The 2021 Olympics ‘officially’ kicks off today with the Tokyo opening ceremony, as well as Team GB action Read More Olympics: which countries are most successful at Summer Olympic Games -

from tot... Athletes from canoe slalom, fencing, weightlifting, sailing, boxing, rowing and trampolining will feature in the curtain-raiser, which is being held behind closed doors at the

purpose-built Olympic Stadium. A ring of steel has been erected around the stadium, meaning the excited locals, who had been due to be a part of the ceremony until the decision to ban

spectators from the Games was made earlier this month, were left to watch those lucky enough to be allowed in from behind fences. THESE ARE THE TOP COUNTRIES WHICH ARE THE BEST AT EACH

(football, 4 medals) Former Soviet Union (gymnastics, 184 medals) Montenegro and Iceland (handball, both 1 medal) Japan (Judo, 84 medals) Lithuania (modern pentathlon, 4 medals) New Zealand

(rowing, 4 medals) Fiji (rugby, 1 medal) Denmark (sailing, 30 medals) Peru (shooting, 4 medals) Australia (swimming, 188 medals) China (table tennis, 53 medals) Chinese Taipei (taekwondo, 8

medals) Puerto Rico (tennis, 1 medal) Brazil (volleyball, 10 medals) Serbia (waterpolo, 3 medals) Bulgaria (weightlifting, 37 medals) Russia (wrestling, 56 medals) WHICH COUNTRY HAS WON THE

MOST GOLD MEDALS AT THE SUMMER OLYMPICS? The order changes slightly when you take into account the most gold medals won at the Summer Olympics by each nation, with the US leading the way

with 1,022 medals. Soviet Union claimed a total of 395 golds ahead of Great Britain with 263, China (224), France (212), Italy (206), Germany (191), Hungary (175, East Germany (153) and

Russia (149). WHICH COUNTRY HAS MADE THE MOST APPEARANCES AT THE SUMMER OLYMPICS? The US, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Austria have all taken part at 27 Summer Games to make up the top 10 of

most consistent appearances at the Olympics. At the other end of the charts, Kosov and South Sudan made their debut appearances at Rio 2016. Continue Reading