RIO SUMMER GAMES BY THE NUMBERS

IT HAS BEEN 120 YEARS Since the first Modern Games were hosted in Athens, Greece in 1896. There have been 27 editions of the Summer Games staged across the globe, but the 2016 Summer Games will be the first Games to be hosted in South America! It was announced in October 2009 that Rio de Janeiro would host the 2016 Summer Games. Over 10,500 athletes from 206 countries will compete in the 2016 Summer Games. The Summer Games will last for 17 days and will be held in 32 competition venues spread out across Rio in four main regions – Deodoro, Maracana, Barra and Copacabana. 7.5 MILLION tickets will be available for these Games there will be 306 medals up for grabs in 42 different sporting events including two new additions – golf and rugby. Golf is returning after 112 years and rugby after 92 years. To ensure the Games go as smoothly as possible, there will be 39 test events, which started in August 2014 and will run through to May 2016. 中 會 中 會 In order to pull off an event of this magnitude, the organizing committee will need to hire 8,000 employees, 85,000 outsourced staff and train 45,000 volunteers. Wow!