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84-562: In the 206th IAAF Council Meeting, held after the 2016 Summer Olympics , the council decided to conclude the world championship for under-18 athletes after the 2017 event. The decision was made with the intention of improving under-18 competitions at continental level instead. The competition was renamed to the IAAF World U18 Championships in November 2015, though ultimately only the 2017 competition used this title. The competition

168-456: A vertebra injury. Huyền ended up teaming with Hồ Thị Lý in the women's lightweight double sculls events at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon , starting with the 2000 m rowing regatta on 8 August. Huyền and Lý finished in the last place of the group, with a time of 7:29.91, despite being in the second place when they hit the first 500 m. The following day, the two went on to compete in

252-556: A new Olympic record based on the International Shooting Sport Federation Rule changed on 1 January 2013. He became the first Vietnamese athlete to win a gold medal at the Summer Olympics, six decades since Vietnam's first participation in 1952 . His silver medal in the men's 50 metre pistol not only made him the first Vietnamese athlete to earn multiple Olympic medals, but also helped Vietnam reach

336-670: A new tram was built from the Santos Dumont Airport to Rodoviária Novo Rio, due to open in April 2016. The Games required over 200 kilometers of security fencing. A 15,000 square meter warehouse in Barra da Tijuca was used to assemble and supply the furniture and fittings for the Olympic Village. The second warehouse of 90,000 square meters in Duque de Caxias, near the roads that provide access to

420-587: A segment narrated by Fernanda Montenegro and Judi Dench with an appeal to environmental conservation and the prevention of global warming . The crowd in the stadium numbered 60,000 and the event was broadcast to an estimated global audience of three billion. The ceremony included the inaugural presentation of the Olympic Laurel , an honor bestowed by the IOC on those that have made "significant achievements in education, culture, development and peace through sport";

504-540: A set of sustainability criteria, such as being extracted without the use of mercury. The medals feature a wreath design on the front, and in keeping with tradition, the obverse features Nike , the Greek goddess of victory. A wooden carrying box accompanied each medal. Medalists were also awarded a trophy in the shape of the Games' emblem. In May 2017, an Associated Press article disclosed that over 100 athletes who had won medals at

588-616: A significant lead over Madrid, heading into the final round; the lead was held, and Rio de Janeiro was announced as host of the 2016 Summer Olympics. On 26 June 2011, it was reported on Around The Rings that Roderlei Generali, the COO of the Rio de Janeiro Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, resigned just one year after taking the job at ROOC. This came just five months after CCO Flávio Pestana quit for personal reasons. Pestana withdrew later during

672-440: A simple majority from the full IOC committee for approval rather than the two-thirds majority previously required. The 121st IOC Session decided to add rugby sevens and golf to the Rio 2016 Olympic programme. The tally for rugby was 81 in favor, with eight against, and golf was approved by 63 votes to 26. Neither of these two sports was new to the Summer Olympics; rugby last featured in 1924 , and golf in 1904 . In May 2012,

756-410: A single edition and also achieving the medal target set by VOC. Hoàng Xuân Vinh claimed his nation's first ever gold medal in the men's 10 m air pistol on the opening day of the Games, and then followed it up with a silver in the 50 m pistol four days later, emerging himself as the most decorated Vietnamese athlete in history. Vietnam had participated in nine Summer Olympics between its debut in

840-775: A total cash prize of $ 100.000 (2.4 billion VND ) for his results at the Olympics. Vietnam entered two swimmers into the Olympic competition. Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên was the only Vietnamese swimmer listed on the qualified list compiled by the International Swimming Federation in July 2016. Viên qualified in four A standards, three of them were reached when she competed a year earlier at the Southeast Asian Games. Hoàng Quý Phước , who achieved two B standards, qualified for

924-735: Is a cluster of nine sporting venues in Barra da Tijuca , in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The site was formerly occupied by the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet , also known as the Jacarepaguá Formula One circuit. The nine venues within the Olympic Park were: As well as the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange and Maracanã and in Rio de Janeiro, football matches took place at five venues in

