Important Details you should know about 2016 Summer Rio Olympics (Highlights)

2016 Summer Rio Olympics

Held During : 5th  to 21st August 2016

IOC president : Thomas BachIt

It is 31st Modern Olympicss

2016 Rio Olympic cauldron was lit by : Vanderlei de Lima

Venue : Rio de Janerio(Brazil)

Brazil capital : Brasília

Brazil currency : Brazilian real

Opening cermony Stadium : Maracanã Stadium

Closing cermony Stadium : Maracanã Stadium

Official Song of Olympic Torch Relay : Life of a Traveller

Official Theme Song : Heart and Soul

Motto : A new world---rio 2016
Inspire a Generation----London 2012
One world,One drean------Beijing,2008

Theme : World Peace and Environment

Mascot : Vinicius (named after musician 'Vinicius de Moraes')

Logo : Henri Matisse's painting Dance

How many nations participating : 205

Events : 306

Sports disciplines : 41(total sports---28)

The two new sports : Golf and Rugby sevens

Total medals : 2102

Total athletes : 11544

INDIA AT OLYMPICS : 1 Silver, 1 Bronze

India’s flag bearer opening ceremony was : Abhinav Bindra

India’s flag bearer closing ceremony was  : Sakshi Malik

The official sponsor of Indian contingent to the 2016 Rio Olympics : Amul

Goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent : Salman Khan, A R Rahman, Sachin Tendulkar Abhinav Bindra

Which indian won historic silver medal in women’s singles badminton : Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (gold---carolin marin)

The Indian female wrestler who won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category at the Olympic Games in Rio-----Sakshi Malik

Which state government will confer Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik with Rani Laxmi Bai Award for winning a medal in Rio Olympics : Utter pradesh

Name the Indian athlete who has qualified for the women's 3000m steeplechase final at Rio : LlitaBbar

The following created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to enter the Olympic final at the Rio Olympic Centre : Dipa karmakar

What is the total number of participants in Rio Olympics 2016 from India(including those who failed in doping test) : 124

Which Indian wrestler was ousted from the Olympics and slapped with a four-year ban for flunking a dope test after Court of Arbitration  : Narsingh Yadav

First gold medal was won by - Ginny Thrasher of USA - 10-meter air rifle event.

Majlinda Kelmendi wins Kosovo's first Olympic gold medal

Highest Medals : US (121 Medals), Britain 2 nd, China 3rd

Highest individual medal in Mens : Phelps(swimming) ----6(5 gold and 1 silver)

Highest individual medal in womens: Ledecky katie(swimming) ----5(4 g, 1 s)

First time as part in the Olympics Games : Kosovo and South Sudan

Largest Olympic team of 2016 Rio Olympics is : The United States (554 athletes)

Smallest Olympic team of 2016 Rio Olympics is : Tuvalu (1 athletes)

Youngest athlete of 2016 Rio Olympics : Meet Gaurika Singh of Nepal age 13 years 255 days (Swimming)

The first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal : Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin(Taekwondo---women's 57 kg)

Country team won Mens hockey gold medal : Argentina

Country team won Mens Foot ball gold medal : Brazil

Who created a world record of 82.29m in women’s hammer throw to win gold at Rio Olympics : Anita Wlodarczyk

Who won the gold medal in men’s singles tennis category in Rio 2016 Olympic Games : AndyMurray

The Chinese table tennis champion who became the fifth male player to complete the Grand Slam by winning gold medal in Rio Olympics 2016 : Ma Long

The following became the first Brazilian to win a Gold medal at 2016 Rio Olympics : Judoka Silva

The country won the gold in first-ever Olympic Women's Rugby Sevens Championship in Rio de Janeiro : Australia

The American swimmer who set a new world record to win gold in the women's 400 metres freestyle at the Rio Olympics : Katie Ledecky

The swimmer who became the first swimmer to win four consecutive gold medals in same event : Michael Phelps

The person, after whom the mascot name is given in Rio Olympics was famous as : Musician

Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra missed a medal in the final of the men's ___m Air Rifle event at Rio Olympics : 10 m

Michel Temer is the Acting President of which country : Brazil

First transgender model to participates in opening ceremony : Lea T(Brazil)

The International Olympic Committee(IOC) has added how many new sports for the 2020 Olympics : 5 (baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sports climbing and surfing. )

The following country has been banned from taking part in Rio Olympics : RussiaWhich sport will mark its comeback at Rio Olympics after being dropped from the list post 1904 Summer Olympics : Golf

The first ever refugee Olympic team will participate in Rio Olympics 2016 under which flag : Olympics Flag

IOC President : Thomas Bach

IOC Headquarters : Lausanne, Switzerland

Court of Arbitration for Sport Headquarters : Lausanne, Switzerland

First Indian woman member of IOC : Nita Ambani

Indin Olympic Association Headquarters : New Delhi

Indian Olympic association president : Narayana Ramachandran

Who got The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic Movement and is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement : Narayana Ramachandran (IOC President)