Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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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]

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] This ensures a minimum field of ten teams in the mixed relay.

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] A team that qualifies two individuals in both the men's and women's events will then be eligible to join the ten previously qualified teams in the mixed relay event. In 2021, seven further teams achieved at least two quotas in both events, and thus also qualified for mixed relay.

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

NOC Men Women Mixed Total
 Argentina 1 1
 Australia 3 3 Yes 6
 Austria 2 2 Yes 4
 Azerbaijan 1 1
 Belgium 2 2 Yes 4
 Bermuda 1 1
 Brazil 1 2 3
 Canada 2 2 Yes 4
 Chile 1 1 2
 China 1 1
 Czech Republic 2 2
 Ecuador 1 1
 Egypt 1 1
 Estonia 1 1
 France 3 2 Yes 5
 Germany 2 2 Yes 4
 Great Britain 2 3 Yes 5
 Hong Kong 1 1
 Hungary 2 2 Yes 4
 Ireland 1 1 2
 Israel 2 2
 Italy 2 3 Yes 5
 Japan 2 2 Yes 4
 Luxembourg 1 1
 Mexico 2 2 Yes 4
 Morocco 1 1
 Netherlands 2 2 Yes 4
 New Zealand 2 2 Yes 4
 Norway 3 1 4
 Portugal 2 1 3
 ROC 2 2 Yes 4
 Romania 1 1
 South Africa 2 2 Yes 4
 Spain 3 2 Yes 5
 Switzerland 2 2 Yes 4
 Syria 1 1
 Ukraine 1 1
 United States 2 3 Yes 5
Total: 38 NOCs 55 55 18 110

Timeline[]

Event Date Venue
Mixed relay ranking March 12, 2020
2021 ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event May 21, 2021 Portugal Lisbon
Cut-off for individual rankings June 15, 2021

Men's event[]

Event Places Qualified NOC Selected triathlete
Mixed relay rankings[3] 14  France Vincent Luis
 France Dorian Coninx
 Australia Jacob Birtwhistle
 Australia
 Great Britain Jonathan Brownlee
 Great Britain Alex Yee
 New Zealand Hayden Wilde
 New Zealand Tayler Reid
 Germany Jonas Schomburg
 Germany Justus Nieschlag
 Netherlands Marco Van Der Stel
 Netherlands Jorik Van Egdom
 United States Morgan Pearson
 United States Kevin McDowell
Mixed relay event 6  Belgium Jelle Geens
 Belgium Marten van Riel
 Italy Gianluca Pozzatti
 Italy Delian Stateff
 Switzerland Max Studer
 Switzerland Andrea Salvisberg
Individual ranking – World 25  Spain Javier Gómez Noya
 Norway Kristian Blummenfelt
 Spain Mario Mola
 South Africa Henri Shoeman
 Canada Tyler Mislawchuk
 Norway Gustav Iden
 Hungary Bence Bicsák
 South Africa Richard Murray
 France Léo Bergère
 Spain Fernando Alarza
 Austria Alois Knabl
 Norway Casper Stornes
 Portugal Joao Pereira
 Portugal Joao Silva
 Australia Matthew Hauser
 Mexico Crisanto Grajales
 Denmark
 Brazil Manoel Messias
 Israel Shachar Sagiv
 Canada
 Mexico Irving Pérez
 Azerbaijan
 Austria
 ROC
 Israel Ran Sagiv
 Hungary
Individual ranking – Africa 1  Morocco
Individual ranking – Americas 1  Chile
Individual ranking – Asia 1  Hong Kong Oscar Coggins
Individual ranking – Europe 1  Romania
Individual ranking – Oceania 1 None eligible xxx
Host nation 2  Japan Kenji Nener
 Japan Makoto Odakura
Tripartite Commission 2  Syria
Not allocated xxx
Reallocation 3  Luxembourg
 Ireland
 ROC
Total 55

Women's event[]

Event Places Qualified NOC Selected triathlete
Mixed relay rankings[3] 14  France Cassandre Beaugrand
Léonie Périault
 Australia
 Great Britain Jess Learmonth
Georgia Taylor-Brown
 New Zealand
 Germany Laura Lindemann
Anabel Knoll
 Netherlands
 United States Katie Zaferes
Summer Rappaport
Mixed relay event 6  Belgium
 Italy Angelica Olmo
Alice Betto
 Switzerland Nicola Spirig
Individual ranking – World 26  Great Britain Vicki Holland
 United States Taylor Knibb
 Austria
 Czech Republic
 Bermuda Flora Duffy
 Canada
 Spain
 Italy Verena Steinhauser
 Brazil
 Australia
 Austria
 Norway Lotte Miller
 Brazil
 Ukraine
 Spain
 Portugal
 ROC
 Mexico Cecilia Pérez
 Hungary
 Estonia
 South Africa
 Hungary
 Chile
 Mexico Claudia Rivas
 Czech Republic
 Ecuador
Individual ranking – Africa 1  Egypt
Individual ranking – Americas 1  Argentina
Individual ranking – Asia 1  China
Individual ranking – Europe 1  Ireland
Individual ranking – Oceania 1 None eligible
Host nation 2  Japan
Niina Kishimoto
Tripartite Commission 2 Not allocated
Reallocation 3  ROC
 Canada
 South Africa
Total 55

References[]

  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org (press release). IOC. 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Tokyo 2020 – ITU Triathlon Qualification System". ITU.
  3. ^ a b Teams fight for relay spots as France, Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand, Germany, Netherlands, USA and hosts Japan already qualified
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