016 Olympic Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro, and now let's talk about what the mascot will be. The 2016 Olympic Games will be held under the auspices of talismans that symbolize the Brazilian flora and fauna: a cat-like yellow animal and a blue-green plant, in which you can see the outlines of an exotic flower and tree. According to the results of the Internet voting, the mascots were named Vinicius and Tom, in honor of the famous Brazilian musicians.

During the development of the visual image of the Olympics, the designers pursued the goal of creating a feeling of a festive and at the same time solemn atmosphere for the guests of Rio de Janeiro. Here you can see the main values ​​and attributes of the city, as well as some of the elements that emphasize its passion and volatility.

In addition, the developed image reflects the places of Brazilian cities, which will host football matches of the Football Championship: Brasilia, Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte. This Olympic image can be seen on tickets, posters, on sports facilities where sports competitions will be held. Medals for rewarding athletes will be made from precious metals obtained from the processing of electrical appliances. It is planned to produce about 5,000 medals for awarding, as well as about 75,000 commemorative medals and badges.

How much will the tickets cost

Many sports fans are wondering what the cost of tickets for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be? The organizers of this event released the following information: the cheapest ticket will cost 14 euros, and the most expensive - 420 euros. It is well known that the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games are considered the most spectacular, memorable and grandiose events. In order to get to these events, you will need to pay about 1,000 euros. Tickets can be purchased from the beginning of 2016 on the official website of the organizers of the games.

Volunteering

The organizers of the 2016 Olympics plan to attract about 60,000 volunteers to participate in all events. Application deadline was until the end of 2015. Anyone over the age of 18 could offer their services, regardless of their gender and nationality. Selected candidates are given special online trainings, during which they are introduced to the features of the upcoming work, as well as to the places where the Games will be held. During the Olympics, all volunteers will be provided with appropriate equipment and food. True, they will need to get to Rio de Janeiro at their own expense. At the end of the Olympic Games, all volunteers will receive exclusive gifts and special certificates.

Ready for the Olympics

Finally, we found out where the 2016 Olympics will be held. But the following should be noted: the International Olympic Committee is of the opinion that Brazil is not quite ready to host the Olympics. This is due to the fact that the organizers do not have enough finances and therefore they do not invest in the deadlines allotted for preparation. IOC officials say funding for all preparations is being delayed. Many sports facilities have not yet been completed, and Rio de Janeiro still lacks the necessary infrastructure and there is a shortage of hotel rooms.

It is also worth noting this fact: Guonabara Bay is heavily polluted and the authorities are now working on cleaning it up, because it is here that sailing, kayaking and canoeing competitions will be held. The organizers assure that by the beginning of the Olympics, all pollution will be eliminated. Information has appeared in the media that the organizers may change the venue for the 2016 Summer Olympics. According to some reports, the International Olympic Committee asked the UK authorities about the possibility of holding the Olympics in London for the second time in a row.

To which the British authorities agreed and assured that London was quite ready to host the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Although there are no official statements about this. Now representatives of the International Olympic Committee are taking a number of decisions to stabilize the situation. They offered the Brazilian authorities their assistance in the implementation of certain activities, as well as their readiness to constantly monitor the preparations for the Games so that they take place at the highest level. According to the situation that has developed at the end of 2015, they do not intend to transfer the Olympic Games to another country, and they will take place, as planned, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.

From May to September 2007, he accepted applications to determine the place where the 2016 Summer Olympics will be held. Baku, Doha, the Spanish, Brazilian, Japanese and Czech capitals, as well as the largest American city of Chicago and our northern capital expressed their desire to host these largest world cities. However, the latter withdrew its application after Russia received the right to host the Winter Games on its territory. In June 2008, four cities out of all applicants reached the final. They were Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Chicago and Madrid.

Summer Olympics 2016: Venue

The final round of voting took place on October 2, 2009 at the 121st session of the IOC in Copenhagen, Denmark. The world learned about the voting results from the message of the president of this organization, whose speech was broadcast live by all the leading TV channels of the planet. As a result of three rounds, the Brazilian Rio de Janeiro was able to beat Madrid. At the same time, Tokyo and Chicago, which also reached the final, were eliminated during the previous two. And if the failure did not come as a surprise, then the largest American city (whose application the US President and his wife came to help), which was considered one of the favorites, lost completely inexplicably.

First time on the South American continent

Prior to that, South America had never hosted these major and prestigious sports competitions, so the Brazilian delegation focused on this. Rio de Janeiro, which will host the 2016 Summer Olympics, presented its application not only on behalf of the city, or even the country, but on behalf of the entire continent. In addition, this year, two years before the start of the main summer sports forum, Brazil will host the World Cup. Interestingly, prior to the IOC voting on where the 2016 Summer Olympics would be held, this was cited as one of the weaknesses in Rio's candidacy.

Environmentally friendly competition

The 2016 Summer Olympics, which will be held in the capital of Brazil, will be the first ever environmentally friendly competition. The Swiss architecture firm RAFAA, which specializes in eco-projects, has created a literally fantastic structure that generates energy from sunlight during the day and from water at night. This building, according to many, will become one of the most beautiful on the planet. This news alone testifies to the scope with which the 2016 Summer Olympics are being prepared.

