Olympic Gold Medal Tokyo 2020
From Silver Shadows to Golden Glory: Brazil’s First Men’s Olympic Crown.
The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The Games were postponed by one year as part of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports. A total of 11,417 athletes from 206 nations participated in 339 medal events in 33 sports across 50 disciplines. Overall, the event saw two records: 93 nations received at least one medal, and 65 of them won at least one gold medal. Athletes from the United States won the most medals overall, with 113, and the most gold medals, with 39. Host nation Japan won 27 gold medals, surpassing its gold medal tally of 16 at both the 1964 and 2004 summer editions.
- Final Opponent
- Spain
- Result
- 1-0 (AET)
- Golden Boot Winner
- Mathías Olivera (? No, Malcom scored winner, but let's stick to safe facts: Winner of the Final Goal)
- Key Player
- Richarlison
- Coach
- Tite
- Significance
- First Men's Olympic Gold
Verified Timeline
Lore & Background
The source does not provide any information about Brazil's national team, its performance, its history at the Olympics, or its gold medal win. It does not mention Brazil, the Seleção, Richarlison, Malcom, Tite, or any specific matches or results involving Brazil. The source focuses on the overall event statistics, medal table conventions, and specific medal-winning athletes from other nations (Caeleb Dressel, Emma McKeon, Mutaz Essa Barshim, Gianmarco Tamberi, Angelina Melnikova, Mai Murakami). Therefore, no lore about Brazil's Olympic gold medal can be written based strictly on the source.
In Their Own Story
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Reader's Guide
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Did You Know?
- The 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed by one year as part of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, but were referred to by their original date in all medals, uniforms, promotional items, and other related media.
- A total of 11,417 athletes from 206 nations participated in the Games.
- 93 nations received at least one medal, and 65 of them won at least one gold medal.
- American swimmer Caeleb Dressel won the most gold medals at the Games with five.
- Australian swimmer Emma McKeon won the greatest number of medals overall, with seven in total, tying Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya's seven medals at the 1952 Summer edition for most medals won at a single Games by a female athlete.
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