Tokyo 2020

"2020 Olympics", "Tokyo 2020", "2021 Olympics", and "Tokyo 2021" redirect here. For the Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland, see 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. For the Summer Paralympics, see 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Games of the XXXII Olympiad

File:2020 Summer Olympics logo new.svg Emblem of the 2020 Summer Olympics
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Motto	United by Emotion
Nations	206 (including EOR and ROC teams)
Athletes	11,319 (5,910 men, 5,409 women)
Events	339 in 33 sports (51 disciplines)
Opening	Template:Date
Closing	Template:Date
Opened by	Emperor Naruhito
Closed by	IOC President Thomas Bach
Cauldron	Naomi Osaka
Stadium	Japan National Stadium
Summer Winter 2020 Summer Paralympics

The Template:Nihongo foot officially the Template:Nihongo foot and officially branded as Template:Nihongo foot were an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July 2021. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7 September 2013.

Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the event was postponed to 2021 on 24 March 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (several previous games had been cancelled but not rescheduled). However, the event retained the Tokyo 2020 branding for marketing purposes. It was largely held behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response to the pandemic, the only Olympic Games to be held without official spectators. The Games were the most expensive ever, with total spending of over $20 billion.

The Games were the fourth Olympic Games to be held in Japan, following the 1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo), 1972 Winter Olympics (Sapporo), and 1998 Winter Olympics (Nagano). Tokyo became the first city in Asia to hold the Summer Olympic Games twice. The 2020 Games were the second of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia, following the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea and preceding the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Due to the one-year postponement, Tokyo 2020 was the only Olympic Games to have been held in an odd-numbered year.

New events were introduced in existing sports, including 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX and mixed gender team events in a number of existing sports, as well as the return of madison cycling for men and an introduction of the same event for women. New IOC policies also allowed the host organizing committee to add new sports to the Olympic program for just one Games. The disciplines added by the Japanese Olympic Committee were baseball and softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding, the last four of which made their Olympic debuts, and the last three of which will remain on the Olympic program.

The United States topped the medal table both by gold (39) and total medals (113), with China finishing second (38 and 89). Host nation Japan finished third, setting a record for the most gold and overall medals won by their delegation at an Olympic Games with 27 and 58. Great Britain finished fourth, with a total of 22 gold and 64 total medals. The Russian delegation competing as the ROC finished fifth with 20 gold medals and third in the overall medal count, with 71 medals. Bermuda, the Philippines and Qatar won their first-ever Olympic gold medals. Burkina Faso, San Marino and Turkmenistan also won their first-ever Olympic medals.

Bidding process

Main article: Bids for the 2020 Summer Olympics

The three candidate cities were Tokyo, Istanbul, and Madrid. The applicant cities of Baku and Doha were not promoted to candidate status. A bid from Rome was withdrawn.

Host city selection

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to select the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics on 7 September 2013, at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, using an exhaustive ballot system. None of the candidate cities won more than 50% of the votes in the first round; Madrid and Istanbul were tied for second place, so a runoff vote was held to determine which of the two cities would be eliminated. The final vote was a head-to-head contest between Tokyo and Istanbul. Tokyo was selected by 60 votes to 36, gaining at least the 49 votes required for a majority.

Template:2020 Olympic host city election

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Main article: COVID-19 cases at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

Few pedestrians on the Shibuya Crossing during the state of emergency in the middle of Japan's first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, early 2020

In January 2020, concerns were raised about the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on athletes and visitors to the Summer Olympic Games. Tokyo organizers and the International Olympic Committee insisted they were monitoring the spread of the disease to minimize its effects on preparations for the Olympics. The IOC stated that in 2020, their Japanese partners and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe "made it very clear that Japan could not manage a postponement beyond next summer [2021] at the latest". Unlike the case for Zika virus during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted directly between humans, posing tougher challenges for the organizers to counteract the infectious disease and host a safe and secure event. Also unlike the case for H1N1 "swine flu" during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, COVID-19 has a higher fatality rate, and there was no effective vaccine until December 2020. In a February 2020 interview, Conservative London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey argued that London would be able to host the Olympic Games at the former 2012 Olympic venues should the Games need to be moved because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike criticized Bailey's comment as inappropriate. In early 2021, officials in the U.S. state of Florida offered to host the delayed Games in their state, while John Coates, the IOC vice president in charge of the Tokyo Olympics, said the Games would open even if the city and other parts of Japan were under a state of emergency because of COVID-19.

Estimates by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Kyoto University predicted that states of emergency might be required during the Games. The reports published at the Ministry of Health experts' panel also showed new patients increasing to 10,000 if the Games were to allow spectators.

Qualifying event cancellation and postponement

Concerns about the pandemic began to affect qualifying events in early 2020. Some that were due to take place in February were moved to alternative locations to address concerns about travelling to the affected areas, particularly China. For example, the women's basketball qualification was played in Belgrade, Serbia, instead of Foshan, China. The Asia & Oceania boxing qualification tournament, which was originally planned to be held from 3–14 February in Wuhan, China (the location of the original outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic), instead took place in Amman, Jordan, at the beginning of March. The third round of the women's football qualification tournament was also affected, as the group matches formerly scheduled to be held in China were moved to Australia. The European boxing qualification began on 14 March 2020 in London, United Kingdom, but was suspended after two days of competition before being rescheduled for April 2021. It eventually resumed in June 2021 but was moved to Paris, France, because of renewed concerns over travel to the United Kingdom. Other qualifying events that were due to take place in March to June 2020 began to be postponed until later in the year and mid-2021 as part of a wider suspension of international sporting competitions in response to the pandemic. A multitude of Olympic sports were affected, including archery, baseball, cycling, handball, judo, rowing, sailing, volleyball, and water polo.

Effect on doping tests

Mandatory doping tests were being severely restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. European anti-doping organizations raised concerns that blood and urine tests could not be performed and that mobilizing the staff necessary to do so before the end of the pandemic would be a health risk. Despite the need for extensive testing to take place in advance of the Games, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) stated that public health and safety were their topmost priorities. The China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) temporarily ceased testing on 3 February 2020, with a planned resumption of phased testing towards the end of the month, and the anti-doping organizations in the United States, France, Great Britain, and Germany had reduced their testing activities by the end of March.

It was subsequently revealed that twenty-three Chinese swimmers had tested positive for the drug trimetazidine, but were permitted to compete, after CHINADA claimed they had ingested tiny amounts unawares from a kitchen. Some, including Zhang Yufei, Wang Shun, and Qin Haiyang, went on to win medals. The affair resulted in deep upset amongst the international athletic community.

Postponement to 2021

The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (TOCOG) released a statement on 2 March 2020, confirming that preparations for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics were "continuing as planned". On 23 March, both Canada and Australia indicated that they would withdraw from the Games if they were not postponed by a year. On the same day, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe stated he would support a proposed postponement, citing that ensuring athlete safety was "paramount," and veteran IOC member and former vice president Dick Pound said that he expected the Games to be postponed.

On 24 March 2020, 122 days to go for the planned start, the IOC, TOCOG and prime minister Abe released a joint statement announcing that the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics would be rescheduled to a date "beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021". They stated that the Games could "stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times", and that the Olympic flame could become "the light at the end of the tunnel in which the world finds itself at present". Prime Minister Abe stated that IOC president Thomas Bach responded "with 100% agreement" to his proposal to delay the Games. For continuity and marketing purposes, it was agreed that the Games would still be branded as Tokyo 2020 despite the change in schedule.

On 30 March 2020, the IOC and TOCOG announced that they had reached an agreement on the new dates for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which would now begin with the opening ceremony on 23 July 2021 and end with the closing ceremony on 8 August 2021, still to be held in Tokyo. The subsequent Winter Olympics in Beijing are scheduled to begin on 4 February 2022, less than six months later. Shortly before the postponement was confirmed, the IOC and Tokyo 2020 organizers formed a task force named "Here We Go" with the remit to address any issues arising from postponing the Games, such as sponsorship and accommodation. The organizers confirmed that all athletes who had already qualified for Tokyo 2020 would keep their qualification slots.

Calls for cancellation

Health experts expressed concern in April 2020 that the Games might have to be cancelled if the pandemic should persist. In an interview, the then president of TOCOG and former Japanese prime minister, Yoshirō Mori, asserted that the Games would be "scrapped" if they could not go ahead in 2021. On 29 April 2020, Prime Minister Abe stated that the Games "must be held in a way that shows the world has won its battle against the coronavirus pandemic". Thomas Bach acknowledged in an interview on 20 May 2020, that the job of reorganizing the Tokyo Games was "a mammoth task" and also admitted that the event would have to be cancelled altogether if it could not take place in the summer of 2021. However, both Mori and Bach expressed optimism about the Games going ahead.

A member of the Japanese COVID-19 Advisory Committee on the basic action policy co-authored a British Medical Journal editorial, which stated, "holding Tokyo 2020 for domestic political and economic purposes—ignoring scientific and moral imperatives—is contradictory to Japan's commitment to global health and human security".

On 21 January 2021, multiple sources reported that the Japanese government had "privately concluded" that the Games would have to be cancelled. The government dismissed the claims, stating that the reports were "categorically untrue". The new Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga confirmed on 19 February that the G7 had given unanimous support for the postponed Games to go ahead as scheduled. It was reported in April 2021, just three months before the start of the Games, that there was still the option to cancel the Tokyo Olympics with the country having vaccinated less than 1% of its population, with tens of thousands of volunteers expected to take part and athletes not being required to quarantine after arriving in Japan.

Public support for the Games in Japan decreased significantly amid a 2021 surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. Multiple organizations of medical professionals voiced oppositions to the Games, while an opinion poll in April 2021 saw 40% of participants support the cancellation of the Games, and 33% support a second postponement. In May 2021, 83% of those polled supported the cancellation or postponement of the Games. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association called for the cancellation, stating that hospitals in Tokyo "have their hands full and have almost no spare capacity" in an open letter to the prime minister. At least nine out of 47 elected governors supported the cancellation of the Games. Nearly 37% of Japanese companies surveyed supported the cancellation of the Games, and 32% supported postponement.

