Summer Paralympics 2016
Um mundo novo (A new world) |
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Venue: |
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil |
Stadion: | Maracanã Stadium |
Opening ceremony: | September 7, 2016 |
Closing ceremony: | 18th September 2016 |
Opened by: | Michel Temer |
Competitions: | 528 in 22 sports |
Countries: | 159 |
Athletes: | 4,298 |
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The XV. The Summer Paralympic Games were held in Rio de Janeiro from September 7-18, 2016, following the 2016 Summer Olympics . The Brazilian city was the first in South and Latin America to host the Summer Paralympics.
Medal table (after 528 of 528 decisions) |
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space | country | total | |||
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1 | China | 107 | 81 | 51 | 239 |
2 | Great Britain | 64 | 39 | 44 | 147 |
3 | Ukraine | 41 | 37 | 39 | 117 |
4th | United States | 40 | 44 | 31 | 115 |
5 | Australia | 22nd | 30th | 29 | 81 |
6th | Germany | 18th | 25th | 14th | 57 |
7th | Netherlands | 17th | 19th | 26th | 62 |
8th | Brazil | 14th | 29 | 29 | 72 |
9 | Italy | 10 | 14th | 15th | 39 |
10 | Poland | 9 | 18th | 12 | 39 |
... | |||||
41 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
... | |||||
50 | Austria | 1 | 4th | 4th | 9 |
Complete medal table |
Locations
The city of Rio de Janeiro was commissioned with the organization on October 2, 2009 during the 121st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Copenhagen . The contract between the host countries and the IOC stipulates that the Paralympics will be held in the same venue as the previous Olympic Games. The locations were largely the same as at the Olympic Games . The sports facilities were located in four zones within Rio de Janeiro : Maracanã , Barra , Deodoro and Copacabana . The opening and closing ceremonies were held in the Maracanã, the athletics competitions in the João Havelange Olympic Stadium .
Maracanã
Barra
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Deodoro
Copacabana
Olympic VillageThe Olympic Village was located near the Riocentro and the Olympic Park in Barra and was built on the occasion of the 2016 Summer Olympics . |
sports
For the first time so far, paratriathlon and parakanu competitions were held in addition to the 20 proven sports . The cycling was divided into rail and road contests.
Competition schedule
EZ | Opening ceremony | ● | Qualifying competitions | 1 | Final decisions | AZ | graduation ceremony |
Schedule of the Summer Paralympics 2016 (with number of decisions) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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September | 7. Wed |
8. Thu |
9. Fri. |
10 Sat |
11. So |
12. Mon. |
13th Tuesday |
14. Wed |
15th Thursday |
16. Fri. |
17th Sat |
18. So |
total | |||||||
Ceremonies | EZ | AZ | ||||||||||||||||||
5-a-side football ( blind football ) | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
7-a-side football ( CP football ) | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Boccia | ● | ● | 3 | ● | ● | ● | 4th | 7th | ||||||||||||
Archery | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||
Goalball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Judo | 4th | 4th | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
athletics | 10 | 20th | 16 | 19th | 14th | 19th | 14th | 19th | 16 | 25th | 5 | 177 | ||||||||
Para canoe | ● | 6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||
Para oars | ● | ● | 4th | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
Paratriathlon | 3 | 3 | 6th | |||||||||||||||||
Powerlifting ( bench press ) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20th | ||||||||||||
Cycling (track) | 4th | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17th | |||||||||||||||
Cycling (road) | 8th | 8th | 8th | 9 | 33 | |||||||||||||||
horse riding | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6th | 11 | |||||||||||||
Wheelchair basketball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Wheelchair fencing | 2 | 4th | 4th | 2 | 2 | 14th | ||||||||||||||
Wheelchair rugby | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Wheelchair tennis | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6th | |||||||||||
shoot | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||
swim | 16 | 16 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 15th | 15th | 14th | 16 | 15th | 152 | |||||||||
sailing | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Sitting volleyball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Table tennis | ● | ● | ● | 5 | 8th | 8th | ● | ● | 4th | 4th | 29 | |||||||||
Medal decisions | 0 | 38 | 50 | 48 | 54 | 48 | 54 | 50 | 54 | 65 | 61 | 6th | 528 | |||||||
September | 7. Wed |
8. Thu |
9. Fri. |
10 Sat |
11. So |
12. Mon. |
13th Tuesday |
14. Wed |
15th Thursday |
16. Fri. |
17th Sat |
18. So |
total |
symbolism
logo
The official logo was designed by the Brazilian agency Tafíl Design and unveiled on November 26, 2014 as part of the lighting of the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas Christmas tree .
It combines the symbol of a heart and that for infinity, which, according to IPC President Philip Craven , should represent the "heart" of the games, the athletes, on the one hand, and their "infinite power to master obstacles" on the other.
mascot
The official mascots of the Summer Olympics and the Paralympics 2016, Tom and Vinicius, were officially presented on November 24, 2014, their names were given by a vote on December 14, 2015. Tom, the mascot of the Paralympics, is reminiscent of a tree and is supposed to symbolize the rich flora of the country. His companion Vinicius, who is modeled after a cat, represents the animal world of Brazil. According to their fictional story, they are both the product of the joy of all Brazilians at hosting the Games.
Participating Paralympic Committees
Suspension of associations and athletes
Exclusion of the Russian team
On August 7, 2016, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decided to exclude Russian athletes from the games. It had previously received additional information from Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren (known as the McLaren Report ), who led the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) investigation into the allegations of state doping in Russia. The Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko announced that he would take legal action against the decision of the IPC. However, the International Court of Justice for Sports (CAS) confirmed the IPC's decision on August 23, 2016.
