Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:KAZ
Nocname:National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2020
Website: 
Location:Tokyo, Japan
Competitors:94
Sports:20
Flagbearer Close:Kamshybek Kunkabayev
Rank:83
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:8
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1996
See also: (1900–1912)
(1952–1988)
(1992)

Kazakhstan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
3 0 3
2 2
2 7 9
8 1 9
3 4 7
5 0 5
1 0 1
Gymnastics1 1 2
Judo5 1 6
Karate3 2 5
Modern pentathlon1 1 2
1 0 1
Shooting1 2 3
Sport climbing1 0 1
Swimming1 0 1
Table tennis1 1 2
Taekwondo1 1 2
Tennis3 4 7
Water polo13 0 13
Weightlifting1 1 2
Wrestling8 3 11
Total 63 31 94

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification. Three Kazakh archers qualified for the men's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the men's team recurve at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[2]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ilfat Abdullinalign=left rowspan=3Men's individual65727
W 7–3

W 6–4

L 5–6
Did not advance
Denis Gankin6699
W 6–4

L 2–6
Did not advance
Sanzhar Mussayev64752
L 4–6
Did not advance
Ilfat Abdullin
Denis Gankin
Sanzhar Mussayev
Men's team19738
L 2–6
Did not advance

Artistic swimming

See main article: Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakhstan fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by securing an outright berth as the next highest-ranked pair vying for qualification from the Asian zone at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakh athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3] [4]

Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Mikhail LitvinMen's 400 m47.157Did not advance
Georgiy SheikoMen's 20 km walk1:28:3839
Olga SafronovaWomen's 200 m23.646Did not advance
Zhanna MamazhanovaWomen's marathon2:37:42 46
Ayman RatovaWomen's 20 km walk1:40:02 42
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Irina Ektovaalign=left rowspan=3Women's triple jump12.9031Did not advance
Mariya Ovchinnikova13.3426Did not advance
Olga Rypakova13.6924Did not advance
Nadezhda Dubovitskayaalign=left rowspan=2Women's high jump1.8628Did not advance
Kristina Ovchinnikova1.8628Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakhstan entered nine boxers (eight men and one woman) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympians Ablaikhan Zhussupov (men's welterweight) and silver medalist Vassiliy Levit (men's heavyweight), along with seven rookies (Bibossinov, Temirzhanov, Safiullin, Amankul, Nurdauletov, Kunkabayev, and Ryabets), secured the spots on the Kazakh squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or by scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[5]

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Saken Bibossinov
W 4–1

W 5–0

W 3–2

L 2–3
Did not advance
Serik TemirzhanovFeatherweight
W 5–0

L 0–5
Did not advance
Zakir SafiullinLightweight
W 5–0

W

L 2–3
Did not advance
Ablaikhan ZhussupovWelterweight
L 1–4
Did not advance
Abilkhan AmankulMiddleweight
W 5–0

L 2–3
Did not advance
Bekzad NurdauletovLight heavyweight
L 1–4
Did not advance
Vassiliy LevitHeavyweight
L
Did not advance
Kamshybek KunkabayevSuper heavyweight
W 5–0

W 4–1

L
Did not advance
Women

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Slalom

Kazakh canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2021 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.[6]

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRank
Alexandr KulikovMen's C-1109.9513107.4314 107.4315 Q110.2312Did not advance
Yekaterina SmirnovaWomen's K-1180.46 25135.25 23135.25 25Did not advance

Sprint

Kazakh canoeists qualified three boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2021 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.[7]

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sergey YemelyanovMen's C-1 1000 m4:16.0395 QF4:21.7344Did not advance
Sergey Yemelyanov
Timofey Yemelyanov
Men's C-2 1000 m3:49.0794 QF3:55.1574 FB3:32.87312
align=left rowspan=2Natalya SergeyevaWomen's K-1 200 m46.6576 QF46.7367Did not advance
Women's K-1 500 m2:01.3747 QF1:55.7766Did not advance
Margarita TorlopovaWomen's C-1 200 m49.7216QF49.0517Did not advance
Svetlana Ussova
Margarita Torlopova
Women's C-2 500 m2:09.0245 QF2:06.1794 FB2:04.85912
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Road

