2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Games were postponed by one year as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. When the events finally took place in July and August 2021, 206 countries participating across 33 sporting disciplines.
The Number of participating countries in the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2021
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Brazil - host country
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Participation & medal table
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- Basic Statistic Number of participating countries in the Summer Olympics 1896-2021
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Expenses & revenue
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Interest & awareness
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Concerns about Zika
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- London 2012 Olympic Games (UK): children motivated to take part in sports 2015/16
- Opinion on performance of the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo
- Number of athletes competing at Olympics in Rio 2016, by gender
- French support for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in November 2016
- Number of Japanese athletes participating at Summer Olympics 1976-2020, by gender
- Interest in Summer Olympic Games news in Mexico 2008, 2012, 2016
- How Americans will re-watch Summer Olympic events in 2012
- Nobel Prize Laureates in medicine by nationality up to 2022
- Number of Japanese athletes who participated at Summer Olympics 1976-2020
- Public interest in Olympic sports in the U.S. 2021
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- Number of Japanese athletes participating at Summer Olympics 1976-2020, by gender
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Topics

olympic.org. (February 28, 2022). Number of participating countries in the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/280462/summer-olympics-1896-2012-number-of-participating-countries/
olympic.org. "Number of participating countries in the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2021." Chart. February 28, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280462/summer-olympics-1896-2012-number-of-participating-countries/
olympic.org. (2022). Number of participating countries in the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280462/summer-olympics-1896-2012-number-of-participating-countries/
olympic.org. "Number of Participating Countries in The Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/280462/summer-olympics-1896-2012-number-of-participating-countries/
olympic.org, Number of participating countries in the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/280462/summer-olympics-1896-2012-number-of-participating-countries/ (last visited April 01, 2023)
Number of participating countries in the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2021 [Graph], olympic.org, February 28, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/280462/summer-olympics-1896-2012-number-of-participating-countries/