# 2016 Summer Olympics torch relay

The 2016 Summer Olympics torch relay which ran from 21 April until 5 August 2016. After being lit in Olympia, Greece, the torch traveled to Athens on the 27 April. The Brazilian leg began in the capital, Brasília, and ended in Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã Stadium, the main venue of the 2016 Olympics. After having visited more than 300 Brazilian cities, including all 26 state capitals and the Federal District. The end of the relay was the closing to the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

## Route in Greece
### 21 April

    01. Olympia
    02. Pyrgos
    03. Amaliada
    04. Lechaina

### 22 April

    05. Zakynthos
    06. Patras
    07. Rio–Antirrio bridge
    08. Missolonghi
    09. Astakos
    10. Lefkada
    11. Nicopolis
    12. Preveza

### 23 April

    13. Igoumenitsa
    14. Corfu
    15. Ioannina
    16. Veria

### 24 April

    17. Thessaloniki
    18. Serres
    19. Drama
    20. Kavala

### 25 April

    21. Alexandroupoli
    22. Komotini
    23. Xanthi
    24. Katerini

### 26 April

    25. Larissa
    26. Chalcis
    27. Marathon

### 26–28 April

    28. Athens

## Route in Switzerland
### 29 April

    01. Lausanne

### 30 April

    02. Geneva

## Route in Brazil

* Torch relay in Brasília, with the marathoner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima (3 May).
* Torch relay in Corumbá de Goiás (4 May).
* Torch relay in Pirenópolis, Goiás (4 May).
* Torch relay in Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, with Don Lélis Lara (12 May).
* The last stop of the torch relay, Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro (5 August).

### 3 May

    01. Brasília

### 4 May

    02. Corumbá de Goiás
    03. Pirenópolis
    04. Anápolis

### 5 May

    05. Itaberaí
    06. Goiás
    07. Inhumas
    08. Goiânia

### 6 May

    09. Trindade
    10. Aparecida de Goiânia
    11. Piracanjuba
    12. Morrinhos
    13. Caldas Novas

### 7 May

    14. Pires do Rio
    15. Ipameri
    16. Goiandira
    17. Araguari
    18. Uberlândia

### 8 May

    19. Uberaba
    20. Araxá
    21. Serra do Salitre
    22. Patrocínio
    23. Patos de Minas

### 9 May

    24. Varjão de Minas
    25. Pirapora
    26. Montes Claros

### 10 May

    27. Bocaiúva
    28. Couto de Magalhães de Minas
    29. Diamantina
    30. Curvelo

### 11 May

    31. Datas
    32. Serro
    33. Guanhães
    34. Governador Valadares

### 12 May

    35. Naque
    36. Coronel Fabriciano
    37. Itabira

### 13 May

    38. Ouro Preto
    39. Itabirito
    40. Brumadinho

### 14 May

    41. Contagem
    42. Belo Horizonte

### 15 May

    43. São João del-Rei
    44. Tiradentes
    45. Barbacena
    46. Juiz de Fora

### 16 May

    47. Bicas
    48. Leopoldina
    49. Muriaé
    50. Itaperuna
    51. Bom Jesus do Itabapoana
    52. Cachoeiro de Itapemirim

### 17 May

    53. Guarapari
    54. Vila Velha
    55. Vitoria

### 18 May

    56. Serra
    57. Aracruz
    58. Colatina
    59. Linhares
    60. São Mateus

### 19 May

    61. Teixeira de Freitas
    62. Itamaraju
    63. Santa Cruz Cabrália
    64. Porto Seguro

### 20 May

    65. Eunápolis
    66. Itapetinga
    67. Vitoria da Conquista

### 21 May

    68. Itambé
    69. Floresta Azul
    70. Ibicaraí
    71. Itabuna
    72. Ilhéus

### 22 May

    73. Cairu (Morro de São Paulo)
    74. Itacaré
    75. Camamu
    76. Ituberá
    77. Valença

### 23 May

    78. Lençóis

### 24 May

    79. Salvador

### 25 May

    80. Feira de Santana
    81. Riachão do Jacuípe
    82. Capim Grosso
    83. Senhor do Bonfim

### 26 May

    84. Jaguarari
    85. Juazeiro
    86. Sobradinho
    87. Petrolina

### 27 May

    88. Lagoa Grande
    89. Santa Maria da Boa Vista
    90. Orocó
    91. Cabrobó
    92. Paulo Afonso

### 28 May

    93. Canindé de São Francisco
    94. Poco Redondo
    95. Nossa Senhora da Gloria
    96. Nossa Senhora das Dores
    97. Aracaju

