The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo have concluded, postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the medal standings, the US team emerged as the undisputed leader.
Bookmakers initially favored the American team both in the total number of medals and in gold medals. In terms of total medals, the US team’s advantage was more substantial: 113 medals against 88 for the closest pursuer, the Chinese team. The Russian Olympic Committee team has 71 medals.
As for the overall gold medal count, the US again takes the top spot with 39 gold medals. They edged out the Chinese athletes by just one gold, who have 38. Russian athletes contributed 20 gold medals to their country’s tally.
Thus, the medal standings for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo are as follows:
