2020 Summer Olympics

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Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid logo.svg
Tokyo 2020 candidate logo
Host city Tokyo, Japan
Motto Discover Tomorrow
未来(あした)をつかもう ('Ashita o tsukamō')[1]
Opening ceremony 24 July
Closing ceremony 9 August
Stadium National Olympic Stadium
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The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad (第三十二回オリンピック競技大会 Dai Sanjūni-kai Orinpikku Kyōgi Taikai) and commonly known as Tokyo 2020, is a major international multi-sport event due to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The games are planned to be held from 24 July to 9 August 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo was announced as the host city at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013.[2] Tokyo previously hosted the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, and in 2020 will become the fifth city (and the first city in Asia) to host the Summer Olympic Games more than once. Tokyo will also be hosting the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Bidding[edit]

Further information: Bids for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid were the three candidate cities. The applicant cities of Baku and Doha were not promoted to candidate status. A bid from Rome was withdrawn.

Vote[edit]

48 votes needed for selection in opening round & runoff; 49 in final round.

Main article: 125th IOC Session

The IOC voted to select the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics on 7 September 2013 at the 125th IOC Session at the Buenos Aires Hilton in Buenos Aires, Argentina. An exhaustive ballot system was used. No city won over 50% of the votes in the first round, and Madrid and Istanbul were tied for second place. A run-off vote between these two cities was held to determine which would be eliminated. In the final vote, a head-to-head contest between Tokyo and Istanbul, Tokyo was selected by 60 votes to 36.

2020 Summer Olympics host city election[3]
City NOC name Round 1 Runoff Round 2
Tokyo  Japan 42 — 60
Istanbul  Turkey 26 49 36
Madrid  Spain 26 45 —

Development and preparation[edit]

The Tokyo metropolitan government set aside a fund of ¥400 billion Japanese yen (over $3 billion USD) to cover the cost of hosting the Games. The Japanese government is considering increasing slot capacity at both Haneda Airport and Narita Airport by easing airspace restrictions. A new railway line is planned to link both airports through an expansion of Tokyo Station, cutting travel time from Tokyo Station to Haneda from 30 minutes to 18 minutes, and from Tokyo Station to Narita from 55 minutes to 36 minutes; the line would cost ¥400 billion yen and would be funded primarily by private investors. But East JR is planning a new route near Tamachi to Haneda Airport.[4] Funding is also planned to accelerate completion of the Central Circular Route, Tokyo Gaikan Expressway and Ken-Ō Expressway, and to refurbish other major expressways in the area.[5] There are also plans to extend the Yurikamome automated transit line from its existing terminal at Toyosu Station to a new terminal at Kachidoki Station, passing the site of the Olympic Village, although the Yurikamome would still not have adequate capacity to serve major events in the Odaiba area on its own.[6]

The Organizing Committee is headed by former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.[7] Olympic and Paralympic Minister Toshiaki Endo is overseeing the preparations on behalf of the Japanese government.[8]

Sports[edit]

Following the 2012 Games, the IOC assessed the 26 sports held in London, with the remit of selecting 25 'core' sports to join new entrants golf and rugby sevens at the 2020 Games. In effect, this would involve the dropping of one sport from the 2016 Games program. This would leave a single vacancy in the 2020 Games program, which the IOC would seek to fill from a shortlist containing seven unrepresented sports and the removed sport. Events such as modern pentathlon, taekwondo and badminton were among those considered vulnerable.

On 12 February 2013, IOC leaders voted to drop wrestling from the Olympic program, a surprise decision that removed one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 Games. Wrestling, which combines freestyle and Greco-Roman events, goes back to the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens in 1896,[9] and even further to the Ancient Olympic Games. The decision to drop wrestling was opposed in many countries and by their NOCs.[10][11][12][13] Wrestling therefore joined other sports in a short list applying for inclusion in the 2020 Games.

