16th Summer Olympics

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Games of the XVI Olympiad
Host cities Electrum Prescott
Quebec and Shingoryeo Twin Cities
Nations 61 NOCs from 59 delegations
Opening ceremony July 21, 2022 OOC
Closing ceremony August 18, 2022 OOC
Summer
Terranean Coast 15
Winter
City Centre 16

The 16th Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad) are an international multi-sport event being held in Prescott, Electrum and Twin Cities, Quebec and Shingoryeo. The opening ceremony was held simultaneously at Northcote Oval in Prescott and Two Rivers Stadium in Twin Cities. Events in 33 official sports and four demonstration sports were held over a span of 18 days. The demonstration sports were boccia, goalball, gridiron football, and lacrosse.

Host selection[edit]

Voting results
Bid Votes
Electrum Prescott and Quebec and Shingoryeo Twin Cities 16
Re-open bids 2
Total 18

The Prescott and Twin Cities joint bid for the Olympics won the vote for hosting rights unopposed. The vote was held according to the process specified by the Olympic Charter.

Summary[edit]

List of known flag-bearers
Nation Flag bearer Sport
ABL Sami Lundstrøm (Prescott)
Aada Talevi (Twin Cities)
Canoeing
Aquatics
ABU Eva Gustafssen (Prescott)
Ivor Watkins (Twin Cities)
Athletics
Gymnastics
AKE Simeon Kalousis (Prescott) Sailing
CMT Sara Hoyashimi
Raul Gregorio (both Twin Cities)
Fencing
Aquatics
DCS Jennifer Exley (Prescott)
Margaret Churchill
Bretnil Urvoathil
Taliesyn Vavarys (Twin Cities)
Karate
Fencing
Judo
HMS Serving Wench Molly (Prescott) Sailing
KGS Bart Banana (Prescott)
Moe Edna (Twin Cities)
Taekwondo
Handball
KRY Scott Madsen (Prescott)
Olivia Taylor (Twin Cities)
Skateboarding
Aquatics
KWP Mike Le (Prescott)
Anck-su-namun Moon (Twin Cities)
Rowing
Aquatics
NGD Savannah Young
Percy Ryder (Twin Cities)
Fencing
Hockey
PCU Jandiyuha Targaroha (Prescott)
Sukma Ayu Widiari (Twin Cities)
Boxing
Judo
RAR Reihan Ahmadi (Prescott)
Githa Sanjiwani (Twin Cities)
Tennis
Gymnastics
SPD Spiderman (Prescott) Boxing, Golf
SRG Monserrat Graciani (Twin Cities) Weightlifting
STR Luci Asqi and Eden Bale (Prescott)
Luka Kibo and Ellie Inuali (Twin Cities
Athletics and Golf
Volleyball and Aquatics
TLI Alexandra Montgomery and Tommy Bruce(Prescott)
Pip Bosman and Frankie Harvey(Twin Cities)
Athletics and Sailing
Aquatics and Hockey
TSA Audra Aveskamp (Prescott)
Tomos Ijbow (Twin Cities)
Sports climbing
Gymnastics
TTM Fadli Rowley (Prescott)
Ella Berg (Twin Cities)
Athletics
Aquatics
WSN Konstantin Kirichenko (Twin Cities) Weightlifting

This summary of events is based on media reports from participating countries.

Day 1
  • New Gelderland marked its first return to Summer Olympics after a five-cycle absence. Sean Rider's silver medal in the men's sabre individual event of fencing was its first medal in over six cycles.
  • Quebec and Shingoryeo came to a strong start in swimming as Suleiman Kaya and Hannah James-Yim won gold in their 400m individual medley event. This also marked the sixth Olympic Games that James-Yim's mother, Schottian swimming legend Rebecca James has participated as either athlete or coach.
  • After months of speculation where known Olympians such as cyclist Raphael van der Poel and fencer Honey Boden were under consideration, the Krytenian delegation named its two youngest members - skateboarder Scott Madsen and swimmer Olivia Naylor - as opening ceremony flagbearers.
Day 2
Day 3
  • Sienna Rtil won the first Olympic medal for StrayaRoos with gold in the women's K-1 canoeing.
Day 7
  • Krytenia won its first men's judo gold medal in 40 years with Emile Robertson's victory in the men's over 100kg competition.
  • The final day of surfing competition was held in Rimini Beach, Exbury, with both defending champions, Putu Oka Sulaksana of Pemecutan and Kosara Raonic of Mytanija winning gold in a thrilling final match over Tyler McKenzie of The Hannasean Federation and Omugaba Zandaba of Banija.
Day 14
  • Kelssek's Quinn Bérubé won gold in the men's 100m sprint with a time of 9.71 seconds.
Day 15
  • Kay 'The Big Beane' Beane of Vilitan Union won his first gold medal in the men's super heavyweight. This marked his fifth career medal in boxing and judo.
Day 16
  • Another phenomenal Olympics by Euran boxers was marked by the successful gold medal defence of Hank Godfrey, who emerged victorious over Christian Magdeburg of West Phoenicia.

