USA maintains Olympic Games medal tally

The U.S. delegation finished with the most gold medals at Tokyo 2020, followed by China and Japan.
The United States managed to maintain its hegemony in the medal standings at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, although not without difficulties against a booming China that was ahead until the final day, when the North American country claimed several golds that allowed it to remain at the top.

Japan took third place in its Games, in line with the increase in the production of metals characteristic of the Olympic hosts, but also boosted by the incorporation of new sports that brought it a good handful of medals.

Russia, whose athletes competed under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) after the country was sanctioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, also remained at the top of the list, despite losing its dominance in rhythmic gymnastics, which weighed on its place to Great Britain.

The territory sent five athletes and three won medals: the aforementioned bronze, a silver in the mixed category of the same sport and another bronze in wrestling.

The Tokyo Games have been the most evenly distributed Olympic Games in terms of medals. A record 93 countries won at least one medal in the competition in the Japanese capital.

For its part, the German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) defended the results obtained in Tokyo, despite winning the lowest number of medals in three decades and continuing the downward trend of recent years.

The German Olympic team, with 10 golds, 11 silvers and 16 bronzes, 37 medals in total, came ninth in the rankings and achieved its worst record since the country’s reunification in 1990.

“Our result is comparable to London and Rio, but in the end a bit weaker,” acknowledged the head of the German Olympic delegation, Dirk Schimmelpfennig, in a statement.