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Spectator Guide Brings Tips and SAMBÓDROMO Important Information to Enable You to Make the Most of This Great Party G N I D N A R B S’ E M A G C I P M Y L O E TH H T I W M A R G O T C I P T R A��l��ics O P S E TH F O E OLYMPIC STADIUM G A M I : E L T I T UB S E L B I S WELCOME! S E C C A You are now part of the world’s greatest sports A��l��ics - mar��ho� event. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games Spectator Guide brings tips and SAMBÓDROMO important information to enable you to make the most of this great party. Enjoy your reading! A��l��ics - rac� w��� PONTAL R I O 2 0 1 6 O L Y M P I C G A M E S | O F F I C I A L S P E C TAT O R G U IDE G N I D N A R B S’ E M A G C I P M Y L O E TH H T I W M A R G O T C I P T R A��l��ics O P S E TH F O E OLYMPIC STADIUM G A M I : E L T I T UB S E L B I S WELCOME! S E C C A You are now part of the world’s greatest sports event. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games Spectator Guide brings tips and important information to enable you to make the most of this great party. Enjoy your reading! R I O 2 0 1 6 O L Y M P I C G A M E S | O F F I C I A L S P E C TAT O R G U IDE OLYMPIC STADIUM LEARN MORE ABOUT RIO Athletics Nature, culture, and gastronomy are permanent attractions in the city, which has been welcoming more and more tourists with open arms. The Olympic City is ready to welcome visitors arriving for the Rio 2016 Games and is preparing an amazing programme for the Live Sites installed at strategic locations in the city, where you can watch the Games broadcast GOLDEN TIPS and enjoy a vast cultural programme. WELCOME! What you need to know to enjoy every single moment of the Rio 2016 Games Go to the visit.rio portal and discover the wonders of Rio de Janeiro. ACCESSIBLE SUBTITLE: IMAGE OF THE SPORT PICTOGRAM WITH THE OLYMPIC GAMES’ BRANDING You are now part of the world’s greatest sports • Before leaving, check out the latest information • Avoid carrying bags to speed up your entrance. about the Games on rio2016.com If necessary, choose the smaller ones that you SUSTAINABILITY event. The Rio 2016 can put on your lap or under the seat Do your part and dispose of your rubbish Olympic Games Spectator • Do not forget your tickets and check the date, time appropriately. Use the coloured recycling collectors Guide brings tips and and place of competitions on the website before • Identify children and other special cases with provided: they benefit recycling cooperatives, generating social inclusion and new businesses. important information to leaving. Get more tickets on rio2016.com/en/tickets bracelets made available at the public information desks enable you to make the • Check the weather forecast and prepare yourself ACCESSIBILITY most of this great party. accordingly • Look for the Rio 2016 team members wearing Individuals with an impairment or reduced Enjoy your reading! green - they are there to help you! mobility, such as obese people, senior citizens, • Use public transport. It is not possible to park at pregnant and breastfeeding women and people the competition venues and their surroundings • It is forbidden to smoke at the competition with small children are entitled to preferential venues. There are designated smoking areas. service when accessing venues and on services • Plan your trip. Transport systems and competition Get more information with the volunteers offered to Games’ spectators. Exclusive services venues will be crowded. It can take you a while to or at the public information desks intended for this audience are also available go back and forth! at all venues. Get more information with the • This Guide has a map with the services available volunteers or at the public information desks. • Arrive early: most venues open two hours before at the venues the competition gets underway. If the session FORMS OF PAYMENT has already started, you may have to wait for • Within Rio 2016 venues, payments can only be made in cash or Visa debit, credit or pre-paid cards In recognition of its 30 years of support a break to enter. Check out this information at to the Olympic Games, only Visa (debit, rio2016.com/en/venues • Download the official app on rio2016.com/en/app credit or prepaid) and cash are accepted for purchases at Rio 2016 venues. • You