The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad (Japanese: 第三十二回オリンピック競技大会Hepburn: Dai Sanjūni-kai Orinpikku Kyōgi Taikai)[2] and commonly known as Tokyo 2020, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires on 7 September 2013.[3] These Games will mark the return of the Summer Olympics to Tokyo for the first time since 1964, the first city in Asia to host the Olympics twice, and the fourth Olympics overall to be held in Japan, following the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. They will be the second of three consecutive Olympic Games to be held in East Asia, following the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and preceding the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
These Games will see the introduction of additional disciplines within several of the Summer Olympics sports, including 3×3 basketball, freestyle BMX and Madison cycling, as well as further mixed events. Under new IOC policies that allow sports to be added to the Games’ programme to augment the permanent “core” Olympic events, these Games will see karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding make their Olympic debuts, and the return of baseball and softball (which were removed from the summer program after 2008).
Contents
- 1Bidding process
- 2Development and preparation
- 3The Games
- 4Participating National Olympic Committees
- 5Calendar
- 6Marketing
- 7Concerns and controversies
- 8Broadcasting
- 9Notes
- 10References
- 11External links
Bidding process[edit]
Further information: Bids for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Tokyo, Istanbul, and Madrid were the three candidate cities. The applicant cities of Baku (Azerbaijan) and Doha (Qatar) were not promoted to candidate status. A bid from Rome was withdrawn.
Host city election[edit]
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, as it got at least 49 votes needed for a majority.
| 2020 Summer Olympics host city election[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Big Sight Conference Tower will be used as the IBC-MPC Complex.
View of the Rainbow Bridge from Odaiba Marine Park
The Sapporo Dome in Sapporo
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government set aside a fund of 400 billion Japanese yen (over 3.67 billion USD) to cover the cost of hosting the Games. The Japanese government is considering increasing slot capacity at both Haneda Airport and Narita International 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 Japan Railway Company (East JR) is planning a new route near Tamachi to Haneda Airport.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
The Organizing Committee is headed by former Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori.[8] Olympic and Paralympic Minister Shun’ichi Suzuki is overseeing the preparations on behalf of the Japanese government.[9]
Venues and infrastructure[edit]
It was confirmed in February 2012 that the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo would be demolished and reconstructed, and receive a £1 billion upgrade for the 2019 Rugby World Cup as well as the 2020 Olympics.[10] 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.[11] However, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō 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. In Autumn 2015 a new design by Kengo Kuma was approved as winning project of new stadium design competition which decreased the capacity to between 60,000–80,000 depending by event[12]
Twenty-eight of the thirty-three competition venues in Tokyo are within 8 kilometres (4.97 miles) of the Olympic Village. Eleven new venues are to be constructed.[13]
In September 2016, a review panel stated that the cost of hosting the Olympics and Paralympics could quadruple from the original estimate, and therefore proposed a major overhaul to the current plan to reduce costs, including moving venues outside Tokyo.[14] In October 2018, the Board of Audit issued a report stating that the total cost of the venues could exceed US$25 billion.[15]
Heritage Zone[edit]
Seven venues for nine sports 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.
Yokohama Stadium – Baseball
| Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| New National Stadium | Opening and closing ceremonies | 60,102 | Under construction |
| Athletics | |||
| Football finals | |||
| Yoyogi National Gymnasium | Handball | 13,291 | Existing |
| Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Boxing | 11,098 | Existing |
| Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium | Table tennis | 10,000 | Existing |
| Nippon Budokan | Judo | 14,471 | Existing |
| Karate | |||
| Tokyo International Forum | Weightlifting | 5,012 | Existing |
| Imperial Palace Gardens | Athletics (marathon, race walk) | 5,000 seated, unlimited standing room along route | Temporary |
| Musashinomori Park[16] | Road cycling (start road races) | Temporary |
Tokyo Bay Zone[edit]
13 venues for 15 sports will be located in the vicinity of Tokyo Bay, southeast of the Olympic Village, predominantly on Ariake, Odaiba and the surrounding artificial islands.
| Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kasai Rinkai Park | Canoeing (slalom) | 8,000 | Under construction |
| Oi Hockey Stadium | Field hockey | 15,000 | Under construction[17] |
| Olympic Aquatics Centre | Aquatics (swimming, diving, synchronized swimming) | 15,000 | Under construction |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center | Water polo[18] | 3,635 | Existing |
| Yumenoshima Park | Archery | 7,000 | Under construction[19] |
| Ariake Arena | Volleyball | 15,000 | Under construction |
| Olympic BMX Course | BMX cycling | 6,000 | Under construction |
| Skateboarding | |||
| Olympic Gymnastic Centre | Gymnastics (artistic, rhythmic, trampoline) | 10,000 | Temporary |
| Ariake Coliseum | Tennis | 20,000 (10,000 centre court; 5,000 court 1, 3,000 court 2, 8×250 match courts) | Existing, Renovated |
| Odaiba Marine Park | Triathlon | 5,000 seated, unlimited standing room along route | Existing with temporary stands |
| Aquatics (marathon swimming) | |||
| Shiokaze Park | Beach volleyball | 12,000 | Temporary |
| Central Breakwater | Equestrian (eventing) | 20,000 | Existing with temporary infrastructure |
| Rowing | |||
| Canoeing (sprint) | |||
| Aomi Urban Sports Venue | 3×3 basketball | 5,000 | Temporary |
| Sport climbing |
Outlying venues[edit]
Twelve venues for 16 sports will be situated farther than 8 kilometres (5 mi) from the Olympic Village.
| Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Asaka | Shooting | Existing, renovated | |
| Musashino Forest Sports Plaza | Modern pentathlon (fencing) | 10,000 | Ready, built for the games |
| Badminton[20] | |||
| Ajinomoto Stadium | Football | 49,970[21] | Existing |
| Modern pentathlon (excluding fencing) | |||
| Rugby sevens | |||
| Saitama Super Arena | Basketball | 22,000[22] | Existing |
| Enoshima | Sailing | 10,000[23] | Existing with temporary stands |
| Makuhari Messe | Fencing | 6,000 | Existing with temporary stands |
| Taekwondo | |||
| Wrestling | 8,000[24] | ||
| Baji Koen | Equestrian (dressage, jumping)[25] | Existing with temporary stands | |
| Kasumigaseki Country Club | Golf | 30,000[26][27] | Existing with temporary stands |
| Izu Velodrome | Track cycling | 5,000[28] | Existing, expanded |
| Izu Mountain Bike Course | Mountain biking[29] | ||
| Yokohama Stadium | Baseball | 30,000[30] | Existing |
| Softball | |||
| Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium | Baseball (opening match) | 30,000 | Existing, renovated |
| Softball (opening match) [31] | |||
| Fuji International Speedway | Road cycling (finish road races and time trial) | Existing |
Football[edit]
| Venue | Location | Events | Matches | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Stadium Yokohama[32] | Yokohama | Men’s and Women’s preliminaries, women’s quarterfinal and semifinal, men’s quarterfinal | 10 | 70,000 | Existing |
| Tokyo Stadium | Tokyo | Men’s and Women’s opening round of preliminaries only | 4 | 49,000 | Existing |
| Saitama Stadium | Saitama | Men’s and Women’s preliminaries and quarterfinal, semifinal and 3rd place | 11 | 62,000 | Existing |
| Miyagi Stadium | Sendai | Men’s and Women’s preliminaries and quarterfinal | 10 | 49,000 | Existing |
| Kashima Soccer Stadium | Ibaraki | Men and Women’s preliminaries and Men and Women’s quarterfinal, semifinal, women’s 3rd place | 10 | 40,728 | Existing |
| Sapporo Dome | Sapporo | Men and Women’s preliminaries | 10 | 42,000 | Existing |
| New National Stadium | Tokyo | Men’s and women’s final | 1 | 60,012 | Under construction |
Non-competition venues[edit]
| Venue | Events |
|---|---|
| Imperial Hotel, Tokyo | IOC |
| Harumi Futo | Olympic Village |
| Tokyo Big Sight | Media Press Center |
| International Broadcast Center |
Security[edit]
In December 2018, the Japanese government chose to ban drones from flying over venues being used for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. A ban was also imposed for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[33]
Volunteers[edit]
