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.
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. 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.
Summary NOC Men Women Total 202 336 123 101 101 224 011 112 235 011 112 101 011 101 011 011 325 235 336 224 112 101 224 134 101 011 325 022 235 011 303 325 101 011 224 336 011 213 112 336Total: 38 NOCs 5656112
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 Re-allocation of unused quotas June 13, 2016
Men's event Event Places Qualified NOC Selected triathlete 2015 European Games 1 Gordon Benson 2016 African Championships 0* 2016 Asian Championships 1 Hirokatsu Tayama 2016 Oceania Championships 1 Ryan Bailie 2015 Pan American Games 1 Crisanto Grajales ITU World Qualification Event 2 Vincent Luis Richard Murray ITU Olympic Qualification List(as of May 15, 2016) 38Mario Mola Fernando Alarza João José PereiraAlistair Brownlee Jonathan Brownlee Ryan Fisher Dmitry PolyanskiHenri SchoemanVicente Hernández Aaron RoylePierre Le Corre Sven Riederer Alessandro Fabian Igor Polyanski João Silva Alexander Bryukhankov Rostyslav Pevtsov Joe Maloy Dorian Coninx Richard Varga Ryan Sissons Kristian Blummenfelt Irving Perez Gäbor Faldum Andrea Salvisberg Jelle Greens Gregory Billington Martin van Riel Davide Uccellari Gonzalo Tellechea Tony Dodds Andrew Yorke Ben Kanute Leonardo Chacón Diogo Sclebin Andreas Schilling Luciano Taccone Tyler Mislawchuk Tripartite Commission Invitation 1 Lawrence Fanous ITU Points List(as of May 15, 2016) 3 Thomas Springer Jason Wilson Bai FaquanRe-allocation of unused quota places 7 Bryan Keane Ron Darmon Rodrigo González Miguel Arraiolos Tamás Tóth Manuel Huerta Ivan Ivanov Total 55
Women's event
Event Places Qualified NOC Selected triathlete 2015 European Games 1 Nicola Spirig 2016 African Championships 0* 2016 Asian Championships 1 Ai Ueda 2016 Oceania Championships 1 Emma Moffatt 2015 Pan American Games 1 Bárbara Riveros ITU World Qualification Event 3 Gwen Jorgensen Non Stanford Vicky Holland ITU Olympic Qualification List(as of May 15, 2016) 36 Andrea Hewitt Sarah True Katie Zaferes Rachel Klamer Flora Duffy Helen Jenkins Ashleigh Gentle Vendula Frintová Lisa Perterer Aileen Morrison Annamaria Mazzetti Anne Haug Yuka Sato Claudia Rivas Charlotte McShane Pâmella Oliveira Yurie Kato Sara Vilic Ainhoa Murúa Gillian Sanders Nicky Samuels Mari Rabie Alexandra Razarenova Yuliya Yelistratova Jolanda Annen Margit Vanek Agnieszka Jerzyk Audrey Merle Carolina Routier Miriam Casillas Kirsten Sweetland Mateja Šimic Charlotte Bonin Anastasia Abrosimova Sarah-Anne Brault Zsófia Kovács ITU Points List(as of May 15, 2016) 4 Fabienne St. Louis Elizabeth Bravo Wang Lianyuan Kaidi Kivioja Re-allocation of unused quota places 7 Claire Michel Katrien Verstuyft Lisa Nordén Amelie Kretz Mariya Shorets Cecilia Pérez Cassandre Beaugrand 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.
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