2016 Summer Olympics torch relay
| Host city | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
|---|---|
| Countries visited | Greece, Switzerland, Brazil |
| Distance | 20,000 kilometres (12,000 mi) |
| Torch bearers | 12,000 |
| Start date | 21 April 2016 |
| End date | 5 August 2016 |
The 2016 Summer Olympics torch relay which ran from the 21st of April to the 5th of August 2016. After being lit in Olympia, Greece, the torch traveled to Athens on the 27th of April. The Brazilian leg began in the capital, Brasília, and ended in Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã Stadium, the main venue of the 2016 Olympics. After having visited more than 300 Brazilian cities, including all 26 state capitals and the Federal District. The end of the relay was the closing to the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
21 April (Day 1)
22 April (Day 2)
23 April (Day 3)
24 April (Day 4)
25 April (Day 5)
26 April (Day 6)
27 April (Day 7)
28 April (Day 8)
29 April (Day 9)
30 April (Day 10)
Torch relay in Brasília, with the marathoner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima (3 May).
Torch relay in Corumbá de Goiás (4 May).
Torch relay in Pirenópolis, Goiás (4 May).
Torch relay in Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, with Don Lélis Lara (12 May).
The last stop of the torch relay, Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro (5 August).
At the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Gustavo Kuerten brought the Olympic torch into the stadium, relayed off the Olympic flame to Hortência Marcari, who relayed to Vanderlei de Lima. de Lima then lit the Olympic cauldron.
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