2020 Summer Olympics (1983: Doomsday)

This 1983: Doomsday page is a Proposal. It has not been ratified and is therefore not yet a part of the 1983: Doomsday Timeline. You are welcome to correct errors and/or comment at the Talk Page. If you add this label to an article, please do not forget to make mention of it on the main Discussion page for the Timeline.

The 2020 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, took place in Bangkok, Thailand between 3rd-17th August 2020. This was the first summer Olympic games in Asia post doomsday and sixth overall games.

BANGKOK 2020
Games of the XXXII Olympiad ENG THA The Energy of Life พลังงานแห่งชีวิต|
Host City	Bangkok
Host Nation	Thailand
Participating Nations	208
Events	41
Opening Festival	3 July 2020
Closing Ceremony	17 August 2020
Cauldron	Rama X
Torch Relay
ENG THA
Start	Olympia 3 April 2020
Finish	Sapporo 3 July 2020
Stops	36
Olympic Games
← 2016	2024 →
Olympic Movement

Bidding Process

As was the newly established custom, the IOC met in Lausanne in 2015 for the second Olympic Summit to discuss the bids for the Olympic games from 2020 to 2029. After initial shortlisting the following bids were selected by their respective committees for the 2020 Olympic bid. Note that as the winners of the 2016 Rio Games, Juegos Sudamericanos were excluded from this bid by default.

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, OGC

Papua New Guinea was the first round elimination during the deliberation for the 2020 games. Though investment from the Oceanic Organisation had seen Port Moresby grow to be an international city in its own right, hosting their own Pacific games in 2003, the bid was badly planned, and the Papuan delegation fumbled the bid interview panel.

Port Elizabeth, Dominion of South Africa, IOGAN/OIJNA

The African delegations had significantly improved their bids from the 2005 summit a decade ago. The Dominion sent a royal delegation alongside the bid to meet with the IOC officials in an attempt to impart a sense of 'Old British' value to the bid. This display however was not enough to help the bid survive the second round of eliminations. The officials cited the lack of existing infrastructure and the concern of forced civilian displacement for the 'Olympic District' plans too much to award the bid to the south Africans.

Guadalajara, Mexico, NASCO

A rising star, the Mexican bid would be the first official submission from the newly crown North American Sporting Council for the Olympics, which formed during the previous summit after splitting from the Pan-American Games Committee. The city of Guadalajara was submitted twice for consideration in the 2020 and 2028 games, a decision that left the rest of the NASCO delegation slightly disgruntled. It was clear from the presentation why this was the case however. The Mexicans itself dazzled many in the room with its light and cheerful presentation, steeped in culture and enthusiasm. If the infrastructure was already in place the city would have been a shoe in to host in 2020. However the infrastructure was indeed its stumbling block. The city would later in the summit be selected for the 2028 games.

Berlin, Prussia, EGC

Berlin marked the first official bid of the organised European Games Commission. The Prussians were eager to host after the successful 2013 games in the city. The bid was lively, steeped in the sporting heritage of the former German states before doomsday. The infrastructure too was world class, with most facilities already existing or needing slight upgrades to meet the modern Olympic vision. The city narrowly missed out based on the aggregate scoring of both itself and the winning bid. Unlike Guadalajara however, Berlin's bid was not submitted for any other Olympic games in this summit, thus it had missed out until the next decade, which would not sit to discuss this until 2025.

Bangkok, Thailand, AOC

The standout star of the 2020 bids was Thailand's Bangkok 2020 delegation. The presentation was star studded, carefully thought out and even came with it's own royal delegation similar to the DSA. Bangkok fared very well in the interview portion alongside Berlin and like its counterpart, already had most of the necessary infrastructure in place to host a games. The bids focus on the need for natural preservation and the aspirations of the sporting youth of Thailand won out in the aggregate scoring of the games. Bangkok swept 7 of the 11 score cards of the voting committee sealing its place as the Host of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

Development and Preparation

Venues

The centre for the Games would be the sporting grounds of Thammasat University, a short walk the Grand Palace beside the Chao Phraya River. The Sanam Luang Festival Area, a public field outside the palace complex and near the sporting venues was landscaped with flowers of Orange, Gold and Pink in flame like motifs, inside the festival grounds were multiple stages, stands and stalls showcasing the hospitality, culture and cuisine of the hosting nation. Near the University Complex, land would be cleared for a the New Thai National Stadium which would hold the closing ceremony and track events. Within the University grounds, a new Olympic Aquatics Centre and Gymnastics Complex were constructed alongside the renovations to many existing sporting fields and gymnasia to make the venues Olympic ready.

