2016 Summer Olympics torch relay

none July 2016 April 2016 2016 Summer File:Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay Emblem.svg Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Greece, Switzerland, Brazil 20,000 km mi 12,000 yes 2016 04 21 yes 2016 08 05 thumb|right|President Dilma Rousseff holding the Olympic torch, accompanied by the president of BOC Carlos Arthur Nuzman (left), IOC Member Bernard Rajzman (center), and the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes (right). The 2016 Summer Olympics torch relay which ran from 21 April until 5 August 2016. After being lit in Olympia, Greece, the torch traveled to Athens on the 27 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.Goiás will be the first state to receive the Rio 2016 Olympic Flame http://www.dm.com.br/cidades/goias/2015/04/goias-sera-o-primeiro-estado-receber-tocha-olimpica-rio-2016.html# 29 April 2015 USA Today Diário da Manhã 29 April 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150418214047/http://www.dm.com.br/cidades/goias/2015/04/goias-sera-o-primeiro-estado-receber-tocha-olimpica-rio-2016.html 18 April 2015 dmy The end of the relay was the closing to the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.Rio 2016 Opening Ceremonies (5 August 2016) Route in Greece Greece 600 center Greece 1 Olympia, Greece 37.638538 21.629954 Greece 2 Pyrgos, Elis 37.669145 21.441095 Greece 3 Amaliada 37.797436 21.350758 Greece 4 Lechaina 37.939526 21.264286 Greece 5 Zakynthos 37.789527 20.899408 Greece 6 Patras 38.247296 21.734767 Greece 7 Rio-Antirrio bridge 38.320589 21.773710 Greece 8 Missolonghi 38.369307 21.430415 Greece 9 Astakos 38.536364 21.082068 Greece 10 Lefkada 38.706682 20.640730 Greece 11 Nicopolis 39.027345 20.734086 Greece 12 Preveza 38.959933 20.751716 Greece 13 Igoumenitsa 39.506809 20.265534 Greece 14 Corfu 39.625579 19.921678 Greece 15 Ioannina 39.665705 20.853747 Greece 16 Veria 40.520014 22.205216 Greece 17 Thessaloniki 40.641191 22.944419 Greece 18 Serres 41.091574 23.541320 Greece 19 Drama 41.149443 24.147080 Greece 20 Kavala 40.938258 24.412866 Greece 21 Alexandroupoli 40.846365 25.873962 Greece 22 Komotini 41.123073 25.406558 Greece 23 Xanthi 41.130679 24.886490 Greece 24 Katerini 40.281209 22.505840 Greece 25 Larissa 39.638342 22.419233 Greece 26 Chalcis 38.465201 23.605070 Greece 27 Marathon 38.153966 23.961991 Greece 28 Athens 37.983886 23.727635 18em 21 April 1. Olympia 2. Pyrgos 3. Amaliada 4. Lechaina 22 April 5. Zakynthos 6. Patras 7. Rio–Antirrio bridge 8. Missolonghi 9. Astakos 10. Lefkada 11. Nicopolis 12. Preveza 23 April 13. Igoumenitsa 14. Corfu 15. Ioannina 16. Veria 24 April 17. Thessaloniki 18. Serres 19. Drama 20. Kavala 25 April 21. Alexandroupoli 22. Komotini 23. Xanthi 24. Katerini 26 April 25. Larissa 26. Chalcis 27. Marathon 26–28 April 28. Athens Route in Switzerland Switzerland 600 center Switzerland 1 Lausanne 46.520697 6.632273 Switzerland 2 Geneva 46.204977 6.143158 29 April 1. Lausanne 30 April 2. Geneva Route in Brazil Brazil 900 center Brazil 1 Brasília -15.789528 -47.882581 Brazil 8 Goiânia -16.682718 -49.264811 Brazil 42 Belo Horizonte -19.913167 -43.934559 Brazil 55 Vitoria, Espirito Santo -20.293507 -40.295777 Brazil 67 Vitória da Conquista -14.865833 -40.838889 Brazil 79 Salvador, Bahia -12.973479 -38.501630 Brazil 97 Aracaju -10.942930 -37.073082 Brazil 102 Maceio -9.644895 -35.708949 Brazil 110 Recife -8.053345 -34.882836 Brazil 118 João Pessoa, Paraíba -7.115142 -34.845012 Brazil 122 Natal, Rio Grande do Norte -5.774884 -35.200916 Brazil 123 Fernando de Noronha -3.847916 -32.429516 Brazil 130 Fortaleza -3.728355 -38.526998 Brazil 144 Teresina -5.042252 -42.766567 Brazil 145 Palmas, Tocantins -10.247022 -48.324286 Brazil 146 São Luís, Maranhão -2.534908 -44.282905 Brazil 149 Belém -1.453627 -48.490179 Brazil 150 top Macapa 0.037676 -51.070535 Brazil 151 top Santarém, Pará -2.43 -54.72 Brazil 152 Boa Vista, Roraima 2.825610 -60.675833 Brazil 153 Manaus -3.116928 -60.021731 Brazil 154 bottom Iranduba -3.285 -60.185833 Brazil 155 Presidente Figueiredo -2.017222 -60.025 Brazil 156 left Rio Branco, Acre -9.973306 -67.824898 Brazil 157 Porto Velho -8.759082 -63.900430 Brazil 158 left Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso -15.65 -56.133333 Brazil 159 Cuiabá -15.599386 -56.097892 Brazil 161 Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul -20.465770 -54.620121 Brazil 210 Porto Alegre -30.032269 -51.217658 Brazil 227 Florianópolis -27.594451 -48.526376 Brazil 239 left Curitiba -25.426665 -49.263205 Brazil 279 São Paulo -23.548592 -46.633309 Brazil 323 right Rio de Janeiro -22.905186 -43.175943 18em 3 May 1. Brasília 4 May 2. Corumbá de Goiás 3. Pirenópolis 4. Anápolis 5 May 5. Itaberaí 6. Goiás 7. Inhumas 8. Goiânia 6 May 9. Trindade 10. Aparecida de Goiânia 11. Piracanjuba 12. Morrinhos 13. Caldas Novas 7 May 14. Pires do Rio 15. Ipameri 16. Goiandira 17. Araguari 18. Uberlândia 8 May 19. Uberaba 20. Araxá 21. Serra do Salitre 22. Patrocínio 23. Patos de Minas 9 May 24. Varjão de Minas 25. Pirapora 26. Montes Claros 10 May 27. Bocaiúva 28. Couto de Magalhães de Minas 29. Diamantina 30. Curvelo 11 May 31. Datas 32. Serro 33. Guanhães 34. Governador Valadares 12 May 35. Naque 36. Coronel Fabriciano 37. Itabira 13 May 38. Ouro Preto 39. Itabirito 40. Brumadinho 14 May 41. Contagem 42. Belo Horizonte 15 May 43. São João del-Rei 44. Tiradentes 45. Barbacena 46. Juiz de Fora 16 May 47. Bicas 48. Leopoldina 49. Muriaé 50. Itaperuna 51. Bom Jesus do Itabapoana 52. Cachoeiro de Itapemirim 17 May 53. Guarapari 54. Vila Velha 55. Vitoria 18 May 56. Serra 57. Aracruz 58. Colatina 59. Linhares 60. São Mateus 19 May 61. Teixeira de Freitas 62. Itamaraju 63. Santa Cruz Cabrália 64. Porto Seguro 20 May 65. Eunápolis 66. Itapetinga 67. Vitoria da Conquista 21 May 68. Itambé, Bahia 69. Floresta Azul 70. Ibicaraí 71. Itabuna 72. Ilhéus 22 May 73. Cairu (Morro de São Paulo) 74. Itacaré 75. Camamu 76. Ituberá 77. Valença 23 May 78. Lençóis 24 May 79. Salvador 25 May 80. Feira de Santana 81. Riachão do Jacuípe 82. Capim Grosso 83. Senhor do Bonfim 26 May 84. Jaguarari 85. Juazeiro 86. Sobradinho 87. Petrolina 27 May 88. Lagoa Grande 89. Santa Maria da Boa Vista 90. Orocó 91. Cabrobó 92. Paulo Afonso 28 May 93. Canindé de São Francisco 94. Poco Redondo 95. Nossa Senhora da Gloria 96. Nossa Senhora das Dores 97. Aracaju 29 May 98. Propriá 99. São Sebastião 100. Arapiraca 101. São Miguel dos Campos 102. Maceió 30 May 103. Murici 104. União dos Palmares 105. Garanhuns 106. Lajedo 107. Caruaru 31 May 108. Gravatá 109. Jaboatão dos Guararapes 110. Recife 1 June 111. Ipojuca 2 June 112. Igarassu 113. Pedras de Fogo 114. Itabaiana 115. Campina Grande 3 June 116. Guarabira 117. Sape 118. João Pessoa 4 June 