It is expected that about 800 types of pins will be developed for the 31st Rio Summer Olympics. Totally 3 million units will be produced in relation to the first edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to be staged in South America. Many of them are already on sale.

The first metal pins were created for the Paris 1900 Olympic Games and were used exclusively by judges. In 1988 the International Olympic Committee officially recognized pins as one of the Olympic Games symbols.