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According to the survey, 60 percent of Brazilians believe the
games, expected to cost about 40 billion reais ($12.2 billion),
will bring more harm than good to Brazil, while 32 percent
believe the games will bring more benefits to the country than
losses, the paper reported.
Concern about the games has grown in Brazil as the country falls
deeper into its worst recession in decades, Olympic preparations
have been delayed or scaled back, and evidence of widespread
corruption in construction contracts for Olympic infrastructure
has been uncovered by police and the courts.
A similar study ahead of the soccer World Cup, held in Brazil in
2014, found that 43 percent of Brazilians were optimistic before
the event, compared with 40 percent who were pessimistic.
The poll surveyed 2,002 people in all of Brazil between July 14
and 18.
(Reporting by Jeb Blount; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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