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The last time there was no German team in the top six of the medal table was at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. Germany did not finish in the top six of the medal table for the first time since re-unification of East and West Germany in 1990. The Brazilians repeated Great Britain's feat of improving on their medal total at the Olympics immediately after hosting. Outside the top six countries, Italy had their best ever Summer Games with 40 medals, as did the Netherlands (36 medals), New Zealand (20 medals) and Brazil (21 medals). The Sports Desk podcast: Has Biles changed the game on mental health?Īustralia return to the top six of the medal table for the first time since Beijing 2008.An alternative medals table - with the US 15th.However, this is Team GB's second best performance at an overseas Olympics, after Rio (67 medals). Great Britain finished second in Rio 2016 and third in London 2012. Japan's third place in the medal table - with 58 medals including 27 gold - is the country's joint best with Tokyo 1964 when hosting and Mexico 1968. At all seven, they have won the most medals. The United States top the medal table for the sixth time in seven Olympic Games. 21 striking photographs from Tokyo 2020.Thank you.So what are the stats to savour from this Olympic Games? BBC Sport and Nielsen Gracenote take a look. If you can, please consider supporting us with a regular amount each month. Support for as little as £10 - it only takes a minute. The greater the number of people that can keep up to date with global events, and understand their impact, the more sport will be forced to be transparent. While others try to benefit financially from information, we are committed to sharing it with as many people as possible. We do this because we believe that sport belongs to everybody, and everybody should be able to read information regardless of their financial situation. Unlike many others, is available for everyone to read, regardless of what they can afford to pay. Plus, of course, there is the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. We had the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, where we sent a team of four reporters, and coming up are the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the Summer World University and Asian Games in China, the World Games in Alabama and multiple World Championships. The remainder of 2022 is not going to be any less busy, or less challenging. Our small and dedicated team were extremely busy last year covering the re-arranged Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, an unprecedented logistical challenge that stretched our tight resources to the limit. Last year, nearly 25 million people read, making us by far the biggest source of independent news on what is happening in world sport.Įvery contribution, however big or small, will help maintain and improve our worldwide coverage in the year ahead. It would mean we can keep our website open for everyone. Your vital support would mean we can continue to report so comprehensively on the Olympic Movement and the events that shape it. We were the first publication in the world to signal the threat that the Olympic Movement faced from the coronavirus and have provided unparalleled coverage of the pandemic since.Īs the world begins to emerge from the COVID crisis, would like to invite you to help us on our journey by funding our independent journalism.

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