Martin Grail and Kahena Kunze won their second Olympic gold medalAFP
Posted on 08/06/2021 1:41 PM
By winning at least 20 medals — men’s volleyball competing for bronze and equestrian teams on Saturday morning, that number could increase this morning with the Isquias Quiros — making history at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Brazil. Brazilian athletes surpassed Rio-2016 as the best performance in the number of stage climbs in the history of the country, and for the first time, only the United Kingdom achieved in the last 10 editions of the game.
After registering for medals at Rio-2016, with 17, it is easy to imagine that this goal will not be achieved in Tokyo-2020. After all, the recent history of the Olympics has seen a decline in the following editions, showing that nations generally perform at their best. However, Brazil proved to be a welcome exception, as was the United Kingdom five years ago.
Now, the Brazilian team will have to win 7 gold medals in women’s volleyball, men’s football and boxing, with Pia Ferreira and Hebert Concio winning 7 gold medals in 2016, a record so far in the country’s participation in the Olympics.
Performance of countries after four years
With 20 medals guaranteed, Brazil has already surpassed 19 when hosted. In 2016, England, with 67, had two more wins than London-2012. They are the only countries that have performed well since being hosts after Los Angeles (1984), as the Soviet Union boycotted the 1984 Games, not comparable to Moscow-1980).
China, for example, won nine medals in 2012, less than 100 in Beijing-2008. In the same year against Athens 16 in Athens-2004, with three platforms, Greece had the worst performance.
In the Greek Games, Australia had 58 medals, eight less than Sydney 2020, but more gold (17 against 16 at home). The United States, on the other hand, was 8 points short of Atlanta-1996 (101), while Spain reached 17 against 22 at Barcelona-1992.
South Korea managed the same 12 golds after Seoul-1988, but climbed four times less on the podium. Finally, there was a huge difference in the performance associated with the United States to compete with the Soviet Union in Los Angeles, with a total of 174 medals won, 94 in Korea.
Gold: Italo Ferreira (surfing), Rebecca Andrade (gymnastics / jumping), Martin Grail / Kahena Kunze (49er FX class sailing) and Ana Marcela Cunha (water marathon);
Friday: Kelvin Hofler (Skate Street), Rebecca Andrade (Gymnastics / Public), Raisa Leal (Skate Street) and Pedro Burrows (Skate Park);
Bronze: Allison Dose Santos (400m with Athletics / Obstacle), Diego Bras (Athletics / Polar Vault), Abner Daisyra (Boxing up to 91kg), Mera Aguirre (Judo), Daniel Corkin (Judo), Bruno Frost (50m Freestyle) Swimming), Fernando Schaefer (200m freestyle swimming) and Louisa Stephanie and Laura Picosi (tennis).
Already confirmed medals: women’s volleyball, men’s football, Pia Ferreira and Hebert Concio, boxing.
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