There will be eight national teams in Tokyo 2020. United States, Australia and Spain, the only ones above.
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The Argentina will be represented by 177 athletes in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and more than half of that number is made up of the members of the eight national teams that achieved a place for team sports, a figure that is only surpassed by three countries.
Only the United States (12), Australia (11) and Spain (9) have more sets on Japanese soil than the Albiceleste delegation, at the same height as great powers such as China, Canada and France or above others, for example Russia and Brazil (7). Further back are South Korea, New Zealand, the Netherlands and South Africa (6).
65 percent of the Olympic team belongs to the national teams. The men’s basketball, soccer, handball and rugby 7, which contribute 60 names, and hockey and volleyball, which add another 56 athletes, since they achieved their places among women and men. In total there will be 116.
Argentina had had more classified in team disciplines only in Rio 2016, when there were nine – the women’s handball was added – but within a larger delegation (215). It is also important to clarify that at that time, as a host, Brazil did not participate in several pre-Olympic and “released” plazas.
Outside of that last Olympic event, the records were in five teams for Atlanta 1996 (basketball, soccer and men’s volleyball plus hockey in both branches), Athens 2004 (the same) and London 2012 (handball instead of soccer).
How many teams does each country have at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
- 12 – USA
- eleven – Australia
- 9 – Spain
- 8 – Argentina, Canada, China and France
- 7 – Brazil and Russia
- 6 – Italy, South Africa, South Korea, New Zealand and the Netherlands
- 5 – Germany and the United Kingdom
- 4 – Serbia
- 3 – Mexico, Belgium, Kenya, Sweden and Hungary
- two – Nigeria, Romania, Egypt, India, Ireland, Iran, Montenegro, Norway, Fiji, the Dominican Republic and Poland
- 1 – Zambia, Chile, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Angola, Greece, Israel, Honduras, Croatia, Bahrain, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Venezuela, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Turkey
The 14 medals of the Argentine teams in the Olympic Games
- 4 – Men’s Soccer: two gold (Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008) and two silver (Amsterdam 1928 and Atlanta 1996).
- 4 – Women’s Field Hockey: two silver (Sydney 2000 and London 2012) and two bronze (Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008).
- 2 – Men’s Polo: two golds (Paris 1924 and Berlin 1936).
- 2 – Men’s Basketball: a golden (Athens 2004) and a bronze (Beijing 2008).
- 1 – Men’s Field Hockey: a dorada (Rio 2016).
- 1 – Men’s volleyball: a bronze one (Seoul 1988).