Key Highlights

• Team USA leads the medal count with 113 medals, including 39 golds.
• China secures 88 medals with 38 golds, featuring standout performances from Zhang Yufei.
• Great Britain achieves 64 medals, highlighted by Duncan Scott’s four-medal haul.
• Russia, competing as ROC, earns 71 medals, including significant victories in wrestling and gymnastics.

(NicePlay Sports) – The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will partly be remembered as the edition that was massively impacted by the covid-19 pandemic, so much so that it was delayed until the summer of 2021. But despite that, the Games were another testament of what the world’s athletes are capable of and when it concluded, the final medal counts for some of the highest profile nations showed exceptional performances. Let’s take a look at some of the key athletes from the USA, China, Great Britain, and Russia.

Team USA’s Olympic Medal Machine

The United States dominated the medal tally with a total of 113 medals, the highest of any nation. Their count included 39 golds, 41 silvers, and 33 bronzes. The USA’s standout athlete was Caeleb Dressel. The swimmer dazzled with five golds in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, and the 4x100m medley relay. Another notable mention goes to Katie Ledecky who went home with two golds and two silvers from her feats in the pool.

Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky talks about reexamining the results of the 2021 Tokyo Games after news that Chinese swimmers had tested positive for a banned substance just months before the competition.

Chinese Athletes Excel at Tokyo 2020

China finished with 88 medals, including 38 golds, 32 silvers, and 18 bronzes. A key performer was Zhang Yufei, with the swimmer winning four medals (two gold, two silver) across the 100m and 200m butterfly, 4x100m medley relay, and 4x200m freestyle relay.

Watch Zhang Yufei 🇨🇳 set an Olympic record in the women’s 200-meter butterfly. She finished almost 1.5 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.

Great Britain’s Remarkable Performance

Great Britain earned 64 medals, including 22 golds, 20 silvers, and 22 bronzes. In the pool, Duncan Scott becomes the first British athlete to win four medals in a single Games across the 4 × 200m freestyle relay, 200m freestyle, 200m individual medley and the 4×100m medley relay. Adam Peaty and James Guy were also successful in the pool collecting two goals and a silver each.

‘I’m just incredibly fortunate with who I have around me’ Duncan Scott became the first British athlete to win four medals at a single Olympics after #TeamGB’s swimmers took home the silver in the medley relay #tokyo2020

Russian Olympic Committee’s Success

Competing as the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), due to the doping scandal, Russia secured 71 medals, including 20 golds, 28 silvers, and 23 bronzes, putting them fifth overall. Mariya Lasitskene claimed gold in the women’s high jump, while there were multiple successes in wrestling, gymnastics and fencing among other disciplines.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics provided a platform for these athletes to shine on a global stage, and now the world looks forward to Paris, France, for more medals from nations big and small around the globe.