Kazakhstan entered three riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.[8]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Dmitriy GruzdevMen's road raceDid not finish
align=left rowspan=2Alexey LutsenkoMen's road race6:11:4621
Men's time trial1:02:2132
Vadim PronskiyMen's road raceDid not finish

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Kazakhstan entered two riders to compete each in the men's sprint, keirin, and omnium, based on their final individual UCI Olympic rankings.[9]

Sprint
Keirin
Omnium

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakhstan entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2013 Summer Universiade bronze medalist Ruslan Kurbanov claimed a spot in the men's épée as one of the highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Asia and Oceania in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Artistic

Kazakhstan entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Milad Karimi booked a spot in the men's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing fourth out of the twelve gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[10]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
align=left rowspan=3Milad KarimiAll-around14.766 Q11.90013.30014.43313.40014.766 Q82.56525 Q15.03313.26612.86614.06613.96613.33382.53014
Floor14.76614.7668 Q14.13314.1335
Horizontal bar14.76614.7662 Q11.26611.2668

Rhythmic

Kazakhstan qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[11]

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakhstan entered six judoka (five men and one women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.[12]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yeldos SmetovMen's −60 kg
W 10–00

W 10–00

L 00–01

W 01–00
Yerlan SerikzhanovMen's −66 kg
W 01–00

L 00–01
Did not advance
Zhansay SmagulovMen's −73 kg
W 01–00

L 01–10
Did not advance
Didar KhamzaMen's −81 kg
L 00–10
Did not advance
Islam BozbayevMen's −90 kg
W 10–00

L 00–01
Did not advance
Galbadrakhyn OtgontsetsegWomen's −48 kg
L 00–10
Did not advance

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakhstan entered five karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world bronze medalist Darkhan Assadilov qualified directly for the men's kumite 67-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.[13] [14] Nurkanat Azhikanov (men's 75 kg) and Moldir Zhangbyrbay (women's 55 kg) finished among the top three in the final pool round to secure places on the Kazakh squad in their respective kumite categories at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France, with Daniyar Yuldashev (men's +75 kg) and Sofya Berultseva (women's +61 kg) topping the field of karateka vying for qualification from the Asian zone based on the WKD Olympic Rankings.[15] [16]

Kumite
AthleteEventRound robinSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Darkhan AssadilovMen's −67 kg
W 6–2

W 6–2

W 3–0

W 3–1
1 Q
L 2–5
Did not advance
Nurkanat AzhikanovMen's −75 kg
W 6–3

L 3–3

W 2–0

L 2–3
4Did not advance
Daniyar YuldashevMen's +75 kg
L 2–4

L 3–11

Withdrawn

L 1–3
4Did not advance
Moldir ZhangbyrbayWomen's −55 kg
W 7–2

L 3–4

D 4–4

L 2–11
4Did not advance
Sofya BerultsevaWomen's +61 kg
D 5–5

W 5–1

W 5–4

L 1–5
2 q
L 4–5
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakh athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Two-time Olympian Pavel Ilyashenko and Rio 2016 Olympian Yelena Potapenko confirmed places each in the men's and women's event, respectively, with the former finishing third and the latter fifth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 Asia & Oceania Championships in Kunming, China.[17] [18]

AthleteEventFencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)
Total pointsFinal rank
RankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP points
Pavel IlyashenkoMen's15–201281912:06.9931297302827012:10.2835570132829
Yelena PotapenkoWomen's22–15262222:13.9914283111628912:52.37215281322 13

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakhstan qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by winning the bronze medal and securing the third of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.[19]

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakh shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[20]

Meanwhile, Zoya Kravchenko earned a direct place in the women's skeet for the rescheduled Games as the highest-ranked shooter vying for qualification in the ISSF World Olympic Rankings of 6 June 2021.

