![]() The obverse of the medals features Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, in front of Panathenaic Stadium and the Olympic rings. The circular lid and the body of the case can be opened like a ring connected by a magnet. The case is manufactured from Japanese ash wood dyed with the same colour as the Olympic emblem. The ribbon uses the traditional Japanese design motifs found in ichimatsu moyo ( 市松模様), a harmonised chequered pattern, and kasane no irome ( 重ね の 色目), a traditional kimono layering technique. They were manufactured using metal extracted from recycled small electronic devices donated by the public. The medals used for the 2020 Summer Olympics were designed by Junichi Kawanishi. However, Turkmenistani athletes had previously competed as nationals of the Russian Empire and of the Soviet Union, in particular during the 1992 Summer Olympics, Turkmenistani athletes competed as part of the Unified Team. Meanwhile, Burkina Faso, Turkmenistan, and San Marino won their nation's first Olympic medals. Bermuda, Qatar, and the Philippines won their nation's first Olympic gold medals. As a result, she tied Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya's seven medals at the 1952 summer edition for most medals won at a single games by a female athlete. ![]() Meanwhile, Australian swimmer Emma McKeon won the greatest number of medals overall, with seven in total. Īmerican swimmer Caeleb Dressel won the most gold medals at the games with five. Athletes from that nation also won 58 medals overall, which eclipsed its record of 41 overall medals won at the previous Summer Olympics. Host nation Japan won 27 gold medals surpassing its gold medal tally of 16 at both the 19 summer editions. Athletes from the United States won the most medals overall, with 113, and the most gold medals, with 39. Overall, the event saw two records: 93 nations received at least one medal, and 65 of them won at least one gold medal. A total of 11,417 athletes from 206 nations participated in 339 events in 33 sports across 50 different disciplines. However, the Games was referred to by its original date in all medals, uniforms, promotional items, and other related media in order to avoid confusion in future years. The games were postponed by one year as part of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports. The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021.
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