Kenji Utsunomiya, who had previously run for Governor of Tokyo, collected more than 351,000 signatures on a petition calling for the organizers to "prioritize life" over the Olympics. Japanese writers Jiro Akagawa and Fuminori Nakamura also called for the Games to be postponed or cancelled.

On 26 May 2021, the Template:Transliteration newspaper, which was a local sponsor of the Games, published an editorial calling for Prime Minister Suga to "calmly and objectively assess the situation and decide on the cancellation of the event this summer." On 4 June it was reported that Japanese sponsors proposed to the organizers for "the Games to be postponed for several months," citing a comment by a corporate sponsor senior executive: "It just makes much, much more sense from our perspective to hold the Games when there are more vaccinated people, the weather is cooler and maybe public opposition is lower."

In July 2021, it was announced that all events in Tokyo were to be held behind closed doors with no spectators due to a new state of emergency. A poll by the Template:Transliteration found that 55% of those surveyed supported the cancellation of the Olympics, and 68% felt that organizers would not be able to suitably control COVID-19 at the Games. The decision was also detrimental to local sponsors, which had planned in-person presences to promote their products during the Games; an executive of official sponsor Toyota stated that the company had pulled a television advertising campaign it had planned for the Games in Japan, citing that the Olympics were "becoming an event that has not gained the public's understanding."

Had the games been cancelled, it would have been the first time since World War II that an Olympic event had been called off and the first games to be scrapped due to circumstances unrelated to war. A complete cancellation would have also cost Japan Template:JPYTemplate:Nbsptrillion (Template:USDTemplate:Nbspbillion), based on operating expenses and loss of tourism activity due to Japan which had closed its international borders to foreign travellers since March 2020, did not eventually reopen until October 2022, and was initially scheduled to end preventive border measures in May 2023 but had moved early at the end of April of that year, less than two years after the Games ended.

Costs and insurance

According to an estimate conducted by professor emeritus Katsuhiro Miyamoto of Kansai University and reported by the NHK in March 2020, the cost of delaying the 2020 Olympics by one year would be 640.8 billion yen (US$5.8 billion), taking maintenance expenditures for the unused facilities into account.

The Nomura Research Institute estimated that cancelling the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021 would cost around 1.81 trillion yen ($17 billion), less than the economic damages projected if another state of emergency is declared, noting that a decision to hold the games "should be made based on the impact on infection risks, not from the standpoint of economic loss".

The Tokyo Games were protected through the commercial insurance marketplace Lloyd's of London, by global reinsurers Munich Re and Swiss Re. The IOC takes out around $800 million of insurance for each Summer Olympics, with the total amount of loss insured for the 2020 Games likely to be more than $2 billion.Template:Update inline The disruption caused by postponing the Games was covered by the insurance policy, with those likely to make claims for their financial losses including local organizers, sponsors, hospitality firms, and travel providers.Template:Update inline

Holders of tickets purchased from overseas prior to postponement were entitled to refunds for both Olympic and Paralympic ticket purchases, except for the costs of cancelled hotel bookings. Although about 600,000 Olympic tickets and 300,000 Paralympic tickets were eligible to be refunded, organizers said that they would not release the total costs of the refunds. Reuters quoted industry sources who estimated that the Tokyo Olympics Committee had taken out US$500–800 million in insurance, and that after accounting for costs such as rebooking sporting venues and the Olympic Village, little of that payout would be available to recoup the proceeds of lost and refunded ticket sales. The local organizers are responsible for ticket sales and use them to defray the costs of holding the games; ticket sales were expected to bring in approximately US$800 million, but actual sales were close to zero.

In June 2022, the Tokyo Organizing Committee revealed in the final budget report for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics that the cost for the Olympic Games was 640.4 billion yen (US$5.8 billion ), which was higher than the cost for the Rio 2016.

Public opinion and COVID-19 effect during and after the Games

Prior to the Tokyo Olympics being held, many Japanese people were negative about hosting the event, but their attitudes had become more positive towards the end of the Games. According to a public opinion poll conducted jointly by the Nippon News Network and the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, which targeted Japanese citizens at the end of the Olympics, 38% of respondents said that it was possible to hold the Olympics in a safe manner against COVID-19, while 55% said that it was not possible. However, 64% answered that it was good that the Tokyo Games had gone ahead, while 28% answered that they wished the event had not been held. Of the respondents, 61% were glad the event had been held without spectators and only 12% said that spectators should have been allowed.

On 29 July, less than a week into the Games, journalist Masaki Kubota reported his analysis of the Japanese people's perspective on the Olympics, which he believed was greatly influenced by the change in the way the Japanese news media reported on the Games. He pointed out that many Japanese news media had insisted on canceling the Olympics, citing fears that COVID-19 would spread, but once Japanese athletes started winning medals, the media changed their reporting policy and began livening up the Olympics, which had the effect of altering public opinion in Japan.

Once the Tokyo Olympics were underway, followed by the Tokyo Paralympics, there was a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in Japan, especially those caused by the Delta variant. On 26 July, there were 60,157 cases detected in Japan, breaking the record of 44,961 cases recorded on 10 May. On 9 August, one day after the Olympics had ended, daily cases in Japan reached 100,000 for the first time, and new cases continued to increase until the peak on 23 August, when 156,931 cases were recorded.

Development and preparations

See also: Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

The Olympic rings on display at Tokyo Bay to promote the Games

The Tokyo Organizing Committee was originally headed by former Japanese prime minister Yoshirō Mori, but he resigned in February 2021 due to backlash from sexist comments about women in meetings. Seiko Hashimoto was chosen to succeed him. Tamayo Marukawa, Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, was responsible for overseeing the preparations on behalf of the Japanese government.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government set aside a fund of ¥400 billion (more than US$3.67 billion) to cover the cost of hosting the Games. The Japanese government was considering easing airspace restrictions to allow an increased slot capacity at both Haneda and Narita airports. A new railway line was planned to link both airports through an expansion of Tokyo Station, cutting travel time from Tokyo Station to Haneda from 30 minutes to 18 minutes, and from Tokyo Station to Narita from 55 minutes to 36 minutes; funded primarily by private investors, the line would cost ¥400 billion. The East Japan Railway Company (JR East) was also planning a new route near Tamachi to Haneda Airport.

There were plans to fund the accelerated completion of the Central Circular Route, Tokyo Gaikan Expressway, and Ken-Ō Expressway, and the refurbishment of other major expressways in the area. The Yurikamome automated transit line was also to be extended from its existing terminal at Toyosu Station to a new terminal at Kachidoki Station, passing the site of the Olympic Village, although the line was not expected to have adequate capacity to serve major events in the Odaiba area on its own.

In April 2018, the Tokyo Organizing Committee signed a partnership with the International Labour Organization to ensure decent work in the preparation of and during the 2020 Olympic Games.

In June 2020, the chief executive of the Organizing Committee, Toshirō Mutō, stated that the committee was exploring options for streamlining the Games to achieve cost savings. On 25 September, the IOC and Tokyo Organizing Committee agreed to a suite of measures to simplify the Games' logistics, including a cut to non-athlete staff, use of online meetings, and streamlined transport, among others. The committee also outlined areas it would be exploring in order to maintain the health and safety of all participants.

Venues and infrastructure

The newly built Japan National Stadium in Tokyo was the venue for the ceremonies and the athletics events.

Main article: Venues of the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics

In February 2012, it was announced that Tokyo's former National Stadium, the central venue for the 1964 Summer Olympics, would undergo a ¥100 billion renovation for the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics. In November 2012, the Japan Sport Council announced that it was taking bids for proposed stadium designs. Of the 46 finalists, Zaha Hadid Architects was awarded the project, which would replace the old stadium with a new 80,000-seat stadium. There was criticism of the Zaha Hadid design—which was compared to a bicycle helmet and regarded as clashing with the surrounding Meiji Shrine—and widespread disapproval of the costs, even with attempts to revise and "optimize" the design.

In June 2015, the government announced plans to reduce the new stadium's permanent capacity to 65,000 in its athletics configuration (although with the option to add up to 15,000 temporary seats for football) as a further cost-saving measure. The original plan to build a retractable roof was also abandoned. At the end of 2015, as a result of public opposition to the increasing costs of the new stadium (which had reached ¥252 billion), the government chose to reject Zaha Hadid's design entirely and selected a new design by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. Inspired by traditional temples and with a lower profile, Kuma's design had a budget of ¥149 billion. The changes meant the new stadium could not be completed in time for the 2019 Rugby World Cup as originally intended. The National Stadium, which was inaugurated on 21 December 2019, was named the Olympic Stadium for the duration of the Tokyo Games.

In October 2018, the Board of Audit issued a report stating that the total cost of the Olympic venues could exceed US$25 billion.

Of the 33 competition venues in Tokyo, 28 were within 8 kilometers (5 miles) of the Olympic Village, with eleven new venues to be constructed. On 16 October 2019, the IOC announced that there were plans to re-locate the marathon and racewalking events to Sapporo for heat concerns. The plans were made official on 1 November 2019 after Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike accepted the IOC's decision, despite her belief that the events should have remained in Tokyo.

In general, as urban studies scholar Faure notes, "The Tokyo 2020–2021 Games had a relatively moderate impact on the city, compared to previous cases such as Rio and Sochi, or cases in which a major Olympic park was built in Barcelona in 1992, and in Beijing in 2008. The transport infrastructure has been marginally improved by facilitating access for people with mobility constraints and improving signage in other languages. Haneda Airport has been expanded, and a hydrogen-powered bus rapid transit system has been introduced. Several sports and event facilities were built, including the new Olympic Stadium. Finally, the Olympic Village has been built on the Harumi landfill."

