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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.
The opening ceremony of the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 23 July 2021 at Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, [3] and was formally opened by Emperor Naruhito. [4] As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal and ceremonial opening of this international sporting event, including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes, with an artistic ...
The football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 21 July to 7 August 2021 in Japan. [1] In addition to the Olympic host city of Tokyo, matches were also played in Kashima, Saitama, Sapporo, Rifu and Yokohama. [2] Two events were contested: a men's and women's competitions.
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
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 ]
The closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo for about two and a half hours from 20:00 on 8 August 2021. [2] The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, which was postponed for one year due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic , was held without spectators .
The number of weightlifters at these Games was reduced to 196, down from 260 in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Furthermore, many countries had reduced squads, and four were excluded from weightlifting at these Games due to punishments given as a result of high numbers of historic doping offenses.
In an article published in The New York Times on 27 July 2021, Mike Ives and Hikari Hida commented that, despite the typical importance of mascots in Japanese advertising, the mascots have had a "subdued" presence at the Tokyo Olympics, commenting that "the Japanese public is not swooning over them either, according to fans and experts who ...