DESCRIPTION:
* Games of the Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, is a major international multi-sport event due to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
* The host city of Rio de Janeiro was announced at the 121st IOC Session held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 2, 2009.
* The other finalists were Madrid, Spain; Chicago, United States; and Tokyo, Japan.
* Rio will become the first South American and Lusophone city to ever host the summer Olympic Games, and the third staged in the southern hemisphere, after the 1956 and 2000 Olympics, both held in Australia.
* The games will open on August 5, 2016 and the closing ceremony will be on August 21, 2016.
* The games will features 28 sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added by the International Olympic Committee in 2009; a total of 41 disciplines and 306 events.
* There will be 35 competition venues mainly in Barra da Tijuca, but also in three other zones: Copacabana, Deodoro, and Maracana.
LIST OF MEDAL SPORTS:
1. Aquatics (Diving 8, Swimming 34, Synchronized swimming 2, Water polo 2)
2. Archery (4)
3. Athletics (47)
4. Badminton (5)
5. Basketball (2)
6. Boxing (13)
7. Canoeing (Slalom 4, Sprint 12)
8. Cycling (BMX 2, Mountain biking 2, Road 4, Track 10)
9. Equestrian (Dressage 2, Eventing 2, Jumping 2)
10. Fencing (10)
11. Field hockey (2)
12. Football (2)
13. Golf (2)
14. Gymnastics (Artistic 14, Rhythmic 2, Trampoline 2)
15. Handball (2)
16. Judo (14)
17. Modern pentathlon (2)
18. Rowing (14)
19. Rugby sevens (2)
20. Sailing (10)
21. Shooting (15)
22. Table tennis (4)
23. Taekwondo (8)
24. Tennis (5)
25. Triathlon (2)
26. Volleyball (Volleyball 2, Beach volleyball 2)
27. Weightlifting (15)
28. Wrestling (Freestyle 12, Greco-Roman 6)
INDIAN CONTINGENT FOR RIO OLYMPICS: Total 119 athletes
ARCHERY (4): Women (3): Deepika Kumari, Laxmi Rani Majhi, Bombayla Devi (Recurve Team). Men (1): Atanu Das (Individual Recurve).
ATHLETICS (36): Men (19): Dharambir (200m), Muhammad Anas Yahiya (400m, 4x400m Relay), Jinson Johnson (800m), Ankit Sharma (Long jump), Renjith Maheswary (Triple jump), Inderjeet Singh (Shot put), Vikas Gowda (Discus), Nitendra Singh Rawat (Marathon), Gopi Thonakal (Marathon), Kheta Ram (Marathon), Manish Singh Rawat (20km Race walking), Gurmeet Singh (20km Race walking), Ganapathi Krishnan (20km Race walking), Sandeep Kumar (50km Race walking), Arokia Rajiv (4x400m Relay), Kunhu Muhammaed Puthanpurakal (4x400m Relay), Dharun Ayyasamy (4x400m Relay), Mohankumar Raja (4x400m Relay), Lalith Mathur (4x400m Relay).
Women (17): Dutee Chand (100m), Srabani Nanda (200m), Nirmla (400m, 4x400m Relay), Tintu Luka (800m), Sudha Singh (3000 Steeplechase), Lalit Shivaji Babar (3000 Steeplechase), Manpreet Kaur (Shot put), Seema Punia (Discus), OP Jaisha (Marathon), Kavita Tungar Raut (Marathon), Khushbir Kaur (20km Race walking), Sapana (20km Race walking), Poovamma Raju Machettira (4x400m Relay), Anilda Thomas (4x400m Relay), Jisna Mathew (4x400m Relay), Aswani Chidananda Akkunji (4x400m Relay), Debashree Mazumdar (4x400m Relay).
BADMINTON (7): Men (3): Kidambi Srikanth Nammalwar, Manu Atthri, Sumeet Reddy Buss. Women (4): Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu, Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa.
BOXING (3): Men (3): Shiv Thapa (56kg), Manoj Kumr (64kg), Vikas Krishan (75kg).
GOLF (3): Men (2): Anirban Lahiri, Shivsankar Prasad Chawrasia. Women (1): Aditi Ashok
GYMNASTICS (1): Women (1): Dipa Karmakar (Artistic - Individual Alround)
SCHEDULE:
WOMEN HOCKEY:
August 7 (Sunday): India vs Japan (11.00 hrs)
August 8 (Monday): India vs Great Britain (18.00 hrs)
August 10 (Wednesday): India vs Australia (11.00 hrs)
August 11 (Thursday): India vs USA (9.30 hrs)
August 13 (Saturday): India vs Argentina (10.00 hrs)
August 15 (Monday): Quarterfinals
August 17 (Wednesday): Semifinals
August 19 (Friday): Bronze & Gold medal matches
MEN HOCKEY:
August 6 (Saturday): India vs Ireland (11.00 hrs)
August 8 (Monday): India vs Germany (11.00 hrs)
August 9 (Tuesday): India vs Argentina (11.00 hrs)
August 11 (Thursday): India vs Netherlands (10.00 hrs)
August 12 (Friday): India vs Canada (12.30 hrs)
August 14 (Sunday): Quarterfinals
August 16 (Thursday): Semifinals
August 18 (Thursday): Bronze & Gold medal matches