On 29 May 2013, it was announced that three sports made the final shortlist; squash, baseball/softball, and wrestling.[14] Five other sports (karate, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding, and wushu) were excluded from consideration at this point.[15] On 8 September 2013, at the 125th IOC Session, the IOC selected wrestling to be included in the Olympic program for 2020 and 2024. Wrestling secured 49 votes, while baseball/softball secured 24 votes and squash got 22 votes.[16]

Under new IOC policies that shift the Games to an "event-based" programme rather than sport-based, the host organizing committee can now also propose the addition of sports to the programme—with a particular focus on adding sports that are popular in the host country.[17] As a result of these changes, a new shortlist of eight sports were unveiled on 22 June 2015. These sports include baseball/softball, bowling, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, surfing, and wushu.[18] On 28 September 2015, organisers proposed 5 sports (baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding) to the IOC for inclusion in 2020, with the final decision in August 2016.[19]

Calendar[edit]

All dates are JST (UTC+9)

This calendar is adapted from the candidature file.[20]

OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Gold medals CC Closing ceremony
July / August 22
Wed		 23
Thu		 24
Fri		 25
Sat		 26
Sun		 27
Mon		 28
Tue		 29
Wed		 30
Thu		 31
Fri		 1
Sat		 2
Sun		 3
Mon		 4
Tue		 5
Wed		 6
Thu		 7
Fri		 8
Sat		 9
Sun		 Gold medals
Ceremonies OC CC
Archery ● 1 1 ● ● ● 1 1 4
Athletics 2 2 4 6 6 5 6 7 8 1 47
Badminton ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 2 2 5
Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Boxing ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 3 ● 5 5 13
Canoeing ● ● 1 1 2 ● ● 4 4 ● 4 16
Cycling 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 ● ● 2 1 1 18
Diving 1 1 1 1 ● ● 1 ● 1 ● 1 ● 1 8
Equestrian ● ● ● 2 ● ● ● ● 1 1 1 1 6
Fencing 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 10
Field hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Football ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● 1 2
Golf ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● 1 2
Gymnastics ● ● 1 1 1 1 5 5 18
Handball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Judo 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 14
Modern pentathlon 1 1 2
Rowing ● ● ● ● 3 3 4 4 14
Rugby sevens ● 2 2
Sailing ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 10
Shooting 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 15
Swimming 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 34
Synchronized swimming ● ● 1 ● 1 2
Table tennis ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 3 5
Taekwondo 2 2 2 2 8
Tennis ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 3 4
Triathlon 1 1 2
Volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 ● 1 1 4
Water polo ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● 1 2
Weightlifting 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 15
Wrestling 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 18
Total gold medals 0 0 0 11 16 16 21 19 19 23 21 25 20 19 15 23 17 30 11 306
Cumulative total 0 0 0 11 27 43 64 83 102 125 146 171 191 210 225 248 265 295 306
July / August 22
Wed		 23
Thu		 24
Fri		 25
Sat		 26
Sun		 27
Mon		 28
Tue		 29
Wed		 30
Thu		 31
Fri		 1
Sat		 2
Sun		 3
Mon		 4
Tue		 5
Wed		 6
Thu		 7
Fri		 8
Sat		 9
Sun		 Gold medals


Venues[edit]

The Tokyo Big Sight Conference Tower would be used as the International Broadcast Center & Party Venue.
View of the Rainbow Bridge from Odaiba Marine Park
The Wakasu Olympic Marina, where Sailing will be held

It was confirmed in February 2012 that the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo would receive a $1 billion upgrade and full–scale reconstruction for the 2019 Rugby World Cup as well as the 2020 Olympics.[21] As a result, a design competition for the new stadium was launched. In November 2012 the Japan Sport Council announced that out of 46 finalists, Zaha Hadid Architects was awarded the design for the new stadium. Plans included dismantling the original stadium, and expanding the capacity from 50,000 to a modern Olympic capacity of about 80,000.[22] However, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced in July 2015 that plans to build the new National Stadium would be scrapped and rebid on amid public discontent over the stadium's building costs.[23]

28 of the 33 competition venues in Tokyo are within 8 kilometres (5 miles) of the Olympic Village. 11 new venues are to be constructed.[24]

Heritage Zone[edit]

Seven venues will be located within the central business area of Tokyo, northwest of the Olympic Village. Several of these venues were also used for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Tokyo Bay Zone[edit]

20 venues will be located in the vicinity of Tokyo Bay, southeast of the Olympic Village, predominantly on Ariake, Odaiba and the surrounding artificial islands.