Security

Police patrolling and watching from a rooftop near the tennis venue

In December 2018, the Japanese government chose to ban drones from flying over venues being used for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. A similar ban was also imposed for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which Japan also hosted. In January 2020, counterterrorism drills began in different parts where the Games would take place, after intelligence data showed that terrorist groups could have carried out an attack seeking worldwide attention. In July 2021, prior to the start of the Games, the Japan Coast Guard conducted counterterrorism drills in the Tokyo Bay. The drill consisted of two inflatable boats trying to stop a suspicious ship from getting to shore.

Volunteers

Applications for volunteering at the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were accepted beginning on 26 September 2018. By 18 January 2019, a total of 204,680 applications had been received by the Tokyo Organizing Committee. Interviews to select the requisite number of volunteers began in February 2019, with training scheduled to take place in October 2019. The volunteers at the venues were to be known as "Field Cast", and the volunteers in the city were to be known as "City Cast". These names were chosen from a shortlist of four from an original 150 pairs of names; the other three shortlisted names were "Shining Blue" and "Shining Blue Tokyo", "Games Anchor" and "City Anchor", and "Games Force" and "City Force". The names were chosen by the people who had applied to be volunteers at the Games.

As of early June 2021, approximately 10,000 out of the 80,000 registered volunteers resigned from the Games. Media attributed the rise in pandemic cases as the reason for massive quitting. More volunteer assignments were expected to be cancelled due to the spectator ban.

Medals

Template:Further

Due to COVID-19 protocols, the medals were presented to the athletes on a tray and each athlete was asked to put on their own medal, rather than have it placed around their neck by a dignitary.

In February 2017, the Tokyo Organizing Committee announced an electronics recycling program in partnership with Japan Environmental Sanitation Center and NTT Docomo, soliciting donations of electronics such as mobile phones to be reclaimed as materials for the medals. Aiming to collect eight tonnes of metals to produce the medals for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, collection boxes were deployed at public locations and NTT Docomo retail shops in April 2017. A design competition for the medals was launched in December of that year.

In May 2018, the organizing committee reported that they had obtained half the required 2,700 kilograms of bronze but were struggling to obtain the required amount of silver; although bronze and silver medals purely utilize their respective materials, IOC requirements mandate that gold medals utilize silver as a base. The collection of bronze was completed in November 2018, with the remainder estimated to have been completed by March 2019.

On 24 July 2019 (one year ahead of the originally scheduled opening ceremony), the designs of the medals were unveiled. The medals for the Olympic and Paralympic Games were designed by Junichi Kawanishi following a nationwide competition. A new feature shared with the Paralympic medals is that the ribbons contain one, two, or three silicone convex lines to distinguish gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively.

Torch relay

Main article: 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay

The slogan of the 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay was "Hope Lights Our Way".

As determined by a 2009 IOC ruling that banned international torch relays for any future Olympic Games, the 2020 Summer Olympics torch was scheduled to only visit the two countries of Greece and the host nation Japan. The first phase of the relay began on 12 March 2020, with the traditional flame lighting ceremony at the Temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece. The torch then travelled to Athens, where the Greek leg of the relay culminated in a handover ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium on 19 March, during which the torch was transferred to the Japanese contingent. The flame was placed inside a special lantern and transported from Athens International Airport on a chartered flight to Higashimatsushima in Japan. The torch was then expected to begin the second phase of its journey on 20 March, as it traveled for one week around the three most affected areas of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami—Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima—where it would go on display under the heading "Flame of Recovery". After leaving Naraha on 26 March, the torch would commence its main relay around Japan, incorporating all 47 prefectural capitals.

After the decision to postpone the Games was made, the torch was placed again in a special lantern on display in the city of Fukushima for a month. After that, the lantern was transferred to the Tokyo prefecture, where it was kept safe until the restart of the relay in 2021. On 23 July 2020 (one year ahead of the rescheduled opening ceremony), a promotional video was released featuring Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee carrying the lantern inside Japan National Stadium, drawing comparisons between emergence from the pandemic and her own return to sport after being diagnosed with leukemia. On 20 August 2020, it was announced that the torch relay would begin again in Naraha, Fukushima on 25 March 2021, nearly a year later than originally planned.

The final course of the relay was altered due to concerns regarding public health concerns about gatherings along the route (e.g., the Miyakojima leg was canceled), and the relay was held without spectators due to states of emergency in some regions (e.g., Matsuyama, Hiroshima, Hyōgo, and Okayama). The relay ended at Tokyo's National Stadium (Olympic Stadium) on 23 July, with tennis player Naomi Osaka lighting the Olympic cauldron at the finale of the opening ceremony. The cauldron lit in the Olympic Stadium was only used during the opening and closing ceremonies: a separate cauldron was lit on the Tokyo waterfront for public view at the Yume No Ohashi Bridge in Odaiba, making it only the second time in Olympic history where the cauldron was not displayed in the athletics stadium, the other time being in 2016.

Biosecurity protocols

Temperature check and COVID-19 countermeasures at the tennis venue

In February 2021, the IOC began releasing "playbooks" containing details on planned COVID-19 biosecurity protocols for athletes, officials, the press, and other staff, including standard protocols such as practicing social distancing, hygiene, the wearing of face masks (outside of training and competition for athletes), and being restricted from visiting bars, restaurants, shops, and other tourist areas around Greater Tokyo Area, or using public transport unless otherwise permitted. Participants would be asked to use Japan's COCOA Exposure Notification app and would be tested at least every four days. Athletes who tested positive would be unable to compete and could be quarantined at a government facility (although leeway would be given in the event of false positives). Close contacts would also need to test negative in order to be cleared for competition. Athletes would be discouraged from "excessive" celebrations because the actions could spread infected droplets. The playbooks were criticized in a paper published by The New England Journal of Medicine in May 2021, for lacking "scientifically rigorous risk assessment" and failing to "distinguish the various levels of risk faced by athletes". The playbook stated that the athletes were required to arrive up to five days prior to the start of the competition and to leave within 48 hours of being eliminated from their sport or the conclusion of the competitions.

The IOC recommended the vaccination of athletes against COVID-19 if vaccines were available to them, but this was not a prerequisite for participation and the IOC advised against athletes "jumping the queue" in order to obtain priority over essential populations. On 12 March 2021, Thomas Bach announced that in nations where they were approved for use, the Chinese Olympic Committee had offered to cover the costs of the Chinese CoronaVac and the Sinopharm BIBP vaccine for athletes competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics, and would purchase two doses for their nation's general public for each vaccinated athlete. On 6 May 2021, Pfizer announced that it would donate doses of its vaccine to NOCs competing in Tokyo.

Approximately 93,000 athletes and officials were exempt from the quarantine rules upon arriving in Japan, provided that they remained in areas separated from the local population. With around 300,000 local staff and volunteers entering and exiting these bubbles, and 20,000 vaccine doses allocated for this group, this led to concerns of COVID-19 spreading both during the Games and when teams returned to their countries.

Due to international travel restrictions, the organizing committee announced in March 2021 that no international guests (including spectators, and friends and family members of the athletes) would be allowed to attend the Games. As per existing guidance for spectator sports in Japan, spectators would be asked to refrain from cheering or shouting. On 19 June 2021, Governor Koike announced that plans for public viewing events for the Games had been scrapped, in order to use the planned venues (such as Yoyogi Park) as mass vaccination sites instead. On 21 June, it was announced that all venues would be capped at a maximum of 10,000 ticketed spectators or 50% capacity, whichever was lower.

On 2 July 2021, the new TOCOG president Seiko Hashimoto warned that there was still a possibility of the Games being held behind closed doors because of rising COVID-19 cases in the country. Japan's slow vaccination rate had been of particular concern. A simulation run by the University of Tokyo in May 2021 projected that a new wave of infections could peak in mid-October if the Games went on after the existing state of emergency in Tokyo had expired.

On 8 July 2021, after Tokyo had recorded 920 new COVID-19 cases (its highest increase since May), Prime Minister Suga declared a new state of emergency in the Tokyo area from 12 July through 22 August (ending only two days before the Paralympics' opening ceremony), and announced that all events at venues in the area would therefore be held behind closed doors with no spectators permitted. Hashimoto stated that "it is extremely regrettable that the Games will be staged in a very limited manner in the face of the spread of novel coronavirus infections." IOC President Thomas Bach stated that "we will support any measure which is necessary to have a safe and secure Olympic and Paralympic Games for the Japanese people and all the participants."

The announcement stated that spectators would still be allowed at events being held outside of Tokyo, subject to the approval by local health authorities and the aforementioned 50%/10,000-spectator limit. The prefectures of Fukushima, Hokkaido and Ibaraki announced that they would prohibit spectators at events held in the areas. The opening ceremony was expected to be limited to fewer than 1,000 VIP guests, including IOC representatives and dignitaries, while some events did allow members of other competing delegations to occupy spectator seats as well. School students were invited to watch football matches in Ibaraki.

On 16 July, it was reported that Bach had asked Prime Minister Suga about the possibility that restrictions on spectators could be eased later on if COVID-19 conditions were to improve in Tokyo. However, on 2 August, Suga announced that all existing state of emergency declarations would be extended through 31 August, and be extended to Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, and parts of Osaka.

Ticketing

The opening ceremony tickets were expected to range from ¥12,000 to ¥300,000, with a maximum price of ¥130,000 for the finals of the athletics track and field events. The average ticket price was ¥7,700, with half the tickets being sold for up to ¥8,000. A symbolic ticket price of ¥2,020 was expected for families, groups resident in Japan, and in conjunction with a school program. Tickets would be sold through 40,000 shops in Japan and by mail order to Japanese addresses through the internet. International guests, had they been allowed, would have needed to visit Japan during the sales period, or arrange to buy tickets through a third party such as a travel agent.

Tickets went on general sale in Japan in the autumn of 2019 and were expected to be sold globally from June 2020; however, this plan was suspended when the Games were postponed on 24 March 2020. The Tokyo Organizing Committee confirmed that tickets already purchased would remain valid for the same sessions according to the new schedule and that refunds were also being offered.