119. Mamanguape 120. São José de Mipibu 121. Parnamirim 122. Natal 5 June 123. Fernando de Noronha 6 June 124. Lajes 125. Angicos 126. Assú 127. Mossoró 7 June 128. Aracati 129. Aquiraz 130. Fortaleza 8 June 131. Caucaia 132. Itapajé 133. Forquilha 134. Sobral 9 June 135. Massapê 136. Granja 137. Camocim 138. Barroquinha 139. Parnaíba 10 June 140. Piracuruca 141. Piripiri 142. Campo Maior 143. Altos 144. Teresina 11 June 145. Palmas 12 June 146. São Luís 13 June 147. Barreirinhas 14 June 148. Imperatriz 15 June 149. Belém 16 June 150. Macapá 17 June 151. Santarém 18 June 152. Boa Vista 19–20 June 153. Manaus 20 June 154. Iranduba 155. Presidente Figueiredo 21 June 156. Rio Branco 22 June 157. Porto Velho 23 June 158. Várzea Grande 159. Cuiabá 24 June 160. Pantanal 25 June 161. Campo Grande 26 June 162. Sidrolândia 163. Rio Brilhante 164. Maracaju 165. Itaporã 166. Dourados 27 June 167. Nova Andradina 168. Bataguassu 169. Presidente Prudente 28 June 170. Paraguaçu Paulista 171. Marília 172. Assis 173. Londrina 29 June 174. Arapongas 175. Maringá 176. Campo Mourão 177. Cascavel 30 June 178. Matelândia 179. Medianeira 180. São Miguel do Iguaçu 181. Santa Terezinha de Itaipu 182. Foz do Iguaçu 1 July 183. Foz do Iguaçu 2 July 184. Céu Azul 185. Santa Tereza do Oeste 186. Realeza 187. Francisco Beltrão 188. Pato Branco 3 July 189. São Lourenço do Oeste 190. Chapecó 191. Concórdia 192. Erechim 193. Passo Fundo 4 July 194. São Miguel das Missões 195. Santo Ângelo 196. Ijuí 197. Cruz Alta 5 July 198. Encantado 199. Lajeado 200. Santa Cruz do Sul 201. Santa Maria 6 July 202. São Sepé 203. Caçapava do Sul 204. Canguçu 205. Rio Grande 206. Pelotas 7 July 207. São Lourenço do Sul 208. Camaquã 209. Guaíba 210. Porto Alegre 8 July 211. Canoas 212. Esteio 213. Novo Hamburgo 214. Granado 215. Canela 216. Nova Petrópolis 217. Caxias do Sul 9 July 218. Bento Gonçalves 219. Torres 220. Sombrio 221. Araranguá 222. Criciúma 10 July 223. Tubarão 224. Torres 225. Laguna 226. São José 10–11 July 227. Florianópolis 12 July 228. Biguaçu 229. Balneário Camboriú 230. Itajaí 231. Ilhota 232. Gaspar 233. Blumenau 13 July 234. Massaranduba 235. Jaraguá do Sul 236. São Francisco do Sul 237. Joinville 14 July 238. São José dos Pinhais 239. Curitiba 15 July 240. Fazenda Rio Grande 241. Araucária 242. Campo Largo 243. Ponta Grossa 16 July 244. Castro 245. Itararé 246. Itapeva 247. Capão Bonito 248. Itapetininga July 17 249. Sorocaba 250. Tatuí 251. Botucatu 252. Lençóis Paulista 253. Bauru 18 July 254. Jaú 255. Araraquara 256. São Carlos 257. Ribeirão Preto 19 July 258. Sertãozinho 259. Jaboticabal 260. Bebedouro 261. Barretos 262. Franca 20 July 263. Rio Claro 264. Limeira 265. Americana 266. Campinas 21 July 267. Indaiatuba 268. Itu 269. Jundiaí 270. Osasco 22 July 271. Praia Grande 272. São Vicente 273. Santos 274. Guarujá 23 July 275. Guarulhos 276. São Caetano do Sul 277. Santo André 278. São Bernardo do Campo 24 July 279. São Paulo City 25 July 280. Ilhabela 26 July 281. Suzano 282. Mogi das Cruzes 283. Jacareí 284. São Jose dos Campos 27 July 285. Taubaté 286. São Luiz do Paraitinga 287. Ubatuba 288. Paraty 289. Angra Dos Reis 28 July 290. Ilha Grande 291. Rio Claro 292. Resende 293. Barra Mansa 294. Volta Redonda 29 July 295. Pirai 296. Barra do Pirai 297. Vassouras 298. Paraíba do Sul 299. Três Rios 300. Petrópolis 30 July 301. Teresópolis 302. Guapimirim 303. Cachoeiras