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Host city
  
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Torch bearers
  
12,000

2016 Summer Olympics torch relay

Countries visited
  
Greece, Switzerland, Brazil

Distance
  
20,000 kilometres (12,000 mi)

Start date
  
21 April 2016 (2016-04-21)

End date
  
5 August 2016 (2016-08-05)

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.

Contents

Route in Greece

21 April (Day 1)

  • Olympia, Pyrgos, Amaliada, Lechaina, Zakynthos

    • 22 April (Day 2)

  • Zakynthos, Patras, Rio-Antirrio Bridge, Missolonghi, Astakos, Lefkada, Nicopolis, Preveza

    • 23 April (Day 3)

  • Igoumenitsa, Corfu, Ioannina, Veria, Thessaloniki

    • 24 April (Day 4)

  • Thessaloniki, Serres, Drama, Kavala, Alexandroupoli

    • 25 April (Day 5)

  • Alexandroupoli, Komotini, Xanthi, Katerini, Larissa

    • 26 April (Day 6)

  • Larissa, Chalcis, Marathon, Athens

    • 27 April (Day 7)

  • Athens

    • 28 April (Day 8)

  • Athens

    • Route in Switzerland

    29 April (Day 9)

  • Lausanne

    • 30 April (Day 10)

  • Geneva

    • End of Torch Relay

    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.

    Torch bearers

    Notable torch bearers include:

  • Vanderlei de Lima: de Lima had been selected as the final torch bearer and the one who lit the cauldron after Pelé declined due to illness. de Lima had been attacked during his marathon run at the 2004 Olympics, when he was leading, making him a leading choice for the honor of last flame bearer.
  • Hortência Marcari: Marcari is considered the greatest Brazilian female basketball player.
  • Gustavo Kuerten: Kuerten is the best male tennis player in South America in history.
  • Ban Ki-moon, Ban is the General Secretary of the United Nations
  • Thomas Bach, Bach is the President of the International Olympic Committee
  • Carlos Arthur Nuzman, Nuzman is the President of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Organizing Committee
  • Adriana Lima, Lima is a Brazilian supermodel.
  • Eduardo Paes, Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeiro

    • References

    2016 Summer Olympics torch relay Wikipedia
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