2016 Rio Olympic Games - Facts to Know

2016 Rio Olympics is the first Olympic Games in South America

 

In 100 days' time Rio will welcome 206 countries to four venues to compete for 4,924 medals across 42 sports... all in just 17 days of action.

The Rio Olympics will be held in four venues in Rio, Brazil: Deodoro, Barra, Copacabana and Maracana - the site of the Olympic Stadium

A fleet of 21 jumbo jets would be required to fly all 10,500 athletes out to Rio.

About 140,000 people are needed to host the Games in August. Of those, 90,000 will be employees with a further 50,000 volunteers.

In total, about 7.5 million tickets for the Rio Games will be on sale. So far, 60% have been sold