2016 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main highlight for this year is the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Sweden competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 25 July to 12 August 2012. Swedish athletes have competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Swedish Olympic Committee sent a total of 134 athletes to the Games, 55 men and 79 women, to compete in 20 sports. For the second consecutive time in its Olympic history, Sweden was represented by more female than male athletes.
Fernando Pacheco Filho also known as Zeba is a former Brazilian handball player who played for the Brazilian national team. He competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where the Brazilian team placed 11th.
Matías Carlos Schulz is an Argentine handball goalkeeper for Pfadi Winterthur and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Federico Gastón Fernández is an Argentine handball player for San Fernando Handball and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Federico Pizarro is an Argentine handball player for UNLu and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Sebastián Alejandro Simonet Moldes is an Argentine handball player for Ademar León and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Diego Esteban Simonet Moldes is an Argentine handball player for Montpellier and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Pablo Sebastian Portela is an Argentine handball player for UNLu and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Federico Matias Vieyra is an Argentine handball player for Handball Sassari and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Leonardo Facundo Querin is an Argentine handball player for Handball Sassari and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Gonzalo Matias Carou is an Argentine handball player for Ademar León and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Eduardo Gallardo is an Argentine handball coach.
Argentina competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015. On June 1, 2015, track cyclist and former Olympic gold medalist Walter Pérez was named as the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.
Chile competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015.
Argentina competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, having missed only three editions since their 1900 debut: the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States-led boycott. The Argentine Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games in Olympic history, surpassing the record set in London 1948.
Pablo Ariel Simonet Moldes is an Argentine handball player for BM Benidorm and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Adrián Portela is an Argentine handball player for Club Atlético River Plate and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Juan Pablo Fernández is an Argentine handball player for San Fernando Handball and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Argentina competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Argentine athletes have competed in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of their support for the United States-led boycott.
