Team USA maintained their traditional place at the top of the Olympic medal table, although it took a late run of medals to lift them above China
The hosts, Japan, finished with 27 golds, the most they have ever won at an Olympics, to end the Games third in the medal table – the same position as when they were held in Tokyo in 1972. Great Britain were fourth, with 22 golds, down from the 27 they won in 2016 but still one of the team’s most successful Olympics.won rather than golds. The US won by that method too with 113 total medals to China’s 88.
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