The second zone was to be deeper into Bangkok at the Chulalonkorn University Sports Complex, which received a state of the art Tennis Centre and world class Velodrome. Equestrian events were hosted at The Royal Horse Guard riding club where small boating sports were housed at the temporary boating complex at Lumphini Park. Similarly a series of stands and baseball fields were erected in Rommaninat Park, to be scaled back to recreational use after the games.

Thammasat University Zone

• Sanam Luang (Olympic Festival, Olympic Cauldron)
• King Bhumibol National Olympic Stadium (Athletics, Closing Ceremony, Medal Ceremonies)
• Queen Sirikit National Aquatics Centre (Aquatic Events)
• Royal Olympic Gymnastics Centre (Gymnastics)
• University Fields (Archery, Handball, Volleyball)
• Gymnasium 1 (Badminton)
• Gymnasium 2 (Basketball)
• Gymnasium 3 (Fencing, Weightlifting)
• Gymnasium 4 (Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Wrestling, Vale Tudo)
• Gymnasium 5 (Table Tennis)

Chulalonkorn Zone

• Olympic Velodrome (Track Cycling)
• University Field (Field Hockey)
• Chulalonkorn Tennis Complex (Tennis)
• University Gymnasium (Boxing, Judo, Kendo)
• Shooting Range (Shooting)

Miscellaneous Zones

• Lumphini Park (Canoe Slalom, Rowing, Dragonboating)
• Royal Horse Guard Riding Club (Equestrian)
• Rommaninat Park (Baseball)
• Ao-Dongtarn Jomtien Beach (Sailing)
• Bangkok (Road Cycling, Marathon, Triathlon, Modern Pentathlon, Football - Various Stadia)

Torch Relay

The relay, like all Olympian relays began with a ceremony in Olympia, Greece. The torch would travel by Land, Air and Sea visiting many nations along the way until a National Torch Relay would snake through Thailand before reaching the Sanam Luang Festival Area at the close of the Opening Festival to light the Olympic cauldron. The international leg took place through the coastal nations of the Indian Ocean. During the international leg the torch would visit the host nation, Thailand twice, first landing in Phuket then being paraded on land to Hat Yai before once again leaving Thailand for Kuala Lumpur. The torch would visit other south East Asian nations before once again returning to Thailand at the coastal city of Pattaya

• Olympia
• Port Said
• Aden
• Malé
• Bombay
• Colombo
• Dhaka
• Rangoon
• Phuket
• Hat Yai
• Kuala Lumpur
• Singapore
• Brunei
• Ho Chi Minh City
• Phnom Penh
• Pattaya

From here the national tour took place, snaking along the nations east and north before returning south to Bangkok ready for the cauldron lighting at the Sanam Luang festival area.

Participating Nations

Across Bangkok, national sites were established to house the athletes, judges and officials from across the globe. This games marked the largest international participation at the games with 208 nations sending athletes to the games, though there were instances where multiple regions sent athletes who represented under the same flag such as France including both metropolitan and RTFA athletes and multiple Celtic athletes from their constituent nations competing as the Celtic Alliance. Similarly, there were some larger national delegations, such as the ANZC where there were athletes who instead requested their home nation's (Australia, New Zealand, etc.) flag instead of the larger organisation. Some nations with small delegations did not provide a national flag to the committee and thus walked under the default Olympic flag in the parade of nations. As was the case with prior games, many larger and more financially stable nations, in the spirit of fairness and sporting competition, would help their neighbours send delegations through joint travel initiatives, increasing the opportunities for athletes around the world. The following is the list of nations who sent a participating delegation.

