Amageyimu we-Olympic angu-31 aseduze nendawo, ehlelwe ukuqala ngo-5 Agasti eRio de Janeiro. Phakathi nezinsuku ezingu-19, izenzakalo ezingaba ngu-306 zizokwenzeka nabangaphezu kuka-10 500 abadlali abaqhudelana nemindeni ngokumelene nomunye wemizi enhle kakhulu emhlabeni.
Nasi uhlu lwamaphuzu amnandi mayelana neMidlalo yama-Olympic ka-2016 ngezinombolo:
- Lokhu kuyoba iMidlalo ye-Olimpiki yokuqala eyenzeka eNingizimu Melika, edolobheni elidume kakhulu eBrazil, eRio de Janeiro . Emuva ngo-2009, iBrazil inqobe isimemo sokusingatha Imidlalo yama-Olimpiki Ehlobo.
- Ngemuva kuka-Agasti 2016, i-Afrika izobe iphela yezwekazi elisele elingakaze lenze iMidlalo yama-Olympic.
- Njengomasipala wesibili kakhulu eBrazil, iRio de Janiero inabantu abayizigidi ezingu-6.5. Cishe abantu abayizigidi ezingu-1.2 bahlala ngaphakathi noma ezindaweni ezizungeze ama-favelas angu-600, noma izindawo zokuhlala. Ukuvakasha kwe-slum sekuye kwadumeka kakhulu eminyakeni edlule, kanti iRio inezinkambo ezihamba phambili kunoma yimuphi umuzi eBrazil.
- Imicimbi yezemidlalo engu-306 izobanjelwa eMidlalweni yama-Olympic ezinsukwini ezingu-19, kusukela ngo-Agasti 5 ukuya ku-21. I-Paralympics izokwenzeka kusukela ngoSepthemba 7 ukuya ku-18.
- Ekulungiseleleni leMidlalo, imali engaphezulu kuka-R6 14 billion yabelwe ukuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda eRio de Janeiro. Ngenkathi ezinye izindawo ezikhona zilungiswe iMidlalo, izakhiwo eziningi ezintsha zakhiwe ukuze zenze imicimbi yezemidlalo. Indawo yokudoba yavuselelwa iMyuziyamu Yomuso futhi indawo yokuzijabulisa phakathi kwama-Olympic.
- Amageyimu azobanjwa ezindaweni ezingama- Olympic e-Rio de Janeiro, ahlukaniswe ngezigaba ezine: Barra, Deodoro, Copacabana neMaracanã.
- I-Soccer yiyona mdlalo kuphela ozokwenzeka ngaphandle kweRio. Kuzoba nemidolobha emihlanu eyabanjelwa ibhola: Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Manaus, Salvador neSão Paulo.
- Kokubili umcimbi wokuvula ama-Olympics kanye nomcimbi wokuvala uzokwenzeka eMidlalo yeMaracanã (Estádio do Maracanã). Njengoba kunabantu ababalelwa ku-79 000, yiyona nkundla enkulu kunazo zonke eBrazil kanye neyesibili ngobukhulu eNingizimu Melika.
- Amavolontiya angaphezu kuka-12 000 azokwenza emikhosini yokuvula nokuvala.
- Iningi lemicimbi izokwenziwa e-Olympic Park, ehlanganisa nezinkundla ezingu-9 endaweni yaseBarra da Tijuca . Ukwakhiwa kubiza cishe ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-5 zamali ezizimele nezomphakathi.
- Cishe abagijimi abangu-10 500 abavela emhlabeni jikelele bayodlala emidlalo ye-Olympic engu-42. I-Rio 2016 ibonisa ukuqala kwemidlalo emisha emibili: i-rugby ayisikhombisa negalufu, okwenza ukubuyiselwa kwayo ngemuva kweminyaka engu-112.
- Kuzoba nemindeni engu-136 yabesifazane nabangu-161 ngamadoda. Imindeni yegolide yenziwe ngegolide ekhishwe ngaphandle kokusetshenziswa kwe-mercury, futhi imindeni yesiliva neyethusi yenziwa ngamaphesenti angu-30 asetshenziselwa kabusha.
- Abadlali abavela emazweni angu-206 emhlabeni wonke bazohlanganyela eMidlalweni. Abadlali abayisishiyagalombili abavela eKosovo bazoya emidlalweni yabo ye-Olympic yokuqala. Abadlali abavela eSouth Sudan nabo bazobe benza i-début yabo. Kodwa-ke, abanye abagijimi banquma ukungena emidlalweni ngezizathu ezihlukahlukene, kuhlanganise nokukhathazeka ngegciwane leZika .
- Iqembu elilodwa lababaleki lizoqala ukuncintisana ngaphansi kwefulegi le-Olimpiki: abagijimi abangu-5 abavela eSouth Sudan, abagibeli ababili baseSiriya, ama-judokas amabili eDemocratic Republic of the Congo kanye nomgijimi ongu-1 wase-Ethiopia.
- Abahleli bathi umzana wabagijimi ukhulu kunazo zonke emlandweni we-Olimpiki. Iqukethe izindlu zezindlu ezingu-31 ezinezindlu ezingu-3,604.
- Amakhilomitha ayizigidi ezingu-21,000 ehholo lokudlela egumbini labagijimi bayobe ekhonza ukudla kuka-60,000 ngosuku ngosuku lweMidlalo, nxazonke.
- Abantu abangaphezu kuka-130,000 bazosebenza ngqo eRio 2016.
- Amathikithi angu-7.5 million athengiswa . Amathikithi angu-70% weMidlalo yama-Olimpiki namathikithi angu-55% weMidlalo yamaParalympics asevele athengisiwe, nabalungiseleli bekulindele ukuthengisa wonke amathikithi ngenkathi iMidlalo iqala.
- Amageyimu azodinga inani elikhulu lemishini, kufaka phakathi amabhola e-tennis angu-32,000, amabhola angu-400 ebhola lezinyawo, amaloli angu-250 e-golf kanye nezikebhe ezingu-54.
- Uhulumeni unikeze abasebenzi abangu-85 000 amasosha namaphoyisa ukuba bavikele abafundisi.
- Kulindeleke ukuba bavakashele iMidlalo, phakathi kuka-300 000 no-500 000. Ngokusho kweNhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yezwe, lokhu kuhambela kwezivakashi kufanele kubangele u-$ 1.7 billion emnothweni weBrazil.