ABSTRACT This paper presents a reflection on the implementation of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and its social and spatial repercussions. It incorporates results of research that comprises (i) survey of bibliography on mega-events; (ii) survey of information on government Internet sites and major and alternative media; (iii) mapping of social conflicts related to the Olympics’ main projects; (iv) interviews with social actors and politicians; and (v) observations of public meetings organized by the government or communities. After a brief reading of the critical analyses on mega-events and its expression in Brazil, a background summary of the implementation process of sports mega-events in Rio de Janeiro and a discussion about mega-events’ legacies and/or impacts are presented. The paper specially addresses the changes in the map of inequalities in Rio and reflects on the exhaustion of the political and economic conditions that fed the mega-events cycle in Brazil.

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大型活动，遗产和影响：2016年里约热内卢奥运会记录

摘要本文对2016年里约热内卢夏季奥运会的实施及其社会和空间影响进行了反思。它包括以下研究结果：（i）关于大型事件的书目调查；（ii）调查有关政府互联网站点以及主要和替代媒体的信息；（iii）绘制与奥运会主要项目有关的社会冲突图；（iv）采访社会行为者和政治人物；（v）政府或社区组织的公开会议的意见。在简要阅读了有关大型活动及其在巴西的表达方式的批判性分析之后，对里约热内卢体育大型活动的实施过程进行了背景总结，并讨论了大型活动的遗产和/或影响。