On 20 March 2021, it was announced that due to COVID-19-related concerns, no international guests would be allowed to attend the 2020 Olympics or Paralympics. This included both spectators, as well as the friends and family of athletes. All overseas ticketholders would be refunded. Hashimoto cited uncertainties surrounding international travel restrictions, and goals to preserve the safety of all participants and spectators, and not place a burden on the health care system. It was ultimately announced in July that all local spectators were not allowed to attend any events held in Tokyo, Fukushima and Hokkaido.

Cultural festival

A cultural program known as Nippon Festival was scheduled to coincide with the Olympics and Paralympics, running from April to September 2021 as a series of streaming events held by the Tokyo Organizing Committee and other partners. The events reflected the themes of "Participation and Interaction", "Towards the Realization of an Inclusive Society" and "Reconstruction of the Tohoku Region". The program was either downsized or reformatted to virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of the Games. One of these events was a concert held on 18 July, which featured J-rock band Wanima, choreography by dancers Aio Yamada and Tuki Takamura, and the presentation of animated "creatures" based on illustrations "embodying the thoughts and emotions of people from across the world".

The original plans for Nippon Festival included events such as Kabuki x Opera (a concert that would have featured stage actor Ichikawa Ebizō XI, opera singers Anna Pirozzi and Erwin Schrott, and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra), an arts and culture festival focusing on disabilities, and a special two-day exhibition sumo tournament at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan shortly after the Olympics—which would have differed significantly from the traditional bi-monthly Honbasho tournaments, and featured special commentary in English and Japanese to help explain to spectators the customs and traditions of professional sumo, which are deeply rooted in the Shinto religion.

The Games

Opening ceremony

A scene from the Opening Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium, with drones flying around and creating the official logo of the Games

Main article: 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 23 July 2021 in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. It included the traditional Parade of Nations. Emperor Naruhito formally opened the Games, and at the end of the torch relay the Olympic cauldron was lit by Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka.

For the first time in the 2020 Olympic Games, it was decided that one male and one female in each country would take turns holding flags and serve as two of them. This was done by embodying the "Agenda 2020" set during President Bach's term.

For the first time in the history of the games, a moment of silence was observed in the opening ceremony for the victims of COVID-19, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and the Munich massacre.

Sports

See also: Olympic sports

Nippon Budokan

Ariake Arena

Ariake Gymnastics Centre

Tokyo Aquatics Centre

Yoyogi Gymnasium

Saitama Super Arena

Ryogoku Kokugikan

Enoshima Yacht Harbor, Kanagawa

Tsurigasaki Beach, Chiba

The event program for the 2020 Summer Olympics was approved by the IOC executive board on 9 June 2017. IOC president Thomas Bach stated that their goal was to give the Games "youthful" and "urban" appeal, and to increase the number of female participants.

The Games featured 339 events in 33 different sports, encompassing a total of 51 disciplines. Karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding made their Olympic debut, while baseball and softball also made a one-off return to the Summer Olympics for the first time since 2008. 15 new events within existing sports were also added, including 3×3 basketball, freestyle BMX, and the return of madison cycling, as well as nine new mixed events in several sports (table tennis, archery, judo, shooting (3), triathlon, 4 × 400 m relay running and 4 × 100 m medley swimming).

In the list below, the number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.

2020 Summer Olympic Sports program

Template:Col-1-of-4 Aquatics  Artistic swimming (2)  Diving (8)  Marathon swimming (2)  Swimming (35)  Water polo (2)  Archery (5)  Athletics (48)  Badminton (5) Baseball  Baseball (1)  Softball (1)  Basketball Basketball (2) 3×3 basketball (2) Template:Col-2-of-4  Boxing (13)  Canoeing Slalom (4) Sprint (12)  Cycling BMX freestyle (2) BMX racing (2) Mountain biking (2) Road cycling (4) Track cycling (12)  Equestrian Dressage (2) Eventing (2) Jumping (2)  Fencing (12)  Field hockey (2) Template:Col-3-of-4  Football (2)  Golf (2)  Gymnastics Artistic (14) Rhythmic (2) Trampoline (2)  Handball (2)  Judo (15)  Karate Kata (2) Kumite (6) [[File:Modern pentathlon pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=|class=skin-invert]] Modern pentathlon (2)  Rowing (14)  Rugby sevens (2)  Sailing (10) Template:Col-4-of-4  Shooting (15)  Skateboarding (4)  Sport climbing (2)  Surfing (2)  Table tennis (5)  Taekwondo (8)  Tennis (5)  Triathlon (3)  Volleyball Volleyball (2) Beach volleyball (2)  Weightlifting (14)  Wrestling Freestyle (12) Greco-Roman (6)

New and Optional sports

On 12 February 2013, with a remit to control the cost of the Games and ensure they are "relevant to sports fans of all generations", the IOC Executive Board recommended the removal of one of the 26 sports contested at the 2012 Summer Olympics, leaving a vacancy which the IOC would seek to fill at the 125th IOC Session. The new entrant would join golf and rugby sevens (which would both debut in 2016) as part of the program of 28 "core" sports. Five sports were shortlisted for removal, including canoe, field hockey, modern pentathlon, taekwondo, and wrestling. In the final round of voting by the executive board, eight members voted to remove wrestling from the Olympic program. Field hockey and taekwondo tied in second with three votes each.

The 2013 decision to drop wrestling after Rio 2016 surprised many media outlets, given that the sport's role in the Olympics dates back to the ancient Olympic Games, and was included in the original program for the modern Games. The New York Times felt that the decision was based on the shortage of well-known talent and the absence of women's events in the sport. Out of the shortlist from the IOC vote, Wrestling was duly added to the shortlist of applicants for inclusion in the 2020 Games, alongside the seven new sports that were put forward for consideration.

On 29 May 2013, it was announced that three of the eight sports under consideration had made the final shortlist: baseball/softball, squash and wrestling. The other five sports were rejected at this point: karate, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding, and wushu. At the 125th IOC Session on 8 September 2013, wrestling was chosen to be included in the Olympic program for 2020 and 2024. Wrestling secured 49 votes, while baseball/softball and squash received 24 votes and 22 votes respectively.

With the adoption of the Olympic Agenda 2020 in December 2014, the IOC shifted from a "sport-based" approach to the Olympic program to an "event-based" program—establishing that organizing committees may propose discretionary events to be included in the program to improve local interest. As a result of these changes, a shortlist of eight new proposed sports was unveiled on 22 June 2015, consisting of baseball/softball, bowling, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, surfing, and wushu. On 28 September 2015, the Tokyo Organizing Committee submitted their shortlist of five proposed sports to the IOC: baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding. These five new sports were approved on 3 August 2016 by the IOC during the 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and were included in the sports program for 2020 only, bringing the total number of sports at the 2020 Olympics to 33.

Test events

A total of 56 test events were scheduled to take place in the run-up to the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. Two of the events were held in late 2018, but the main test event schedule commenced in June 2019 and was originally due to be completed in May 2020 prior to the start of the Olympics. Several of the events were incorporated into pre-existing championships, but some have been newly created specifically to serve as Olympic test events for the 2020 Summer Games.

In February 2019, it was announced that the test events would be branded under the banner "Ready, Steady, Tokyo". The Tokyo Organizing Committee is responsible for 22 of the test events, with the remaining events being arranged by national and international sports federations. The first test event was World Sailing's World Cup Series, held at Enoshima in September 2018. The last scheduled event is the Tokyo Challenge Track Meet, which was originally due to take place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 May 2020.

All test events originally scheduled to take place from 12 March 2020 onwards were postponed due to COVID-19, with the test event calendar to be reviewed during the preparations for the rescheduled Games.

Participating National Olympic Committees

See also: 2020 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations

The Republic of Macedonia has competed under the provisional name "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" in every Summer and Winter Games since its debut in 1996 because of the disputed status of its official name. The naming disputes with Greece ended in 2018 with the signing of the Prespa agreement, and the country was officially renamed North Macedonia in February 2019. The new name was immediately recognized by the IOC, although the Olympic Committee of North Macedonia (NMOC) was not officially adopted until February 2020. The NMOC sent a delegation to the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in January 2020, but the Tokyo Games were North Macedonia's first appearance at the Summer Olympics under its new name.

Since competing as Swaziland ten times at the Summer and Winter Olympics, Eswatini made its debut under that name after the renaming of the country by the king in 2018.

On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four years, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it had provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated. As a result of the ban, WADA planned to allow individually cleared Russian athletes to take part in the 2020 Summer Olympics under a neutral banner, as instigated at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but they would be excluded from team sports. The head of WADA's Compliance Review Committee, Jonathan Taylor, stated that the IOC would not be able to use the "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR) designation as it did in 2018, emphasizing that neutral athletes could not be portrayed as representing a specific country. Russia later filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against WADA's decision. After reviewing the case on appeal, CAS ruled on 17 December 2020 that the penalty placed on Russia be reduced. Instead of a total ban from all sporting events, the ruling allowed Russia to participate at the Olympics and other international events, but the team would not be permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem for a period of two years and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team". The ruling does allow for "Russia" to be displayed on the team uniform—although it should be no more visible than the "Neutral Athlete/Team" designation—as well as the use of the Russian flag's colors within the uniform's design.

On 19 February 2021, it was announced that Russia would compete under the acronym "ROC" after the name of the Russian Olympic Committee although the name of the committee itself in full could not be used to refer to the delegation. The ROC team would be represented by the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.

Template:Anchor On 6 April 2021, North Korea announced that it would not participate in the 2020 Summer Olympics because of COVID-19 concerns. This marked North Korea's first absence from the Summer Olympics since 1988. In September, a month after the games concluded, the Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was banned from participation in the 2022 Winter Olympics, after they failed to participate in the Tokyo Olympics. On 21Template:NbspJuly 2021, Guinea announced it would not be sending a delegation to the Tokyo Olympics, allegedly due to COVID-19 concerns, though media outlets suggested that financial considerations may have been the real motivating factor. Guinea later reversed the decision and confirmed that it would be participating.

