They close in glory i Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. Italy concluded the review by winning 40 medals and setting the new all-time record. Never had a blue expedition managed to obtain such a large booty. An unexpected but extraordinarily fascinating exploit that goes hand in hand with Italy's victory in the European football championships. An unforgettable summer for Italian sport.
Olympic history for Italy: numbers from a world power
The Tokyo 2020 review closes for our country with 10 golds, 10 silvers and 20 bronzes. Never in the history of the Olympics has Italy managed to win at least one medal in all 16 days of competition. From Saturday 24 July to Sunday 8 August, from silver with Luigi Samele in the saber to bronze in rhythmic gymnastics, the blue expedition has always been present on the podium.
10 golds (2 more than in Beijing, London and Rio), 10 silvers, 20 bronzes made it possible to tear up the record of 36 medals that dated back to Los Angeles 1932 and Rome 1960. Another number that makes us understand the importance of what reached is that of 19 different disciplines where Italy has won at least one medal. Also in this case it is an absolute record after 17 in Athens 2004.
The exploit of athletics and the confirmation of swimming
A great contribution to Italy's record a Tokyo 2020 came from athletics. 5 golds won, 50% of the total, an extraordinary exploit. Great results also for swimming, a sector from which more medals have arrived, 7 if we also consider that of Gregorio Paltrinieri in open water.
Tokyo 2020 also leaves two pages that enter the history of Italian sport. The night of 1 August with the golds won by Gianmarco Tamberi in the upper and from Marcell Jacobs in the 100 meters it is by right among the most memorable in our country. Same goes for the blue 4 × 100 made up of Patta, Jacobs, Desalu and Tortu. The 40 medals must not make us forget the many fourth places, as many as 14, yet another sign of a great movement.
The numbers of a triumph
Italy closes like this in tenth place in the medal table with the same number of golds as the Netherlands, Germany and France. The United States won the first place with 39 gold medals obtained.
Puglia and Lombardy have signed 19 medals from Italy and 7 gold out of 10 total. The average age of the blue gold medals is 26,33 years, that of the total medalists is 26,84. A multi-ethnic and homogeneous Italy, just think that all the regions and autonomous provinces of Italy have obtained a medal and with children born from all five continents.
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