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]

List[edit]

Qualified but withdrew due to postponement or COVID-19 concerns[edit]

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

Qualified but withdrew due to testing positive for COVID-19[edit]

Sport Athlete Nationality/Team Ref
Artistic Swimming 5 Artistic swimmers  Greece [34]
Athletics Rutger Koppelaar  Netherlands [35]
Athletics Sam Kendricks  United States [36]
Athletics Djamel Sejati  Algeria [37]
Athletics Bilal Tabti
Athletics Germán Chiaraviglio  Argentina [36]
Athletics Andwuelle Wright  Trinidad and Tobago [38]
Athletics Sparkle McKnight
Baseball Héctor Velázquez  Mexico [39]
Baseball Sammy Solís [39]
Basketball Katie Lou Samuelson  United States [40]
Beach Volleyball Taylor Crabb [41]
Beach Volleyball Markéta Sluková  Czech Republic [42]
Beach Volleyball Ondřej Perušič [43]
Cycling Simon Geschke  Germany [44]
Cycling Michal Schlegel  Czech Republic [42]
Football Kamohelo Mahlatsi  South Africa [45]
Football James Monyane
Golf Jon Rahm  Spain [46]
Golf Bryson DeChambeau  United States [46]
Gymnastics Kara Eaker  United States [47]
Judo Jevgeņijs Borodavko  Latvia [48]
Karate Anna Chernysheva  ROC [49]
Rowing Finn Florijn  Netherlands [50]
Rowing Bruno Rosetti  Italy [51]
Shooting Amber Hill  Great Britain [52]
Skateboarding Candy Jacobs  Netherlands [53]
Surfing Frederico Morais  Portugal [54]
Swimming Ilya Borodin  ROC [55]
Table Tennis Pavel Širuček  Czech Republic [56]
Taekwondo Fernanda Aguirre  Chile [57]
Taekwondo Reshmie Oogink  Netherlands [58]
Tennis Alex de Minaur  Australia [59]
Tennis Dan Evans  Great Britain [60]
Tennis Coco Gauff  United States [61]
Tennis Johanna Konta  Great Britain [62]
Tennis Jean-Julien Rojer  Netherlands [63]
Weightlifting Walid Bidani  Algeria [64]

See also[edit]

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