Participating nations

Country by team size

The following 206 teams qualified (including the 104 universality places guaranteed in athletics, under which all 206 NOCs may send competitors regardless of qualification).

Participating National Olympic Committees

[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias AFG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias AFG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias AFG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias AFG]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ALB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ALB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ALB at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ALB]] (9) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ALG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ALG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ALG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ALG]] (38) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ASA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ASA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ASA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ASA]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias AND|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias AND]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias AND at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias AND]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ANG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ANG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ANG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ANG]] (20) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ANT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ANT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ANT at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ANT]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ARG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ARG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ARG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ARG]] (185) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ARM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ARM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ARM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ARM]] (17) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ARU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ARU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ARU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ARU]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias AUS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias AUS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias AUS at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias AUS]] (479) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias AUT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias AUT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias AUT at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias AUT]] (73) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias AZE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias AZE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias AZE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias AZE]] (44) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BAH|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BAH]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BAH at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BAH]] (15) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BRN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BRN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BRN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BRN]] (32) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BAN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BAN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BAN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BAN]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BAR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BAR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BAR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BAR]] (8) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BLR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BLR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BLR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BLR]] (103) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BEL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BEL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BEL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BEL]] (123) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BIZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BIZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BIZ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BIZ]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BEN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BEN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BEN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BEN]] (7) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BER|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BER]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BER at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BER]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BHU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BHU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BHU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BHU]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BOL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BOL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BOL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BOL]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BIH|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BIH]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BIH at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BIH]] (7) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BOT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BOT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BOT at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BOT]] (13) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BRA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BRA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BRA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BRA]] (310) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IVB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IVB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IVB at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IVB]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BRU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BRU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BRU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BRU]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BUL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BUL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BUL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BUL]] (42) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BUR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BUR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BUR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BUR]] (7) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BDI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BDI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BDI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BDI]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CAM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CAM]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CMR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CMR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CMR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CMR]] (12) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CAN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CAN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CAN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CAN]] (378) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CPV|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CPV]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CPV at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CPV]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CAY|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CAY]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CAY at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CAY]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CAF|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CAF]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CAF at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CAF]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CHA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CHA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CHA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CHA]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CHI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CHI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CHI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CHI]] (51) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CHN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CHN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CHN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CHN]] (410) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias COL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias COL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias COL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias COL]] (70) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias COM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias COM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias COM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias COM]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias COK|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias COK]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias COK at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias COK]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CRC|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CRC]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CRC at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CRC]] (13) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CRO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CRO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CRO at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CRO]] (60) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CUB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CUB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CUB at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CUB]] (70) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CYP|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CYP]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CYP at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CYP]] (15) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CZE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CZE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CZE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CZE]] (109) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias COD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias COD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias COD at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias COD]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias DEN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias DEN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias DEN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias DEN]] (104) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias DJI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias DJI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias DJI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias DJI]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias DMA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias DMA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias DMA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias DMA]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias DOM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias DOM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias DOM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias DOM]] (65) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TLS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TLS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TLS at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TLS]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ECU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ECU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ECU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ECU]] (46) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias EGY|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias EGY]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias EGY at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias EGY]] (137) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ESA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ESA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ESA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ESA]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GEQ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GEQ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GEQ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GEQ]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ERI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ERI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ERI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ERI]] (13) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias EST|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias EST]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias EST at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias EST]] (33) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SWZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SWZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SWZ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SWZ]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ETH|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ETH]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ETH at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ETH]] (36) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias FSM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias FSM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias FSM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias FSM]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias FIJ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias FIJ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias FIJ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias FIJ]] (32) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias FIN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias FIN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias FIN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias FIN]] (45) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias FRA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias FRA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias FRA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias FRA]] (380) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GAB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GAB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GAB at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GAB]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GAM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GAM]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GEO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GEO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GEO at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GEO]] (33) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GER|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GER]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GER at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GER]] (392) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GHA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GHA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GHA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GHA]] (12) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GBR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GBR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GBR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GBR]] (375) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GRE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GRE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GRE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GRE]] (83) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GRN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GRN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GRN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GRN]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GUM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GUM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GUM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GUM]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GUA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GUA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GUA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GUA]] (24) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GUI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GUI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GUI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GUI]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GBS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GBS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GBS at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GBS]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GUY|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GUY]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GUY at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GUY]] (7) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias HAI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias HAI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias HAI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias HAI]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias HON|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias HON]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias HON at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias HON]] (23) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias HKG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias HKG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias HKG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias HKG]] (43) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias HUN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias HUN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias HUN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias HUN]] (172) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ISL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ISL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ISL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ISL]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IND|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IND]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IND at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IND]] (120) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias INA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias INA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias INA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias INA]] (28) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IRI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IRI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IRI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IRI]] (65) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IRQ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IRQ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IRQ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IRQ]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IRL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IRL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IRL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IRL]] (120) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ISR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ISR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ISR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ISR]] (89) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ITA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ITA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ITA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ITA]] (384) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CIV|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CIV]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CIV at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CIV]] (26) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias JAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias JAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias JAM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias JAM]] (54) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias JPN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias JPN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias JPN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias JPN]] (556) (host) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias JOR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias JOR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias JOR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias JOR]] (14) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KAZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KAZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KAZ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KAZ]] (97) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KEN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KEN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KEN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KEN]] (85) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KIR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KIR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KIR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KIR]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KOS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KOS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KOS at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KOS]] (11) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KUW|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KUW]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KUW at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KUW]] (10) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KGZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KGZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KGZ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KGZ]] (16) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LAO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LAO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LAO at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LAO]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LAT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LAT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LAT at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LAT]] (32) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LBN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LBN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LBN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LBN]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LES|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LES]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LES at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LES]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LBR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LBR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LBR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LBR]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LBA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LBA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LBA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LBA]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LIE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LIE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LIE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LIE]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LTU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LTU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LTU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LTU]] (42) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LUX|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LUX]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LUX at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LUX]] (12) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MAD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MAD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MAD at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MAD]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MAW|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MAW]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MAW at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MAW]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MAS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MAS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MAS at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MAS]] (30) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MDV|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MDV]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MDV at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MDV]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MLI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MLI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MLI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MLI]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MLT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MLT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MLT at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MLT]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MHL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MHL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MHL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MHL]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MTN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MTN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MTN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MTN]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MRI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MRI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MRI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MRI]] (8) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MEX|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MEX]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MEX at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MEX]] (160) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MDA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MDA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MDA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MDA]] (20) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MON|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MON]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MON at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MON]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MGL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MGL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MGL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MGL]] (43) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MNE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MNE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MNE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MNE]] (34) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MAR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MAR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MAR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MAR]] (44) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MOZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MOZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MOZ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MOZ]] (10) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MYA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MYA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MYA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MYA]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NAM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NAM]] (11) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NRU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NRU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NRU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NRU]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NEP|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NEP]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NEP at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NEP]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NED|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NED]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NED at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NED]] (267) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NZL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NZL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NZL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NZL]] (215) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NCA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NCA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NCA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NCA]] (8) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NIG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NIG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NIG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NIG]] (7) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NGR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NGR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NGR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NGR]] (53) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MKD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MKD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MKD at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MKD]] (8) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NOR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NOR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NOR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NOR]] (93) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias OMA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias OMA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias OMA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias OMA]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PAK|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PAK]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PAK at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PAK]] (10) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PLW|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PLW]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PLW at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PLW]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PLE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PLE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PLE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PLE]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PAN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PAN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PAN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PAN]] (10) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PNG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PNG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PNG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PNG]] (8) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PAR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PAR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PAR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PAR]] (8) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PER|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PER]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PER at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PER]] (35) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PHI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PHI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PHI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PHI]] (19) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias POL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias POL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias POL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias POL]] (206) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias POR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias POR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias POR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias POR]] (92) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PUR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PUR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PUR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PUR]] (37) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias QAT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias QAT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias QAT at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias QAT]] (15) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias EOR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias EOR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias EOR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias EOR]] (29) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CGO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CGO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CGO at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CGO]] (3) Template:Flagicon image ROC (334)Template:Px2 [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ROU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ROU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ROU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ROU]] (102) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias RWA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias RWA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias RWA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias RWA]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SKN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SKN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SKN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SKN]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LCA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LCA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LCA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LCA]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias VIN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias VIN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias VIN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias VIN]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SAM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SAM]] (8) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SMR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SMR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SMR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SMR]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias STP|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias STP]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias STP at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias STP]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KSA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KSA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KSA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KSA]] (31) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SEN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SEN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SEN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SEN]] (9) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SRB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SRB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SRB at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SRB]] (87) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SEY|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SEY]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SEY at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SEY]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SLE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SLE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SLE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SLE]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SGP|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SGP]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SGP at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SGP]] (23) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SVK|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SVK]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SVK at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SVK]] (41) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SLO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SLO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SLO at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SLO]] (53) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SOL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SOL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SOL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SOL]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SOM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SOM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SOM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SOM]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias RSA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias RSA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias RSA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias RSA]] (177) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KOR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KOR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KOR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KOR]] (235) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SSD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SSD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SSD at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SSD]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ESP|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ESP]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ESP at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ESP]] (328) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SRI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SRI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SRI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SRI]] (9) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SUD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SUD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SUD at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SUD]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SUR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SUR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SUR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SUR]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SWE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SWE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SWE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SWE]] (133) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SUI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SUI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SUI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SUI]] (113) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SYR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SYR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SYR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SYR]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TPE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TPE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TPE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TPE]] (68) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TJK|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TJK]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TJK at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TJK]] (10) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TAN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TAN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TAN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TAN]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias THA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias THA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias THA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias THA]] (41) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TOG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TOG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TOG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TOG]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TGA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TGA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TGA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TGA]] (6) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TTO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TTO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TTO at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TTO]] (25) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TUN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TUN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TUN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TUN]] (63) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TUR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TUR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TUR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TUR]] (105) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TKM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TKM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TKM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TKM]] (9) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TUV|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TUV]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TUV at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TUV]] (2) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias UGA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias UGA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias UGA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias UGA]] (25) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias UKR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias UKR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias UKR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias UKR]] (149) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias UAE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias UAE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias UAE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias UAE]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias USA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias USA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias USA]] (615) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias URU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias URU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias URU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias URU]] (11) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias UZB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias UZB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias UZB at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias UZB]] (67) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias VAN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias VAN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias VAN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias VAN]] (3) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias VEN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias VEN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias VEN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias VEN]] (44) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias VIE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias VIE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias VIE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias VIE]] (18) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ISV|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ISV]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ISV at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ISV]] (4) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias YEM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias YEM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias YEM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias YEM]] (5) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ZAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ZAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ZAM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ZAM]] (27) [[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ZIM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ZIM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ZIM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ZIM]] (5)

Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee

11,420 athletes from 206 NOCs:

Ranking	NOC	Athletes
1	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias USA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias USA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias USA]]	615
2	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias JPN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias JPN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias JPN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias JPN]] (Host)	556
3	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias AUS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias AUS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias AUS at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias AUS]]	478
4	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GER|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GER]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GER at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GER]]	425
5	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CHN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CHN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CHN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CHN]]	406
6	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias FRA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias FRA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias FRA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias FRA]]	398
7	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ITA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ITA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ITA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ITA]]	384
8	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CAN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CAN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CAN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CAN]]	381
9	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GBR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GBR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GBR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GBR]]	376
10	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ROC|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ROC]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ROC at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ROC]]	335
11	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ESP|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ESP]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ESP at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ESP]]	321
12	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BRA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BRA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BRA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BRA]]	302
13	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NED|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NED]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NED at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NED]]	278
14	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KOR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KOR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KOR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KOR]]	237
15	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NZL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NZL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NZL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NZL]]	211
16	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias POL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias POL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias POL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias POL]]	210
17	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ARG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ARG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ARG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ARG]]	189
18	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias RSA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias RSA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias RSA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias RSA]]	177
19	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias HUN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias HUN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias HUN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias HUN]]	166
20	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MEX|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MEX]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MEX at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MEX]]	162
21	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias UKR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias UKR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias UKR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias UKR]]	155
22	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SWE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SWE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SWE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SWE]]	134
23	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias EGY|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias EGY]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias EGY at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias EGY]]	133
24	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IND|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IND]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IND at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IND]]	122
25	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BEL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BEL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BEL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BEL]]	121
26	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IRL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IRL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IRL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IRL]]	116
27	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CZE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CZE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CZE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CZE]]	115
28	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TUR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TUR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TUR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TUR]]	108
29	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SUI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SUI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SUI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SUI]]	107
30	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias DEN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias DEN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias DEN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias DEN]]	107
31	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BLR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BLR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BLR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BLR]]	103
32	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ROU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ROU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ROU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ROU]]	101
33	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KAZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KAZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KAZ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KAZ]]	93
34	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias POR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias POR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias POR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias POR]]	92
35	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ISR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ISR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ISR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ISR]]	90
36	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SRB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SRB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SRB at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SRB]]	86
37	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KEN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KEN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KEN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KEN]]	85
38	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GRE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GRE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GRE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GRE]]	83
39	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NOR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NOR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NOR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NOR]]	75
40	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias COL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias COL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias COL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias COL]]	70
41	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CUB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CUB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CUB at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CUB]]	70
42	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TPE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TPE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TPE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TPE]]	68
43	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IRI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IRI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IRI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IRI]]	66
44	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias UZB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias UZB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias UZB at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias UZB]]	65
45	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias DOM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias DOM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias DOM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias DOM]]	62
46	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TUN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TUN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TUN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TUN]]	62
47	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias AUT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias AUT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias AUT at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias AUT]]	60
48	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NGR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NGR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NGR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NGR]]	60
49	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CRO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CRO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CRO at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CRO]]	59
50	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CHI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CHI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CHI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CHI]]	58
51	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SLO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SLO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SLO at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SLO]]	53
52	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias JAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias JAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias JAM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias JAM]]	50
53	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MAR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MAR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MAR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MAR]]	50
54	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ECU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ECU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ECU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ECU]]	48
55	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias HKG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias HKG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias HKG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias HKG]]	46
56	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias FIN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias FIN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias FIN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias FIN]]	45
57	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ALG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ALG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ALG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ALG]]	44
58	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias VEN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias VEN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias VEN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias VEN]]	44
59	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias AZE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias AZE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias AZE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias AZE]]	44
60	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MGL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MGL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MGL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MGL]]	43
61	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias THA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias THA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias THA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias THA]]	42
62	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BUL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BUL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BUL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BUL]]	42
63	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LTU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LTU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LTU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LTU]]	42
64	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SVK|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SVK]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SVK at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SVK]]	41
65	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ETH|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ETH]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ETH at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ETH]]	38
66	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PUR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PUR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PUR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PUR]]	37
67	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GEO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GEO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GEO at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GEO]]	35
68	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PER|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PER]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PER at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PER]]	35
69	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MNE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MNE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MNE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MNE]]	34
70	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LAT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LAT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LAT at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LAT]]	33
71	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias EST|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias EST]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias EST at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias EST]]	33
72	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BRN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BRN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BRN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BRN]]	32
73	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias FIJ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias FIJ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias FIJ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias FIJ]]	30
74	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MAS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MAS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MAS at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MAS]]	30
75	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias EOR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias EOR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias EOR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias EOR]]	29
76	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KSA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KSA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KSA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KSA]]	29
77	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias INA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias INA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias INA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias INA]]	28
78	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CIV|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CIV]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CIV at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CIV]]	28
79	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ZAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ZAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ZAM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ZAM]]	26
80	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias UGA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias UGA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias UGA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias UGA]]	25
81	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GUA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GUA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GUA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GUA]]	24
82	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SGP|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SGP]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SGP at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SGP]]	23
83	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias HON|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias HON]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias HON at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias HON]]	22
84	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TTO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TTO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TTO at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TTO]]	22
85	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ANG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ANG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ANG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ANG]]	20
86	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MDA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MDA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MDA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MDA]]	20
87	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PHI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PHI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PHI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PHI]]	19
88	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias VIE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias VIE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias VIE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias VIE]]	18
89	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ARM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ARM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ARM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ARM]]	17
90	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BAH|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BAH]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BAH at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BAH]]	16
91	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KGZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KGZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KGZ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KGZ]]	16
92	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias QAT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias QAT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias QAT at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias QAT]]	16
93	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CYP|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CYP]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CYP at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CYP]]	15
94	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CRC|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CRC]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CRC at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CRC]]	14
95	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GHA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GHA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GHA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GHA]]	14
96	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias JOR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias JOR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias JOR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias JOR]]	14
97	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BOT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BOT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BOT at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BOT]]	13
98	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ERI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ERI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ERI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ERI]]	13
99	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CMR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CMR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CMR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CMR]]	12
100	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LUX|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LUX]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LUX at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LUX]]	12
101	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KOS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KOS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KOS at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KOS]]	11
102	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KUW|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KUW]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KUW at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KUW]]	11
103	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NAM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NAM]]	11
104	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TJK|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TJK]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TJK at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TJK]]	11
105	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias URU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias URU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias URU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias URU]]	11
106	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MOZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MOZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MOZ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MOZ]]	10
107	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PAK|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PAK]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PAK at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PAK]]	10
108	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PAN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PAN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PAN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PAN]]	10
109	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ALB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ALB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ALB at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ALB]]	9
110	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SEN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SEN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SEN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SEN]]	9
111	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SRI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SRI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SRI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SRI]]	9
112	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TKM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TKM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TKM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TKM]]	9
113	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BAR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BAR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BAR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BAR]]	8
114	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MRI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MRI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MRI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MRI]]	8
115	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NCA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NCA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NCA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NCA]]	8
116	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MKD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MKD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MKD at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MKD]]	8
117	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PNG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PNG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PNG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PNG]]	8
118	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PAR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PAR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PAR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PAR]]	8
119	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SAM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SAM]]	8
120	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BEN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BEN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BEN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BEN]]	7
121	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BIH|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BIH]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BIH at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BIH]]	7
122	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BUR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BUR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BUR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BUR]]	7
123	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias COD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias COD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias COD at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias COD]]	7
124	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GUY|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GUY]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GUY at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GUY]]	7
125	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NIG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NIG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NIG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NIG]]	7
126	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ASA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ASA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ASA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ASA]]	6
127	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ANT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ANT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ANT at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ANT]]	6
128	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BAN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BAN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BAN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BAN]]	6
129	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BDI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BDI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BDI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BDI]]	6
130	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CPV|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CPV]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CPV at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CPV]]	6
131	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias COK|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias COK]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias COK at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias COK]]	6
132	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GRN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GRN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GRN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GRN]]	6
133	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias HAI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias HAI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias HAI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias HAI]]	6
134	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LBN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LBN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LBN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LBN]]	6
135	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MAD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MAD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MAD at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MAD]]	6
136	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MLT|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MLT]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MLT at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MLT]]	6
137	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MON|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MON]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MON at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MON]]	6
138	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias RWA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias RWA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias RWA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias RWA]]	6
139	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SYR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SYR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SYR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SYR]]	6
140	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TGA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TGA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TGA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TGA]]	6
141	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias AFG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias AFG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias AFG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias AFG]]	5
142	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BOL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BOL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BOL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BOL]]	5
143	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CAY|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CAY]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CAY at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CAY]]	5
144	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ESA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ESA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ESA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ESA]]	5
145	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GAB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GAB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GAB at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GAB]]	5
146	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GUM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GUM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GUM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GUM]]	5
147	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GUI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GUI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GUI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GUI]]	5
148	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LIE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LIE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LIE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LIE]]	5
149	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MAW|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MAW]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MAW at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MAW]]	5
150	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NEP|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NEP]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NEP at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NEP]]	5
151	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias OMA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias OMA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias OMA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias OMA]]	5
152	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PLE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PLE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PLE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PLE]]	5
153	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LCA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LCA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LCA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LCA]]	5
154	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SMR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SMR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SMR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SMR]]	5
155	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SEY|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SEY]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SEY at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SEY]]	5
156	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SUD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SUD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SUD at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SUD]]	5
157	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias UAE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias UAE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias UAE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias UAE]]	5
158	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias YEM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias YEM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias YEM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias YEM]]	5
159	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ZIM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ZIM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ZIM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ZIM]]	5
160	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BHU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BHU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BHU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BHU]]	4
161	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias DJI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias DJI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias DJI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias DJI]]	4
162	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SWZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SWZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SWZ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SWZ]]	4
163	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GAM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GAM]]	4
164	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GBS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GBS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GBS at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GBS]]	4
165	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ISL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ISL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ISL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ISL]]	4
166	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IRQ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IRQ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IRQ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IRQ]]	4
167	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LAO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LAO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LAO at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LAO]]	4
168	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LBA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LBA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LBA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LBA]]	4
169	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MDV|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MDV]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MDV at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MDV]]	4
170	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MLI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MLI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MLI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MLI]]	4
171	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SLE|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SLE]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SLE at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SLE]]	4
172	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TOG|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TOG]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TOG at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TOG]]	4
173	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ISV|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ISV]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ISV at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ISV]]	4
174	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias ARU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias ARU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias ARU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias ARU]]	3
175	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BIZ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BIZ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BIZ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BIZ]]	3
176	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias IVB|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias IVB]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias IVB at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias IVB]]	3
177	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CAM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CAM]]	3
178	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CHA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CHA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CHA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CHA]]	3
179	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias COM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias COM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias COM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias COM]]	3
180	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TLS|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TLS]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TLS at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TLS]]	3
181	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias GEQ|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias GEQ]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias GEQ at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias GEQ]]	3
182	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias FSM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias FSM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias FSM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias FSM]]	3
183	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias KIR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias KIR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias KIR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias KIR]]	3
184	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LBR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LBR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LBR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LBR]]	3
185	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MYA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MYA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MYA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MYA]]	3
186	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias PLW|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias PLW]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias PLW at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias PLW]]	3
187	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CGO|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CGO]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CGO at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CGO]]	3
188	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias VIN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias VIN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias VIN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias VIN]]	3
189	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias STP|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias STP]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias STP at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias STP]]	3
190	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SOL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SOL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SOL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SOL]]	3
191	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SUR|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SUR]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SUR at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SUR]]	3
192	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TAN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TAN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TAN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TAN]]	3
193	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias VAN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias VAN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias VAN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias VAN]]	3
194	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias AND|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias AND]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias AND at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias AND]]	2
195	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BER|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BER]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BER at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BER]]	2
196	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias BRU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias BRU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias BRU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias BRU]]	2
197	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias CAF|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias CAF]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias CAF at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias CAF]]	2
198	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias DMA|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias DMA]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias DMA at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias DMA]]	2
199	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias LES|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias LES]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias LES at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias LES]]	2
200	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MHL|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MHL]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MHL at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MHL]]	2
201	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias MTN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias MTN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias MTN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias MTN]]	2
202	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias NRU|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias NRU]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias NRU at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias NRU]]	2
203	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SOM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SOM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SOM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SOM]]	2
204	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SKN|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SKN]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SKN at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SKN]]	2
205	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SSD|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SSD]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SSD at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SSD]]	2
206	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias TUV|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias TUV]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias TUV at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias TUV]]	2
Total		11,483

