On Sunday, August 8, the Tokyo Olympics 2020 have officially come to an end with the closing ceremony, which transferred the torch to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games. The United States women's basketball team won their eighth gold in a row, while the US women's volleyball team won their first gold in the sport's history, helping the Americans pass China at the buzzer on top of the gold-medal standings on Sunday.

New records and champions were established during the 17-day Tokyo Olympics. This year's closing ceremony was special because of the current coronavirus outbreak in Japan and throughout the world. The next Summer Olympics will be held in Paris, France, from July 26 to August 11, 2024.

Paris will become only the second city in history to hold the Olympics three times, following London (1908, 1948, and 2012). In addition to honoring the 100th anniversary of the 1924 Paris Games, France will host its sixth Olympic Games in 2024.

Tokyo 2020: Final Olympic Games medal count

Despite trailing China throughout much of the Games, the United States finished with the most medals of any nation. Team US has won a total of 113 medals, including 39 gold, 41 silver, and 33 bronze medals.

China concluded the Olympics in second place with 88 medals, 38 of which were gold, 32 silver, and 18 bronze medals. The Russian Olympic Committee ended in third with 71 medals (20 gold, 28 silver, and 23 bronze).

It was China who were on the edge of winning the most gold medals on Sunday, but the USA overtook them thanks to the victories in women's basketball and volleyball, as well as in cycling, in which the American team have earned their first-ever gold medal.

Rank Team Number of gold medals Number of silver medals Number of bronze medals Total number of medals
1. United States 39 41 33 113
2. China 38 32 18 88
3. ROC 20 28 23 71
4. Great Britain 22 21 22 65
5. Japan 27 14 17 58
6. Australia 17 7 22 46
7. Italy 10 10 20 40
8. Germany 10 11 16 37
9. Netherlands 10 12 14 36
10. France 10 12 11 33
11. Canada 7 6 11 24
12. Brazil 7 6 8 21
13. New Zealand 7 6 7 20
14. Hungary 6 7 7 20
15. South Korea 6 4 10 20
16. Ukraine 1 6 12 19
17. Spain 3 8 6 17
18. Cuba 7 3 5 15
19. Poland 4 5 5 14
20. Switzerland 3 4 6 13
21. Turkey 2 2 9 13
22. Chinese Taipei 2 4 6 12
23. Czech Republic 4 4 3 11
24. Denmark 3 4 4 11
25. Kenya 4 4 2 10
26. Jamaica 4 1 4 9
27. Sweden 3 6 0 9
28. Serbia 3 1 5 9
29. Norway 4 2 2 8
30. Croatia 3 3 2 8
31. Georgia 2 5 1 8
32. Kazakhstan 0 0 8 8
33. Iran 3 2 2 7
34. Belgium 3 1 3 7
35. Belarus 1 3 3 7
36. India 1 2 4 7
37. Austria 1 1 5 7
38. Azerbaijan 0 3 4 7
39. Bulgaria 3 1 2 6
40. Hong Kong, China 1 2 3 6
41. Egypt 1 1 4 6
42. Slovenia 3 1 1 5
43. Uzbekistan 3 0 2 5
44. Indonesia 1 1 3 5
45. Colombia 0 4 1 5
46. Dominican Republic 0 3 2 5
47. Greece 2 1 1 4
48. Uganda 2 1 1 4
49. Ireland 2 0 2 4
50. Israel 2 0 2 4
51. Romania 1 3 0 4
52. Venezuela 1 3 0 4
53. Philippines 1 2 1 4
54. Slovakia 1 2 1 4
55. Ethiopia 1 1 2 4
56. Portugal 1 1 2 4
57. Armenia 0 2 2 4
58. Mongolia 0 1 3 4
59. Mexico 0 0 4 4
60. Ecuador 2 1 0 3
61. Qatar 2 0 1 3
62. South Africa 1 2 0 3
63. Kyrgyzstan 0 2 1 3
64. Argentina 0 1 2 3
65. San Marino 0 1 2 3
66. Bahamas 2 0 0 2
67. Kosovo 2 0 0 2
68. Tunisia 1 1 0 2
69. Estonia 1 0 1 2
70. Fiji 1 0 1 2
71. Latvia 1 0 1 2
72. Thailand 1 1 1 2
73. Jordan 0 1 1 2
74. Malaysia 0 1 1 2
75. Nigeria 0 1 1 2
76. Finland 0 0 2 2
77. Bermuda 1 0 0 1
78. Morocco 1 0 0 1
79. Puerto Rico 1 0 0 1
80. Bahrain 0 1 0 1
81. Saudi Arabia 0 1 0 1
82. Lithuania 0 1 0 1
83. Macedonia 0 1 0 1
84. Namibia 0 1 0 1
85. Turkmenistan 0 1 0 1
86. Botswana 0 0 1 1
87. Burkina Faso 0 0 1 1
88. Ivory Coast 0 0 1 1
89. Ghana 0 0 1 1
90. Grenada 0 0 1 1
91. Kuwait 0 0 1 1
92. Moldova 0 0 1 1
93. Syrian Arab Republic 0 0 1 1