United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics information
2021 sporting event delegation in Tokyo
Sporting event delegation
United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code
USA
NOC
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Website
www.teamusa.org
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors
615 (285 men and 330 women) in 35 sports
Flag bearers (opening)
Eddy Alvarez Sue Bird
Flag bearer (closing)
Kara Winger
Medals Ranked 1st
Gold
39
Silver
41
Bronze
33
Total
113
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896
1900
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
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1984
1988
1992
1996
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2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games
The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to July 23 to August 8, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] U.S. athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which the U.S. boycotted. The opening ceremony flag-bearers for the United States were baseball player Eddy Alvarez and basketball player Sue Bird.[2] Javelin thrower Kara Winger was the flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.[3] For the third consecutive time in the Summer Olympics, the United States was represented by more female than male athletes (285 men and 330 women).
The country finished the Games with 113 medals, the most amongst all nations: 39 gold, 41 silver, and 33 bronze. These individual totals were each the highest of the Games, after a final-day tally of three gold medals (women's basketball, women's omnium, and women's volleyball) surpassed China's total of 38 golds.[4] This was the third consecutive Summer Olympics that the U.S. was the medal table leader. Overall, the medal total was slightly lower than five years prior in Rio de Janeiro, where the United States won 46 gold and 121 total medals.
As Los Angeles will be the host city of the 2028 Summer Olympics, the United States, along with France, which is hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, marched in the opening ceremony just before the host nation Japan.
^"Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2021 Organising Committee". Olympics. March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
^"Sue Bird And Eddy Alvarez Selected As Team USA's Flag Bearers For The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020". teamusa.org. July 21, 2021. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
^"The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Closing Ceremony". Olympics.com. August 8, 2021. Archived from the original on August 8, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
^"China accused of 'cheating' after petty act over Olympic medals". au.sports.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
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