Participating National Olympic Teams
ALK, Alaska ALB, Albania ALP, Alpine confed AMB, Ambazonia AND, Andorra APR, Andrha Pradesh ANG, Angola ANZ, ANZC ARG, Argentina ARO, Aroostook ASB, Assiniboia AST, Asturias ATB, Athabasca AOT, Azania Olympic Team BAH, Bahrain BAF, Banfora BAG, Bangladesh BEN, Benin BHU, Bhutan BLU, Blue Ridge BOH, Bohemia BOL, Bolivia BOS, Bosnia BOT, Botswana BRA, Brazil BRH, Brittany BRU, Brunei BUL, Bulgaria BUR, Burgundy CAB, Cabinda CAL, California KPC, Cambodia CAN, Canada CBN, Carribean Federal Team CLN, Castille and Leon CEL, Celtic Alliance CAR, Central African Republic CGB, Commonwealth of Great Britain CHL, Chile CHM, Chumash COL, Colombia COC, Corsica CRC, Costa Rica COU, Courland CRO, Croatia CUB, Cuba CYN, Cyrenaica DMV, Delmarva DEN, Denmark DIN, Diné DOM, Dominican Republic DSA, Dominion of South Africa TEN, East Tennessee	TIM, East Timor ECU, Ecuador EGY, Egypt ESA, El Salvador EGU, Equatorial Guinea EST, Estonia EUK, Euskadi FIJ, Fiji FIN, Finland FLO, Florida FRA, France (RTFA) FRI, Friesland GAB, Gabon GLC, Galicia GAM, Gambia GEN, Genoa GHA, Ghana HOP, Good Hope HEL, Greece GRN, Greenland GXI, Guangxi GUA, Guatemala GIB, Guinea Bissau GUY, Guyana HIN, Hainan HWI, Hawaii HON, Honduras IBR, Iberia ICE, Iceland IND, India IDO, Indonesia IRN, Iran IPA, Israel Palestine ITA, Italian Fed IVO, Ivory Coast JAM, Jamaica JPN, Japan JIA, Jiangsu KRL, Karelia KMT, Kemet KCY, Kentucky KEN, Kenya KIB, Kiribati KON, Kongo COR, Korea KUW, Kuwait XHO, Kwa Xhosa ZUL, Kwa Zulu LAK, Lakotah LAC, Lancaster LAO, Laos LIB, Liberia LTF, Lille	LNC, Lincoln LIT, Lithuania LIV, Livonia LUS, Louisiana LUX, Luxembourg MAC, Macau MLG, Madagascar MAW, Malawi MLY, Malaysia MDV, Maldives MDK, Maradikasa MEX, Mexico MCN, Micronesia MON, Monaco MOV, Monrovia MOR, Moravia MOC, Morocco MOZ, Mozambique MYM, Myanmar NAB, Namibia NEO, Neonotia NEP, Nepal NED, Netherlands (Antilles) NCA, Nicaragua NGR, Nigeria NDE, North Germany NPN, North Pennsylvania STR, North star CLV, Northumbria NOR, Norway NVG, Novgorod OMN, Oman PAK, Pakistan PAN, Panama PAP, Papua PAR, Paraguay PEN, Pennsyvania PER, Peru PHI, Philippines PMT, Piedmont PLY, Plymouth and the Outerlands POI, Poitou POL, Poland POR, Portugal CHN, PRC PGE, Prince George PRU, Prussia PUR, Puertorico QTR, Qatar RIF, Rif RUV, Ruvuma	SAM, Samoa ARA, Saudi Arabia SEN, Senegal SYC, Seychelles SIC, Sicily SNU, Sierra Nevada SPR, Singapore SLV, Slovenia SOM, Somalia SSV, South Slavia ENG, S. England ESP, Spain SLK, Sri Lanka SCO, State College SUP, Superior SWA, SW Africa SWE, Sweden TWN, Taiwan TAK, Tanganyika TEX, Texas THA, Thailand (HOST) TIB, Tibet TOG, Togo TOL, Toledo TON, Tonga TSV, Transylvania TTO, Trinidad and Tobago TRP, Tripolitania TUN, Tunisia TUR, Turkey UAE, UAE UGA, Uganda UVO, Upper Volta URG, Uruguay USA, USA RUS, USSR UTH, Utah VEZ, Venezuela VEN, Venice VRM, Vermont VCT, Victoria VIE, Vietnam VGN, Virginia VIS, Visalia VKT, Volkstaat WIS, Wisconsin YMN, Yemen YKN, Yukon YNN, Yunnan ZAN, Zanzibar ZIB, Zimbabwe

Sports

The programme of the 2012 Summer Paralympics featured events in 24 sports plus 3 non-Olympic event sports. This was the largest Olympic games to date and certainly the largest since the resumption of the games post Doomsday. The games would mark the first games in which disabled athletes were able to compete in the games alongside their able bodies colleagues. A † marks a sport in which disabled athletes participated. Though the games were landmark for athlete equality, the games drew criticism from many international women's groups due to many events being male only. The games organisers, the Thai NOC, explained that many disciplines of women's sports had not yet met the requirements to be included in the official sporting programme. A women's boxing event ran in tandem with the games in Bangkok though this was not officially sanctioned or endorsed.