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1008-448: Is noted in parentheses. In April 2008, the IOC began accepting applications for two new sports to be introduced to the Olympic programme. Baseball and softball (which were both dropped in 2005), karate , squash , golf , roller sports , and rugby union all applied to be included on the programme. Formal presentations were made to the IOC executive board in June 2009. In August,

1092-595: The 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , USSR , and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil. Vietnam won two silver medals in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the Beijing 2008 in taekwondo and weightlifting, respectively. The nation won its first bronze medal in London 2012 in weightlifting. In athletics, Vietnam was represented by Nguyễn Thành Ngưng and Nguyễn Thị Huyền . Ngưng

1176-418: The 2012 Summer Olympics bids , which was awarded to London , United Kingdom. The commission made on-site inspections in the second quarter of 2009. They issued a comprehensive technical appraisal for IOC members on 2 September, one month before the elections. Many safeguards were put in place to prevent bidding cities from communicating with or directly influencing the 115 IOC members eligible to vote in

1260-439: The 2012 Summer Paralympics , and Renato Ciuchin was then appointed as COO. Events took place at eighteen existing venues, nine new venues constructed specifically for the Games, and seven temporary venues. For the events held in Rio de Janeiro, each event was held in one of four geographically segregated Olympic clusters– Barra , Copacabana , Deodoro , and Maracanã –as was done for the 2007 Pan American Games . Several of

1344-451: The 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships . Thạch Kim Tuấn and Trần Lê Quốc Toàn were announced for the first two places, following by Hoàng Tấn Tài in May 2016. That month, Vương Thị Huyền was also chosen for a single women's Olympic spot, added by virtue of a top six national finish at the 2016 Asian Championships . Toàn was the only wrestler out of four who had previously competed at

1428-475: The Brazilian Federal District . The relay ended in Rio de Janeiro on 5 August when the flame was used to light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony . Unpaid volunteers performed a variety of tasks before and during the Games. A target of 50,000 volunteers was set as early as 2012. More than 240,000 applications were received when recruitment took place in 2014. The clothing worn by

1512-554: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) following a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report into a doping program in the country. The IAAF announced that it would allow individual Russian athletes to apply for "exceptional eligibility" to participate in the Games as "neutral" athletes if it was independently verified that they had not engaged in doping nor in the Russian doping program. On 24 July 2016,

1596-555: The International Sailing Federation announced that windsurfing would be replaced by kitesurfing at the 2016 Olympics, but this decision was reversed in November. All 205 National Olympic Committees qualified at least one athlete. The first three nations to qualify athletes for the Games were Germany, Great Britain, and the Netherlands, who each qualified four athletes for the team dressage by winning medals in

1680-732: The Men's 20 km walk event, finishing 60th out of 63rd competitors on a route along Pontal and failing to advance to the quarterfinals. The following day, Huyền took part in the Women's 400 m event at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos , where she finished in sixth with 52.97 seconds. On 15 August, she ran her heats in 57.87 seconds and finished at the penultimate position in the Women's 400 m hurdles event, only ahead of Natalya Asanova from Uzbekistan . Vietnam had two qualified badminton players, Nguyễn Tiến Minh and Vũ Thị Trang , for

1764-508: The Women's singles event. She ultimately lost to Okuhara after the two-game match, with the score of 2–0 (10–21, 8–21). She went on to win over Lindaweni Fanetri of Indonesia two days later, with the score of 2–0 (21–12, 21–11). Despite finishing in second in the Group J and failing to advance to the Round of 16, Trang still fulfilled her personal goal of getting a winning match. Minh competed in

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1848-682: The medal table , winning the most gold medals (46) and the highest number of medals overall (121); the U.S. team also won its 1,000th Summer Olympic gold medal. Great Britain finished second and became the first country to increase its tally of medals in the Summer Olympiad immediately after being the host nation . China finished third. Host nation Brazil won seven gold medals and 19 total medals, its best result at any Olympics, finishing in thirteenth place. Bahrain , Fiji , Ivory Coast , Jordan , Kosovo , Puerto Rico , Singapore , Tajikistan , and Vietnam all won their first gold medals, as did

