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The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The Games were postponed by one year as part of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports . [ 2 ]
The United States led the final medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games, with 40 gold and 126 total medals, while China finished second with 40 gold and 91 medals in total. [15] The occasion marked the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympics history. [ 16 ]
Medal Count from the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. July 30, 2024 at 7:14 AM. Olympics. Medals table. Through Tuesday. Events finished: 56. Events scheduled: 273. ... The Today Show.
The 2024 Paris Olympics may be nearing its end, but some crucial medals are still on the line. Fifty-two Olympic medals were awarded Saturday across 21 sports, including a gold in men's basketball.
The U.S. team edged China in gold at the 2020 Tokyo Games, 39-38. The United States won the 2024 Olympics overall medal count with 126. China was second with 91, and Great Britain was third with ...
The table does not count revoked medals (e.g., due to doping). A total of 162 current and historical NOCs have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account.
The United States is running away from the competition in the overall medal count, but Team USA is in a closely contested battle with China to top the Olympic gold medal count at the 2024 Paris Games.
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from ...