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

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NOC Men Women Total
 Argentina 2 0 2
 Australia 3 3 6
 Austria 1 2 3
 Azerbaijan 1 0 1
 Barbados 1 0 1
 Belgium 2 2 4
 Bermuda 0 1 1
 Brazil 1 1 2
 Canada 2 3 5
 Chile 0 1 1
 China 1 1 2
 Costa Rica 1 0 1
 Czech Republic 0 1 1
 Denmark 1 0 1
 Ecuador 0 1 1
 Estonia 0 1 1
 France 3 2 5
 Germany 2 3 5
 Great Britain 3 3 6
 Hungary 2 2 4
 Ireland 1 1 2
 Israel 1 0 1
 Italy 2 2 4
 Japan 1 3 4
 Jordan 1 0 1
 Mauritius 0 1 1
 Mexico 3 2 5
 Netherlands 0 2 2
 New Zealand 2 3 5
 Poland 0 1 1
 Portugal 3 0 3
 Russia 3 2 5
 Slovakia 1 0 1
 Slovenia 0 1 1
 South Africa 2 2 4
 Spain 3 3 6
 Sweden 0 1 1
 Switzerland 2 1 3
 Ukraine 1 1 2
 United States 3 3 6
Total: 38 NOCs 56 56 112

Timeline

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Event Date Venue
World Qualification Event August 1–2, 2015 Brazil Rio de Janeiro
2015 European Games June 13–14, 2015 Azerbaijan Baku
2015 Pan American Games July 11–12, 2015 Canada Toronto
2016 Oceania Triathlon Championships March 19–20, 2016 New Zealand Gisborne
2016 African Triathlon Championships March 20, 2016 South Africa East London
2016 Asian Triathlon Championships April 29 – May 1, 2016 Japan Hatsukaichi
Cutoff for World Rankings May 15, 2016
Re-allocation of unused quotas June 13, 2016

Men's event

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Event Places Qualified NOC Selected 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 Ryan Bailie
2015 Pan American Games 1  Mexico Crisanto Grajales
ITU World Qualification Event 2  France Vincent Luis
 South Africa Richard Murray
ITU Olympic Qualification List
(as of May 15, 2016)
38  Spain Mario Mola
 Spain Fernando Alarza
 Portugal João José Pereira
 Great Britain Alistair Brownlee
 Great Britain Jonathan Brownlee
 Australia Ryan Fisher
 Russia Dmitry Polyanski
 South Africa Henri Schoeman
 Spain Vicente Hernández
 Australia Aaron Royle
 France Pierre Le Corre
 Switzerland Sven Riederer
 Italy Alessandro Fabian
 Russia Igor Polyanski
 Portugal João Silva
 Russia Alexander Bryukhankov
 Azerbaijan Rostyslav Pevtsov
 United States Joe Maloy
 France Dorian Coninx
 Slovakia Richard Varga
 New Zealand Ryan Sissons
 Norway Kristian Blummenfelt
 Mexico Irving Perez
 Hungary Gäbor Faldum
 Switzerland Andrea Salvisberg
 Belgium Jelle Greens
 United States Gregory Billington
 Belgium Martin van Riel
 Italy Davide Uccellari
 Argentina Gonzalo Tellechea
 New Zealand Tony Dodds
 Canada Andrew Yorke
 United States Ben Kanute
 Costa Rica Leonardo Chacón
 Brazil Diogo Sclebin
 Denmark Andreas Schilling
 Argentina Luciano Taccone
 Canada Tyler Mislawchuk
Tripartite Commission Invitation 1  Jordan Lawrence Fanous
ITU Points List
(as of May 15, 2016)
3  Austria Thomas Springer
 Barbados Jason Wilson
 China Bai Faquan
Re-allocation of unused quota places 7  Ireland Bryan Keane
 Israel Ron Darmon
 Mexico Rodrigo González
 Portugal Miguel Arraiolos
 Hungary Tamás Tóth
 Puerto Rico Manuel Huerta
 Ukraine Ivan Ivanov
Total 55

Women's event

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Event Places Qualified NOC Selected 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)
36  New Zealand Andrea Hewitt
 United States Sarah True
 United States Katie Zaferes
 Netherlands Rachel Klamer
 Bermuda Flora Duffy
 Great Britain Helen Jenkins
 Australia Ashleigh Gentle
 Czech Republic Vendula Frintová
 Austria Lisa Perterer
 Ireland Aileen Morrison
 Italy Annamaria Mazzetti
 Germany Anne Haug
 Japan Yuka Sato
 Mexico Claudia Rivas
 Australia Charlotte McShane
 Brazil Pâmella Oliveira
 Japan Yurie Kato
 Austria Sara Vilic
 Spain Ainhoa Murúa
 South Africa Gillian Sanders
 New Zealand Nicky Samuels
 South Africa Mari Rabie
 Russia Alexandra Razarenova
 Ukraine Yuliya Yelistratova
 Switzerland Jolanda Annen
 Hungary Margit Vanek
 Poland Agnieszka Jerzyk
 France Audrey Merle
 Spain Carolina Routier
 Spain Miriam Casillas
 Canada Kirsten Sweetland
 Slovenia Mateja Šimic
 Italy Charlotte Bonin
 Russia Anastasia Abrosimova
 Canada Sarah-Anne Brault
 Hungary Zsófia Kovács
ITU Points List
(as of May 15, 2016)
4  Mauritius Fabienne St. Louis
 Ecuador Elizabeth Bravo
 China Wang Lianyuan
 Estonia Kaidi Kivioja
Re-allocation of unused quota places 7  Belgium Claire Michel
 Belgium Katrien Verstuyft
 Sweden Lisa Nordén
 Canada Amelie Kretz
 Russia Mariya Shorets
 Mexico Cecilia Pérez
 France Cassandre Beaugrand
Total 55

Notes

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^ 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

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  1. ^ a b c d "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.