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

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 |
| All sports | North Korean athletes | North Korea |
| Artistic swimming | Rose Stackpole | Australia |
| Basketball | Andrew Bogut | Australia |
| Basketball | Liz Cambage | Australia |
| Basketball | Ben Simmons | Australia |
| Basketball | Bradley Beal | United States |
| Cycling | Amy Cure | Australia |
| Equestrianism | Eric Lamaze | Canada |
| Golf | Emiliano Grillo | Argentina |
| Handball | Yvette Broch | Netherlands |
| Rugby sevens | Kenki Fukuoka | Japan |
| Swimming | Pieter Timmers | Belgium |
| Tennis | Federico Delbonis | Argentina |
| Tennis | Guido Pella | Argentina |
| Tennis | Nick Kyrgios | Australia |
| Tennis | Dominic Thiem | Austria |
| Tennis | Bianca Andreescu | Canada |
| Tennis | Denis Shapovalov | Canada |
| Tennis | Cristian Garín | Chile |
| Tennis | Emil Ruusuvuori | Finland |
| Tennis | Jannik Sinner | Italy |
| Tennis | Ričardas Berankis | Lithuania |
| Tennis | Casper Ruud | Norway |
| Tennis | Irina-Camelia Begu | Romania |
| Tennis | Sorana Cîrstea | Romania |
| Tennis | Laslo Đere | Serbia |
| Tennis | Filip Krajinović | Serbia |
| Tennis | Dušan Lajović | Serbia |
| Tennis | Lloyd Harris | South Africa |
| Tennis | Roberto Bautista Agut | Spain |
| Tennis | Sofia Kenin | United States |
| Tennis | Sam Querrey | United States |
| Tennis | Serena Williams | United States |
| Weightlifting | All Samoan weightlifters | Samoa |

### Qualified but withdrew due to testing positive for COVID-19

| Sport | Athlete | Nationality/Team |
| Artistic Swimming | 5 Artistic swimmers | Greece |
| Athletics | Rutger Koppelaar | Netherlands |
| Athletics | Sam Kendricks | United States |
| Athletics | Djamel Sejati | Algeria |
| Athletics | Bilal Tabti | Algeria |
| Athletics | Germán Chiaraviglio | Argentina |
| Athletics | Andwuelle Wright | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Athletics | Sparkle McKnight | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Baseball | Héctor Velázquez | Mexico |
| Baseball | Sammy Solís | Mexico |
| Basketball | Katie Lou Samuelson | United States |
| Beach Volleyball | Taylor Crabb | United States |
| Beach Volleyball | Markéta Sluková | Czech Republic |
| Beach Volleyball | Ondřej Perušič | Czech Republic |
| Cycling | Simon Geschke | Germany |
| Cycling | Michal Schlegel | Czech Republic |
| Football | Kamohelo Mahlatsi | South Africa |
| Football | James Monyane | South Africa |
| Golf | Jon Rahm | Spain |
| Golf | Bryson DeChambeau | United States |
| Gymnastics | Kara Eaker | United States |
| Judo | Jevgeņijs Borodavko | Latvia |
| Karate | Anna Chernysheva | ROC |
| Rowing | Finn Florijn | Netherlands |
| Rowing | Bruno Rosetti | Italy |
| Shooting | Amber Hill | Great Britain |
| Skateboarding | Candy Jacobs | Netherlands |
| Surfing | Frederico Morais | Portugal |
| Swimming | Ilya Borodin | ROC |
| Table Tennis | Pavel Širuček | Czech Republic |
| Taekwondo | Fernanda Aguirre | Chile |
| Taekwondo | Reshmie Oogink | Netherlands |
| Tennis | Alex de Minaur | Australia |
| Tennis | Dan Evans | Great Britain |
| Tennis | Coco Gauff | United States |
| Tennis | Johanna Konta | Great Britain |
| Tennis | Jean-Julien Rojer | Netherlands |
| Weightlifting | Walid Bidani | Algeria |