Olympic Games: -The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a various of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered to be the world's most sports game with above 200 nations involved in there. The Olympic Games are held in every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.
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The Summer Olympic Games Held on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are from August 5 to 21, 2016. The Paralympics follow on September 7 to 18, 2016.
Rio 2016 Participants - Olympics 2016 Games Qualified Nations
Afghanistan
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Georgia
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Norway
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Albania
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Germany
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Oman
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Algeria
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Ghana
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Pakistan
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American Samoa*
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Greece
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Palau
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Andorra
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Grenada
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Palestine*
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Angola
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Guam*
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Panama
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Guatemala
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Papua New Guinea
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Argentina
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Guinea
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Paraguay
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Armenia
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Guinea-Bissau
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Peru
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Aruba*
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Guyana
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Philippines
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Australia
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Haiti
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Poland
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Austria
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Honduras
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Portugal
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Azerbaijan
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Hong Kong*
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Puerto Rico*
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The Bahamas
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Hungary
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Qatar
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Bahrain
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Iceland
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Romania
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Bangladesh
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India
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Russian Federation
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Barbados
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Indonesia
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Rwanda
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Belarus
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Iran
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Belgium
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Iraq
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Saint Lucia
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Belize
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Ireland
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Bermuda*
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Israel
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Samoa
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Benin
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Italy
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San Marino
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Bhutan
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Jamaica
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Bolivia
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Japan
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Saudi Arabia
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Jordan
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Senegal
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Botswana
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Kazakhstan
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Serbia
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Brazil
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Kenya
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Seychelles
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British Virgin Islands*
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Kiribati
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Sierra Leone
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Brunei
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Korea, North (PDR of Korea)
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Singapore
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Bulgaria
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Korea, South
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Slovakia
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Burkina Faso
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Kosovo
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Slovenia
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Burundi
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Kuwait
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Solomon Islands
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Cambodia
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Kyrgyzstan
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Somalia
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Cameroon
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Laos
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South Africa
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Canada
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Latvia
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South Sudan
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Cape Verde
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Lebanon
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Spain
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Cayman Islands*
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Lesotho
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Sri Lanka
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Central African Republic
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Liberia
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Sudan
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Chad
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Libya
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Suriname
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Chile
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Liechtenstein
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Swaziland
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China
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Lithuania
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Sweden
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Colombia
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Luxembourg
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Switzerland
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Comoros
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Macedonia
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Syria
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Congo, Republic of the
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Madagascar
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Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)
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Congo, Democratic
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Malawi
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Tajikistan
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Republic of the Cook Islands*
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Malaysia
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Tanzania
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Costa Rica
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Maldives
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Thailand
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Cote d'Ivoire
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Mali
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Togo
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Croatia
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Malta
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Tonga
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Cuba
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Marshall Islands
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Cyprus
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Mauritania
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Tunisia
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Czech Republic
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Mauritius
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Turkey
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Denmark
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Mexico
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Turkmenistan
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Djibouti
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Fed. States of Micronesia
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Tuvalu
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Dominica
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Moldova
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Uganda
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Dominican Republic
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Monaco
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Ukraine
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East Timor (Timor-Leste)
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Mongolia
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United Arab Emirates
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Ecuador
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Morocco
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United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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Egypt
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Montenegro
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United States
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El Salvador
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Mozambique
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Uruguay
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Equatorial Guinea
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Myanmar (Burma)
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Uzbekistan
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Eritrea
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Namibia
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Vanuatu
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Estonia
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Nauru
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Venezuela
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Ethiopia
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Nepal
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Vietnam
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Fiji
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Netherlands
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Virgin Islands*
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Finland
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New Zealand
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Yemen
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France
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Nicaragua
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Zambia
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Gabon
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Niger
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Zimbabwe
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The Gambia
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Nigeria
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In Olympics 2016 games More than 10,500 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs).
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See every event of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, check event schedules here
The Rio Olympics 2016 opening ceremony will be at the world famous football (soccer) Maracanã Stadium in Rio on August 5, 2016.
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Venue -Maracanã Stadium