1932-463: The women's extra-lightweight category –48 kg . In the four-minute match, neither of the judokas could score a point. Tú, who has fewer penalty points ( shido ) than Moscatt, was then announced as the winner by the referee. It was the first time a Vietnamese judoka has won a match at the Olympics. That same day, Tú was eliminated from the quarterfinal after losing in the match against South Korea's Jeong Bo-kyeong , who scored 102 points. After

2016-400: The 2012 Olympic silver medallist Diego Occhiuzzi of Italy with a score of 15–12. He lost in his final match with Vincent Anstett from France, with a score of 8–15, and ended up at the 15th position on the final ranking. Vietnam entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition, Phạm Phước Hưng and Phan Thị Hà Thanh . The gymnasts qualified based on the results of each in

2100-455: The 2012 Olympics. Huyền was the first wrestler to compete in the women's 48 kg division on 6 August. After her snatch attempt to lift 83kg was dismissed by the referees, Huyền spent the next two takes unsuccessfully trying to lift 84kg. The following day, Tuấn and Toàn went on to compete in the men's 56 kg division. Tuấn, who had suffered from a recurrent knee injury shortly before the Games, registered for 130 kg and managed to do it on

2184-569: The 2016 Games, including first-time entrants Kosovo , South Sudan , and the Refugee Olympic Team . With 306 sets of medals, the Games featured 28 Olympic sports , including rugby sevens and golf , which were added to the Olympic program in 2009. These sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city and at five separate venues in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo , Belo Horizonte , Salvador , Brasília , and Manaus . These were

2268-399: The 2016 Games: Phạm Thị Huệ in the women's single sculls category; Phạm Thị Thảo and Tạ Thanh Huyền in the women's lightweight double sculls. However, because each country can only pick a maximum of one category, only Thảo and Huyền were chosen to represent Vietnam at the 2016 Olympics. Less than a month before the 2016 Games, Thảo abruptly withdrew from the team due to her suffering from

2352-562: The Games through wildcard place in July 2016. The VOC picked and submitted Phước among the four Vietnamese male swimmers who also reached the B standards for the sole wildcard spot. Phước achieved the B-standards in April 2015 while practicing in Japan. It marked Phước's first and Viên's second consecutive time at the Olympics. Phước competed in the men's 200 m freestyle on 7 August. He and Ahmed Mathlouthi of Greece both finished last in

2436-424: The Games, Cường said that he and Vinh would try "to get the best results" and expressed his goal to reach the finals. Vinh and Cường competed in the men's 10 m air pistol events on 6 August, starting with the qualification round where each shooter fired 60 shots. Vinh scored 581 points and ranked in 4th place, claiming a spot into the finals. Cường scored 575 points and finished 26th out of 46 competitors. In

2520-646: The Games, Tú earned a prize and a certificate by the Ministry of National Defense for her result as a military athlete. At the ceremony, she announced that it was her last time competing at the Olympics, saying "It was the most significant milestone of my career. An Olympic victory in Rio de Janeiro is what I wish for the most and it came true." After the Asia and Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju in April 2016, Vietnam has three qualified rowers in two categories for

2604-465: The Group C, competing for a spot between the 13th and 18th. The duo, however, chose to skip the competition after Huyền got a fever, finishing in 18th place on the final ranking. Vietnam had two qualified shooters for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Hoàng Xuân Vinh and Trần Quốc Cường . At the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships in September 2014, Vinh achieved the quota place for the 2016 Olympics at

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2688-528: The Group E in the Men's singles events, starting with the three-game match against Russia 's Vladimir Malkov on 11 August. Minh won the match with the score of 2–1 (15–21, 21–9, 21–13). He scored his second win in the match against Austria 's David Obernosterer the following day, with the result of 2-0 (21–18, 21–14). In the final group match on 14 August, Minh played against Lin Dan of China , who had won six previous contests with Minh. Lin ultimately won

