2016 Rio Olympic Games logo in Brazil
The 31st Summer Olympics, also known as the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5th to 21st, 2016. Rio de Janeiro will become the first South American city to host the Olympic Games in Olympic history, and also the first Portuguese-speaking city to host the Olympic Games. In addition, this Summer Olympics will also be another Brazilian sports event after the 2014 World Cup. In the early morning of October 3, 2009, Beijing time, the 121st Plenary Session of the International Olympic Committee was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the voting for the host site of the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil defeated Madrid, Spain through three rounds of voting and won the 31st Summer Olympics in 2016. The right to host the Olympic Games, this is also the first time that the Olympic Games has landed on the South American continent. On October 2, 2009, Rio de Janeiro defeated Madrid in Spain, Chicago in the United States, and Tokyo in Japan through three rounds of voting, and finally won the right to host the 31st Summer Olympics in 2016. On June 14, 2016, International Olympic Committee President Bach announced the Rio Olympics slogan "A New World".
