The Next Summer Olympics Are 2 Years Away, but NBC Is Already Marketing for Them

The games will be held in Tokyo

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The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo are still two years away, but that hasn’t stopped NBCUniversal from kicking off its marketing campaign, with a 60-second spot that will run across platforms.

The spot, featuring top U.S. athletes in prior competitions, shows the hashtag, #TokyoOlympics.

NBC Sports will also air a week of programming featuring U.S. Olympians, with more than 20 hours of swimming from the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships, gymnastics at the 2018 GK U.S.

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