1) Supermodel Gisele Bundchen walks across Maracana as The Girl from Ipanema during the Opening Ceremony
2) The Refugee Olympic Team receives the loudest applause as they march into the Maracana Stadium
3) Tonga’s flagbearer Pita Nikolas Taufatofua steals the show with his oiled-up shirtless opening act
4) Legendary marathon runner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima lights the Olympic cauldron before his home-crowd
5) Judoka Majlinda Kelmendi wins Kosovo’s first ever Olympic Gold in Rio
6) Simone Manuel becomes the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming
7) Doaa Elghobashy of Egypt makes her mark as the first hijab-wearing beach volleyball player to compete at the Olympics
8) Michael Phelps’ pre-race ‘stare’ that turned into an internet sensation
9) The diving pool inside Rio’s Maria Lenk Aquatics Stadium that turned green overnight
10) Michael Phelps butterflies to his 20th Olympic Gold as rival Chad le Clos looks on from the neighbouring lane
11) David Katoatau, The Dancing Weightlifter, raises awareness on the effects of global warming for his small island-nation Kiribati
12) Katie Ledecky (far ahead) sets new World Record in Women’s 800m Freestyle finals
13) Young Joseph Schooling exults after winning Men’s 100m butterfly & Singapore’s maiden Olympic gold while veterans Phelps, Le Clos and Cseh together share silver
14) Nepal earthquake survivor Gaurika Singh, the youngest Olympian at Rio, wins her heat in Women’s 100m backstroke
15) Chinese diver Qin Kai proposes to He Zi after she won silver in Women’s 3m Springboard
16) Fiji players celebrate the country’s first Olympic Gold after defeating Great Britain in Men’s Rugby Sevens final
17) Simone Biles wins 4 gold medals in Artistic Gymnastics for USA
18) Rugby player Isadora Cerullo of Brazil (left) accepts girlfriend Marjorie Enya’s marriage proposal after the Sevens’ Gold medal match
19) Irish boxer Michael Conlan’s bold protest at the contentious refereeing that culminated in the suspension of several AIBA judges
20) Juan Martin Del Potro congratulates Andy Murray on defending his Men’s singles Tennis Olympic Gold
21) Etenesh Diro of Ethiopia finishes the heats of Women's 3000m Steeplechase in one shoe
22) Kuwait shooter Fehaid Aldeehani wins Gold in Men’s Double Trap, competing under the independent flag
23) Ethiopian long-distance runner Almaz Ayana shatters the previous World Record in Women’s 10000m by a massive 14 seconds
24) Japan’s Kaori Icho becomes the first wrestler ever to win 4 Olympic gold medals
25) Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand helps US runner Abbey D'Agostino back on her feet after a collision during the Women's 5000m heats
26) The Luik sisters – Liina, Lily and Leila from Estonia, participate in Women’s marathon as the first triplets in Olympic history
27) Monica Puig beats Angelique Kerber of Germany in the final of Women’s singles tennis to win Puerto Rico’s first Olympic Gold
28) Shaunae Miller’s gold-winning dive at the finish line in Women’s 400m to pip Allyson Felix by a narrow 0.06-second margin
29) South African Wayde van Niekerk smashes Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old world record in Men’s 400m sprint
30) Olympic’s first same-sex couple Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh celebrate with Great Britain teammates after winning gold in Women’s Hockey
31) US women’s water-polo players hurl coach Adam Krikorian into the pool after defending their London 2012 title
32) Women’s Omnium champion Laura Trott congratulates fiance & triple gold-medallist Jason Kenny on winning the Men’s Keirin finals
33) Underdogs Argentina stun Belgium in the Gold medal match of Men’s Hockey
34) Usain Bolt and Andre de Grasse grin past the finish-line in Men’s 200m semi-finals
35) China’s Chen Long breaks into tears on winning the gold medal point in Men’s singles badminton
36) Kristi Castlin, Brianna Rollins and Nia Ali of USA accomplish a clean sweep in Women's 100m Hurdles Final
37) Dutchman Niek Kimmann crashes out in the Quarter-finals of Men’s BMX Cycling
38) Team USA competes against the clock in a rerun of Women’s 4x100m relay heats
39) Uzbekistan’s Bekzod Abdurakhmonov upsets firm favourite Jordan Burroughs in the 2nd round of Repechage in Men’s 74kg wrestling
40) Team Russia dominate the synchronised swimming events once again
41) Allyson Felix becomes the first female track and field athlete in history to win six Olympic gold medals
42) Russian-Bangladeshi rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun’s gold medal routine at the individual all-around competition
43 Usain Bolt completes a triple treble at his final Olympic Games
44) Long-distance icon Mo Farah completes his twin Olympic 5000m-10000m doubles
45) Mongolian wrestler Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran’s coaches strip in protest after narrowly missing out on Bronze
46) Swiss cyclist Nino Schurter claims a maiden Olympic Cross-Country gold to add to his Beijing Bronze & London Silver
47) Captain Neymar converts the decisive penalty in the shootout against Germany to secure Brazil’s 1st ever Olympic Football Gold
48) Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge’s 12-year wait for an Olympic Marathon Gold comes to an end on the final day of Rio 2016
49) Rio de Janeiro passes on the baton to the Japanese capital Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Games
50) Fireworks at the Maracana Stadium to mark the conclusion of a highly successful Rio 2016 Olympic Games
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