At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, athletics was the discipline with the highest number of participating athletes, amounting to 2,017. Other sports with high athlete quotas included swimming, football, and rowing, all surpassing the 500 mark.
Athlete quotas for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan as of August 2021, by sport discipline
*Disciplines that were newly added to this edition of the Olympic Games. No date of release was available, hence the date of release stated here is the date of data access.
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Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. (August 9, 2021). Athlete quotas for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan as of August 2021, by sport discipline [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203938/japan-athlete-quotas-tokyo-2020-olympic-games-by-sport/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. "Athlete quotas for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan as of August 2021, by sport discipline." Chart. August 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203938/japan-athlete-quotas-tokyo-2020-olympic-games-by-sport/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. (2021). Athlete quotas for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan as of August 2021, by sport discipline. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203938/japan-athlete-quotas-tokyo-2020-olympic-games-by-sport/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. "Athlete Quotas for The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan as of August 2021, by Sport Discipline." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203938/japan-athlete-quotas-tokyo-2020-olympic-games-by-sport/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Athlete quotas for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan as of August 2021, by sport discipline [Graph], Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, August 9, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203938/japan-athlete-quotas-tokyo-2020-olympic-games-by-sport/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed