The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The Games were postponed by one year as part of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports. [2]

Map of host cities and countries of the modern summer (orange) and winter (blue) Olympics. * Tokyo hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the SVG file, tap or hover over a city to show its name (only on the desktop).

Jul 23, 2021 · Relive the moments that went down in history at the 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.

May 14, 2019 · From 4 to 11 May, IOC President Thomas Bach was on a trip through Oceania including attending SportAccord 2019. After a stop in Sydney (Australia), he travelled to Brisbane, then Gold Coast in Queensland, before going to Papua New Guinea, Palau and Guam.

May 18, 2022 · Medal standings from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, including overall medals, gold medals, silver medals and bronze medals.

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.Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7 September 2013.

Jul 25, 2019 · As Tokyo 2020 Olympics preparations enter their final stage, officials are touting the city's readiness, but activists and workers groups say speedy venue construction has had dangerous...

Aug 10, 2019 · From 25 August to 1 September, the best judokas on the planet will meet at the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, the country where the martial art was invented in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. The week-long competition will also serve as a Tokyo 2020 test event at the iconic Nippon Budokan , the judo venue used for the 1964 Olympic Games .

On 24 July 2019 International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach stepped to the dais at the Tokyo International Forum and opined, “I have never seen an Olympic city as prepared as Tokyo with one year to go before the Olympic Games” (Bach 2019).

From the moment Tokyo was announced as an Olympic host in 2013 to the Opening Ceremony, here’s a timeline of the Games that almost never was.