Kazakhstan is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
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, not yet qualified and aside from host nation Japan, for Asia at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.
Boxing
Kazakhstan entered nine boxers into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympians Ablaikhan Zhussupov and silver medalistVassiliy Levit, along with seven rookies, 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. ;Men ;Women
Cycling
Road
Kazakhstan entered three riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish in the UCI World Ranking.
Athlete
Event
Time
Rank
Men's road race
Men's time trial
Men's road race
Men's road race
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. ;Sprint ;Keirin
Athlete
Event
1st Round
Repechage
2nd Round
3rd Round
Final
Athlete
Event
Rank
Rank
Rank
Rank
Rank
Men's keirin
;Omnium
Gymnastics
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. ;Men
Karate
Kazakhstan entered one 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.
Modern pentathlon
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.
Shooting
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 by May 31, 2020.
Sport climbing
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.
Swimming
Kazakh swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events, and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time ):
Kazakhstan qualified eight wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition; all of whom finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle, men's Greco-Roman, and women's freestyle at the 2019 World Championships. ;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman ;Women's freestyle
