The Toyko Olympics—by the Numbers

Tokyo Olympics (Photo by Erik Zunder, @erikzunder)

After a year’s delay, the Tokyo Summer Olympics will finally open on July 23, 2021—no spectators allowed! Here’s a review of the upcoming event by the numbers (courtesy of the folks at WalletHub).

1st ever:  The Tokyo Olympics are the first games to use artificial intelligence-managed security features, with the ability to correctly verify the faces of 230 million people in one second.

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44,000: Number of security personnel who will work the Tokyo Games, roughly half the number of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

$112–$2,808: Range of ticket prices to attend the Opening Ceremony.

$20–$1,217: Range of ticket prices for various athletic events.

11,000: Number of athletes competing from 205 countries.

57 years: Age of the oldest member of Team USA, equestrian Phillip Dutton.

$26 billion+: Estimated cost of hosting the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

$900 million: Amount to be spent on coronavirus countermeasures.

$15 billion: Estimated economic loss for Japan from barring overseas spectators and limiting the number of domestic fans to 50 percent of capacity.

80 percent: Share of people in Japan who want the Tokyo Olympics canceled or postponed again as the coronavirus pandemic rolls on.

24.5 tons: Amount of used plastic collected to create the Victory Ceremony Podiums.

65 percent: Amount of waste generated by the games (including PET bottles, plastics, paper, and food) expected to be reused or recycled.

Tokyo at night (Photo by Ryunosuke Kikuno at Unsplash.com)

1st place: In 2019, Tokyo  ranked the world’s number one safest city.

More facts by WalletHub are posted at Toyko Olympics.