For demonstration sports, the thai government wanted to celebrate Asian sports and cultures.

Equestrian Archery

For the five years prior to the games the Thai NOC worked with Asian and American Olympic committees to develop a sporting programme surrounding mounted archery. Mounted archery was a common sporting event in steppe nations like Mongolia and Tibet, and the post doomsday world saw more horseback archers for sport and hunting across the world. Horseback archery also held cultural significance in many nations, such as japan. The National Committees of Thailand, USSR, Japan, Korea of the Asian ROC and the USA, Diné and Lakotan committees of the North American ROC would meet to develop the following programme.

• Korean Singles/Doubles - This is an event which involved a target or two targets aligned with a small 'run', a dirt track for which horses would run down. The archer would guide there horse into the run and fire off arrow(s) into the targets(s). The targets were a standard 144cm in diameter and are placed at 10m away from the run. In singles the target is placed parallel to the run where doubles the targets are oblique, one facing forward and one facing away, requiring the archer to pivot quickly to face the backwards target. The bow was a standard Olympic sized bow and arrows were light archers arrows. Athletes could be disqualified for misfiring their bows outside of the run and for their horses stepping outside of the run. Athletes would have 6 attempts at the run, with their highest scoring 3 shots forming the aggregate score for the event. The events follow a heat style tournament ending in a finals with finalists trying for gold and silver with the runner up heat determining bronze. Th event is named 'Korean' thanks to the Korean NOC developing the event. Originally and locally, there was a 'Korean Multiple' style course which involved a run with a series of targets (between 3 and 6) however in trial events this was considered too chaotic and game developers were critical of the amount of targets vs the length of the run. Developers considered extending the run but this also drew criticism, as the run got longer and longer the developers were worried that the run event was quickly developing into a 'course' event.
• Yabusame - The event is considered the 'dressage' event of the programme. This event developed by the Japanese NOC combines the mastery of the horse and bow. Similar to dressage, the riders are scored on set movements, style, finesse and control of their mount and bow and targets hit. The targets themselves do not give a points score like Korean and American style events but instead are scored as 'Hits' and 'Misses.' The event is performed in a paddock, and the riders wear a specific garb based on traditional Japanese riders from which the sport gets it name.
• Kasagake/Mongolian Course -
• American Course -

Olympic Sporting Events
Archery † Aquatics Swimming Diving Artistic Swimming Water Polo Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing	Cycling Track Cycling Road Cycling Equestrian Dressage Eventing Jumping Polo Fencing † Field Hockey Football	Gymnastics Artistic Rythymic Trampoline Handball Judo Athletics † Triathlon Modern Pentathlon Rowing	Sailing Muay Thai Shooting † Tennis † Table Tennis † Taekwondo Volleyball Weightlifting † Wrestling
Demonstration Sporting Events
Dragon Boating	Kendo	Equestrian Archery	Vale Tudo

Medal Table

see Bangkok 2020 Medal Tables

The games issued the most medals of the post DD Olympics. the ANZC and Brazil dominated the medalling positions. The host nation as well as many Asian participating nations fared well in the medalling.