Applications for volunteering at the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were accepted from 26 September 2018. By 18 January 2019, a total of 204,680 applications had been received by the organising committee.[34] Interviews to select the requisite number of volunteers began in February 2019 and training will take place in October 2019.[35] The volunteers at the venues will be known as “Field Cast” and the volunteers in the city will be known as “City Cast”; these names were chosen from a shortlist of four from an original 149 pairs of names. The other shortlisted names were “Shining Blue” & “Shining Blue Tokyo”, “Games Anchor” & “City Anchor”, and “Games Force” & “City Force”. The names were chosen by the people who had applied to be volunteers at the Games.[36]
Medals[edit]
In February 2017, the Tokyo Organizing Committee announced an electronics recycling program in partnership with Japan Environmental Sanitation Center and NTT docomo, soliciting donations of electronics (such as mobile phones) to be reclaimed as materials for the medals. Aiming to collect 8 tonnes of metals to produce the medals for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, collection boxes were deployed at public locations and NTT docomo retail shops that April.[37][38] A design competition for the medals launched in December 2017.[39]
In May 2018, the organizing committee reported that they had obtained half the required 2,700 kilograms of bronze, but that they were struggling to obtain the required amount of silver: although silver and bronze medals purely utilize their respective materials, IOC requirements mandate that gold medals utilize silver as a base.[40] The collection of bronze was completed in November 2018, with the remainder estimated to be complete by March 2019.[41]
Torch[edit]
Aluminium taken from temporary housing in Fukushima was used to make the torches for the Olympic Flame. More than 10,000 pieces of aluminium were used and organizers contacted local authorities to see which houses were no longer being used. The torch relay will arrive in Japan and begin its journey across the country at Fukushima on 26 March 2020.[42] The relay’s slogan is “Hope lights our way” and is sponsored by Coca-Cola, Toyota, NTT and Nippon Life.[43][44][45] In December 2018, it was announced that cauldrons would be placed in the Olympic Stadium and on the waterfront near the Yume-no-Ohashi bridge. After the opening ceremony the flame would be transferred to the waterfront, with the stadium cauldron extinguished until the closing ceremony; with organizers stating that it was difficult to keep the cauldron in the stadium.[46] The torch and the torch relay logo was unveiled on 19 March 2019, the torch is based on an idea of a Japanese cherry blossom sakura flower in gold and sakura color, made from recycled aluminium shaped using the same process as used to create bullet trains. The torch was designed by Tokujin Yoshioka. The torch relay logo was unveiled the same day, The three rectangular shapes that make up the Tokyo 2020 Games emblems have been redesigned to resemble the flame of a torch, and express the dynamic movement of a flame. The design also incorporates the fuki bokashi technique for colour gradation often used in traditional Japanese ukiyoe painting to further imbue the emblem with a Japanese aesthetic.[47]
Ticketing[edit]
The opening ceremony tickets will range from 12,000 to 300,000 yen, with a maximum price of 130,000 yen for the finals of athletics.[48] The average price of all the Olympic tickets is 7,700 yen. 50% of the tickets will be sold for 8,000 yen or less. A symbolic ticket price of 2,020 yen will be for families, groups resident in Japan and in conjunction with a school programme. Tickets will be sold through 40,000 shops in Japan and by mail order to Japanese addresses through the Internet.[49] International guests will need to visit Japan during the sales period or arrange for tickets through a third party, such as a travel agent.[50]
The Games[edit]
Sports[edit]
See also: Olympic sports
The official programme for the 2020 Summer Olympics was approved by the IOC executive board on 9 June 2017. The president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, stated that the goal for the Tokyo Games was to make them more “youthful” and “urban”, and to increase the number of female participants.[51][52]
The games will feature 339 events in 33 different sports, encompassing 50 disciplines. Alongside the five new sports that will be introduced in Tokyo, there will be fifteen new events within existing sports, including 3-on-3 basketball, freestyle BMX and Madison cycling, and new mixed events in several sports.
In the list below, the number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.
