Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules[1] for triathlon published by ITU contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.

After a few places allocated to championships, the bulk of places are awarded on the basis of world rankings as at 31 May 2012. After 8 NOCs have qualified 3 athletes for an event, other NOCs are limited to 2 athletes for that event.

Qualification timeline[]

Event	Date	Venue
World Qualification Event	August 6–7, 2011	London
2011 ASTC Asian Triathlon Championships	September 24–25, 2011	Mehua Lake Yilan County
2011 Pan American Games	October 23, 2011	Puerto Vallarta
2012 ETU European Triathlon Championships	April 17–22, 2012	Eilat
2012 OTU Oceania Triathlon Championships	March 10, 2012	Devonport[2]
African Continental Qualification Event	March 31, 2012	Le Morne
Cutoff for World Rankings	May 31, 2012

Qualification progress[]

Event	Men	Women
African Qualification Event	South Africa	South Africa
Asian Championships [3]	Japan	Japan
Pan American Games	Brazil	United States
European Championships	Spain	Switzerland
Oceania Championships	Australia	Australia
World Qualification Event	Great Britain  Russia  Great Britain	Great Britain  United States  Germany
ITU Olympic Qualification List; ITU World Championship Series Rankings; ITU Points List[4]	Argentina  Australia  Australia  Austria  Belgium  Bermuda  Brazil  Canada  Canada  Canada  Colombia  Costa Rica  Czech Republic  Czech Republic  France  France  France  Germany  Germany  Germany  Great Britain  Ireland  Italy  Italy  Japan  Mexico  New Zealand  New Zealand  New Zealand  Poland  Portugal  Portugal  Russia  Russia  South Korea  Spain  Spain  Switzerland  Switzerland  Ukraine  United States  United States	Australia  Australia  Belgium  Bermuda  Brazil  Canada  Canada  Chile  Czech Republic  Czech Republic  Denmark  Denmark  France  France  France  Germany  Germany  Great Britain  Great Britain  Hungary  Ireland  Italy  Japan  Japan  Mexico  Netherlands  Netherlands  New Zealand  New Zealand  New Zealand  Poland  Poland  Russia  Russia  Slovenia  South Africa  Spain  Spain  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland  Ukraine  United States
ITU Points List Best non-qualified NOC for each continent	China (Asia)  Slovakia (Europe)  Zimbabwe (Africa)	China (Asia)  Ecuador (America)  Mauritius (Africa)
Tripartite Commission	Monaco	-----
Rellocation of Quotas	Chile	Austria
Total	55	55

Qualification summary[]

NOC	Men	Women	Total
Argentina	1		1
Australia	3	3	6
Austria	1	1	2
Belgium	1	1	2
Bermuda	1	1	2
Brazil	2	1	3
Canada	3	2	5
Chile	1	1	2
China	1	1	2
Colombia	1		1
Costa Rica	1		1
Czech Republic	2	2	4
Denmark		2	2
Ecuador		1	1
France	3	3	6
Germany	3	3	6
Great Britain	3	3	6
Hungary		1	1
Ireland	1	1	2
Italy	2	1	3
Japan	2	3	5
Mauritius		1	1
Mexico	1	1	2
Monaco	1		1
Netherlands		2	2
New Zealand	3	3	6
Poland	1	2	3
Portugal	2		2
Russia	3	2	5
Slovakia	1		1
Slovenia		1	1
South Africa	1	2	3
South Korea	1		1
Spain	3	3	6
Sweden		1	1
Switzerland	2	2	4
Ukraine	1	1	2
United States	2	3	5
Zimbabwe	1		1
Total: 39 NOCs	55	55	110

References[]