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
align=left rowspan=2Yuriy YurkovMen's 10 m air rifle621.936Did not advance
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions117214Did not advance
Zoya Kravchenkoalign=left rowspan=2Women's skeet11322Did not advance
Assem Orynbay11126Did not advance

Sport climbing

See main article: Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakhstan entered one sport climber into the Olympic tournament. Rishat Khaibullin qualified directly for the men's combined event, by advancing to the final and securing one of the seven provisional berths at the 2019 IFSC World Championships in Hachioji, Japan.[21]

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakh swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[22] [23]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Dmitriy BalandinMen's 100 m breaststroke59.7517Did not advance
Men's 200 m breaststroke2:08.997 Q2:09.2211Did not advance
Diana NazarovaWomen's 100 m backstroke1:06.9940Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakhstan entered two athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Anastassiya Lavrova scored a zonal-match triumph for Central Asia to book a women's singles spot at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.[24] Meanwhile, Rio 2016 Olympian Kirill Gerassimenko was automatically selected among the top ten table tennis players vying for qualification in the men's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings of June 1, 2021.[25]

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kirill GerassimenkoMen's singles
W 4–3

L 1–4
Did not advance
Anastassiya LavrovaWomen's singles
L 1–4
Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakhstan entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympians Ruslan Zhaparov (men's +80 kg) and Cansel Deniz (women's +67 kg) secured the spots on the Kazakh taekwondo squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[26]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ruslan ZhaparovMen's +80 kg
W 11–7

L 2–10
Did not advance
Cansel DenizWomen's +67 kg
W 10–9

L 7–17
Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article, Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakhstan entered seven tennis players (three male and four female).

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Alexander BublikSingles
L 4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Did not advance
Mikhail Kukushkin
W 7–6(7–4), 7–5

L 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Alexander Bublik
Andrey Golubev
Doubles
L 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), [8–10]
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Zarina DiyasSingles
L 2–5,
Did not advance
Yulia Putintseva
L 6–7(4–7), 3–1,
Did not advance
Elena Rybakina
W 6–4, 6–2

W 6–2, 6–3

W 7–6(7–3), 6–4

W 7–5, 6–1

L 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 3–6

L 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
4
Yaroslava Shvedova
L 5–7, 2–3,
Did not advance
Mixed

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Kazakhstan men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time since London 2012.[27]

Team roster
Group play----------------

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakhstan entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. London 2012 Olympian Zulfiya Chinshanlo (women's 55 kg) finished fourth of the eight highest-ranked weightlifters in the women's 55 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings, with Igor Son topping the field of weightlifters from the Asian zone in the men's 61 kg category based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Igor SonMen's −61 kg13141633294
Zulfiya ChinshanloWomen's −55 kg9071233213

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Kazakhstan qualified eleven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Eight of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57, 65, 74, and 97 kg), men's Greco-Roman (60 and 77 kg), and women's freestyle (50 and 76 kg) at the 2019 World Championships, while three additional licenses were awarded to the Kazakh wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Almaty.[28] [29]

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nurislam SanayevMen's −57 kg
W 3–0 PO

W 3–1 PP

L 0–5 VT

W 3–1 PP
Daulet NiyazbekovMen's −65 kg
W 3–1 PP

L 1–3 PP
Did not advance
W 4–0 ST

L 0–3 PO
5
Daniyar KaisanovMen's −74 kg
W 5–0 VT

W 3–1 PP

L 0–4 ST

L 1–4 SP
5
Alisher YergaliMen's −97 kg
W 5–0 VA

L 1–3 PP
Did not advance7
Yusup BatirmurzaevMen's −125 kg
L 0–5 VT
Did not advance12
Valentina IslamovaWomen's −50 kg
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance11
Tatyana AmanzholWomen's −53 kg
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance12
Elmira SyzdykovaWomen's −76 kg
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance13
Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mirambek AinagulovMen's −60 kg
L 0–4 ST
Did not advance16
Demeu ZhadrayevMen's −77 kg
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance9
Nursultan TursynovMen's −87 kg
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance14

