The regulations of the competitions designed in the different sports have been the result of a process of elaboration, dialogue and consensus with each of the participating sports federations, always based on six key aspects that guarantee real inclusion in sports competition. These aspects are:
The sports federations are in charge, for each modality, of selecting athletes from among the participants in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, although they may occasionally be supplemented with athletes from the national teams not participating in Tokyo 2020.