2016 Summer Olympics torch relay

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Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Host city Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Countries visited Greece, Switzerland, Brazil
Start date 21 April 2016 (2016-04-21)
End date 5 August 2016 (2016-08-05)

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President Dilma Rousseff holding the Olympic torch, accompanied by the president of BOC Carlos Arthur Nuzman (left), and the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes (right).

The 2016 Summer Olympics torch relay will run from 21 April to 5 August 2016, in advance of the 2016 Summer Olympics. After being lit in Olympia, Greece, the torch will travel to Athens on 27 April. The torch will begin its Brazilian journey on 3 May, visiting more than 300 Brazilian cities, including all 26 state capitals and the Federal District. The Brazilian leg will begin in the capital, Brasília, and end in Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã Stadium, the main venue of the 2016 Olympics.[1]

Route in Greece

21 April (Day 1)

22 April (Day 2)

23 April (Day 3)

24 April (Day 4)

25 April (Day 5)

26 April (Day 6)

27 April (Day 7)

28 April (Day 8)

Route in Switzerland

29 April (Day 9)

30 April (Day 10)

Route in Brazil

3 May (Day 1)

4 May (Day 2)

State of Goiás

5 May (Day 3)

6 May (Day 4)

7 May (Day 5)

State of Minas Gerais

8 May (Day 6)

9 May (Day 7)

10 May (Day 8)

11 May (Day 9)

12 May (Day 10)

13 May (Day 11)

14 May (Day 12)

15 May (Day 13)

16 May (Day 14)

State of Rio de Janeiro (Host State)

State of Espírito Santo

17 May (Day 15)

18 May (Day 16)

19 May (Day 17)

State of Bahia

20 May (Day 18)

21 May (Day 19)

22 May (Day 20)

23 May (Day 21)

24 May (Day 22)

25 May (Day 23)

26 May (Day 24)

State of Pernambuco

27 May (Day 25)

State of Bahia

28 May (Day 26)

State of Sergipe

29 May (Day 27)

State of Alagoas

30 May (Day 28)

State of Pernambuco

31 May (Day 29)

1 June (Day 30)

2 June (Day 31)

State of Paraiba

3D Model

"Rio 2016 Olympic torch". The 2016 Olympic torch (designed by Chelles & Hayashi), by Wilfried Vougny. April 21, 2016 (in French)[2]

References

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  2. "En 5 Minutes - L'odyssey de la flamme olympique commence" "Le Journal de Montréal", by Wilfried Vougny, Apr. 21, 2016.