2772-581: The IOC finalized plans for a specific Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) ; out of 43 refugee athletes deemed potentially eligible, 10 were chosen to form the team. Due to the suspension of the National Olympic Committee of Kuwait, participants from Kuwait were allowed to participate under the Olympic Flag as Independent Olympic Athletes. In November 2015, Russia was provisionally suspended from all international track and field athletic competitions by

2856-564: The IOC rejected the IAAF and WADA's recommendations to allow athletes to compete neutrally, stating that the Olympic Charter "does not foresee such 'neutral athletes'" and that it was each country's National Olympic Committee decision on which athletes would be competing. As a result, Russian athletes competed under the Russian flag, although they would compete under a neutral flag in the 2018 Winter Olympics following several developments concerning

2940-472: The Olympics in October, outside the IOC's sporting calendar, added with its problems while hosting the 2006 Asian Games , including deaths and illnesses involving athletes and volunteers. Others included lack of infrastructures, including beds for athletes and media reporters at that time. Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco headed the 10-member Evaluation Commission, having also chaired the evaluation commission for

3024-560: The Rio Olympics reported that their medals were showing some damage, including black spots, flaking, or surface degrading. Rio officials offered to replace any defective medals and found problems with 6 to 7 percent of all those awarded. The Olympic flame was lit on 21 April 2016 at the Temple of Hera in Olympia , the traditional start of the Greek phase of the torch relay. The flame

3108-597: The Women's foil category, Đỗ Thị Anh lost the final match to New Zealand's Yuan Ping, who was later ruled ineligible to compete because she played under the Chinese jersey. Thị Anh was subsequently selected to replace Ping, as the next highest-ranked fencer, for the Games by the International Fencing Federation in June. Hoa was the first member to compete in the Women's épée event on 6 August, where she lost

3192-557: 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. Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen , Denmark, on 2 October 2009. 11,238 athletes from 207 nations took part in

3276-502: The broadest sense. It is not just about getting ads out there but it is about a targeted and very carefully planned campaign. The final voting was held in Copenhagen on 2 October 2009, with Madrid and Rio de Janeiro considered favorites to secure the Games. Chicago was eliminated after the first round of voting, and Tokyo after the second (The latter city would eventually be awarded the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2013). Rio de Janeiro took

3360-411: The category. Viên's result, however, was not enough to get her into the top eight swimmers in the final round; she ranked in 9th in the final ranking and only 0.31 seconds lower than the 8th ranking swimmer, Emily Overholt of Canada . The following day, she finished last in second group in the women's 400 metre freestyle event. With the finish time of 4:16.32, she ranked 26th out of 32 swimmers in

3444-808: The cities of São Paulo , Belo Horizonte , and the more distant Salvador , Brasília and Manaus . Rio's historical downtown underwent an urban waterfront revitalization project known as Porto Maravilha , covering 5 km (1.9 sq mi) in area. The project aimed to redevelop the port area, increase the city center's attractiveness, and enhance Rio's competitive position in the global economy. The urban renovation involved 700 km (430 mi) of public networks for water supply, sanitation, drainage, electricity, gas and telecom; 4 km (2.5 mi) of tunnels; 70 km (43 mi) of roads; 650 km (250 sq mi) of sidewalks; 17 km (11 mi) of bike path; 15,000 trees; and three sanitation treatment plants. As part of this renovation,

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3528-529: The deadline of 14 January 2008. On 4 June 2008, two months before the Beijing Olympics , four candidate cities were chosen for the shortlist: Chicago , Madrid , Rio de Janeiro , and Tokyo , which had already hosted the Summer Olympics in 1964 . Three cities— Baku , Doha , and Prague —failed to reach the candidature phase. Doha was not promoted, despite scoring higher than the selected candidate city Rio de Janeiro, because of their proposal to host

