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"Venues and infrastructure" - punctuation mark corrections

CURRENT SENTENCE: All venues of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016 will be located in four zones. Copacabana Beach, Maracanã, Deodoro and Barra da Tijuca, the latter will also house the Olympic Village.

SHOULD BE: All venues of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016 will be located in four zones - Copacabana Beach, Maracanã, Deodoro and Barra da Tijuca. The latter will also house the Olympic Village.

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2016 version of Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees (by highest to lowest)

Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees (by highest to lowest)

IOC	Country	Athletes
USA	United States	554
BRA	Brazil	465
GER	Germany	425
AUS	Australia	421
CHN	China	413
FRA	France	399
GBR	Great Britain	366
JPN	Japan	338
ITA	Italy	309
ESP	Spain	306
RUS	Russia	282
POL	Poland	243
NED	Netherlands	242
KOR	South Korea	205
NZL	New Zealand	199
Total	11,237

Could we please have a 2016 version of this made so it can be put into the main article? (2A02:C7F:5621:2A00:556E:C438:61B8:E51 (talk) 08:25, 23 January 2018 (UTC))[reply]

Have started on one but so differcult to do with so many countries. (2A02:C7F:5621:2A00:699A:1F8A:94FE:B33C (talk) 07:31, 27 January 2018 (UTC))[reply]

Please please can someone sort this out it’s a joke no one is willing to help on this. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 13:07, 28 January 2018 (UTC))[reply]

No mention of the green swimming pools

I'm surprised there is no mention of the fact that the swimming pools turned green and stank.:

Topher67 (talk) 22:10, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redlinks

Anyone know why the marathon swimming, artistic and trampoline gymnastics are redlinked? Are they redirected or accidentally deleted? SarahTHunter (talk) 12:03, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]