Iimidlalo ze-Olimpiki ezingama-31 zijikeleze ngekona, zize ziqale ngomhla we-5 ka-Agasti eRio de Janeiro. Kwixesha leentsuku ezingama-19, iindibano ezingama-306 ziza kwenzeka kunye nabangaphezu kwe-10,500 abadlali abaza kukhuphisana neendondo ngokubhekiselele kwinqanaba elihle kakhulu kwihlabathi.
Nalu uluhlu lwezinto ezonwabileyo malunga neMidlalo yeOlimpiki ka-2016 ngamanani:
- Le nto iya kuba yimidlalo yokuqala ye-Olimpiki eyenzekayo eMzantsi Melika, kwisixeko esizidume kakhulu eBrazil, eRio de Janeiro . Emuva ngo-2009, iBrazil yaphumelela ukubambelela iMidlalo yeOlimpiki yasehlobo.
- Emva kuka-Agasti 2016, i-Afrika iya kuba yileli lizwekazi elishiyekileyo elingakaze lihlangane neMidlalo yeOlimpiki.
- Njengomasipala wesibini onabantu abaninzi eBrazil, iRio de Janiero likhaya labantu abayizigidi ezingama-6.5. Abantu abayizigidi ezi-1.2 bahlala okanye malunga nama-favelas angama-600, okanye iindawo zokuhlala. Ukukhenketho kwe-Slum kuye kwandiswa ngokugqithiseleyo kwiminyaka, kwaye iRio inokuvakatyeka kweyona ndawo nayiphi na idolophu eBrazil.
- Iziganeko zezemidlalo ezingama-306 ziya kubanjwa kwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki malunga neentsuku ezingama-19, ukususela ngo-Agasti 5 kuya ku-21. I-paralympics iya kwenzeka ukususela ngoSeptemba 7 ukuya ku-18.
- Ekulungiseleleni iMidlalo, ngaphezu kwe-14 biliyoni eyabelwe ukuphucula izibonelelo kwiRio de Janeiro. Nangona ezinye iindawo ezikhoyo zilungisiwe kwiMidlalo, izakhiwo ezininzi ezitsha zazakhelwa ukuba zenze imicimbi yezemidlalo. Indawo yesango yavuselelwa kwiMyuziyam yoLwesibini kunye nokuzonwabisa kwindawo yamaOlimpiki.
- Iimidlalo ziya kubanjwa kwiindawo ze- Olimpiki ezingama-32 eRio de Janeiro, zahlula kwiindawo ezine: i-Barra, iDeodoro, iCopacabana neMaracanã.
- I-Soccer yiyona mdlalo kuphela ezayo ngaphandle kweRio. Kuza kubakho iidolophu ezili-5 ezihambelana nebhola: iBelo Horizonte, Brasília, Manaus, eSalvador neSão Paulo.
- Bobabini umkhosi wokuvula iOlimpiki kunye nomkhosi wokuvala uza kwenzeka kwiMidlalo yaseMaracanã (Estádio do Maracanã). Ngomlinganiselo wabantu ababalelwa kuma-79,000, ngaba yinqanaba elikhulu kwiBrazil kunye neyesibili ngobukhulu eMzantsi Melika.
- Amavolontiya abangaphezu kwama-12 000 aya kuqhuba kwimikhosi yokuvula nokuvalwa.
- Uninzi lweziganeko ziya kwenziwa kwi-Olympic Park, ebandakanya iindidi ezili-9 kwindawo yokuhlala yaseBarra da Tijuca . Ukwakha kwindleko malunga ne-5 billion zeedola zemali yabucala kunye noluntu.
- Ama-10,500 abadlali abavela kwihlabathi lonke baya kukhuphisana kwiimidlalo ze-Olimpiki ezingama-42. I-Rio 2016 ibonisa iqela lezemidlalo elitsha: i-rugby i-7 kunye negolfu, eyenza ukubuyela kwayo emva kweminyaka eyi-112.
- Kuza kuba namajelo ama-136 kwabafazi kunye nama-161 ngamadoda. Iindondo zeGolide zenziwe ngegolide ekhishwe ngaphandle kokusebenzisa i-mercury, kunye neendali zesilivere kunye neendonga zethusi zenziwa kwi-30% yezixhobo eziphinda zenziwe.
- Abadlali abavela kumazwe angama-206 ehlabathini lonke baya kuthatha inxaxheba kwimidlalo. Abadlali abathathu abavela eKosovo baya ku-Olimpiki yokuqala. Abadlali abavela eSouth Sudan nabo baya kwenza i-start. Nangona kunjalo, abanye abagijimi banquma ukungena kwiMidlalo ngezizathu ezahlukahlukeneyo, kubandakanya ukuxhalabisa kwi- virus yeZika .
- Elinye iqela lababaleki liza kuqala ukukhuphisana phantsi kweflegi yeOlimpiki: abagijimi abangama-5 abavela eSouth Sudan, abagijimi aba-2 bevela eSiriya, ii-judokas ezivela kwiDemocratic Republic of Congo kunye nomgijimi o-1 ophuma kwi-Ethiopia.
- Abaququzeleli bathi ibidolophana yabadlali beyona nto ibalulekileyo kwiimbali zeOlimpiki. Iqukethe izindlu zezindlu ezingama-31 ezinezindlu ezingama-3,604.
- I-square yemitha engama-21,000 yokudlela egumbini labagijimi liya kuba nokudla okungaphezu kwama-60,000 ngosuku ngemidlalo, ngeenxa zonke.
- Abantu abangaphezu kwama-130,000 baya kusebenza ngqo kwiRio 2016.
- Izigidi ezili-7.5 zithengiswa . Ama-70% amathikithi kwimidlalo ye-Olimpiki kwaye ama-55% amathikithi aseMidlalo yeParalympics sele athengisiwe, kunye nabaququzeleli abalindele ukuthengisa zonke iitikiti ngexesha leMidlalo liqala.
- Iimidlalo ziya kufuna inani elincinci lezinto zokusebenza, kubandakanye neebhola ze-tennis ezingama-32,000, iibhola zebhola ezingama-400, iikholeji ezingama-golf kunye nama-54.
- Urhulumente unikezele abasebenzi abangama-85,000 amabutho namapolisa ukuba bakhusele abagadi.
- Kulindeleke ukuba batyelele iMidlalo kuphakathi kwama-300 000 kunye nama-500,000. Ngokutsho kwe-World Tourism Organisation, le ntshukumo yeendwendwe kufuneka ibangele i-$ 1.7 yezigidigidi zezoqoqosho zaseBrazil.