2020 Summer Olympics
The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, was a sporting event in Tokyo, Japan from 23 July to 8 August 2021.[1] Tokyo was announced as the host city at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. The winning bid, Tokyo, was announced on 7 September 2013.[2]
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| Host city | Tokyo, Japan | ||
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| Motto | United by Emotion | ||
| Nations | 206 | ||
| Athletes | 11,656 | ||
| Events | 339 in 33 sports (50 disciplines) | ||
| Opening | 23 July 2021 | ||
| Closing | 8 August 2021 | ||
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| Cauldron | |||
| Stadium | Japan National Stadium (known as Olympic Stadium during Games) | ||
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The event was originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, but was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Olympic bids
The following was the bid results
| City | Team | Round 1 | Runoff | Round 2 |
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| Tokyo |  Japan
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42 | — | 60 |
| Istanbul |  Turkey
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26 | 49 | 36 |
| Madrid |  Spain
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26 | 45 | — |
Sports
The Sports played in the competition will be similar to those played in previous Olympic years. Popular sports that will be played include Athletics, Swimming, Tennis, gymnastics, and diving. The international Olympic committee said that there will be at least 25 sports played in addition to these. All sports competitions will feature athletes from many countries playing to try and win a medal, which is given to the winning player or team.
Stadiums
The Olympics will take place at many stadiums and locations throughout the Tokyo area. National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo will be the main stadium and host the opening and closing ceremonies, along with athletics. Other sports will take place in new and already built stadiums in and around Tokyo. The athletes will sleep in an Olympic village.
2020 Summer Olympics Media
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
The Olympic rings on display at Tokyo Bay to promote the Games
The newly built Japan National Stadium in Tokyo was the venue for the ceremonies and the athletics events.
Police patrolling and watching from a rooftop near the tennis venue
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.
Temperature check and COVID-19 countermeasures at the tennis venue
A scene from the Opening Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium, with drones flying around and creating the official logo of the Games
Nippon Budokan, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo Japan, designed by Mamoru Yamada in 1964.
Aerial view of Tokyo Ariake Arena
Aerial view of Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan
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References
- ↑ "New Tokyo 2020 Olympic dates will be 23 July to 8 August 2021". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ↑ Executive Board concludes first meeting of the new year January 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ↑ Wilson, Stephen (8 September 2013). "Results of the IOC vote to host the 2020 Summer Olympics". Austin American-Statesman. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26134743/results-of-the-ioc-vote-to-host-the/. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
 Olympic Games
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| Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 | ||
| Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 | ||
| Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games | ||
| Youth Olympic Games
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| Summer Games: 2010, 2014, 2018 | ||
| Winter Games: 2012, 2016 | ||
| Singapore 2010 — Innsbruck 2012 — Nanjing 2014 | ||