As of July 2019, 339 gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and 540 gold medals at the Paralympics were scheduled to be awarded in Japan. In order to create around 5,000 medals in total needed for the competitions, the government collected unused mobile phones and small electronic devices donated by citizens from 2017 to 2019.
Scheduled number of gold medals to be awarded at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan as of July 2019
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government, & Bureau of Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 Preparation, & Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. (July 21, 2019). Scheduled number of gold medals to be awarded at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan as of July 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096895/japan-number-of-gold-medals-awarded-tokyo-2020-olympic-and-paralympic-games/
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, und Bureau of Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 Preparation, und Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. "Scheduled number of gold medals to be awarded at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan as of July 2019 (in 1,000s)." Chart. July 21, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096895/japan-number-of-gold-medals-awarded-tokyo-2020-olympic-and-paralympic-games/
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Bureau of Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 Preparation, Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. (2019). Scheduled number of gold medals to be awarded at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan as of July 2019 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096895/japan-number-of-gold-medals-awarded-tokyo-2020-olympic-and-paralympic-games/
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and Bureau of Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 Preparation, and Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. "Scheduled Number of Gold Medals to Be Awarded at The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan as of July 2019 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096895/japan-number-of-gold-medals-awarded-tokyo-2020-olympic-and-paralympic-games/
Tokyo Metropolitan Government & Bureau of Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 Preparation & Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Scheduled number of gold medals to be awarded at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan as of July 2019 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096895/japan-number-of-gold-medals-awarded-tokyo-2020-olympic-and-paralympic-games/ (last visited February 20, 2025)
Scheduled number of gold medals to be awarded at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan as of July 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Tokyo Metropolitan Government, & Bureau of Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 Preparation, & Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, July 21, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096895/japan-number-of-gold-medals-awarded-tokyo-2020-olympic-and-paralympic-games/
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