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Chronological Summary Of The 2016 Summer Paralympics
The 2016 Summer Paralympics are running from Wednesday 7 September to Sunday 18 September, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is a chronological summary of the major events that took place during the course of the Games. Calendar Medal table Day 0 — Thursday 5 May ; 2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Opening ceremony *The Olympic Games ceremony#Opening, opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on the evening of 7 September 2016 at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, starting at 18:30 Time in Brazil, BRT (21:30 UTC). Day 1 — Thursday 8 September Medals for day 1 Day 2 — Friday 9 September Medals for day 2 Day 3 — Saturday 10 September Medals for day 3 Day 4 — Sunday 11 September Medals for day 4 Day 5 — Monday 12 September Medals for day 5 Day 6 — Tuesday 13 September Medals for day 6 Day 7 — Wednesday 14 September Medals for day 7 Day 8 - Thursday 15 September Medals for day 8 Day 9 - Friday 16 September Medals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Summer Paralympics
) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , summer_prev = London 2012 , summer_next = Tokyo 2020 , winter_prev = Sochi 2014 , winter_next = Pyeongchang 2018 The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. The Games marked the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted the event, the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation, the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, and also the first time a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country hosted the event. These Games saw the introduction of two new sports to the Paralympic program: canoeing and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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