Tokyo Olympics 2020: Medal Tally Update- USA tops the Charts, China on Second

The most-awaited event Tokyo Olympics 2020 has ended. Mid-pandemic athletes coming together to compete has portrayed the unity and solidarity of nations.

The mega-quadrennial game is a festival that brings together the best athletes from all around the world. While athletes are competitive and eager to win, the amount of respect and sensitivity shared towards each other was inspiring.

From emotional, heartbreaking to record-breaking, we witnessed many spectacular moments in Tokyo. The Olympic powerhouse USA had a stellar run overall. However, they took away the lead from China on the last day.

China was leading throughout the games, but on the closing ceremony day, USA crossed the nation by just one gold medal. Host nation Japan also made a spectacular finish at the third position.

Defending champions USA tops the medal tally again

The Olympic powerhouse pipped China on the last day by clinching  39 gold medals. While they also secured the maximum medals, i.e. 113 out of which 39 were gold, 41 silver, and 33 bronze.

Team USA had strong domination in the medal tally of swimming and athletics. In swimming, they bagged 30 medals, whereas in athletics they won 26 medals. Wrestling, shooting, and artistic gymnastics followed with 9, 6, and 6 medals, respectively.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Swimming – Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay – Final – Tokyo Aquatics Centre – Tokyo, Japan – July 26, 2021. Caeleb Dressel of the United States, Blake Pieroni of the United States and Bowen Becker of the United States celebrate after winning gold. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File photo SEARCH “BEST OF THE TOKYO OLYMPICS” FOR ALL PICTURES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.

Swimmers Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky were the stars winning the highest medals in the team. Notably, Caeleb also topped the overall athlete’s medal tally with 5 gold medals. While Katie Ledecky clinched four medals, two gold, and two silver.

China finishes at the second position at Tokyo Olympics 2020

Team China topped the medal tally consistently at the mega-quadrennial games. However, they secured the second position with 88 medals, 38 were gold, 32 silver, and 18 bronze medals.

Diving and weightlifting sports grabbed the maximum medals for China. As in diving, Chinese athletes clinched 12 medals and, in weightlifting, they won 8 medals. Other top sports for the nations were table tennis, shooting, and artistic gymnastics.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Table Tennis – Men’s Team – Medal Ceremony – Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium – Tokyo, Japan – August 6, 2021. Gold medallists Fan Zhendong of China, Ma Long of China and Xu Xin of China wearing masks on the podium REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

Swimmer Zhang Yufei secured the most medals for China by winning two gold and two silver. Chen Meng and Ma Long won two gold medals in table tennis. The last gold medals secured by USA women athletes in basketball and volleyball changed the game in their favor.

Host nation secures the third position

Japanese athletes also performed incredibly as they even reached the top of the medal tally in their initial days. However, they couldn’t be at the top, but maintained their top three position.

The host nation bagged 58 medals at their home ground, out of which 27 were gold, 14 silver, and 17 bronze. Japanese athletes dominated their sport Judo by winning 9 gold, 2 silver, and bronze medal. They also secured 7 medals in wrestling at Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Interestingly, they are the dominators of the newly added skateboarding sport. Japanese athletes won five medals (3 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medal) in the debutante sport.

Whereas their medal tally also topped in wrestling, artistic gymnastics, and swimming. Gymnast Daiki Hashimoto was the star performer as he clinched 3 medals.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Gymnastics – Artistic – Men’s Horizontal Bar – Medal Ceremony – Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan – August 3, 2021. Gold medallist Daiki Hashimoto of Japan celebrates on the podium REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Final Medal Tally at Tokyo Olympics 2020

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1 United States	39	41	33	113
2 China	38	32	18	88
3 Japan	27	14	17	58
4 Great Britain	22	21	22	65
5 ROC	20	28	23	71
6 Australia	17	7	22	46
7 Netherlands	10	12	14	36
8 France	10	12	11	33
9 Germany	10	11	16	37
10 Italy	10	10	20	40
11 Canada	7	6	11	24
12 Brazil	7	6	8	21
13 New Zealand	7	6	7	20
14 Cuba	7	3	5	15
15 Hungary	6	7	7	20
16 South Korea	6	4	10	20
17 Poland	4	5	5	14
18 Czech Republic	4	4	3	11
19 Kenya	4	4	2	10
20 Norway	4	2	2	8
21 Jamaica	4	1	4	9
22 Spain	3	8	6	17
23 Sweden	3	6	0	9
24 Switzerland	3	4	6	13
25 Denmark	3	4	4	11
26 Croatia	3	3	2	8
27 Iran	3	2	2	7
28 Serbia	3	1	5	9
29 Belgium	3	1	3	7
30 Bulgaria	3	1	2	6
31 Slovenia	3	1	1	5
32 Uzbekistan	3	0	2	5
33 Georgia	2	5	1	8
34 Chinese Taipei	2	4	6	12
35 Turkey	2	2	9	13
36 Greece	2	1	1	4
36 Uganda	2	1	1	4
38 Ecuador	2	1	0	3
39 Ireland	2	0	2	4
39 Israel	2	0	2	4
41 Qatar	2	0	1	3
42 Bahamas	2	0	0	2
42 Kosovo	2	0	0	2
44 Ukraine	1	6	12	19
45 Belarus	1	3	3	7
46 Romania	1	3	0	4
46 Venezuela	1	3	0	4
48 India	1	2	4	7
49 Hong Kong	1	2	3	6
50 Philippines	1	2	1	4
50 Slovakia	1	2	1	4
52 South Africa	1	2	0	3
53 Austria	1	1	5	7
54 Egypt	1	1	4	6
55 Indonesia	1	1	3	5
56 Ethiopia	1	1	2	4
56 Portugal	1	1	2	4
58 Tunisia	1	1	0	2
59 Estonia	1	0	1	2
59 Fiji	1	0	1	2
59 Latvia	1	0	1	2
59 Thailand	1	0	1	2
63 Bermuda	1	0	0	1
63 Morocco	1	0	0	1
63 Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1
66 Colombia	0	4	1	5
67 Azerbaijan	0	3	4	7
68 Dominican Republic	0	3	2	5
69 Armenia	0	2	2	4
70 Kyrgyzstan	0	2	1	3
71 Mongolia	0	1	3	4
72 Argentina	0	1	2	3
72 San Marino	0	1	2	3
74 Jordan	0	1	1	2
74 Malaysia	0	1	1	2
74 Nigeria	0	1	1	2
77 Bahrain	0	1	0	1
77 Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
77 Lithuania	0	1	0	1
77 North Macedonia	0	1	0	1
77 Namibia	0	1	0	1
77 Turkmenistan	0	1	0	1
83 Kazakhstan	0	0	8	8
84 Mexico	0	0	4	4
85 Finland	0	0	2	2
86 Botswana	0	0	1	1
86 Burkina Faso	0	0	1	1
86 Côte d’Ivoire	0	0	1	1
86 Ghana	0	0	1	1
86 Grenada	0	0	1	1
86 Kuwait	0	0	1	1
86 Moldova	0	0	1	1
86 Syria	0	0	1	1

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