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. 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.

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.

## Olympic bids

The following was the bid results

|City|Team|Round 1|Runoff|Round 2||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Tokyo||style="text-align:center;"|**42**|style="text-align:center;"|—|style="text-align:center;"|**60**|
|Istanbul||style="text-align:center;"|26|style="text-align:center;"|**49**|style="text-align:center;"|36|
|Madrid||style="text-align:center;"|26|style="text-align:center;"|45|style="text-align:center;"|—|

## 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.

## Competing Nations

|National Olympic Committees|
| --- |
|* Afghanistan (5) * Albania (9) * Algeria (38) * American Samoa (6) * Andorra (2) * Angola (20) * Antigua and Barbuda (6) * Argentina (185) * Armenia (17) * Aruba (3) * Australia (479) * Austria (73) * Azerbaijan (44) * Bahamas (15) * Bahrain (32) * Bangladesh (6) * Barbados (8) * Belarus (103) * Belgium (123) * Belize (3) * Benin (7) * Bermuda (2) * Bhutan (4) * Bolivia (5) * Bosnia and Herzegovina (7) * Botswana (13) * Brazil (310) * British Virgin Islands (3) * Brunei (2) * Bulgaria (42) * Burkina Faso (7) * Burundi (6) * Cambodia (3) * Cameroon (12) * Canada (378) * Cape Verde (6) * Cayman Islands (5) * Central African Republic (2) * Chad (3) * Chile (51) * China (410) * Colombia (67) * Comoros (3) * Cook Islands (6) * Costa Rica (13) * Croatia (60) * Cuba (67) * Cyprus (15) * Czech Republic (109) * Democratic Republic of the Congo (6) * Denmark (104) * Djibouti (4) * Dominica (2) * Dominican Republic (65) * East Timor (3) * Ecuador (46) * Egypt (137) * El Salvador (5) * Equatorial Guinea (3) * Eritrea (13) * Estonia (33) * Eswatini (4) * Ethiopia (36) * Federated States of Micronesia (3) * Fiji (32) * Finland (45) * France (380) * Gabon (5) * The Gambia (4) * Georgia (33) * Germany (392) * Ghana (12) * Great Britain (375) * Greece (75) * Grenada (6) * Guam (5) * Guatemala (24) * Guinea (4) * Guinea-Bissau (4) * Guyana (7) * Haiti (6) * Honduras (23) * Hong Kong (43) * Hungary (172) * Iceland (4) * India (120) * Indonesia (28) * Iran (65) * Iraq (3) * Ireland (120) * Israel (89) * Italy (366) * Ivory Coast (26) * Jamaica (54) * Japan (600) **(host)** * Jordan (14) * Kazakhstan (97) * Kenya (85) * Kiribati (3) * Kosovo (11) * Kuwait (10) * Kyrgyzstan (16) * Laos (4) * Latvia (32) * Lebanon (6) * Lesotho (2) * Liberia (3) * Libya (4) * Liechtenstein (5) * Lithuania (42) * Luxembourg (12) * Madagascar (6) * Malawi (5) * Malaysia (30) * Maldives (4) * Mali (4) * Malta (6) * Marshall Islands (2) * Mauritania (2) * Mauritius (8) * Mexico (160) * Moldova (20) * Monaco (6) * Mongolia (43) * Montenegro (34) * Morocco (44) * Mozambique (10) * Myanmar (2) * Namibia (11) * Nauru (2) * Nepal (5) * Netherlands (267) * New Zealand (215) * Nicaragua (8) * Niger (7) * Nigeria (53) * North Macedonia (8) * Norway (93) * Oman (5) * Pakistan (10) * Palau (3) * Palestine (5) * Panama (10) * Papua New Guinea (8) * Paraguay (8) * Peru (35) * Philippines (19) * Poland (206) * Portugal (92) * Puerto Rico (37) * Qatar (15) * Refugee Olympic Team (29) * Republic of the Congo (3) * ROC <small>(334)</small> * Romania (102) * Rwanda (5) * Saint Kitts and Nevis (2) * Saint Lucia (5) * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (3) * Samoa (8) * San Marino (5) * São Tomé and Príncipe (3) * Saudi Arabia (31) * Senegal (9) * Serbia (87) * Seychelles (5) * Sierra Leone (3) * Singapore (23) * Slovakia (41) * Slovenia (53) * Solomon Islands (3) * Somalia (2) * South Africa (177) * South Korea (235) * South Sudan (2) * Spain (328) * Sri Lanka (9) * Sudan (4) * Suriname (2) * Sweden (133) * Switzerland (113) * Syria (6) * Chinese Taipei (68) * Tajikistan (10) * Tanzania (3) * Thailand (41) * Togo (4) * Tonga (6) * Trinidad and Tobago (25) * Tunisia (63) * Turkey (105) * Turkmenistan (9) * Tuvalu (2) * Uganda (25) * Ukraine (149) * United Arab Emirates (5) * United States (615) * Uruguay (11) * Uzbekistan (67) * Vanuatu (3) * Venezuela (43) * Vietnam (18) * Virgin Islands (4) * Yemen (5) * Zambia (27) * Zimbabwe (5)|

## Infobox (olympic games)

- 2020
- Summer
- Olympics
- **host city**: Tokyo, Japan
- **caption**: Emblem of the 2020 Summer Olympics
- **motto**: _United by Emotion_
- **nations**: 206
- **athletes**: 11,656
- **events**: 339 in 33 Olympic sports, sports (50 disciplines)
- **opening**: 23 July 2021
- **closing**: 8 August 2021
- **opened by**: Emperor of Japan, Emperor Naruhito
- **cauldron**: Naomi Osaka
- **stadium**: Japan National Stadium (known as Olympic Stadium during Games)
- **summer prev**: 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio 2016
- **summer next**: _2024 Summer Olympics, Paris 2024_
- **winter prev**: 2018 Winter Olympics, PyeongChang 2018
- **winter next**: 2022 Winter Olympics, Beijing 2022