| Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ITA |
| NOC | Italian National Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Tokyo, Japan 23 July 2021 – 8 August 2021 | |
| Competitors | 381 in 28 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Jessica Rossi Elia Viviani |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Marcell Jacobs |
| Medals Ranked 10th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Italy competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Italian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, with the disputed exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis where one Italian may have participated.[citation needed]
The Italian National Olympic Committee will reward the gold medalists with €180,000, the silver medalists with €90,000 and the bronze medalists with €60,000.[2]
Italy competed in all sports except badminton, field hockey, football, handball and rugby sevens.
Italy has ended the 2020 Summer Olympics winning 10 gold, 10 silver and 20 bronze medals, setting a new record in number of medals won (36 medals was first reached in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932, and then again in the Rome Olympics of 1960).[3] Moreover, for the first time the country has received at least one medal in each day.
- ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Comunicato della Giunta Nazionale". www.coni.it. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020, Italia a quota 38 medaglie: è record assoluto". Sport Mediaset. 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.