will go through a security check with X-ray and stay tuned to everything that happens during the Games equipment. Forbidden or restricted items will be CONTACT US collected and not returned. Check the complete • Bring your energy and support. Let’s make it an An open channel to listen to you. list on rio2016.com/en/venues unforgettable party! Call centre: + 55 (21) 3004-2016* rio2016.com/en/contact TM/© Rio 2016 (2016) - All rights reserved. This Guide is exclusively for educational, informational and referential purposes. Available for download in Portuguese, English * Price of a local call if calling from Brazil. and Spanish on the website rio2016.com/en/spectator-guide. All maps and information are subject to change without prior notice. Selling and reproducing are forbidden. Price of a call to Rio de Janeiro if calling from overseas. RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES | OFFICIAL SPECTATOR GUIDE 1/4 Athletics OLYMPIC STADIUM UNDERSTANDING THE SPORT The table below shows this sport’s competition calendar and describes the time interval between The table below describes the events related to this sport, split into male events, represented its respective sessions. Sessions with victory ceremonies are indicated with the letter M. by the letter M, female events, by the letter F and mixed events, by the letters MF. HOW IT ALL BEGAN DID YOU KNOW? PROGRAMME* EVENTS The oldest sport in the Olympic Games, Speed is the trademark of Usain Bolt, M F AUGUST SESSIONS 100m 100m played since its first edition in Ancient the Jamaican who became a global M200m F 200m Greece, in 776 BC, athletics is now the phenomenon in Beijing 2008, when 05 FRI sport that most distributes medals in the he won 3 gold medals, breaking records M400m F 400m 06 SAT M F Games: 141, altogether, from which 47 are in all competitions he participated: 800m 800m 07 SUN M F gold. With its great number of events, no 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m. He repeated 1,500m 1,500m wonder that it is also a fertile ground for the feat in London 2012. 08 MON M5,000m F 5,000m the emergence of legendary figures, such as Brazilians Adhemar Ferreira da Silva 09 TUE M10,000m F 10,000m and Joaquim Cruz, North American Jesse WHILE YOU WATCH M110m hurdles F 100m hurdles 10 WED Owens and British Sebastian Coe. Please kindly remain silent at the start of M F 400m hurdles 400m hurdles the runs. 11 THU ABOUT THE COMPETITION M3,000m steeplechase F 3,000m steeplechase 09:30 20:20 12 FRI M M All the track events (24 altogether) vary 13:10 23:25 M4 x 100m relay F 4 x 100m relay M 09:30 M 20:00 in distance, from 100m to 10,000m, 13 SAT M F 12:50 23:15 4 x 400m relay 4 x 400m relay and will have up to 3 rounds (first round, 20:20 M MHigh jump F High jump semi-finals and finals). The number of 14 SUN 22:30 ACCESSIBLE SUBTITLE: IMAGE OF THE SPORT PICTOGRAM AND THE RIO GAMES2016 MASCOT IN SPORTING POSE 09:30 20:20 M F rounds in each event will be based on the M M Pole vault Pole vault 15 MON 12:10 22:30 number of athletes. The exceptions are MLong jump F Long jump M 09:30 M 20:15 men’s and women’s 10,000m competitions, 16 TUE 12:40 22:50 M F 09:30 17:45 Triple jump Triple jump with a final with no qualifiers. M M 17 WED 13:05 23:05 MDiscus throw F Discus throw 09:30 18:35 The 16 field events (throw, put and jump) 18 THU M M will be comprised of a qualification round 16:25 22:35 MHammer throw F Hammer throw M 20:10 19 FRI MJavelin throw F Javelin throw and a final. 22:45 M 20:10 M F The joint events, heptathlon (women) 20 SAT 23:00 Shot put Shot put and decathlon (men), will be held 21 SUN MDecathlon F Heptathlon in a series of competitions throughout M Male event F Female event two days. * Information are subject to change without prior notice. M Sessions with victory ceremonies are in bold. RIO 2016 STORE Take the Rio 2016 Games with you. Buy official and exclusive products at physical stores and on rio2016.com/en/shop RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES | OFFICIAL SPECTATOR GUIDE 2/4 Athletics OLYMPIC STADIUM PLANNING YOUR TRIP A seguir, mapa do entorno e de como chegar na instalação. ARRIVING AT THE VENUE Olympic Stadium One of the symbols of the Rio 2007 Pan American Games, the Olympic Stadium is one of the venues of the Rio 2016 Games.
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