| 2020 Summer Olympics medals | ||||
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_(cropped).jpg) Caeleb Dressel (pictured) won five gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the most of any competing athlete | ||||
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Most gold medals |  United States (39) | |||
| Most total medals | United States (113) | |||
| Medalling NOCs | 93 | |||
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The2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held inTokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The Games were postponed by one year as part of theimpact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.[2] However, the Games was referred to by its original date in all medals, uniforms, promotional items, and other related media in order to avoid confusion in future years.[3][4] A total of 11,417 athletes from 206 nations participated in 339 events in 33 sports across 50 different disciplines.[5]
Overall, the event saw two records: 93 nations received at least one medal, and 65 of them won at least one gold medal.[6][7] Athletes from theUnited States won the most medals overall, with 113, and the most gold medals, with 39.[8] Host nationJapan won 27 gold medals, surpassing its gold medal tally of 16 at both the1964 and2004 summer editions.[9] Athletes from that nation also won 58 medals overall, which eclipsed its record of 41 overall medals won at theprevious Summer Olympics.[10]
American swimmerCaeleb Dressel won the most gold medals at the Games with five.[11] Meanwhile, Australian swimmerEmma McKeon won the greatest number of medals overall, with seven in total.[12] As a result, she tiedSoviet gymnastMaria Gorokhovskaya's seven medals at the1952 Summer edition for most medals won at a single Games by a female athlete.[13]Bermuda,Qatar and thePhilippines won their nations' first Olympic gold medals.[14] Meanwhile,Burkina Faso,Turkmenistan andSan Marino won their nations' first Olympic medals.[a][14][17]
The medals used for the 2020 Summer Olympics were designed by Junichi Kawanishi.[18] They were manufactured using metal extracted from recycled smallelectronic devices donated by the public.[18] The ribbon uses the traditional Japanese designmotifs found inichimatsu moyo (市松模様), a harmonisedchequered pattern, andkasane no irome (重ね の 色目), a traditionalkimono layering technique.[19][20] The case is manufactured fromJapanese ash wood dyed with the same colour as the Olympic emblem. The circular lid and the body of the case can be opened like a ring connected by a magnet.[20] The obverse of the medals featuresNike, the Greek goddess of victory, in front ofPanathenaic Stadium and theOlympic rings.[21]
As a result of safety protocols stemming from theCOVID-19 pandemic, athletes were presented with their medals on trays, and were asked to put them on themselves (or each other, in the case of team winners), rather than having them placed around their necks by a dignitary.[22]
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The medal table is based on information provided by theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. The table uses theOlympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by aNational Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.[26][27] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by theirIOC country code.[28]
Inboxing,judo,karate,taekwondo, andwrestling, two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class.[29][30][31][32] Two gold medals (and no silver) were awarded toMutaz Essa Barshim andGianmarco Tamberi for a first-place tie in themen's high jump athletics event.[33] Two bronze medals were awarded toAngelina Melnikova andMai Murakami for a third-place tie in thewomen's floor gymnastics event.[34]
* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 39 | 41 | 33 | 113 |
| 2 |  China | 38 | 32 | 19 | 89 |
| 3 | Japan* | 27 | 14 | 17 | 58 |
| 4 |  Great Britain | 22 | 20 | 22 | 64 |
| 5 |  ROC | 20 | 28 | 23 | 71 |
| 6 |  Australia | 17 | 7 | 22 | 46 |
| 7 |  Netherlands | 10 | 12 | 14 | 36 |
| 8 |  France | 10 | 12 | 11 | 33 |
| 9 |  Germany | 10 | 11 | 16 | 37 |
| 10 |  Italy | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
| 11 |  Canada | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 12 |  Brazil | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 13 |  New Zealand | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 14 |  Cuba | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 15 |  Hungary | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 16 |  South Korea | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 17 |  Poland | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 18 |  Czech Republic | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 19 |  Kenya | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 20 |  Norway | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 21 |  Jamaica | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 22 |  Spain | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 23 |  Sweden | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 24 |  Switzerland | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 25 |  Denmark | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 26 |  Croatia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 27 |  Iran | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 28 |  Serbia | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 29 |  Belgium | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 30 |  Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 31 |  Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 32 |  Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 33 |  Georgia | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 34 |  Chinese Taipei | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 35 |  Turkey | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 36 |  Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Uganda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 38 |  Ecuador | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 |  Ireland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
 Israel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 41 |  Qatar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 42 |  Bahamas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Kosovo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 44 |  Ukraine | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 |
| 45 |  Belarus | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 46 |  Romania | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
 Venezuela | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 48 |  India | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 49 |  Hong Kong | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 50 |  Philippines | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 52 |  South Africa | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 53 |  Austria | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 54 |  Egypt | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 55 |  Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 56 |  Ethiopia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Portugal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 58 |  Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 59 |  Estonia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Fiji | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Latvia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Thailand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 63 |  Bermuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 66 |  Colombia | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 67 |  Azerbaijan | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 68 |  Dominican Republic | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 69 |  Armenia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 70 |  Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 71 |  Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 72 |  Argentina | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 San Marino | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 74 |  Jordan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 77 |  Bahrain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Namibia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 North Macedonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Turkmenistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 83 |  Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 84 |  Mexico | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 85 |  Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 86 |  Botswana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Grenada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (93 entries) | 340 | 338 | 402 | 1,080 | |
※ Disqualified athlete(s)
| Ruling date | Sport/Event | Athlete (NOC) |  |  |  | Total | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 February 2022 | Athletics Men's4 × 100 m | −1 | –1 | On 12 August 2021, CJ Ujah was suspended from competition byWorld Athletics after testing positive for the banned substancesS-23 andEnobosarm.[36] Six months later, the IOC formally requestedTeam GB to collect the medals from teammatesZharnel Hughes,Richard Kilty, andNethaneel Mitchell-Blake.[37][38] Canada's relay team received the silver medal, and China's relay team was awarded the bronze.[39] | |||
| +1 | −1 | 0 | |||||
| +1 | +1 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | −1 | 0 | −1 |
| Canada (CAN) | 0 | +1 | −1 | 0 |
| China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1 |
