A number of sportspeople eligible for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo stated that they would not attend because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. In the case of tennis, media speculated that some absentees were unenthusiastic about competing in any case and used COVID-19 as a convenient excuse.

List Qualified but withdrew due to postponement or COVID-19 concerns Sport Athlete Nationality/Team RefAll sportsNorth Korean athletesArtistic swimmingRose StackpoleBasketballAndrew BogutLiz CambageBen SimmonsBradley BealCyclingAmy CureEquestrianismEric LamazeGolfEmiliano GrilloHandballYvette BrochRugby sevensKenki FukuokaSwimmingPieter TimmersTennisFederico DelbonisGuido PellaNick KyrgiosDominic ThiemBianca AndreescuDenis ShapovalovCristian GarínEmil RuusuvuoriJannik SinnerRičardas BerankisCasper RuudIrina-Camelia BeguSorana CîrsteaLaslo ĐereFilip KrajinovićDušan LajovićLloyd HarrisRoberto Bautista AgutSofia KeninSam QuerreySerena WilliamsWeightliftingAll Samoan weightlifters

Qualified but withdrew due to testing positive for COVID-19 Sport Athlete Nationality/Team RefArtistic Swimming5 Artistic swimmersAthleticsRutger KoppelaarAthleticsSam KendricksAthleticsDjamel SejatiAthleticsBilal TabtiAthleticsGermán ChiaraviglioAthleticsAndwuelle WrightAthleticsSparkle McKnightBaseballHéctor VelázquezBaseballSammy SolísBasketballKatie Lou SamuelsonBeach VolleyballTaylor CrabbBeach VolleyballMarkéta SlukováBeach VolleyballOndřej PerušičCyclingSimon GeschkeCyclingMichal SchlegelFootballKamohelo MahlatsiFootballJames MonyaneGolfJon RahmGolfBryson DeChambeauGymnasticsKara EakerJudoJevgeņijs BorodavkoKarateAnna ChernyshevaRowingFinn FlorijnRowingBruno RosettiShootingAmber HillSkateboardingCandy JacobsSurfingFrederico MoraisSwimmingIlya BorodinTable TennisPavel ŠiručekTaekwondoFernanda AguirreTaekwondoReshmie OoginkTennisAlex de MinaurTennisDan EvansTennisCoco GauffTennisJohanna KontaTennisJean-Julien RojerWeightliftingWalid Bidani

See also List of athletes not attending the 2022 Winter Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns List of athletes not attending the 2020 Summer Paralympics due to COVID-19 concerns List of athletes not attending the 2016 Summer Olympics due to Zika virus concerns

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