3612-481: The doping investigation. During the Games, some countries and continents had a national house. These temporary meeting places for supporters, athletes and other followers were located throughout Rio de Janeiro. This is currently based on the schedule released on the same day as ticket sales began, 31 March 2015. Vietnam at the 2016 Summer Olympics Vietnam competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It

3696-538: The elections. For example, cities could not invite any IOC member to visit, nor could they send anything that could be construed as a gift. Nonetheless, bidding cities invested large sums in their PR and media programs to indirectly influence the IOC members by garnering domestic support and backing from sports media and general international media. Ultimately, you are communicating with just 115 people and each one has influencers and pressure groups but you are still speaking to no more than about 1,500 people, perhaps 5,000 in

3780-416: The executive board initially gave its approval to rugby sevens —a seven-player version of rugby union—by a majority vote; baseball/softball, roller sports, and squash were removed from contention, leaving golf, karate, and rugby sevens in the running. A final vote was held on 9 October 2009, the closing day of the 121st IOC Session. At this session, a new voting system was in place: a sport now needed only

3864-411: The final ranking. Viên competed in the women's 200 m individual medley event on 8 August, where she finished at the penultimate position with the time of 2:16.20, only ahead of Uzbekistan's Ranohon Amanova , and ranked 33th out of 39 competitors in the final ranking. Vietnamese weightlifters qualified three men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at

3948-425: The final round, Vinh earned an additional 10.7 points in his last bullet, beating the 10.1 points scored by Brazilian shooter Felipe Wu . Vinh won the gold medal with the final score of 202.5 points, just 0.4 points higher than the runner-up. Four days later, Vinh and Cường took part in the qualification round of the men's 50 metre pistol events. Vinh got 556 points and ranked in sixth, making him eligible for

4032-437: The final round. The following day, Thanh competed in the women's artistic qualification , where she scored 14.233 points in vault and 13.800 points in balance beam , failing to make into the top eight competitors. Văn Ngọc Tú was the only qualified judoka for Vietnam at the 2016 Games. She competed at the Olympics for the second consecutive time, the most for any Vietnamese judoka. She claimed her spot by being one of

4116-450: The finals, while Cường scored 542 points and ranked 31st out of 41 competitors. In the final round, Vinh and Jin Jong-oh of South Korea were the last remaining shooters. Vinh came in second place after scoring low in his last two shots, with the final score of 191.3 points, 2.4 points lower than Jin's. By scoring 202.5 points in the final round of the men's 10 m air pistol, Vinh set

4200-741: The first Olympic Games to be held in South America , as well as the first to be held in a Portuguese-speaking country , the first summer edition to be held entirely in the host country's winter season , the first since 1968 to be held in Latin America , and the first since 2000 to be held in the Southern Hemisphere . These were also the first Summer Olympics to take place under the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency of Thomas Bach . The United States topped

4284-474: The first-ever sportsman to represent Vietnam in three consecutive Olympics. In an interview before the Games, Minh said: "It is my third time so the happiness is multiplied three times... I am confident that my technique has improved a lot." Minh was responsible for directing and supporting Trang's matches, as the badminton players went to Rio de Janeiro without any coaches. Trang first competed on 12 August, when she played against Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in

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4368-584: The following events in the Olympic tournament. They were selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers each in the men's and women's singles based on the Badminton World Federation World Rankings as of 5 May 2016. Their ranks were boosted by the performances in March at the 2016 New Zealand Open Grand Prix Gold , where Minh ended up at the semifinals. The 2016 Summer Games marked Trang's first and Minh's third time competing, making Minh

4452-495: The following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Hằng and Lụa were chosen as a result of their semifinal triumphs in March 2016 at the Asian Qualification Tournament . Lụa was the first Vietnamese wrestler to compete at the Olympics for the second consecutive time. A day before Hằng's opening match in the women's freestyle 48 kg event on 17 August, the delegation's medical department confirmed she had

4536-509: The group of Independent Olympic Athletes (from Kuwait ). The bidding process for the 2016 Summer Olympics was officially launched on 16 May 2007. The first step for each city was to submit an initial application to the International Olympic Committee by 13 September 2007, confirming their intention to bid. Completed official bid files containing answers to a 25-question IOC form were to be submitted by each city by

4620-613: The highest-ranked judokas outside of the direct qualifying position in the International Judo Federation World Ranking List, which was announced on 30 May 2016. Despite having unsuccessfully qualifying competitions in the recent months, Tú still had stable cumulative points that helped her stay in the top 50 ranking. Because the designated team was limited, Tú went to the 2016 Games without her coach or expert and practiced by herself. On 6 August, she competed against Valentina Moscatt of Australia in

4704-406: The implementation of certain Olympic protocols. To reduce emissions, the Olympic cauldron was designed to be smaller than previous iterations, using a kinetic sculpture to enhance its appearance in place of a larger body of flames. The bronze and silver medals, as well as the ribbons on all medals, were designed to incorporate recycled materials. The athletes were not presented with flowers during

4788-539: The infrastructure of the favelas to provide improved transport and access to utilities, upgrade Rio's sewer system to remediate the level of pollution in the Guanabara Bay , and plant 24 million seedlings to offset the expected carbon emissions of the Games. However, some of these projects met with delays or faced economic shortfalls, leading some critics to believe that Rio would not be able to accomplish them. The focus on environmental protection also influenced

4872-410: The injury, Hưng announced that he would not competing on the men's rings , a competition Hưng was well-trained, and solely focus on the men's parallel bars event instead. On 6 August, he took part in the men's artistic qualification where he gained a total score of 14.966, sharing the same score as Brinn Bevan of Great Britain . Hưng finished 17th out of 43rd competitors and failed to advance to

4956-436: The match to Auriane Mallo of France with the score of 7–15 and finished last on the final ranking. Hoa was unsatisfied with the result, citing that she didn't have enough time to warm up prior to the match. Two days later, Dung was also lost at her only match against Kim Ji-yeon of South Korea on the Women's sabre event, with the score of 3–15. Thị Anh competed in the Women's foil events on 10 August, starting with

5040-495: The match with the score of 2–0 (7–21, 12–21). Despite considering the 2016 Summer Games as his final time at the Olympics, Minh was still chosen to compete in 2021 . Vietnam entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. Vũ Thành An, Nguyễn Thị Như Hoa , and Nguyễn Thị Lệ Dung had claimed their Olympic spots with the winning performances at the Asia and Oceania Zonal Qualifier, which took place in Wuxi in April 2016. In

5124-438: The medal ceremonies, as had been the tradition at previous Olympics (although floral displays were still used as part of the staging of medal presentations). The organizers considered the practice to be wasteful because the flowers were often thrown away and "would struggle to survive in the tropical Brazilian climate" if kept. The podiums were designed using materials that could be recycled to make furniture. The Future Arena ,

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5208-484: The medal target set by the VOC. In an interview after the Games, Vinh said: "I am very emotional. I would like to dedicate this historic gold medal to all Vietnamese fans who have been waiting for an Olympic victory for decades." In a congratulations letter to Vinh, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc wrote that his victory "brings honor to the country and pride for officials, coaches, athletes and Vietnamese fans." Vinh received

5292-537: The men's 50m pistol, while Cường claimed his spot in the men's 10 m air pistol. It was Cường's first and Vinh's second consecutive time at the Olympics. Because of their early Olympics notices, the two shooters had more time to practice and compete in the 2015 ISSF World Cup . The shooters were trained in their homeland, the US and South Korea prior to the Games, before moving to Olympic Shooting Centre once they arrived at Rio de Janeiro. In an interview before going to

5376-533: The men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro in April 2016. Hưng and Thanh had previously attended at the 2012 Summer Olympics . Prior to the 2016 Olympics, Hưng experienced a recurrent back and neck pain from an injury, while Thanh had also not recovered from her knee injury. "I feel a little worried... But we are still very determined... We have high hopes for ourselves," Hưng said. Due to

