There are 204 countries and regions in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, as well as two teams of Russian Olympic team and Olympic refugee delegation, *** 1 1669 athletes; * * * There are 33 major events, 339 minor events and 339 gold medals, including skateboarding, surfing, competitive rock climbing, baseball and softball and karate.
At its125th plenary meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 7th, 20 13, the IOC elected Tokyo as the host city.
This is the second time that Japan has hosted the Summer Olympic Games after 57 years, following the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. It is also the fourth time that Japan has hosted the Olympic Games and won the right to host the Olympic Games for the sixth time. This also makes Tokyo the only Asian city that has hosted two Summer Olympics, and the fifth city in the world that has hosted two Summer Olympics.
The organizing body of the conference is the Organizing Committee of the 32nd Summer Olympic Games. The tournament was originally planned to be held from July 24th to August 9th, 2020. Due to the 20 19 coronavirus epidemic, the IOC and the Japanese government decided to postpone it until March 24, 2020, but the name of "Tokyo 2020" remained unchanged.
After the postponement, the interval between the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games was shortened to half a year, which is the shortest interval since the winter Olympic Games and the Summer Olympic Games were staggered 1994.
Due to the serious spread of coronavirus disease in the world in 20 19, this event is the first postponed Olympic Games in history. In addition to the postponement, the media has repeatedly reported that the Japanese government will announce the cancellation of hosting this Olympic Games and bid for the 2032 Olympic Games instead. The Japanese government and the International Olympic Committee have repeatedly denied that this Olympic Games will be cancelled.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide said on May 1 20265438 that the IOC has the final decision on the hosting of this Olympic Games, and the role of the Japanese government is to make the Olympic Games held safely.
On July 8, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Games, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, the Japanese government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government held five-party talks, and * * * announced that there would be no spectators in the events held in Tokyo and the surrounding three counties, and no spectators would be arranged to enter the competition venues. In addition, people are forbidden to watch outdoor events (such as marathon, race walking, cycling and triathlon).
The main venue
The main venue of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games is the New National Arena, officially named "National Arena", which is located in summer and autumn in Tokyo, Japan, and was converted from the main venue of the Tokyo Olympic Games 1964 National Summer and Autumn Land Arena.
The construction of the venue was started on 20 16, 1 1 February, fully completed on 20 19,1October, and completed on February 12, 2/kloc-in the same year.
Is the venue built by Dacheng? Catalpa design? Kengo Kuma Architectural Urban Design Office * * * designed the roof with wood and steel bars, with a total cost of about 65.438+0569 billion yen.
The venue can accommodate about 68,000 spectators. In addition to the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games, there will also be track and field and football competitions.
202 1 July1day, the main press center (MPC) of the Tokyo Olympic Games1was put into trial operation at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center (Tokyo Big Sight) in jiangdong district, Tokyo. The main press center is located in the coastal area, with many competition venues, and will become a media base at home and abroad during the Olympic Games. It is estimated that it can be used by up to 2500 people in a single day.