Bangladesh competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

[1] It was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

For the first time in Olympic history, one Bangladeshi archer directly qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Games by reaching the quarterfinal stage and obtaining one of the four available spots at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

[3] Bangladesh received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a men's rifle shooter to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 5, 2021.

[4] Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun) Bangladesh received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.