### 29 May

    98. Propriá
    99. São Sebastião
    100. Arapiraca
    101. São Miguel dos Campos
    102. Maceió

### 30 May

    103. Murici
    104. União dos Palmares
    105. Garanhuns
    106. Lajedo
    107. Caruaru

### 31 May

    108. Gravatá
    109. Jaboatão dos Guararapes
    110. Recife

### 1 June

    111. Ipojuca

### 2 June

    112. Igarassu
    113. Pedras de Fogo
    114. Itabaiana
    115. Campina Grande

### 3 June

    116. Guarabira
    117. Sape
    118. João Pessoa

### 4 June

    119. Mamanguape
    120. São José de Mipibu
    121. Parnamirim
    122. Natal

### 5 June

    123. Fernando de Noronha

### 6 June

    124. Lajes
    125. Angicos
    126. Assú
    127. Mossoró

### 7 June

    128. Aracati
    129. Aquiraz
    130. Fortaleza

### 8 June

    131. Caucaia
    132. Itapajé
    133. Forquilha
    134. Sobral

### 9 June

    135. Massapê
    136. Granja
    137. Camocim
    138. Barroquinha
    139. Parnaíba

### 10 June

    140. Piracuruca
    141. Piripiri
    142. Campo Maior
    143. Altos
    144. Teresina

### 11 June

    145. Palmas

### 12 June

    146. São Luís

### 13 June

    147. Barreirinhas

### 14 June

    148. Imperatriz

### 15 June

    149. Belém

### 16 June

    150. Macapá

### 17 June

    151. Santarém

### 18 June

    152. Boa Vista

### 19–20 June

    153. Manaus

### 20 June

    154. Iranduba
    155. Presidente Figueiredo

### 21 June

    156. Rio Branco

### 22 June

    157. Porto Velho

### 23 June

    158. Várzea Grande
    159. Cuiabá

### 24 June

    160. Pantanal

### 25 June

    161. Campo Grande

### 26 June

    162. Sidrolândia
    163. Rio Brilhante
    164. Maracaju
    165. Itaporã
    166. Dourados

### 27 June

    167. Nova Andradina
    168. Bataguassu
    169. Presidente Prudente

### 28 June

    170. Paraguaçu Paulista
    171. Marília
    172. Assis
    173. Londrina

### 29 June

    174. Arapongas
    175. Maringá
    176. Campo Mourão
    177. Cascavel

### 30 June

    178. Matelândia
    179. Medianeira
    180. São Miguel do Iguaçu
    181. Santa Terezinha de Itaipu
    182. Foz do Iguaçu

### 1 July

    183. Foz do Iguaçu

### 2 July

    184. Céu Azul
    185. Santa Tereza do Oeste
    186. Realeza
    187. Francisco Beltrão
    188. Pato Branco

### 3 July

    189. São Lourenço do Oeste
    190. Chapecó
    191. Concórdia
    192. Erechim
    193. Passo Fundo

### 4 July

    194. São Miguel das Missões
    195. Santo Ângelo
    196. Ijuí
    197. Cruz Alta

### 5 July

    198. Encantado
    199. Lajeado
    200. Santa Cruz do Sul
    201. Santa Maria

### 6 July

    202. São Sepé
    203. Caçapava do Sul
    204. Canguçu
    205. Rio Grande
    206. Pelotas

### 7 July

    207. São Lourenço do Sul
    208. Camaquã
    209. Guaíba
    210. Porto Alegre

### 8 July

    211. Canoas
    212. Esteio
    213. Novo Hamburgo
    214. Granado
    215. Canela
    216. Nova Petrópolis
    217. Caxias do Sul

### 9 July

    218. Bento Gonçalves
    219. Torres
    220. Sombrio
    221. Araranguá
    222. Criciúma

### 10 July

    223. Tubarão
    224. Torres
    225. Laguna
    226. São José

### 10–11 July

    227. Florianópolis

### 12 July

    228. Biguaçu
    229. Balneário Camboriú
    230. Itajaí
    231. Ilhota
    232. Gaspar
    233. Blumenau

### 13 July

    234. Massaranduba
    235. Jaraguá do Sul
    236. São Francisco do Sul
    237. Joinville

### 14 July

    238. São José dos Pinhais
    239. Curitiba

### 15 July

    240. Fazenda Rio Grande
    241. Araucária
    242. Campo Largo
    243. Ponta Grossa

### 16 July

    244. Castro
    245. Itararé
    246. Itapeva
    247. Capão Bonito
    248. Itapetininga

### July 17

    249. Sorocaba
    250. Tatuí
    251. Botucatu
    252. Lençóis Paulista
    253. Bauru

### 18 July

    254. Jaú
    255. Araraquara
    256. São Carlos
    257. Ribeirão Preto

### 19 July

    258. Sertãozinho
    259. Jaboticabal
    260. Bebedouro
    261. Barretos
    262. Franca

### 20 July

    263. Rio Claro
    264. Limeira
    265. Americana
    266. Campinas

### 21 July

    267. Indaiatuba
    268. Itu
    269. Jundiaí
    270. Osasco

### 22 July

    271. Praia Grande
    272. São Vicente
    273. Santos
    274. Guarujá

### 23 July

    275. Guarulhos
    276. São Caetano do Sul
    277. Santo André
    278. São Bernardo do Campo

### 24 July

    279. São Paulo City

### 25 July

    280. Ilhabela

### 26 July

    281. Suzano
    282. Mogi das Cruzes
    283. Jacareí
    284. São Jose dos Campos

### 27 July

    285. Taubaté
    286. São Luiz do Paraitinga
    287. Ubatuba
    288. Paraty
    289. Angra Dos Reis

### 28 July

    290. Ilha Grande
    291. Rio Claro
    292. Resende
    293. Barra Mansa
    294. Volta Redonda

### 29 July

    295. Pirai
    296. Barra do Pirai
    297. Vassouras
    298. Paraíba do Sul
    299. Três Rios
    300. Petrópolis

### 30 July

    301. Teresópolis
    302. Guapimirim
    303. Cachoeiras de Macacu
    304. Nova Friburgo

### 31 July

    305. Cordeiro
    306. Itaocara
    307. São Fidélis
    308. Campos dos Goytacazes
    309. Macaé

### 1 August

    310. Rio das Ostras
    311. Armação dos Búzios
    312. São Pedro da Aldeia
    313. Iguaba Grande
    314. Araruama
    315. Arraial do Cabo
    316. Cabo Frio

### 2 August

    317. Saquarema
    318. Rio Bonito
    319. Tanguá
    320. Itaboraí
    321. São Gonçalo
    322. Niterói

### 3 August

    323. Centro
    324. Duque de Caxias
    325. São João de Meriti
    326. Nilópolis
    327. Belford Roxo
    328. Nova Iguaçu

### 4 August

    329. Barra da Tijuca
    330. Campo Grande
    331. Bangu
    332. Madureira
    333. Copacabana

### 5 August

    334. Cristo Redentor
    335. Botafogo
    336. Pão de Açúcar
    337. Aterro do Flamengo
    338. Maracanã Stadium

## End of Torch Relay

At the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Gustavo Kuerten brought the Olympic torch into the stadium, relayed off the Olympic flame to Hortência Marcari, who relayed to Vanderlei de Lima. de Lima then lit the Olympic cauldron.

## Torch bearers

Notable torch bearers include:
* Vanderlei de Lima: de Lima had been selected as the final torch bearer and the one who lit the cauldron after Pelé declined due to illness. de Lima had been attacked during his marathon run at the 2004 Olympics, when he was leading, making him a leading choice for the honor of last flame bearer.
* Hortência Marcari: Marcari is considered the greatest Brazilian female basketball player.
* Gustavo Kuerten: Kuerten is the best male tennis player in South America in history.
* Ban Ki-moon, Ban is the Secretary-General of the United Nations
* Thomas Bach, Bach is the President of the International Olympic Committee
* Carlos Arthur Nuzman, Nuzman is the President of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Organizing Committee
* Adriana Lima, Lima is a Brazilian supermodel.
* Eduardo Paes, Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeiro
* Heloísa Pinheiro, Pinheiro was the source of inspiration for the bossa nova single The Girl from Ipanema.
* Pio: Osmar Alberto Volpe is a Brazilian footballer who played for various clubs throughout the 1970s. He was especially known for his career with Palmeiras.