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List of countries ranked by the number of times they hosted or will host the Olympic Games Total Country Region First Year Last Year Summer Olympics Winter Olympics 10 United States: North America 1904: 2034: 5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028) 5 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002, 2034) 7 France: Europe 1900: 2030: 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) 4 (1924, 1968, 1992 ...
The men's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016. [1] Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Serbia won the gold medal by defeating Croatia in the final. Bronze was won by Italy after beating Montenegro. [2]
The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), [C] officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Portuguese: Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.
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Doha submitted its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics [85] after its hosting of the 2006 Asian Games, spending US$2.8 billion on infrastructure and venues. [86] The Doha 2016 bid won much regional support, for example from the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) president [ 87 ] and the Gulf Cooperation Council .
2016 Men's Olympic Football Tournament; Tournament details; Host country: Brazil: Dates: 4–20 August: Teams: 16 (from 6 confederations) Venue(s) 7 (in 6 host cities) Final positions; Champions Brazil (1st title) Runners-up Germany: Third place Nigeria: Fourth place Honduras: Tournament statistics; Matches played: 32: Goals scored: 104 (3.25 ...
The ceremony was intended to have a significantly lower cost than those of other recent Olympics, with a reported budget under R$20,433,298 (US$6.5265 million). The ceremony was praised by the international media for its vivid, diverse performances, emphasis on multiculturalism, and its appeal to the issue of climate change.
Qualification for the Olympics were awarded based on a series of tournaments before the event between January 2015 and April 2016. Each National Olympic Committee were allowed to enter one team each for men and women. The host country was guaranteed an entry in each event, as was the winner of the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship. Four ...