# Kyrgyzstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Kyrgyzstan participated at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo. Initially 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. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Akzhol Makhmudov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg | August 3 |
| Silver | Aisuluu Tynybekova | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 62 kg | August 4 |
| Bronze | Meerim Zhumanazarova | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 68 kg | August 3 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Total | 11 | 6 | 17 |

## Athletics

Kyrgyz athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (with a maximum of three athletes in each event):

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Nursultan Keneshbekov | Men's 5000 m | 14:07.79 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Darya Maslova | Women's marathon | — | — | 2:35:35 | 36 |

## Fencing

Kyrgyzstan entered one fencer into the Olympic competition for the first time since 2008. Roman Petrov claimed a spot in the men's épée by winning the final match at the Asia and Oceania Zonal Qualifier in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Roman Petrov | Men's épée | Ma S-g (KOR) W 15–7 | Yamada (JPN) L 13–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Kyrgyzstan entered one male judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Vladimir Zoloev | Men's −81 kg | Bye | Khubetsov (ROC) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting

Kyrgyzstan granted an invitation from ISSF to send a women's rifle shooter to the Olympics, if the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021, marking the nation's return to the sport for the first time since London 2012.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Kanykei Kubanychbekova | Women's 10 m air rifle | 612.8 | 48 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Kyrgyz 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)):
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Denis Petrashov | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.23 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Denis Petrashov | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:10.07 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Kyrgyzstan entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Bekdoolot Rasulbekov topped the list of weightlifters from Asia in the men's 96 kg category based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Bekdoolot Rasulbekov | Men's −96 kg | 166 | 8 | 208 | 4 | 374 | 6 |

## Wrestling

Kyrgyzstan qualified nine wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Two of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's Greco-Roman 87 kg and women's freestyle 62 kg at the 2019 World Championships, while seven additional licenses were awarded to the Kyrgyz wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Key:
* VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
* VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
* PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
* PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
* ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
* SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ernazar Akmataliev | Men's −65 kg | Punia (IND) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |
| Aiaal Lazarev | Men's −125 kg | Steveson (USA) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Akgül (TUR) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | 16 |
| Aisuluu Tynybekova | Women's −62 kg | Grigorjeva (LAT) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Incze (ROU) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | Koliadenko (UKR) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | — | Kawai (JPN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | |
| Meerim Zhumanazarova | Women's −68 kg | Hristova (BUL) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Oborududu (NGR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Manolova (AZE) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Soronzonbold (MGL) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | |
| Aiperi Medet Kyzy | Women's −76 kg | Syzdykova (KAZ) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Vorobieva (ROC) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Gray (USA) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | — | Adar (TUR) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | 5 |

### Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Zholaman Sharshenbekov | Men's −60 kg | Ainagulov (KAZ) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Ciobanu (MDA) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |
| Akzhol Makhmudov | Men's −77 kg | Maafi (TUN) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Huseynov (AZE) W 4–1 $^{SP}$ | Chalyan (ARM) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | — | T Lőrincz (HUN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | |
| Atabek Azisbekov | Men's −87 kg | V Lőrincz (HUN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Kudla (GER) L 1–4 $^{SP}$ | Did not advance | 10 |
| Uzur Dzhuzupbekov | Men's −97 kg | Aleksanyan (ARM) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Savolainen (FIN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | 10 |