Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics. 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 for the first eight NOCs, while the remaining nations are limited to two. 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 begin on May 15, 2014 and then conclude two years later on the same date.^[1][2]

The winners of each of the five Continental Qualification Events are selected to compete for the Games, followed by the top three finishers at the 2015 ITU World Qualification Event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thirty-nine athletes for each gender must directly qualify through the Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016, ensuring that the first eight NOCs qualifying for positions are subjected to a maximum of three, and then the remaining NOCs to a limit to two.^[1][3] Host nation Brazil has guaranteed a single place for each gender, while further two berths are made available to NOCs through a Tripartite Invitation Commission. In the end, further five places are distributed to the NOCs without any quota through the ITU Points List.^[1]

Summary

NOC	Men	Women	Total
Australia	1	1	2
Brazil	1	1	2
Chile	0	1	1
France	1	0	1
Great Britain	1	2	3
Japan	1	1	2
Mexico	1	0	1
South Africa	1	0	1
Spain	1	0	1
Switzerland	0	1	1
United States	0	1	1
Total: 11 NOCs	56	56	112

Timeline

Event	Date	Venue
World Qualification Event	August 1–2, 2015	Rio de Janeiro
2015 European Games	June 13–14, 2015	Baku
2015 Pan American Games	July 11–12, 2015	Toronto
2016 Oceania Triathlon Championships	March 19–20, 2016	Gisborne
2016 African Triathlon Championships	March 20, 2016	East London
2016 Asian Triathlon Championships	April 29 – May 1, 2016	Hatsukaichi
Cutoff for World Rankings	May 15, 2016

Men's event

Event	Places	NOC	Qualified triathlete
2015 European Games	1	Great Britain	Gordon Benson
2016 African Championships	0*	South Africa^[1]
2016 Asian Championships	1	Japan	Hirokatsu Tayama
2016 Oceania Championships	1	Australia	Marcel Walkington
2015 Pan American Games	1	Mexico	Crisanto Grajales
ITU World Qualification Event	3	Spain	Javier Gómez Noya
		France	Vincent Luis
		South Africa	Richard Murray
ITU Olympic Qualification List {as of May 15, 2016)	40
Host nation	1	Brazil
Tripartite Commission Invitation	2
ITU Points List {as of May 15, 2016)	5
Total	55

Women's event

Event	Places	NOC	Qualified triathlete
2015 European Games	1	Switzerland	Nicola Spirig
2016 African Championships	0*	South Africa^[1]
2016 Asian Championships	1	Japan	Ai Ueda
2016 Oceania Championships	1	Australia	Emma Moffatt
2015 Pan American Games	1	Chile	Bárbara Riveros
ITU World Qualification Event	3	United States	Gwen Jorgensen
		Great Britain	Non Stanford
		Great Britain	Vicky Holland
ITU Olympic Qualification List {as of May 15, 2016)	40
Host nation	1	Brazil
Tripartite Commission Invitation	2
ITU Points List {as of May 15, 2016)	5
Total	55

Notes

^ 1. South Africa has awarded a quota place through the continental qualifier, but later declined, as SASCOC made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the continental route would not be considered.^[4]

References

1. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Triathlon" (PDF). ITU. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
2. Greene, Erin. "ITU announces 2016 Olympic Games qualification system". ITU. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
3. Goddard, Emily (5 February 2014). "ITU reveals Rio 2016 Olympic qualification details". Inside the Games. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
4. "SASCOC will not be considered continental qualification" (PDF). SASCOC. Retrieved 21 March 2016.