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Given the financial overflows, these games almost did not take place

Dates: september 7 to 18, 2016 Number of sports: 22 Number of contests: 528 Number of athletes: 4327 Men: 2657 Women: 1670 Volonteers: 25000 Media: 0 Opening: President Michel Temer Oath: Phelipe Rodrigues Oath juges: Raquel Daffre Oath coach: Amaury Verissimo Last torch bearer: Clodoaldo Silva Bids towns: Chicago (USA), Madrid (ESP), Tokyo (JAP)