The greatest sport event in the world is well underway, and after sharing with you some of the best interactive features about Rio 2016 – more to come – , it’s time to look at the print infographics, published in newspapers and magazines across the globe.
It’s always exciting to set up these types of posts, because in an event such as Olympics, this means gazing at multiple spreads posters and long series of infographics depicting each sport, among other unusual editorial extravaganzas, in addition to the traditional breakdown of venues, athletes and events.
We divided this huge round up in two parts, with the first one being dedicated solely to the works submitted to our gallery, and the second comprised of infographics featured throughout the Internet, either in designers’ portfolios, social networks or blogs.
Hope you enjoy it!
The Olympic Torch in Brazil | Glauco Lara, Mauro Girão, Gisele Oliveira, Jonatan Sarmento | Estado de S. Paulo
Olympic torch | Daniel Martínez, Alfredo Peralta | La Razón de México
The path of the Olympic torch | Manuel Cabrera | El Telégrafo
Ultimate Symbol | Tiago Galvão, Wilson Dell’Isola | Metro Jornal
The Olympic Medal | Estefan Cuanalo | Xinhua News Agency
Brazil will have the biggest Olympic medals | Glauco Lara, Jonatan Sarmento, Diogo Shiraiwa | Estado de S. Paulo
Rio 2016 logo | Estefan Cuanalo | Xinhua News Agency
Rio 2016 pictogram | Estefan Cuanalo | Xinhua News Agency
Olympic technology | William Mariotto | Estado de S. Paulo
Home team chances | William Mariotto | Estado de S. Paulo
Paralympic medals Rio 2016 | Daniel Martínez, Victor Nieto, Alfredo Peralta | La Razón de México
Zika, the viral threat of the Olympic Games | Francisco Lagos, Alfredo Peralta | La Razón de México
Olympic Secrets (series) | Alessandro Alvim, Marcelo Carnaval, Roberto Maltchik, Renato Carvalho | O Globo
(see more over at Alessandro Alvim’s Visualoop page.)
Olympic Villa welcomes the athletes | Glauco Lara, Jonatam Sarmento, Paulo Favero | Estado de S. Paulo
Barra Olympic Park | Daniel Martínez, Alfredo Peralta | La Razón de México
Olympic Heart | Alets Klamroth, Jesús Roldán | Récord
Michael Phelps | Omar Hernández, Francisco Lagos, Alfredo Peralta | La Razón de México
Rafa Nadal, the champion’s routines | Fernando Robato | DiarioAS
20 years ago,Jefferson Pérez won the Olympic gold | Manuel Cabrera | El Telégrafo
Nadia Comaneci, immortal | Daniel Martínez, Francisco Lagos, Alfredo Peralta | La Razón de México
1968 Special Olympic games Mexico | Arturo Black Fonseca | La Afición
The evolution of four historical sports in the Olympics | Glauco Lara, Jonatan Sarmento, Marcus Muller | Estado de S. Paulo
Mexico in the Olympic Games | Miguel Ulloa Maciel | Reporte Indigo
Aztec Olympic glory | Alexis Robles, Hugo Zuniga | Novedades de Quintana Roo
And now, the second part of this post, with all the other picks from throughout the Internet:
The road to Rio (series) | Times of Oman
(image: Times of Oman)
(image: Times of Oman)
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2016 Olympic sports (series) | El Correo
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(image: El Correo)
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Olympic bodies | The Wall Street Journal
(image: The Wall Street Journal)
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Olympics in the starting line | La Vanguardia
(image: La Vanguardia)
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Rio 2016: Fair play | Omar E. Moreno | Los Rostros magazine
(image: Los Rostros magazine)
(Via)
This is how the XXXI Olympics will be | Matias Ferrera, Tania Neto, Teresa Gallardo, Antonio Cruz | La Razón
(image: La Razón)
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Guatemala in the Olympics | Joel Torres, Ángel García, Nelson Xuya, Antonio Fuentes | Nuestro Diario
(image: Nuestro Diario)
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The first Olympics in South America | La Nueva España
(image: La Nueva España)
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Medal moves | Tomasz Usyk, Wayne Kamidoi, Fred Bierman | The New York Times
(image: The New York Times)
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Inequalities in Rio | Le Monde
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The Greek celebration to honor Zeus | Francisco Lagos | La Razón de México
(image: La Razón de México)
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10598 gladiators for 306 Gold medals | Enzo Oliva | La Voz del Interior
(image: La Voz del Interior)
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Top athletes in Rio | Lance
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Rio 2016 preview (series) | Alets Klamroth, Noemi Franco, Lizzeth Huerta Priego, Jesus Sanchez, Jesus Roldan, Claudio Saldaña, Jairo Ramírez | Record
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Olympic preview (series) | Vanesa Mauri, Ferran Morales, Hugo Navarro | Mundo Deportivo
(image: Mundo Deportivo)
(image: Mundo Deportivo)
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Olympic capital | Lino Revilla | Líder
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Not much interest for Rio | Celso Juarez | 24Horas
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The technique of the fastest | Daniela Dávila | La Vanguardia
(image: La Vanguardia)
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Faster, higher, stronger (series) | Edmundo Rostán, Alfonso Rebolledo Díaz, Rodolfo Díaz Vorrath, Marco Polo Lascurain | Imagen de Veracruz
(image: Imagen de Veracruz)
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The Olympic party in Rio (series) | Juan García, Katherine Ballesteros | El Nuevo Diario de Nicaragua
(image: El Nuevo Diario de Nicaragua)
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Rio 2016 (special issue) | Óscar Ayerra, Alexia López | La Voz de Galicia
(image: La Voz de Galicia)
(image: La Voz de Galicia)
(image: La Voz de Galicia)
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Olympic records over a decade-old | Heglar Fleming, Rodrigo Valenzuela | La Tercera
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Rio’s medals add to Michael Phelps’ legend | USA Today
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Spectacle in the Guanabara Bay | Óscar Ayerra | La Voz de Galicia
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Usain Bolt 3.0 | The Boston Globe
(image: The Boston Globe)
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Bolt in the Olympics | J. de Velasco, J. Torres | ABC
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The time for Bolt has come | La Tercera
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Stay tuned for more inspiring visual journalism, here on Visualoop!
Written by Tiago Veloso
Tiago Veloso is the founder and editor of Visualoop and Visualoop Brasil . He is Portuguese, currently based in Bonito, Brazil.