This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first matches in the group stages of the Football events were played on Wednesday 3 August. The opening ceremony took place on Friday 5 August. The last day of competition and the closing ceremony was on Sunday 21 August. With 306 sets of medals, the games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added to the Olympic program in 2009. These sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city, and at five in São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Brasília, and Manaus.