Medals Awarded in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games

Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze
ANZ, ANZC	23	32	20
BRA, Brazil	25	16	17
JPN, Japan	23	11	12
USR, Soviet Union	18	15	25
USA, United States of America	17	16	13
CEL, Celtic Alliance	14	12	8
PRC, China	10	14	8
ARG, Argentina	9	13	12
TWN, Taiwan	10	9	8
ESP, Spain	8	11	10
ALP, Alpine Confederation	10	7	8
THA, Thailand	10	6	4
PRU, Prussia	6	10	5
DSA, Dominion South Africa	8	7	3
COR, Korea	5	8	12
MEX, Mexico	7	7	5
HEL, Greece	7	5	8
CAN, Canada	9	2	6
SUP, Superior	9	1	2
CLV, Northumbria	5	6	4
NDE, North Germany	4	7	4
KEN, Kenya	6	2	4
DEN, Denmark	4	3	7
IRN, Iran	6		4
COL, Colombia	3	5	3
ITA, Italian Federation	5	1	3
TEX, Texas	4	3	2
SWE, Sweden	3	4	3
IND, India	5	1	1
MLY, Malaysia	3	4	2
VEZ, Venezuela	2	5	4
CUB, Cuba	3	2	7
SIC, Sicily	3	4	1
VIC, Victoria	4	2	1
LAC, Lancaster	2	4	2
LIT, Lithuania	4	1	1
HWI, Hawaii	1	5	2
SSV, South Slavia	3	2	1
TAK, Tanganyika	3	2	0
IDO, Indonesia	1	4	2
CBN, Caribbean Federal Team	2	1	4
FRA, France (RTFA)	1	3	3
MOC, Morocco	2	2	0
UGA, Uganda	2	2	0
URG, Uruguay	1	3	2
TUR, Turkey	2	1	2
CHI, Chile	1	2	3
ENG, South England	1	2	3
TTO, Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	1
YUN, Yunnan	2	1	1
CAL, California	2	1	0
KAR, Karelia	2	1	0
NOR, Norway	1	2	2
POL. Poland	0	3	4
SLO, Slovenia	2	1	0
BOH, Bohemia	1	2	1
HIN, Hainan	0	4	0
BUL, Bulgaria	1	1	3
DIN, Diné	1	2	0
IBR, Iberia	1	1	3
TUN, Tunisia	2	0	1
BAH, Bahrain	2	0	0
PHI, Philippines	2	1	0
POR, Portugal	0	2	3
VIE, Vietnam	0	2	3
CRO, Croatia	1	1
MOR, Moravia	1	1	0
NIG, Nigeria	1	0	3
NOV, Novgorod	0	2	2
PER, Peru	1	1	0
SAM, Samoa	1	1	0
EST, Estonia	1		2
GHA, Ghana	0	2	1
IVO, Ivory Coast	1	0	2
PAR, Paraguay	1	0	2
TRA, Transylvania	1	0	2
FIJ, Fiji	1	0	1
FIN, Finland	0	1	3
FLO, Florida	0	2	0
MYM, Myanmar	1	0	1
PMT, Piedmont	0	2	0
SOM, Somalia	1	0	1
TIB, Tibet	1	0	1
TOL, Toledo	0	2	0
VEN, Venice	0	2	0
ALK, Alaska	1	0	0
ANG, Angola	1	0	0
ASI, Assiniboia	1	0	0
CAR, Central African Republic	1	0	0
CGB, Commonwealth of Great Britain	0	1	2
EGY, Egypt	0	1	2
FRI, Friesland	0	1	2
HOP, Good Hope	0	1	2
HON, Honduras	1	0	0
LAK, Lakotah	0	1	2
TOG, Togo	1	0	0
VIR, Virginia	0	1	2
EUK, Euskadi	0	1	1
LOU, Louisiana	0	1	1
MAC, Macau	0	1	1
NST, North Star	0	1	1
POI, Poitou	0	1	1
AST, Asturias	0	1	0
BRH, Brittany	0	1	0
CLN, Castille and Leon	0	1	0
GAB. Gabon	0	1	0
GUY, Guyana	0	1	0
ICE, Iceland	0	1	0
KMT, Kemet	0	1	0
NEO, Neonotia	0	1	0
PAP, Papua	0	1	0
PLY, Plymouth	0	1	0
QAT, Qatar	0	1	0
SEN, Senegal	0	1	0
SNU, Sierra Nevada Union	0	1	0
TON, Tonga	0	1	0
UTH, Utah	0	0	3
VMT, Vermont	0	1	0
ZAN, Zanzibar	0	1	0
BLU, Blueridge	0	0	2
BOL, Bolivia	0	0	2
COC, Corsica	0	0	2
GUA, Guatemala	0	0	2
LTF, Lille	0	0	2
NIC, Nicaragua	0	0	2
VOK, Volkstaat	0	0	2
YUK, Yukon	0	0	2
BOS, Bosnia	0	0	1
KPC, Cambodia	0	0	1
CHU, Chumash	0	0	1
CRC, Costa Rica	0	0	1
DOM, Dominican Republic	0	0	1
GXI, Guangxi	0	0	1
JIA, Jiangsu	0	0	1
KEN, Kentucky	0	0	1
MOZ, Mozambique	0	0	1
NED, Netherlands (Antilles)	0	0	1
PAN, Panama	0	0	1
PGE, Prince George	0	0	1
SPR, Singapore	0	0	1
SLK, Sri Lanka	0	0	1
WIS, Wisconsin	0	0	1