As of August 2021, the number of athletes participating at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics amounted to 5,494 in the case of women and 5,982 in the case of men. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics had the lowest gender gap in terms of participants among hitherto hosted Olympic events.
Number of athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan as of July 2021, by gender
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Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. (August 9, 2021). Number of athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan as of July 2021, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254529/japan-number-athletes-competing-tokyo-2020-olympics-by-gender/
Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. "Number of athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan as of July 2021, by gender." Chart. August 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254529/japan-number-athletes-competing-tokyo-2020-olympics-by-gender/
Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. (2021). Number of athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan as of July 2021, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254529/japan-number-athletes-competing-tokyo-2020-olympics-by-gender/
Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. "Number of Athletes Competing at The Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan as of July 2021, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254529/japan-number-athletes-competing-tokyo-2020-olympics-by-gender/
Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Number of athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan as of July 2021, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254529/japan-number-athletes-competing-tokyo-2020-olympics-by-gender/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Number of athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan as of July 2021, by gender [Graph], Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, August 9, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254529/japan-number-athletes-competing-tokyo-2020-olympics-by-gender/