Medal tally[edit]

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
 Quebec and Shingoryeo (QUE) 27 32 25 84
 Electrum (ETM) 24 23 23 70
 New Gelderland (NGD) 24 21 19 64
ABEN Union (ABU) 18 17 21 56
 Eura (EUR) 18 16 16 50
 Mytanija (MYT) 17 17 13 47
 West Phoenicia (KWP) 17 11 24 52
 Krytenia (KRY) 15 13 27 55
 Banija (BNJ) 15 10 15 40
 Sargossa (SRG) 15 10 14 39

New Olympic records[edit]

Athlete NOC Discipline Event Stage Record
Sira Niakate BNJ Weightlifting Women's 49kg total 211 kg
Ayu Priyasti PCU Weightlifting Women's 49kg clean & jerk 120 kg
Ebony Witcher KNI Swimming Women's 1500m freestyle heats 15:45.44
Iri'aa Umbera VLT Weightlifting Men's 73 kg clean & jerk 195 kg
Iri'aa Umbera VLT Weightlifting Men's 73 kg total 354 kg
Nathan Harper HAN Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly final 50.55
Koenraad Aadi
Dominijke Heeren
Alexis Prins
Stefan Bondstad
TSA Swimming Mixed 4×100 m medley relay final 3:39.36

Participating nations[edit]

A total of 61 national Olympic committees are participating in Republica, including three as part of the ABEN Union. For the first time in many editions, neither Teremara nor Astyria were represented under an unified team.

Venues and infrastructure[edit]

Prescott hosted the Winter Olympics thrice before, and several venues were used once again for the 16th Summer Olympics. Blackstone Marina in Port Grenville was a venue at the 15th Summer Olympics and many of the same football venues across Electrum used in the 10th and 15th Summer Olympics will see Olympic action again. Numerous gridiron football or lacrosse venues across Quebec and Shingoryeo were previously used in the qualifying events of the 11th Summer Olympics. Numerous side arenas of Yongma College, Acadie Institute of Technology, Beaudoin and Calvert Colleges are used for basketball, handball and volleyball group stages.

Prescott[edit]

  • Northcote Oval - ceremonies, rugby sevens, athletics, football finals
  • Edison Square - archery, skateboarding, speed climbing, BMX freestyle
  • Landry's Arena - track cycling
  • Monument to Pacifism Centre - shooting
  • National Electrum University, Prescott - tennis (outdoor hard courts)
  • Prescott Racecourse - equestrian, modern pentathlon
  • Redford Lake/Toolmalook - rowing, sprint canoeing
  • The Ice Palace - tennis show court (hall A), boxing (hall B), karate, taekwondo, boccia (hall C), goalball (hall D)
  • Whitewater Canoe Course - canoe slalom

Outside Prescott

  • Kingsford Farm Country Club - golf
  • Mount Buckley National Park - road cycling, mountain biking, BMX racing
  • Blackstone Marina (in Port Grenville) - sailing

Twin Cities[edit]

Downtown Cluster

  • Ellington Park - baseball, softball
  • 101st Regiment Armoury - weightlifting, rhythmic gymnastics
  • Habpo Commons - open water swimming, beach volleyball, triathlon
  • Habpo Convention Centre - fencing, judo, table tennis, wrestling
  • KD Centre - artistic gymnastics, trampoline, basketball (finals)

Daehakro Cluster

  • Skylight Arena - basketball
  • Rudy and Alma Greenbaum Centre - badminton
  • Yongma College Aquatics Centre - swimming, diving, artistic swimming)

Olympic Park Cluster

  • Olympic Village
  • Two Rivers Stadium - ceremonies, gridiron football, lacrosse
  • National Hockey Centre - hockey
  • Mipo Aquatics Centre - water polo
  • National Steelworkers Union Centre - handball
  • The Gazebo at Mipojoseon - volleyball
  • Homebush Green - 3x3 basketball

Outside Twin Cities

  • Rimini Beach, Exbury - surfing

References[edit]