Calendar

See also: Chronological summary of the 2020 Summer Olympics

Chronological summary of the 2020 Summer Olympics

Medal table

See also: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table

2020 Summer Olympics medal table

Podium sweeps

There were two podium sweeps, as follows:

Date	Sport	Event	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref
27 July	Cycling	Women's cross-country mountain biking	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias SUI|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias SUI]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias SUI at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias SUI]]	Jolanda Neff	Sina Frei	Linda Indergand
31 July	Athletics	Women's 100 metres	[[File:Template:Country flag IOC alias JAM|22x20px|border|Template:Country IOC alias JAM]] [[wikipedia:Template:Country IOC alias JAM at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Template:Country IOC alias JAM]]	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Shericka Jackson

Medal ceremonies

Naoki Satō composed the music for the medal ceremonies. Satō chose not to employ any musical elements distinctive to Japan "because victory ceremonies are for athletes from around the world" and he wanted all medalists to "feel at ease" when taking their places on the podium, regardless of their nationality.

The bouquets presented to the athletes came from regions affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The individual flowers were selected to represent the prefectures of Miyagi, Fukushima, Iwate, and Tokyo. The sunflowers were grown in Miyagi, planted by families whose children had died during the disaster; the white and purple eustomas and Solomon's seals were provided by a non-profit initiative to boost the local economy in Fukushima; the small bright blue gentians were grown in Iwate; and aspidistras, grown in Tokyo, were chosen to complete the bouquets.

Event scheduling

Per the historical precedent of swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, swimming finals were held in the morning to allow live primetime broadcasts in the Americas. NBC paid substantial fees for rights to the Olympics, so the IOC has allowed NBC to influence event scheduling to maximize U.S. television ratings when possible. On 7 May 2014, NBC agreed to a US$7.75 billion contract extension to air the Olympics through the 2032 games, with the company being one of the IOC's major sources of revenue. Japanese broadcasters were said to have criticized the decision, as swimming is one of the most popular Olympic events in the country.

Marketing

Main article: 2020 Summer Olympics marketing

File:Tokyo 2020 mascots.svg

Miraitowa (left), the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics, and Someity (right), the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Paralympics

The official emblems for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled on 25 April 2016; designed by Asao Tokolo, who won a nationwide design contest, it takes the form of a ring in an indigo-colored checkerboard pattern. The design was meant to "express a refined elegance and sophistication that exemplifies Japan". The checkered design resembles a pattern called ichimatsu moyo that was popular during the Edo period in Japan from 1603 to 1867. The designs replaced a previous emblem which had been scrapped after allegations that it plagiarized the logo of the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. The Games' bid slogan was Discover Tomorrow (Template:Langx). While ashita literally means "tomorrow", it is intentionally spelled as mirai, "future". The official slogan United by Emotion was unveiled on 17 February 2020. The slogan was used solely in English.

The official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics was Miraitowa, a figure with blue-checkered ichimatsu moyo patterns inspired by the Games' official emblem. Its fictional characteristics include the ability to teleport. Created by Japanese artist Ryo Taniguchi, the mascots were selected from a competition process which took place in late 2017 and early 2018. A total of 2,042 candidate designs were submitted to the Tokyo Organizing Committee, which selected three pairs of unnamed mascot designs to present to Japanese elementary school students for the final decision. The results of the selection were announced on 28 February 2018, and the mascots were named on 22 July 2018. Miraitowa is named after the Japanese words for "future" and "eternity", and Someity is named after someiyoshino, a type of cherry blossom. Someity's name also refers to the English phrase "so mighty". The mascots were expected to help finance the Tokyo Games through merchandizing and licensing deals. For the legacy of the games on 3 January 2022, Ryo Taniguchi created Miraity (the future child of the mascots).

Look of the Games

Alongside the main Emblem blue, the five other colors used in the branding of the 2020 Games were : Template:Color box Kurenai red, Template:Color box Ai blue, Template:Color box Sakura pink, Template:Color box Fuji purple, and Template:Color box Matsuba green. These five traditional colors of Japan were used as sub-colors to create points of difference in the color variations.

Concerns and controversies

Main article: Concerns and controversies at the 2020 Summer Olympics

See also: Belarus 2020 Summer Olympics scandal

Several controversial issues occurred during the preparations for the Tokyo Games. There were allegations of bribery in the Japanese Olympic Committee's (JOC) bid and of plagiarism in the initial design for the Games' logo. On 10 December 2018, the French financial crimes office began an investigation of Tsunekazu Takeda, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, concerning a 2013 scheme to obtain votes from African IOC members in support of Tokyo as host for the 2020 Olympics over Istanbul or Madrid. In March 2020, a Japanese businessman admitted to giving gifts, including cameras and watches, to IOC officials in order to lobby for their support of Tokyo's bid to host the Olympic Games. The official emblems of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, designed by Template:Ill, were unveiled in July 2015 but were withdrawn and replaced following plagiarism accusations. The lawsuit by Olivier Debie, who claimed that his logo design was copied, was later dropped, with the designer citing escalating legal costs.

Mass logging for construction of the Olympic venues received international criticism. Petitions, containing more than 140,000 signatures in total, were delivered to the Japanese embassies in Switzerland and Germany, expressing concerns over claims of using tropical wood sourced from Shin Yang, a Malaysian company with a record of human rights abuses, illegal logging, and rainforest destruction. In February 2018, the Olympics Organizing Committee admitted that 87% of plywood panels used to build the new national stadium was sourced from endangered rainforests.

