[8] Oleksandr Khyzhniak and Anna Lysenko secured their quotas at the additional qualification tournament in June 2021 in Villebon-sur-Yvette, France.

[10] Ukraine qualified one canoeist for the women's K-1 class by finishing in the top eighteen at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.

[11] Ukrainian canoeists qualified five boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

[12] Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded to the Ukrainian canoeist in the men's C-1 1000 m by winning the gold medal at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta.

[13] Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal) Ukraine entered one rider each to compete in the men's and women's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) and her top 100 individual finish (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.

The men's synchronized platform pair scored the last of the four available berths by finishing seventh in the preliminary round at the 2021 FINA World Cup series in Tokyo, Japan.

Going to her fourth consecutive Games, multiple medalist and four-time world champion Olha Kharlan claimed a spot in the women's sabre as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings, while two-time Olympian Olena Kryvytska rounded out the Ukrainian roster by winning the final match of the women's épée at the European Zonal Qualifier in Madrid, Spain.

Ukraine qualified one boat in the men's lightweight double sculls for the Games by winning the gold medal and securing the first of two berths available at the 2021 FISA European Olympic Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy.

Two-time Olympian Kou Lei (2008 and 2016) booked his third trip to the Games by winning the second-stage final match of the men's singles at the European Qualification Tournament in Odivelas, Portugal.