Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results (2024)

FAQs

How many gold medals are in the Tokyo Olympics 2020? ›

The country finished the Games with 113 medals, the most amongst all nations: 39 gold, 41 silver, and 33 bronze. These individual totals were each the highest of the Games, after a final-day tally of three gold medals (women's basketball, women's omnium, and women's volleyball) surpassed China's total of 38 golds.

The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Games were postponed by one year as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. When the events finally took place in July and August 2021, 206 countries participating across 33 sporting disciplines.

Over the course of the history of the Summer Olympic Games, the number of medals awarded has been going up steadily. At the most recent Summer Games in Tokyo in 2021, a total of 340 gold medals were awarded.

The men's shot put event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 3 and 5 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. Thirty-one athletes from 22 nations competed. For the first time in Olympic history, the same three competitors received the same medals in back-to-back editions of an individual event.

The Japanese Olympic team won a total of 58 medals consisting of 27 golds, 14 silvers, and 17 bronzes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Pierre de Coubertin: Visionary and Founder of the Modern Olympics.

Competing and being part of the Games

There are no countries participating in the Olympic Games, but rather athletes from National Olympic Committees (NOCs). At the Olympic Summer Games in Paris in 2024, around 10,500 athletes from 206 NOCs will compete.

The U.S. has the most gold medals – 1,229 and counting. The Soviet Union is second with 473 gold medals, followed by Germany and China with 384, Olympedia reports. The U.S. has also won the most silver medals of any country by a large margin. The U.S. has 1,000 silver medals and the next highest is Germany with 419.

Are Olympic medals real silver? ›

The gold and silver medals are both made of silver. The gold medals are then coated with gold. Each Olympic gold medal is made up of 210g of silver and is coated with 6g of 24 carat gold. The bronze medals are made of copper, zinc, tin, and a very small amount of silver.

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Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 / Location

There have been 29 Summer Olympic Games held in 21 cities, and 24 Winter Olympic Games held in 21 cities.

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