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The 2020 Summer Olympics, [c] officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad [d] and officially branded as Tokyo 2020, [e] 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.
Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the Games. They were due to be held from 31 July – 9 August 2020, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo , Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the games were postponed to 2021, with the track and field events set for 30 July – 8 August. [ 1 ]
2020 Summer Olympics; IOC code: JPN: NOC: Japanese Olympic Committee: Website: www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese) in Tokyo, Japan July 23 () – August 8, 2021 () Competitors: 556 (295 men and 261 women) in 37 sports: Flag bearers (opening) Rui Hachimura Yui Susaki: Flag bearer (closing) Ryo Kiyuna: Medals Ranked 3rd: Gold 27 Silver 14 Bronze 17 Total 58
Karate was an event held in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.It was the debut appearance of karate at the Summer Olympics.Karate was one of four optional sports added to the Olympic program specifically for 2020, [1] rather than as a permanent sport.
However, their official name remained 2020 Summer Olympics with swimming events set for 24 July–1 August 2021 [1] and marathon swimming set for 4–5 August 2021. [ 2 ] Swimming featured a record total of 37 events (18 for each gender and 1 mixed), with the addition of the men's 800 m freestyle, women's 1500 m freestyle, and the mixed 4 × ...
Skateboarding was an event held in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [1] [2] [3] It was the debut appearance of skateboarding at the Summer Olympics. [4]Skateboarding was one of four new sports added to the Olympic program for 2020; [5] it is also provisionally approved for the 2024 Summer Olympic games. [6]
Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held in three categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. All gymnastics events were staged at the Olympic Gymnastic Centre, Tokyo in 2021. The programme for 2020 remained unchanged from 2016, despite an application from the FIG for the admission of a new parkour ...
Judo was a sport at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and featured around 393 judoka (柔道家: judo practitioners) competing in 15 events, seven each for both men and women as well as a new mixed team event. [1]