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In the previous post we saw number of countries up for this Tokyo Olympics! Now its time to know about how many events are going to be conducted in Tokyo!
Events were approved by IOC on June 2017.
With lot of speculations of droping Wrestling from Tokyo Olympics 2020, finally it has been included after rules change and with addtion of womens competition in 2016 olympics.
No of Sports,events in last 2 olympics and Tokyo2020
- London2012 - 26 Sports with 302 events*
- Rio2016 - 28 Sports with 306 events (Newly added Golf and Rugby Sevens)
- Tokyo2020 - 33 Sports with 339 events
5 new sports are added in Tokyo (baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding)
*Events = No of Golds, As simple as that 339 Golds are in hunt for athelets
All time Olympic Medals Tally
| Rank | Team | Total games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 27 | 1022 | 795 | 706 | 2523 |
| 2 | Germany * | 24 | 428 | 444 | 474 | 1346 |
| 3 | Soviet Union # | 10 | 440 | 357 | 325 | 1122 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 28 | 263 | 295 | 293 | 851 |
| 5 | France | 28 | 212 | 241 | 263 | 716 |
| 6 | Italy | 27 | 206 | 178 | 193 | 577 |
| 7 | China | 10 | 224 | 167 | 155 | 546 |
| 8 | Australia | 26 | 147 | 163 | 187 | 497 |
| 9 | Sweden | 27 | 145 | 170 | 179 | 494 |
| 10 | Hungary | 26 | 175 | 147 | 169 | 491 |
* Combining the result of USSR and 1992 unified Team
#Combining the result of Germany, East Germany, West Germany and the United Team of Germany
Facts:
- India ranked @ 53rd along with Colombia and Slovakia
- China had moved up so quickly after they hosted in Beijing in 2008
- Monoco had attended most games without a medal (20 Olympics)
- Malaysia had won most medals without gold (0 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronze)
Refernces:
Previous Post on olympics!
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