Sites farther than 8 km (5 miles) from the Olympic Village[edit]

Football venues[edit]

The Sapporo Dome in Sapporo

Non-competition venues[edit]

Marketing[edit]

[31]

Emblem[edit]

The original emblem design for the 2020 Summer Olympics was pulled after it was found that it plagiarized the logo of Théâtre de Liège (right).

The initial design for the official emblems of the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled on 24 July 2015. The logo resembled a stylized "T"; a red circle in the top-right corner represented a beating heart, the flag of Japan, and an "inclusive world in which everyone accepts each other", and a black column in the centre represented diversity.[32]

Shortly after the unveiling, Belgian graphics designer Olivier Debie accused the organizing committee of plagiarizing a logo he had designed for the Théâtre de Liège, which aside from the circle, consisted of nearly identical shapes. Tokyo's organizing committee denied that the emblem design was plagiarized, arguing that the design had gone through "long, extensive and international" intellectual property examinations before it was cleared for use.[33][34] Debie filed a lawsuit against the IOC to prevent use of the infringing logo.[35]

The emblem's designer, Kenjiro Sano, defended the design, stating that he had never seen the Liège logo, while TOCOG released an early sketch of the design that emphasized a stylized "T" and did not resemble the Liège logo.[35] However, Sano was found to have had a history of plagiarism, with others alleging his early design plagiarized work of Jan Tschichold, that he used a photo without permission in promotional materials for the emblem, along with other past cases. On 1 September 2015, following an emergency meeting of TOCOG, Governor of Tokyo Yoichi Masuzoe announced that they had decided to scrap Sano's two logos. The committee met on 2 September 2015 to decide how to approach another new logo design. In October 2015, an Emblems Selection Committee was established to organize an open call for design proposals, with a deadline set for 7 December 2015. The new emblem is expected to be unveiled early 2016.[31][35][36]

While the 2020 Olympic Games organizers decided to drop Sano’s design despite rejecting the plagiarism claims, government officials seem content with “&TOKYO” and have not addressed Plug & See’s claims. a French eyewear startup has noted similarities between its company logo and a new one representing the city of Tokyo that Japanese government officials unveiled just last week.[37]

Media[edit]

Sponsors[edit]

As of 2015 total sponsorship for the 2020 Games reached approx. $1.5 billion, setting an Olympics record (in contrast, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing attracted only $1.3 billion).[38]

Worldwide Olympic Partners[edit]

Gold Partners[edit]

Official Partners[edit]

Broadcasting[edit]

In the United States, the 2020 Summer Olympics will be broadcast by NBC, as part of a US$4.38 billion agreement that began at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[39]

In Europe, these will be the first Summer Olympics under the IOC's exclusive pan-European rights deal with Discovery Communications, which began at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The rights for the 2020 Games cover almost all of Europe, excluding Russia, as well as France and the United Kingdom due to pre-existing rights deals that will expire following these Games, thus marking the BBC's and France Télévisions' final Olympics. Discovery will sub-license coverage to free-to-air networks in each territory.[40][41][42]

Below are the confirmed television right holders:

^1 – Rights in 22 countries in Asia, to be resold to local broadcasters.
^2 – Except in France, Russia and United Kingdom.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

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  25. ^ Originally to be held at Water Polo Arena in Koto, Tokyo; venue moved in June 2015. "東京五輪、26競技の会場決定　自転車・サッカー除き". Nihon Keizai Shimbun. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015. 
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  27. ^ Rugby sevens originally to be held at National Olympic Stadium; venue moved in June 2015. "東京五輪、26競技の会場決定　自転車・サッカー除き". Nihon Keizai Shimbun. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015. 
  28. ^ Originally to be held at Youth Plaza Arena; proposal for venue change to Saitama Super Arena in late 2014 was confirmed in March 2015 by the IOC. "IOC supports Tokyo’s plans to relocate Olympic venues". The Japan Times. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015.  "Moving 2020 hoops to Saitama latest blow for game". The Japan Times. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015. 
  29. ^ Or1936iginally to be held at Wakasu Olympic Marina; venue moved in June 2015. "東京五輪、26競技の会場決定　自転車・サッカー除き". Nihon Keizai Shimbun. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015. 
  30. ^ All three events originally to be held at Tokyo Big Sight; venue moved in June 2015. "東京五輪、26競技の会場決定　自転車・サッカー除き". Nihon Keizai Shimbun. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015. 
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External links[edit]

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