More than 10,500 athletes from 206 countries – including Kosovo and South Sudan for the first time – are expected to compete for 306 sets of medals in 28 sports. Rio is the first city in South America to host the Summer Olympics and the beautiful vistas of Ipanema Beach and Sugarloaf Mountain will be juxtaposed against serious water quality issues, poverty and crime in the favelas and concerns over the Zika virus.
Archery debuted in the 1900 Olympics in Paris but there were no archery events between 1924 and 1972. The most noticeable trend has been the dominance of the Korean women who have won 14 out of 15 gold medals since 1984. Canada has never won a medal in archery. Recurve archery is the only discipline of archery featured at the Olympic Games.