2020 Summer Olympics

Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Motto	United by Emotion
Nations	206
Athletes	11,656
Events	339 in 33 sports (50 disciplines)
Opening	23 July 2021
Closing	8 August 2021
Opened by	Emperor Naruhito
Cauldron	Naomi Osaka
Stadium	Japan National Stadium (known as Olympic Stadium during Games)
Summer
Winter

The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, was a sporting event in Tokyo, Japan from 23 July to 8 August 2021.^[1] Tokyo was announced as the host city at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. The winning bid, Tokyo, was announced on 7 September 2013.^[2]

The event was originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, but was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Olympic bids

The following was the bid results

2020 Summer Olympics host city election^[4]
City	Team	Round 1	Runoff	Round 2
Tokyo	Japan	42	—	60
Istanbul	Turkey	26	49	36
Madrid	Spain	26	45	—

Sports

The Sports played in the competition will be similar to those played in previous Olympic years. Popular sports that will be played include Athletics, Swimming, Tennis, gymnastics, and diving. The international Olympic committee said that there will be at least 25 sports played in addition to these. All sports competitions will feature athletes from many countries playing to try and win a medal, which is given to the winning player or team.

Competing Nations

National Olympic Committees
Afghanistan (5) Albania (9) Algeria (38) American Samoa (6) Andorra (2) Angola (20) Antigua and Barbuda (6) Argentina (185) Armenia (17) Aruba (3) Australia (479) Austria (73) Azerbaijan (44) Bahamas (15) Bahrain (32) Bangladesh (6) Barbados (8) Belarus (103) Belgium (123) Belize (3) Benin (7) Bermuda (2) Bhutan (4) Bolivia (5) Bosnia and Herzegovina (7) Botswana (13) Brazil (310) British Virgin Islands (3) Brunei (2) Bulgaria (42) Burkina Faso (7) Burundi (6) Cambodia (3) Cameroon (12) Canada (378) Cape Verde (6) Cayman Islands (5) Central African Republic (2) Chad (3) Chile (51) China (410) Colombia (67) Comoros (3) Cook Islands (6) Costa Rica (13) Croatia (60) Cuba (67) Cyprus (15) Czech Republic (109) Democratic Republic of the Congo (6) Denmark (104) Djibouti (4) Dominica (2) Dominican Republic (65) East Timor (3) Ecuador (46) Egypt (137) El Salvador (5) Equatorial Guinea (3) Eritrea (13) Estonia (33) Eswatini (4) Ethiopia (36) Federated States of Micronesia (3) Fiji (32) Finland (45) France (380) Gabon (5) The Gambia (4) Georgia (33) Germany (392) Ghana (12) Great Britain (375) Greece (75) Grenada (6) Guam (5) Guatemala (24) Guinea (4) Guinea-Bissau (4) Guyana (7) Haiti (6) Honduras (23) Hong Kong (43) Hungary (172) Iceland (4) India (120) Indonesia (28) Iran (65) Iraq (3) Ireland (120) Israel (89) Italy (366) Ivory Coast (26) Jamaica (54) Japan (600) (host) Jordan (14) Kazakhstan (97) Kenya (85) Kiribati (3) Kosovo (11) Kuwait (10) Kyrgyzstan (16) Laos (4) Latvia (32) Lebanon (6) Lesotho (2) Liberia (3) Libya (4) Liechtenstein (5) Lithuania (42) Luxembourg (12) Madagascar (6) Malawi (5) Malaysia (30) Maldives (4) Mali (4) Malta (6) Marshall Islands (2) Mauritania (2) Mauritius (8) Mexico (160) Moldova (20) Monaco (6) Mongolia (43) Montenegro (34) Morocco (44) Mozambique (10) Myanmar (2) Namibia (11) Nauru (2) Nepal (5) Netherlands (267) New Zealand (215) Nicaragua (8) Niger (7) Nigeria (53) North Macedonia (8) Norway (93) Oman (5) Pakistan (10) Palau (3) Palestine (5) Panama (10) Papua New Guinea (8) Paraguay (8) Peru (35) Philippines (19) Poland (206) Portugal (92) Puerto Rico (37) Qatar (15) Refugee Olympic Team (29) Republic of the Congo (3) ROC (334) Romania (102) Rwanda (5) Saint Kitts and Nevis (2) Saint Lucia (5) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (3) Samoa (8) San Marino (5) São Tomé and Príncipe (3) Saudi Arabia (31) Senegal (9) Serbia (87) Seychelles (5) Sierra Leone (3) Singapore (23) Slovakia (41) Slovenia (53) Solomon Islands (3) Somalia (2) South Africa (177) South Korea (235) South Sudan (2) Spain (328) Sri Lanka (9) Sudan (4) Suriname (2) Sweden (133) Switzerland (113) Syria (6) Chinese Taipei (68) Tajikistan (10) Tanzania (3) Thailand (41) Togo (4) Tonga (6) Trinidad and Tobago (25) Tunisia (63) Turkey (105) Turkmenistan (9) Tuvalu (2) Uganda (25) Ukraine (149) United Arab Emirates (5) United States (615) Uruguay (11) Uzbekistan (67) Vanuatu (3) Venezuela (43) Vietnam (18) Virgin Islands (4) Yemen (5) Zambia (27) Zimbabwe (5)

References

↑ "New Tokyo 2020 Olympic dates will be 23 July to 8 August 2021". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
↑ Executive Board concludes first meeting of the new year January 13, 2011.
↑ "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
↑ Wilson, Stephen (8 September 2013). "Results of the IOC vote to host the 2020 Summer Olympics". Austin American-Statesman. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

[1] "New Tokyo 2020 Olympic dates will be 23 July to 8 August 2021". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 2020-05-17.

[ioc-2] Executive Board concludes first meeting of the new year January 13, 2011.

[3] "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.

[Statesman-AP-4] Wilson, Stephen (8 September 2013). "Results of the IOC vote to host the 2020 Summer Olympics". Austin American-Statesman. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

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