- Aquatics
- Artistic swimming (2)
- Diving (8)
- Swimming (35)
- Water polo (2)
- Archery (5)
- Athletics (48)
- Badminton (5)
- Baseball (1)
- Softball (1)
- Basketball
- Basketball (2)
- 3×3 basketball (2)
- Boxing (13)
- Canoeing
- Slalom (4)
- Sprint (12)
- Cycling
- BMX freestyle (2)
- BMX racing (2)
- Mountain biking (2)
- Road cycling (4)
- Track cycling (12)
- Equestrian
- Dressage (2)
- Eventing (2)
- Jumping (2)
- Fencing (12)
- Field hockey (2)
- Football (2)
- Golf (2)
- Gymnastics
- Artistic (14)
- Rhythmic (2)
- Trampoline (2)
- Handball (2)
- Judo (15)
- Karate
- Kata (2)
- Kumite (6)
- Modern pentathlon (2)
- Rowing (14)
- Rugby sevens (2)
- Sailing (10)
- Shooting (15)
- Skateboarding (4)
- Sport climbing (2)
- Surfing (2)
- Table tennis (5)
- Taekwondo (8)
- Tennis (5)
- Triathlon (3)
- Volleyball
- Volleyball (2)
- Beach volleyball (2)
- Weightlifting (14)
- Wrestling
- Freestyle (12)
- Greco-Roman (6)
New sports[edit]
As part of a goal to control costs and ensure that the Olympics remain “relevant to sports fans of all generations”, the IOC assessed the 26 sports contested at the 2012 Olympics, with the remit of dropping one sport and thus retaining 25 “core” sports to join new entrants golf and rugby sevens at the 2020 Games. This move would bring the total number of sports to 27, one less than the requirement of 28 for the 2020 Olympics programme, thus leaving a single vacancy which the IOC would seek to fill from a shortlist containing seven unrepresented sports as well as the sport that had been dropped from the 2012 Olympics programme.
On 12 February 2013, IOC leaders voted to drop wrestling from the “core” programme for the 2020 Games; this was a surprising decision considering that wrestling is one of the oldest Olympic sports, having been included since the ancient Olympic Games and included in the original programme for the modern Games. The New York Times felt that the decision was based on the shortage of well-known talent and the absence of women’s events in the sport.[53][54][55] Wrestling was duly added to the shortlist of applicants for inclusion in the 2020 Games, alongside the seven new sports that were put forward for consideration.
On 29 May 2013, it was announced that three sports had made the final shortlist: baseball/softball, squash and wrestling.[56] The other five sports were excluded from consideration at this point: karate, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding, and wushu.[57] On 8 September 2013, at the 125th IOC Session, the IOC selected wrestling to be included in the Olympic programme for 2020 and 2024. Wrestling secured 49 votes, while baseball/softball and squash received 24 votes and 22 votes respectively.[58]
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. This rule is designed so that sports popular in the host country can be added to the programme to improve local interest.[59] As a result of these changes, a new shortlist of eight sports was unveiled on 22 June 2015, consisting of baseball/softball, bowling, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, surfing, and wushu.[60] On 28 September 2015, organisers submitted their shortlist of five proposed sports to the IOC: baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding.[61] The five proposed sports were approved on 3 August 2016 by the IOC during the 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and will be included in the sports programme for 2020 only, bringing the total number of sports at the 2020 Olympics to 33.[62][63]
Test events[edit]
There will be test events before the Olympic and Paralympic Games they will be contested from June 2019 to June 2020 before the start of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Several of the events are existing championships but some will be created to serve as test events[64][65] It was announced in February 2019 that test events would be under the banner “Ready, Steady, Tokyo.” 22 of the 56 events would be organised by the Tokyo organising committee and the rest by national and international organisations. World Sailing’s World Cup Series held at Enoshima was the first test event, with last one set to be the Tokyo Challenge Track Meet in May 2020.[66]
Participating National Olympic Committees[edit]
As of April 24, 2019 the following 65 NOC`s are qualified.
