Tokyo 2020 vs Rio 2016 - Olympic Medal Rankings

The Tokyo Olympics are over (to the dismay of sports fans worldwide) and we finally got to know the biggest champions of this year.

This was certainly one of the most competitive edition in recent times, with the final medals ranking being known only on the last day: the United States finished with only one gold ahead of China.

This chart shows a comparison of the performance of the 16 top-placed countries in Tokyo 2020 vs Rio 2016.

Source: https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/medal-standings.htm ; https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rio-2016/medals