de Macacu 304. Nova Friburgo 31 July 305. Cordeiro 306. Itaocara 307. São Fidélis 308. Campos dos Goytacazes 309. Macaé 1 August 310. Rio das Ostras 311. Armação dos Búzios 312. São Pedro da Aldeia 313. Iguaba Grande 314. Araruama 315. Arraial do Cabo 316. Cabo Frio 2 August 317. Saquarema 318. Rio Bonito 319. Tanguá 320. Itaboraí 321. São Gonçalo 322. Niterói 3 August 323. Centro 324. Duque de Caxias 325. São João de Meriti 326. Nilópolis 327. Belford Roxo 328. Nova Iguaçu 4 August 329. Barra da Tijuca 330. Campo Grande 331. Bangu 332. Madureira 333. Copacabana 5 August 334. Cristo Redentor 335. Botafogo 336. Pão de Açúcar 337. Aterro do Flamengo 338. Maracanã Stadium 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. 5 August 2016 NBC 2016 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony 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. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meet-the-marathoner-vanderlei-de-lima-brazil-who-lit-cauldron-rio-games/ Meet the marathoner who lit the cauldron at the Rio Games Associated Press CBS News 5 August 2016 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 Secretary-General of the United Nationshttps://www.rio2016.com/en/news/leaders-of-ioc-un-and-rio-2016-join-together-to-carry-olympic-torch Leaders of UN, IOC and Rio 2016 join together to carry Olympic torch Rio 2016 5 August 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160807061601/https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/leaders-of-ioc-un-and-rio-2016-join-together-to-carry-olympic-torch 7 August 2016 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. http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20996464_21022837,00.html Adriana Lima Cries with Pride as She Carries the Olympic Torch Through the Streets of Rio Julie Mazziotta 5 August 2016 6 August 2016 6 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160806164248/http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20996464_21022837,00.html dead Eduardo Paes, Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeirohttps://oglobo.globo.com/rio/paes-nega-quebra-de-protocolo-ao-levar-tocha-fui-convidado-19858004 Paes denies breach of protocol to carry the torch: 'I was invited' O Globo 4 August 2016 9 August 2016 Heloísa Pinheiro, Pinheiro was the source of inspiration for the bossa nova single The Girl from Ipanema. Pio: Osmar Alberto Volpe is a Brazilian footballer who played for various clubs throughout the 1970s. He was especially known for his career with Palmeiras.Zocco Rafael 18 July 2016 Ex-jogador da Ferroviária e Palmeiras carrega a Tocha Olímpica em Araraquara https://www.torcedores.com/noticias/2016/07/ex-jogador-da-ferroviaria-e-palmeiras-carrega-a-tocha-olimpica-em-araraquara pt-BR Torcedores https://web.archive.org/web/20190724225400/https://www.torcedores.com/noticias/2016/07/ex-jogador-da-ferroviaria-e-palmeiras-carrega-a-tocha-olimpica-em-araraquara 24 July 2019 dead References 40em External links 7lF1KEOh-BY Rio 2016 – Lighting Ceremony of the Olympic Flame from Olympia, Greece 3D model: "Rio 2016 Olympic torch". The 2016 Olympic torch (designed by Chelles & Hayashi), by Wilfried Vougny. April 21, 2016 (in French) "En 5 Minutes - L'odyssey de la flamme olympique commence" "Le Journal de Montréal", by Wilfried Vougny, Apr. 21, 2016. 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