| hideParticipating National Olympic Committees |
|---|
| Algeria (2) Angola (14) Argentina (3) Australia (18) Austria (6) Belarus (1) Belgium (1) Brazil (23) Bulgaria (6) Canada (4) Chile (1) China (33) Colombia (1) Croatia (9) Cuba (1) Cyprus (2) Czech Republic (4) Denmark (23) Egypt (3) Eritrea (2) Estonia (2) Finland (3) France (43) Georgia (1) Germany (15) Great Britain (23) Greece (5) Guatemala (2) Hong Kong (1) Hungary (4) India (3) Iran (1) Ireland (5) Israel (4) Italy (19) Japan (host) (265) Kuwait (2) Liechtenstein (1) Lithuania (1) Malaysia (2) Mexico (1) Mongolia (1) Netherlands (12) New Zealand (32) North Korea (2) Norway (8) Peru (2) Poland (5) Portugal (2) Russia (26) Serbia (5) Slovakia (3) Slovenia (3) South Africa (1) South Korea (8) Spain (12) Sweden (10) Switzerland (8) Chinese Taipei (2) Thailand (1) Turkey (5) Ukraine (2) United States (72) Uzbekistan (1) |
Concerns and controversies
IAAF bribery claims[edit]
In January 2016, the second part of a World Anti-Doping Agency commission report into corruption included a footnote detailing a conversation between Khalil Diack, son of former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack, and Turkish officials heading up the Istanbul bid team.[73] A transcript of the conversation cited in the report suggested that a “sponsorship” payment of between US$4 million and 5 million had been made by the Japanese bid team “either to the Diamond League or IAAF”.[73] The footnote claimed that because Istanbul did not make such a payment, the bid lost the support of Lamine Diack. The WADA declined to investigate the claims because it was, according to its independent commission, outside the agency’s remit.[73]
In July and October 2013 (prior to and after being awarded the Games), Tokyo made two bank payments totalling SG$2.8 million to a Singapore-based company known as Black Tidings. The company is tied to Papa Massata Diack, a son of Lamine Diack who worked as a marketing consultant for the IAAF, and is being pursued by French authorities under allegations of bribery, corruption, and money laundering.[74] Black Tidings is held by Ian Tan Tong Han, a consultant to Athletics Management and Services—which manages the IAAF’s commercial rights, and has business relationships with Japanese firm Dentsu. Black Tidings has also been connected to a doping scandal involving the Russian athletics team.[74][75][76]
Japanese Olympic Committee and Tokyo 2020 board member Tsunekazu Takeda stated that the payments were for consulting services, but refused to discuss the matter further because it was confidential. Toshiaki Endo called on Takeda to publicly discuss the matter. Massata denied that he had received any money from Tokyo’s organizing committee.[74][76] The IOC established a team to investigate these matters, and will closely follow the French investigation.[77]
In January 2019, a source revealed that Takeda was being formally investigated over alleged corruption.[78] On 19 March 2019, Takeda resigned from the JOC.[79]
Logo plagiarism[edit]
The original logos of the 2020 Summer Olympics (top left) and Paralympics (top right) and the logo of the Théâtre de Liège(bottom).
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 representing a beating heart, the flag of Japan, and an “inclusive world in which everyone accepts each other”; and a dark grey column in the centre representing diversity.[80] The Paralympic emblem was an inverted version of the pattern made to resemble an equal sign.[81]
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 propertyexaminations before it was cleared for use.[82][83] Debie filed a lawsuit against the IOC to prevent use of the infringing logo.[84]
The emblem’s designer, Kenjirō 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.[84] 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 Yōichi 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.[84]
On 24 November 2015, an Emblems Selection Committee was established to organize an open call for design proposals, open to Japanese residents over the age of 18, with a deadline set for 7 December 2015. The winner would receive ¥1 million and tickets to the opening ceremonies of both the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.[85][86][87] On 8 April 2016, a new shortlist of four pairs of designs for the Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled by the Emblems Selection Committee; the Committee’s selection—with influence from a public poll—was presented to TOCOG on 25 April 2016 for final approval.[86]
The new emblems for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled on 25 April 2016; designed by Asao Tokolo, who won a nationwide design contest, the emblem takes the form of a ring in an indigo-coloured checkerboard pattern. The design is meant to “express a refined elegance and sophistication that exemplifies Japan”.[88]
Broadcasting[edit]
Main article: List of 2020 Summer Olympics broadcasters
Sony and Panasonic are partnering with NHK to develop broadcasting standards for 8K resolution television, with a goal to release 8K television sets in time for the 2020 Olympics.[89][90] Italian broadcaster RAI announced an intent to deploy 8K broadcasting for the Games.[91]
In the United States, the 2020 Summer Olympics will be broadcast by NBCUniversal properties, as part of a US$4.38 billion agreement that began at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[92]
In Europe, this will be the first Summer Olympics under the IOC’s exclusive pan-European rights deal with Eurosport, which began at the 2018 Winter Olympics and run through 2024. The rights for the 2020 Games cover almost all of Europe, excluding France due to an existing rights deal that will expire following these Games in favour of Eurosport, and Russia due to a pre-existing deal with a marketer through 2024.[93] Eurosport will sub-license coverage to free-to-air networks in each territory and other Discovery Inc.-owned channels. In the United Kingdom, these will be the last Games whose rights are primarily owned by the BBC, although as a condition of a sub-licensing agreement that will carry into the 2022 and 2024 Games, Eurosport holds exclusive pay television rights.[94][95][96]
Telecom company NTT Docomo signed a deal with Finland’s Nokia to provide 5G-ready baseband networks in Japan in time for the Olympic
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