List of athletes not attending the 2020 Summer Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns

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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. [1] [2]

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List

Qualified but withdrew due to postponement or COVID-19 concerns

SportAthleteNationality/TeamRef
All sports North Korean athletes Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea [3]
Artistic swimming Rose Stackpole Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [4]
Basketball Andrew Bogut [5]
Liz Cambage [6]
Ben Simmons [7]
Bradley Beal Flag of the United States.svg  United States [8]
Cycling Amy Cure Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [9]
Equestrianism Eric Lamaze Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [10]
Golf Emiliano Grillo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina [11]
Handball Yvette Broch Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [12]
Rugby sevens Kenki Fukuoka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan [13]
Swimming Pieter Timmers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium [14]
Tennis Federico Delbonis Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina [15]
Guido Pella [16]
Nick Kyrgios Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [17]
Dominic Thiem Flag of Austria.svg  Austria [18]
Bianca Andreescu Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [19]
Denis Shapovalov [20]
Cristian Garín Flag of Chile.svg  Chile [21]
Emil Ruusuvuori Flag of Finland.svg  Finland [22]
Jannik Sinner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [23]
Ričardas Berankis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania [24]
Casper Ruud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway [25]
Irina-Camelia Begu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania [26]
Sorana Cîrstea
Laslo Đere Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia [27]
Filip Krajinović
Dušan Lajović
Lloyd Harris Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa [28]
Roberto Bautista Agut Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [29]
Sofia Kenin Flag of the United States.svg  United States [30]
Sam Querrey [31]
Serena Williams [32]
Weightlifting All Samoan weightlifters Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa [33]

Qualified but withdrew due to testing positive for COVID-19

SportAthleteNationality/TeamRef
Artistic Swimming5 Artistic swimmersFlag of Greece.svg  Greece [34]
Athletics Rutger Koppelaar Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [35]
Athletics Sam Kendricks Flag of the United States.svg  United States [36]
Athletics Djamel Sejati Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria [37]
Athletics Bilal Tabti
Athletics Germán Chiaraviglio Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina [36]
Athletics Andwuelle Wright Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago [38]
Athletics Sparkle McKnight
Baseball Héctor Velázquez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico [39]
Baseball Sammy Solís [39]
Basketball Katie Lou Samuelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States [40]
Beach Volleyball Taylor Crabb [41]
Beach Volleyball Markéta Sluková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic [42]
Beach Volleyball Ondřej Perušič [43]
Cycling Simon Geschke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [44]
Cycling Michal Schlegel Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic [42]
Football Kamohelo Mahlatsi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa [45]
Football James Monyane
Golf Jon Rahm Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [46]
Golf Bryson DeChambeau Flag of the United States.svg  United States [46]
Gymnastics Kara Eaker Flag of the United States.svg  United States [47]
Judo Jevgeņijs Borodavko Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia [48]
Karate Anna Chernysheva Flag placeholder.svg  ROC [49]
Rowing Finn Florijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [50]
Rowing Bruno Rosetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [51]
Shooting Amber Hill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain [52]
Skateboarding Candy Jacobs Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [53]
Surfing Frederico Morais Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal [54]
Swimming Ilya Borodin Flag placeholder.svg  ROC [55]
Table Tennis Pavel Širuček Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic [56]
Taekwondo Fernanda Aguirre Flag of Chile.svg  Chile [57]
Taekwondo Reshmie Oogink Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [58]
Tennis Alex de Minaur Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [59]
Tennis Dan Evans Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain [60]
Tennis Coco Gauff Flag of the United States.svg  United States [61]
Tennis Johanna Konta Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain [62]
Tennis Jean-Julien Rojer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [63]
Weightlifting Walid Bidani Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria [64]

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