Even at the Summer Olympics , it was a partial exclusion come Russian athletes.
Exclusion of various athletes
- The cyclist Michael Gallagher was because EPO - doping from the array of September 2 Australian was removed from the team.
- After the Saudi Arabian weightlifter Mashal Alkhazai tested positive for methenolone , an anabolic steroid , he had to travel home on September 12th before he could take part in his first competition. In addition, he was banned from the IPC for 8 years .
- Mohammad Naiem Durani , Afghan athlete who competed in the F44 javelin throw, was banned from the association for four years on September 13 after testing positive for the substance 19-norandrosterone. This led to the immediate cancellation of his competition result.
- The Argentine judoka Jorge Lencina had tested positive for the substance clomiphene , so he was excluded from the games and his competition results from the competition in the class up to 90 kg.
Overview by nations / teams
As of November 8, 2019
According to the IPC, as with the Summer Olympics , a refugee team should compete, which then ran under the flag of the Paralympics. These are the Syrian Ibrahim Al Hussein (swimmer 50 and 100 meters freestyle) and the Iranian Shahrad Nasajpour (discus throw).
tickets
Tickets for the individual events cost between 10 (around 3 euros) and 130 reais (around 36 euros). By September 7th, 1.66 million tickets had been sold.
With 133,000 units sold, August 23rd was the most profitable day to date.
reporting
On August 24, 2016, the IPC announced that Dailymotion could be won as an official live streaming partner. 15 English-language channels were available to broadcast the competitions in athletics, cycling, soccer, judo, weightlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis. The opening and closing ceremonies were also shown there, as well as highlights from all events, news and short videos. All in all, 72 hours of material were available per day.
In Germany, ZDF took over the live broadcast from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. in the Paralympics format and from 9 a.m. of the next day in the Paralympics showed a 90-minute summary of the events in which, in addition to the competitions, interviews Background reports and explanatory pieces on disabled sports were important. Together with the ARD , all athletics competitions were made available in the respective media libraries, the transmission of other competitions was reserved there provided that German participation was required.
Incidents
On the morning of September 17, 2016 at 10:40 am local time, the Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad had such a serious accident in the C4 road race in the so-called Grumari curve that he suffered cardiac arrest at the scene of the accident while being treated by rescue workers. He died a little later in the nearby university hospital ( Unimed Rio Hospital ). How this accident came about is still being explored. The Iranian flag in the Paralympic village was hoisted at half-mast, while Golbarnezhad, who was only 48 years old, is expected to observe a minute's silence during the closing ceremony.
Web links
- Application from Rio de Janeiro
- Schedule / Results Schedule and Results
Individual evidence
- ↑ IPC announces medal event and athlete quotas for Rio 2016 ™ Paralympics ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Paralympic Countries. In: rio2016.com. IOC , accessed September 6, 2016 .
- ^ Paralympic Athletes. In: rio2016.com. IOC , accessed September 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Canoeing and triathlon added to 2016 Paralympic Games. In: bbc.co.uk. BBC, accessed August 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Meet the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots and help choose their names . Rio 2016 Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ↑ Rio 2016: Olympic and Paralympic mascots launched . Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ↑ Rio 2016 mascots inspired by animals and plants of Brazil . 15th December 2014.
- ↑ Russian team excluded from Paralympics. In: tagesschau.de. August 7, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Breaking news CAS: Complete exclusion of Russian disabled athletes for Rio at tagesschau.de, 23 August 2016 (accessed on 23 August 2016).
- ↑ Australians are convicted of epo-doping. spox.com, September 2, 2016, accessed September 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Doping: Weightlifter banned for eight years. In: spox.com. September 12, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Rio 2016 Paralympics: Afghanistan's Mohammad Naiem Durani banned for doping. In: bbc.com. September 19, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016 .
- ^ Positive doping test in judoka. In: spox.com. September 14, 2019, accessed September 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Bigger team travels to the Paralympics. In: dbs-npc.de. DBS NPC, August 25, 2016, accessed August 29, 2016 .
- ↑ China to send biggest ever team to Rio Paralympics. In: chinadaily.com.cn. China Dialy, August 3, 2016, accessed August 30, 2016 .
- ^ Rio Paralympics: Two refugee Para-athletes named for Rio Paralympics. In: bbc.com. BBC, August 26, 2016, accessed August 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Refugees to compete in dedicated team at Rio 2016 Paralympics. In: paralympic.org. Paralympic.org, August 5, 2016, accessed August 26, 2016 .
- ^ Rio Paralympics: Two refugee Para-athletes named for Rio Paralympics. In: bbc.com. BBC, August 26, 2018, accessed August 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Paralympics: Craven: 1.66 million tickets for Paralympics sold , in: Zeit Online, September 7, 2016, accessed September 11, 2016
- ↑ New record for Rio 2016: 133,000 tickets for Paralympic Games sold in just one day. In: rio2016.com. Rio 2016, August 24, 2016, accessed August 25, 2016 .
- ↑ The IPC selects Dailymotion to live stream 680 hours from Rio 2016 Paralympics. Paralympic.org, August 24, 2016, accessed August 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Paralympics 2016 live on ZDF. In: presseportal.zdf.de. ZDF.de, August 23, 2016, accessed on August 25, 2016 .
- ^ Statement on Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad. Retrieved September 18, 2016 .