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.[1] It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. Medalists
CompetitorsThe following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
AthleticsKyrgyz 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):[2][3]
FencingKyrgyzstan 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.[4]
JudoKyrgyzstan entered one male judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.[5]
ShootingKyrgyzstan 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.[6]
SwimmingKyrgyz 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)):[7][8]
WeightliftingKyrgyzstan 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.
WrestlingKyrgyzstan 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.[9][10] Key:
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