2016 Summer Olympics torch relay

Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Host city	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Countries visited	Greece and Brazil
Start date	April 21, 2016
End date	August 5, 2016

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President Dilma Rousseff holding the Olympic torch, acompaned by the president of BOC Carlos Arthur Nuzman (left), and the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes (right).

The 2016 Summer Olympics torch relay will run from April 21 to August 5, 2016, in advance of the 2016 Summer Olympics. After being lit in Olympia, Greece, the torch will travel to Athens on 27 April. The torch will begin its Brazilian journey on 3 May, visiting more than 300 Brazilian cities, including all 26 state capitals and the Federal District. The Brazilian leg will begin in the capital, Brasília, and end in Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã Stadium, the main venue of the 2016 Olympics.^[1]

References

↑ "Goiás will be the first state to recive the Rio 2016 Olympic Flame". USA Today (Diário da Manhã). 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

Olympic torch relays

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