Sports forum in the homeland of the carnival

Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most interesting cities on the planet, has a lot of experience in hosting very large-scale events. Every year, thousands and thousands of tourists come to the Brazilian capital to celebrate the New Year, or to the traditional carnival. Moreover, major sporting events have already been held in Rio de Janeiro.

It was here that the very popular Pan American Games took place in 2007, which the IOC recognized as the best in their history. The authorities of this magnificent city, in which the 2016 Summer Olympics are expected, are busy not only with the construction of various stadiums and arenas. They actively reduce their crime rate in order to be able to show Rio from the best side. To this end, numerous additional police detachments have already been created today, which have begun patrolling the city's slums and criminal areas. This work has already yielded positive results, significantly reducing the crime rate. By the end of this year, the authorities of Rio de Janeiro plan to reduce this level to almost zero.

Ready state

In the summer of 2012, the Commission of the Olympic Committee came to the city where the next Summer Olympics 2016 will be held, with a check. Then it was noted that the most important infrastructure facilities, such as the press center and the Olympic Park, have not yet been launched in Rio de Janeiro, and the contractors who will have to build the shooting complex have not been identified.

At the same time, the construction of all other Olympic facilities has already begun in the city, the completion and commissioning of which is expected by the end of 2015. These include all major infrastructure buildings and major projects such as metro lines, highways and many others. The authorities of Rio de Janeiro then announced that they had scheduled the construction of the Olympic Park for the second half of 2012, and all sports facilities that would be built in the Deodoro area would be completed in 2013. And today the IOC states that the organizers kept their word: this is evidenced by another check.

The Brazilians promise that the spectacle of the opening of the Olympics, which, like the closing, will be held at the world-famous Maracanã stadium, will be the brightest and simply fantastic. According to them, there has never been such a show in the history of the Olympic Games. Rio will meet guests with his characteristic cordiality, trying to impress them with his sparkling temperament.

It is interesting that the granddaughter of the English Queen Elizabeth II will also fight for a medal at the 2016 Olympic Games. announced her participation in equestrian competitions.

Program

Since the 2016 Olympics are summer, its sports will remain the same as in previous competitions. However, according to the IOC decision, the program will include two new ones, which will be selected from seven applicants. The fact that the list of competitions will increase, it became known back in 2009. Seven sports associations have submitted applications to the International Olympic Committee, but only two will be selected.

Returns to the program were sought by softball and baseball, excluded from it due to the fact that many top athletes did not take part in the competition. In addition, karate, squash and roller sports are among the contenders. The IOC has limited the number of sports in the Brazilian Olympics to twenty-eight.

A special commission that studied the applications of applicants is led by the Italian Franco Carraro. The IOC member had to submit the final program of the Olympics for approval to the executive body. The voting took place in October 2009, and as a result, rugby and golf were included in the program of the summer games, which will be held in the Brazilian capital. A game as popular on the American continent as baseball has not been able to prove that it can ensure that the best players in this sport participate in competitions.

The main obstacle to this was the fact that just during the Games in Rio de Janeiro in the United States, the main American championship will be in full swing.

Main sports venues

Football matches, as well as the opening and closing of the games will be held at the arena of the most famous stadium on the planet - Maracana. It is supposed to be held in the "Aquatic Center".

Competitions in artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, trampolining and basketball will be held at the Rio Olympic Arena. This multi-profile sports complex is able to accommodate up to eighteen thousand spectators.

Beach volleyball, triathlon and open water swimming will be raffled off. Volleyball games will be hosted by Maracanazinho, an indoor sports arena in the largest area of ​​Rio de Janeiro - Maracana. And archery competitions will be held in the Sambadrome.

The 2016 Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city in Brazil. The Summer Olympic Games will start at 18:00 on August 5, 2016 at the Maracana Stadium (in Moscow it will be 00:00 on August 6). This is one of the largest stadiums in the world, built in 1950. It is worth noting that the stadium can accommodate almost 80,000 people.

The closing ceremony will take place at the same stadium on August 21 at 18:00 (Brazil time). Tickets for the opening ceremony cost from 30,000 to 400,000 rubles. The price of visiting the closing ceremony starts from 12,000 and ends at 510,000 rubles.

The 2016 Olympics will bring together nearly 11,000 athletes from 206 countries. 306 sets of medals will be played in 26 sports. An interesting fact is that the 2016 Summer Games will take place during the Brazilian calendar winter. And for the first time the Olympic Games will be held in South America.

In the first week of the Olympics in Rio, there will be competitions in cycling, rowing and kayaking, judo, diving, swimming, gymnastics, fencing, shooting, table tennis and weightlifting.

The 2016 Olympics can take place without athletes from the Russian Federation. The World Anti-Doping Agency urges not to allow the Russian team to the Olympic Games in Rio. Several athletes and weightlifters have already been suspended from participation due to the erupted "meldonium scandal". Moreover, Russian officials believe that the sports "scandal" is deliberately politicized in order to denigrate and humiliate Russia.