Air quality monitoring assessment during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In 2009, the city of Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city of the 2016 Olympic Games (Rio 2016). For this event, the Brazilian government, in partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), undertook the task of monitoring the air quality in the city. This study discusses the PM, PM, and O profiles at ten sampling sites located near the arenas in 2016, including during the Olympic Games period.