5460-439: The most expensive seats at the opening ceremony. About 3.8 million of these tickets were available for BRL 70 or less. As an aspect of its bid, Rio's organizing committee planned to focus on sustainability and environmental protection as a theme of the 2016 Games, going on to dub them a "Green Games for a Blue Planet". As legacy projects, organizers intended to introduce a wider array of public transport options, upgrade

5544-526: The nation's athletes were pistol shooter and London 2012 fourth-place finalist Hoàng Xuân Vinh , world-ranked swimmer and 2014 Youth Olympic champion Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên , weightlifter Trần Lê Quốc Toàn , and sabre fencer and two-time Southeast Asian Games titleholder Vũ Thành An , who was selected by the committee to carry the Vietnamese flag at the opening ceremony. Vietnam left Rio de Janeiro with two medals, signifying its most successful Olympic showing at

5628-528: The race. The cauldron was originally expected to be lit by Brazilian footballer Pelé , but he declined to participate due to health problems. Following the opening ceremony, a public cauldron was lit in front of the Candelária Church by Jorge Gomes, a 14-year-old Brazilian athlete who had escaped from poverty to train as a runner. The 2016 Summer Olympic program featured 28 sports encompassing 306 events. The number of events in each of 42 discipline

5712-569: The record of 18 athletes who attended the London Games in 2012. This was also the youngest delegation in Vietnam's Olympic history, with about half under the age of 25. For the second time in history, the Vietnamese team featured more female athletes than males. Eight athletes on the Vietnamese roster previously competed in London, with the rest of the field making their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro. Among

5796-462: The second group of competitors in the repechage , where they finished in fourth place with a time of 8:19.79, claiming their spots in the Semifinals C/D. In the semifinals on 11 August, they played in the first group of four and finished in third, only ahead of Yislena Hernández and Licet Hernández of Cuba , with a time of 8:18.47. The next day, Huyền and Lý were eligible for the finals in

5880-408: The second group with a time of 1:50.39, and later shared the 41st position in the final ranking. On 6 August, Viên first competed in the women's 400 m individual medley , a category that she was well-trained and set the goal to reach the finals. With the finish time of 4:36.85, Viên came in first in the third group and broke her own national record set at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in

5964-566: The second try, ranked in fourth in the snatch round. In the clean and jerk round, Tuan raised the weight to 160 kg in the last two jerks but could not finish it. Toàn fared better when he successfully lifted 121 kg in snatch and 154 kg in clean and jerk, finishing 5th out of 15 wrestlers. Tài was the last wrestler to compete on the men's 85 kg event on 12 August. He managed to lift 145 kg in snatch and 180 kg in clean and jerk, finishing 16th out of 20 wrestlers. Vietnam qualified two wrestlers, Vũ Thị Hằng and Nguyễn Thị Lụa , for each of

6048-432: The team event at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games . As host nation, Brazil received automatic entry for some sports including in all cycling disciplines and six places for weightlifting events. The 2016 Summer Olympics were the first Games in which Kosovo and South Sudan were eligible to participate. Bulgarian and Russian weightlifters were banned from Rio Olympics for numerous anti-doping violations. Kuwait

6132-432: The trophy was awarded to Kenyan athlete Kipchoge Keino . The Games were officially opened by the acting president of Brazil, Michel Temer . The Olympic cauldron was lit by long-distance runner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima , the men's marathon bronze medalist at the 2004 Olympics , who had also received the IOC's Pierre de Coubertin medal for sportsmanship after being attacked by a spectator and losing his lead in

6216-636: The venue for the handball competitions, was designed as a temporary modular structure whose components could be reconstructed after the Games to build schools. However, as of November 2017, the arena was still standing due to lack of funds to dismantle it and no allocation of funds to do so in the 2018 budget. Portions of the opening ceremony were dedicated to the issue of climate change . The opening ceremony took place at Maracanã Stadium on 5 August 2016, directed by Fernando Meirelles , Daniela Thomas , and Andrucha Waddington . The ceremony highlighted aspects of Brazilian history and culture, and featured