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee. 28 March 2020. Olympics. 24 March 2020.
  2. News: 12 countries qualify team places for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at World Championships. World Archery. 12 June 2019. 13 June 2019.
  3. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 8 April 2019.
  4. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards. IAAF. 8 April 2019. 8 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408160334/https://cdn.dosb.de/user_upload/Olympische_Spiele/Tokio_2020/internationale_Qualifikationskriterien/IAAF_-_Athletics_20180806.pdf. dead.
  5. News: Boxing Olympic Qualification: The Key Takeaways From Amman. Olympic Channel. 12 March 2020. 12 March 2020.
  6. News: Kazakhstan set to make slalom history in Tokyo. International Canoe Federation. 3 May 2021. 6 May 2021.
  7. News: More Olympic tickets locked away for Kazakhstan. International Canoe Federation. 3 May 2021. 6 May 2021.
  8. News: Athletes' quotas for Road Cycling events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. UCI. 18 November 2019. 23 November 2019.
  9. News: Kazakh track cycling team earns historic quota places for Tokyo Olympics. Kazinform. 10 March 2020. 10 March 2020.
  10. News: Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019: Day 4 – as it happened. Olympic Channel. 7 October 2019. 12 October 2019.
  11. Web site: Алина Адилханова завоевала олимпийскую лицензию. Alina Adilkhanova won an Olympic quota. 24.kz. ru. 11 June 2021.
  12. https://www.ijf.org/wrl_olympic International Judo Federation Olympics Ranking
  13. News: WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020. World Karate Federation. 18 March 2020. 19 March 2020.
  14. News: Kazakh karateka earns historical Olympic license. Kazinform. 19 February 2020. 11 March 2020.
  15. News: Karatekas from 21 countries win Olympic tickets at ParisKarate2021. World Karate Federation. 13 June 2021. 14 June 2021.
  16. News: Olympians from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. World Karate Federation. 15 June 2021. 24 June 2021.
  17. News: Etchells. Daniel. South Korea's Lee wins men's event at Asia/Oceania Modern Pentathlon Championships. Inside the Games. 12 November 2019. 15 November 2019.
  18. News: Palmer . Dan. South Korea's Kim wins women's title at Modern Pentathlon Asian Championships. Inside the Games. 11 November 2019. 15 November 2019.
  19. News: Finals racing decides Asia & Oceania Olympic & Paralympic quota spots. International Rowing Federation. 7 May 2021. 20 June 2021.
  20. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 1 January 2018. www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 2 September 2018.
  21. News: Where do we stand on Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification in sport climbing?. Olympic Channel. 19 August 2019. 21 August 2019.
  22. Web site: FINA – Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Qualification. . 23 March 2019.
  23. News: Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System. . . 6 March 2021.
  24. News: Marshall. Ian. Nima Alamian, Clarence Chew and Anastassiya Lavrova qualify for Tokyo. 20 March 2021. International Table Tennis Federation. 20 March 2021.
  25. News: Singles and Mixed Doubles contenders confirmed for Tokyo. 12 June 2021. International Table Tennis Federation. 7 June 2021.
  26. News: Asian Qualification Tournament concludes with Olympic places for seven countries. World Taekwondo. 22 May 2021. 23 May 2021.
  27. News: Michael. Pavitt. FINA to use Asian Games water polo results for Tokyo 2020 places after qualifier cancelled because of coronavirus. 14 February 2020. 24 February 2020. Inside the Games.
  28. News: Ken. Marantz. Dilmukhamedov Thrills Home Crowd, Takes Down Titans to Make Greco 77kg Semis. 17 September 2019. 17 September 2019. United World Wrestling.
  29. News: Ken. Marantz. Ryu Grabs Ticket to Tokyo While Kyrgyzstan Secures Three Olympic Spots. 9 April 2021. 9 April 2021. United World Wrestling.