Eight National Olympic Committees could have a maximum of three eligible athletes per event, all other NOCs could have a maximum of two eligible athletes per event. Here follows the detailed attribution of the qualification places:
Event Date Location Men Women Pan American Continental Olympic Qualifier July 14, 2007 Rio de Janeiro Andy Potts Julie Ertel African Continental Olympic Qualifier March 8, 2008 Hammamet Hendrik De Villiers Mari Rabie Oceania Continental Olympic Qualifier March 9, 2008 Wellington Shane Reed Emma Moffatt Asian Continental Olympic Qualifier May 3, 2008 Guanzhou Ryosuke Yamamoto Ai Ueda European Continental Olympic Qualifier May 10, 2008 Lisbon Frédéric Belaubre Vanessa Fernandes 2008 Triathlon World Championships June 8, 2008 Vancouver Javier Gómez Bevan Docherty Reto Hug Helen Tucker Sarah Haskins Samantha Warriner ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings June 15, 2008 N/A Brad Kahlefeldt Simon Whitfield Kris Gemmell Tim Don Volodymyr Polikarpenko Maik Petzold Jan Frodeno Sven Riederer William Clarke Daniel Unger Alistair Brownlee Tony Moulai Paul Tichelaar Iván Raña Igor Sysoev Alexander Brukhankov Cedric Fleureton Filip Ospalý Jarrod Shoemaker Bruno Pais Matthew Reed Hirokatsu Tayama Olivier Marceu Dmitri Polyansky Courtney Atkinson Brent McMahon Dmitriy Gaag Marek Jaskolka Rasmus Henning Daniel Fontana Reinaldo Colucci Danyl Sapunov Peter Croes Duarte Marques Axel Zeebroek Sander Berk Simon Agoston Marko Albert Dirk Bockel Emilio D'Aquino Juraci Moreira Emma Snowsill Debbie Tanner Laura Bennett Anja Dittmer Joelle Franzman Hollie Avil Andrea Hewitt Nicola Spirig Lauren Groves Elizabeth May Jessica Harrison Magali di Marco Ricarda Lisk Erin Densham Carole Péon Eva Dollinger Kiyomi Niwata Juri Ide Nadia Cortassa Lisa Nordén Daniela Ryf Kathy Tremblay Kirsten Sweetland Vendula Frintová Ainhoa Murua Irina Abyssova Kate Roberts Mariana Ohata Tania Haiböck Lenka Zemanova Ana Burgos Kate Allen Ewa Dederko Emma Davis Xing Lin Lisa Mensik Wang Hongni Maria Czesnik Yuliya Spunova Olga Zaousailova Charlotte Bonin Zita Szabó Birgitta Berk ITU Continental Rankings July 15, 2008 N/A Christopher Felgate Eligio Cervantes Daniel Lee Chi Wo Pavel Simko Barbara Rivero Diaz Tania Mak So Ning Deniz Dimaki Host nation N/A N/A Zhang Yiming Tripartite Commission Jan 31, 2008 N/A Omar Tayara Flora Duffy Total - - 55 55
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China achieved qualification for the women's event through the ITU Olympic Qualification Ranking, therefore the host nation's Olympic place was given to another best placed athlete in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings; Oceanian NOCs did not qualify any eligible male and female competitors through the Continental Olympic Ranking; the same situation was verified with African NOCs for the women's event. Thus, each of these qualification places were given to the next best placed athletes in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings; Flora Duffy would qualify through her place in the ITU Olympic Qualification Ranking. Since she received an invitation from the tripartite commission, her slot was given to the next best placed athlete in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings.
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