6300-481: The venues were located at the Barra Cluster Olympic Park. Nearly half of the athletes could reach their venues in less than 10 minutes, and almost 75 per cent could do so in less than 25 minutes. Of the 34 competition venues, eight underwent some permanent works, seven were totally temporary and nine were constructed as permanent legacy venues. The largest venue at the Games in terms of seating capacity

6384-554: The venues, contained all the equipment needed for the sporting events. The medals were produced by the Casa da Moeda do Brasil (the Brazilian National Mint). The medal design was unveiled on 15 June 2016. They were designed to be environmentally friendly using recycled materials; the bronze and silver medals contained 30% recycled materials. The gold medals were produced using gold that had been mined and extracted according to

6468-829: The volunteers included yellow polo shirts and jackets, beige trousers, white socks, and green trainers, which they collected from the Uniform Distribution and Accreditation Centre. Volunteers also wore photo accreditation badges which were allocated to officials, athletes, family members, and media, allowing them to gain access to specific venues and buildings around the site. Many volunteers gave up their roles due to long working hours and insufficient free meals. The ticket prices were announced on 16 September 2014, all of which were sold in Brazilian reais (BRL). A total of 7.5 million tickets were to be sold in total, with ticket prices ranging from BRL 40 for many events to BRL 4,600 for

6552-422: The winning match against Aikaterini Kontochristopoulou from Greece with the score of 15–13. It was the first winning match for a Vietnamese fencer at the Olympics. Thị Anh lost her second match to Italy 's Arianna Errigo with a score of 9–15, finishing 32nd out of 35th competitors on the final ranking. That same day, Thành An also took part in the Men's sabre events, where he won his first match against

6636-641: Was banned in October 2015 for the second time in five years over government interference in the country's Olympic committee. Kuwaiti athletes instead participated as "Independent Olympic Athletes". 11,238 athletes from 207 NOCs Due to the European migrant crisis and other reasons, the IOC allowed athletes to compete as Independent Olympians under the Olympic Flag . During the previous Summer Olympic Games , refugees were ineligible to compete because of their inability to represent their home NOCs. On 2 March 2016,

6720-612: Was chosen based on his record-breaking result at the Asian Race Walking Championships in March 2016, while Huyền's winning performance in June 2015 at the Southeast Asian Games met the criteria for both the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Summer Olympics. Ngưng and Huyền both made their Olympic debuts and were the only qualified athletes from Southeast Asia by the International Association of Athletics Federations . Ngưng participated on 12 August in

6804-787: Was handed over to the Brazilian organisers in a ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on 27 April. A brief stop-off was made in Switzerland to visit the IOC headquarters and the Olympic Museum in Lausanne , as well as the United Nations Office at Geneva . The torch relay began its journey around Brazil on 3 May at the capital Brasília . The flame visited more than 300 Brazilian cities, including all 26 state capitals and

6888-558: Was the 75,000-seat Maracanã Stadium , which served as the ceremonies venue and site of the football finals. The second largest stadium was the 60,000-seat Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos (formerly João Havelange during the Games), which hosted track and field events. The athletes' village was said to be the largest in Olympic history. Fittings included about 80,000 chairs, 70,000 tables, 29,000 mattresses, 60,000 clothes hangers, 6,000 television sets and 10,000 smartphones. The Barra Olympic Park

6972-521: Was the nation's ninth appearance at the Olympics, with the exception of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of the Soviet boycott . The Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) fielded a squad of 23 athletes, 9 men and 14 women, to compete in 10 sports at the Games. It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics in a non-boycotting edition, and the second-largest overall in history, beating

7056-521: Was the under-18 counterpart to the World U20 Championships , which are for athletes who are 19 years of age or under in the year of competition. Key:    Defunct event ^[1] Independent Athletes were not included in the official medal table. 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( Portuguese : Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016 ), officially the Games of

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