Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021[1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 110 athletes coming from their respective NOCs; each has been allowed to enter a maximum of three. All athletes must undergo a qualifying process to earn a spot for the Games through the Continental Qualification Events, the World Qualification Event, and then the Olympic Qualification List that began on May 11, 2018 and then concludes two years later on the same date.[2]

Triathlon at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Events
menmixedwomen

Summary

Ten NOCs will each earn four quota spots (two per gender) through mixed team qualification. The top seven NOCs in the ITU mixed relay rankings of 31 March 2020 will qualify. NOCs other than those seven can participate in the 2020 ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event, with three more teams earning Olympic quota places through that competition.[2]

The individual rankings of 11 May 2020 will provide quota spots to 31 athletes in each gender. The first 26 spots will go sequentially to the best ranked athletes, subject to a limit of three per NOC (if all three are in the top 30) or two per NOC (if the third would be outside the top 30). For the purposes of this allocation, any NOC that qualified through mixed relay (and thus already has two quota places in each gender) must ignore its two highest-ranked competitors in each gender. Five additional spots will be awarded by continent, to the best-ranked remaining athlete from that continent whose NOC has not already qualified any quota places.[2]

Two places per gender are reserved for the host, Japan. Two final places in each gender are awarded by Tripartite Commission invitation.

Timeline
EventDateVenue
Mixed relay rankingsTBA—
2020 ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event Valencia
Cut-off for individual rankings—

Men's event
EventPlacesQualified NOCSelected triathlete
Mixed relay rankings14
Mixed relay event6
Individual ranking – World26
Individual ranking – Africa1
Individual ranking – Americas1
Individual ranking – Asia1
Individual ranking – Europe1
Individual ranking – Oceania1
Host nation2 Japan
Tripartite Commission2
Total 55

Women's event
EventPlacesQualified NOCSelected triathlete
Mixed relay rankings14
Mixed relay event6
Individual ranking – World26
Individual ranking – Africa1
Individual ranking – Americas1
Individual ranking – Asia1
Individual ranking – Europe1
Individual ranking – Oceania1
Host nation2 Japan
Tripartite Commission2
Total 55

References
  1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org (press release). International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. "Tokyo 2020 – ITU Triathlon Qualification System". ITU.
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