Having reviewed the proposals in full, the Olympic Programme Commission met on 5 May and made a number of recommendations to the IOC EB. Based on these recommendations, the EB took the following decision regarding new events in Tokyo:
| EVENTS – Additions unless specified | ||
| Events | ||
| Sport | Event | # |
Aquatics (Swimming) | 800m (M) & 1500m (W) | +2 |
| 4x100m Medley Mixed Relay | +1 |
Archery | Mixed Team Event | +1 |
Athletics | 4x400m Mixed Relay | +1 |
Basketball | 3x3 (M/W) | +2 |
Boxing | Transfer of two men's events to two women's events | 0 |
Canoe | Transfer of three men's events to three women's events | 0 |
Cycling (BMX) | BMX Freestyle Park (M/W) | +2 |
Cycling (Track) | Madison (M/W) | +2 |
Fencing | Team Events (M/W) | +2 |
Judo | Mixed Team Event | +1 |
Rowing | Transfer of one men's event to one women's event | 0 |
Sailing | Transfer of Mixed Multihull to Mixed Foiling Multihull | 0 |
Shooting | Transfer of three men's events to mixed events | 0 |
Table Tennis | Mixed Doubles | +1 |
Triathlon | Mixed Team Relay | +1 |
Weightlifting | Reduction of one men’s weight category | -1 |
| TOTAL (net) | +15 | |
Tokyo 2020 was consulted throughout the process and gave its agreement on the principles applied to the review of all events. Together with the IOC, it was agreed that there should be minimal impact on additional venues and athletes, and on the overall competition schedule.
The EB today also approved the recommendations of the Programme Commission with regard to the athlete numbers by sport - as follows:
| Athletes – Additions, transfers and reductions | ||
| Athletes quotas | ||
| Sport | Event | # |
Aquatics (Water Polo) | Reduction in Water Polo team size, addition of two women’s Water Polo teams | -18 |
Aquatics (Swimming) | Reduction of 22 athletes | -22 |
Athletics | Reduction of 105 athletes | -105 |
Basketball | Inclusion of 3x3 with 8 teams for each gender, +64 athletes (32W/32M) | +64 |
Boxing | Transfer of 44 athletes from men to women | 0 |
Canoe | Transfer of 55 athletes to reach gender balance | 0 |
Cycling (BMX Racing) | Transfer of 8 athletes to reach gender balance | 0 |
Cycling (MTB) | Transfer of 8 athletes to reach gender balance in MTB, transfer of 4 male athletes to BMX Freestyle | 0 |
Cycling (Road) | Transfer of 14 men to BMX Freestyle | 0 |
Judo | Transfer of 38 athletes to reach gender balance | 0 |
Rowing | Reduction of 24 athletes and reach gender balance | -24 |
Sailing | Reduction of 30 athletes and reach gender balance | -30 |
Shooting | Reduction of 30 athletes and reach gender balance | -30 |
Weightlifting | Reduction of 64 athletes and reach gender balance | -64 |
Wrestling | Reduction of 56 athletes across all disciplines and gender balance in Freestyle Wrestling | -56 |
| TOTAL | -285 | |