Portions of the Games were scheduled for locations impacted by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and the subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The hosting of events in these locations was promoted as a means of furthering recovery in the regions, with the Games sometimes being promoted as the Template:Nihongo foot

However, the organization of events in these regions has faced criticism; Fukushima is considered safe by the World Health Organization and the United Nations, although scientific studies on the safety of the area are still disputed. Some Tōhoku residents questioned the decision to use the region as a host site, arguing that preparations for the Games slowed down recovery efforts, and that the region lost workers to projects associated with the Games.

It was widely reported by international media that South Korea had asked the IOC to ban the Japanese Rising Sun Flag from the 2020 Summer Olympics, claiming it to be a symbol of Japan's imperialist past, recalling "historic scars and pain" for people of Korea just as the swastika "reminds Europeans of the nightmare of World War II". Use of the flag in international sporting events such as the Olympic Games is controversial because it was used for waging aggressive war against many countries in Pacific regions, including the attack on Pearl Harbor. According to the Associated Press, the IOC issued a statement in response to South Korea's request, saying, "sports stadiums should be free of any political demonstration. When concerns arise at games time we look at them on a case-by-case basis." Russian and South Korean officials took issue with a map of the torch relay on the Games' official website, which depicted the disputed Liancourt Rocks (governed by South Korea) and Kuril Islands (governed by Russia since 1945) as part of Japan.

In February 2021, the TOCOG president Yoshirō Mori resigned, after facing both domestic and international criticisms over his sexist remarks. The previous conduct of the new president, Seiko Hashimoto, has also drawn criticisms, leading her to comment "I regret it and think I should be careful" on one of the accusations. The head creative director for the opening and closing ceremonies, Template:Interlanguage link, resigned in March 2021, after making demeaning comments about Naomi Watanabe. Sasaki's replacement, Kentarō Kobayashi, was dismissed by the Organizing Committee the day before the opening ceremony, after it was reported by Japanese media that he had made a joke about the Holocaust in a script for his comedy in 1998, saying "Let's play Holocaust." On the eve of the opening ceremony, Yoshihide Suga, the Prime Minister of Japan and the Supreme Advisor of the Organizing Committee, described Kobayashi's jokes as "outrageous and unacceptable", but also said that the opening ceremony, which was directed by Kobayashi, should proceed as planned.

The composer for the opening ceremony, Keigo Oyamada, resigned days before the ceremony after growing criticism of his past bullying of people with apparent disabilities, such as Down syndrome. On 16 July, a week before the opening ceremony, TOCOG announced their support of Oyamada as a composer and vowed not to change his selection for the ceremonies, but growing criticism forced him to announce his resignation on 19 July. The opening ceremony music included arrangements of video game soundtracks originating in Japan; however, this included music from the Dragon Quest series, composed by Koichi Sugiyama whom The Daily Beast described as "notoriously homophobic and ultranationalist", leading to further criticism of the Organizing Committee.

Officials reported that by early June 2021, about 10,000 of the 80,000 registered volunteers had quit. "There's no doubt that one of the reasons is concern over coronavirus infections," the chief executive of the Organizing Committee said, also stating he did not believe this would impact the operation of the Games. On 23 July, hundreds of anti-Olympic protestors gathered outside the Japan National Stadium before the opening ceremony. Security guards blocked reporters from leaving the stadium to interview protestors. In total, more than 60,000 police were mobilized for security during the Games, and police were regularly deployed to break up public displays of protest, including tackling protestors on their way to join the anti-Olympic protest in Sendagaya during the closing ceremony on September 5, 2021. This overwhelming police presence, including plainclothes police officers who encircled the protest area, "served as an effective tool to criminalize a peaceful rally and to maintain a frightening image of open protest."

Writing for The Conversation, Olympic scholar MacIntosh Ross raised concerns about the relationship between the IOC and WHO, suggesting the organizations showed a lack of concern for the health of Japanese citizens and Olympians. As Ross explained, "when the IOC and WHO support a global mega-event held during a pandemic, it's difficult to believe that the well-being of the host nation remains a priority." Similarly, Japan scholars O'Shea and Maslow remark, "International media coverage and commentary runs the gamut from sometimes scathing critique for attempting to pull off a 'pandemic games', to praise and plaudits for successfully pulling off a 'pandemic games'. Still, the story that Japan—or at least the LDP—wanted to tell, of a newly reborn and 'normal' Japan (re-)entering the world stage remained untold. Instead, the story of the 2020/2021 Tokyo Olympics was more mundane, that of a state doing a decent job of managing Covid and hosting a mega-event against the wishes of many of its inhabitants."

A number of controversies arose during the Games, most notably the attempted repatriation on 1 August of Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, allegedly for her criticism of the national sports authorities and team management. Refusing to return to Belarus, over fears for her safety, Tsimanouskaya sought assistance from the IOC and traveled to Warsaw, Poland, on 4 August after being granted a humanitarian visa by Tokyo's Polish Embassy.

Near the end of the Olympics, it was reported that Australian athletes had damaged the village rooms before departure, leaving a pool of vomit on the floor, damaged beds and a hole in the wall. Australian rugby Olympians also reportedly became drunk on the flight to Sydney, leaving vomit in the plane bathroom and receiving complaints from other passengers. Team Australia chief Ian Chesterman played down the incidents, and said that the Olympians would not be punished.

Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef were suspended for 10 years by the International Judo Federation after Nourine refused to fight an Israeli athlete at the Olympics. Nourine said his political support for the Palestinians in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict made it impossible for him to compete against Israeli athletes. Sudan's Mohamed Abdalarasool also withdrew from the competition to avoid the Israeli athlete.

After the Olympics concluded, New Zealand diving judge Lisa Wright revealed that during the diving events, Zhou Jihong, Vice President of FINA from China, allegedly launched a verbal tirade at Wright at the conclusion of the men's 10m platform final. Wright alleged that Zhou verbally abused her for underscoring Chinese divers. Diving New Zealand subsequently complained about the incident to FINA's Ethics Panel. As a result, Zhou was ordered by a FINA Ethics Panel decision to write a letter of apology to Wright. A recommendation was also made by the Ethics Panel to disestablish Zhou's position as Diving Bureau Liaison for FINA. The FINA Ethics Panel stated that the incident during the men's platform final was "unfortunate" and led to a "misunderstanding mixed with misjudgement" between Wright and Zhou. In May 2022, former international diver, Olympic judge and previous member of FINA's Technical Diving Committee from New Zealand Simon Latimer revealed he had sent a whistleblower complaint to FINA's Executive Director Brent Nowicki in December 2021 detailing Zhou's alleged "unethical behavior" which also contained allegations that Zhou coached Chinese divers during major events during the 2020 Summer Olympics and she had manipulated judging panels in order to benefit Chinese athletes. Latimer claimed that Zhou's behavior was tarnishing the reputation of international diving and that she was acting in the interests of China rather than international diving as a whole. Subsequent to Latimer's complaint, video evidence emerged online showing Zhou coaching Chinese divers during competition sessions at the Olympics, a behavior considered unethical given her supposedly neutral role as a FINA Vice President and Diving Bureau Liaison.

Broadcasting

Main article: List of 2020 Summer Olympics broadcasters

The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 reached a global broadcast audience of 3.05 billion people, according to independent research conducted on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Official coverage on Olympic broadcast partners' digital platforms alone generated 28 billion video views in total – representing a 139 per cent increase compared with the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and underlining the changing media landscape and Tokyo 2020's designation as the first streaming Games and the most watched Olympic Games ever on digital platforms.

Sony and Panasonic partnered with NHK to develop broadcasting standards for 8K resolution television, with a goal to release 8K television sets in time for the 2020 Summer Olympics. In early 2019, Italian broadcaster RAI announced its intention to deploy 8K broadcasting for the Games. NHK broadcast the opening and closing ceremonies, and coverage of selected events in 8K. Telecom company NTT Docomo signed a deal with Finland's Nokia to provide 5G-ready baseband networks in Japan in time for the Games.

The Tokyo Olympics were broadcast in the United States by NBCUniversal networks, as part of a US$4.38 billion agreement that began at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee asserted that a "right of abatement" clause in the contract was triggered by the delay of the Games to 2021, requiring the IOC to "negotiate in good faith an equitable reduction in the applicable broadcast rights payments" by NBC, with the American corporation being one of the IOC's biggest revenue streams. According to NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell, the Tokyo games could be the most profitable Olympics in NBC's history. The Tokyo games were NBC's first Olympics broadcast under current president Susan Rosner Rovner; it would be also be the last due to Rovner's departure in 2023.

In Europe, this was the first Summer Olympics under the IOC's exclusive pan-European rights deal with Eurosport, which began at the 2018 Winter Olympics and is contracted to run through 2024. The rights for the 2020 Summer Olympics covered almost all of Europe; a pre-existing deal with a marketer excludes Russia. Eurosport planned to sub-license coverage to free-to-air networks in each territory, and other channels owned by Discovery, Inc. subsidiaries. In the United Kingdom, these were set to be the last Games with rights owned primarily by the BBC, although as a condition of a sub-licensing agreement due to carry into the 2022 and 2024 Games, Eurosport holds exclusive pay television rights. In France, these were the last Games whose rights are primarily owned by France Télévisions. Eurosport debuted as pay television rightsholder, after Canal+ elected to sell its pay television rights as a cost-saving measure.

In Canada, the 2020 Games were shown on CBC/Radio-Canada platforms, Sportsnet, TSN and TLN. In Australia, they were aired by Seven Network. In the Indian subcontinent, they were aired by Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN).

See also

• 2020 Summer Paralympics
• Olympic Games held in Japan
  • 1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo
  • 1972 Winter Olympics – Sapporo
  • 1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano
  • 2020 Summer Olympics – Tokyo

• List of IOC country codes
• 1940 Summer Olympics – planned in Tokyo

External links

• Tokyo 2020. Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
• Japanese Olympic Committee

Template:Bids for the 2020 Summer Olympics Template:Qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics Template:Nations at the 2020 Summer Olympics Template:Events at the 2020 Summer Olympics Template:2020 Summer Olympic venues Template:Authority control