Good web site showing medal count by country with the events. Can see what each country was good at.
Summer Olympic Medal Count By Country: See Tokyo 2021 Winners | Time
When you look at it, events like Gymnastics, Track&Field, Swimming, Weight Lifting, and Shooting have the most events. Whereas Soccer is one event per gender for 6 medals. So if a country wants to win the medal count, they do good at the events I mentioned.
I guess we shouldn't give a shit about soccer, because it's not that big of a deal. It's just that when the world cup and Olympics come around, I always feel bad because the USA sucks on the men's side.
It is funny how we won't see these games for 3 more years on TV. Barely ever see a Track&Field event, or a swimming meet, or people shooting guns. Yet that's where the medals are.