This article details the qualifying phase for athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics. More than 1,800 athletes, with an equal split between men and women, competed across forty-eight medal events (twenty-five in track, five in the road: marathon and racewalking, sixteen in the field, and two in combined) at the Games. The qualification window for the marathon races was from 1 November 2022 to 30 April 2024; for the 10,000 metres, combined events (heptathlon and decathlon), racewalks, and relays from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024; and for the remaining events on the program lineup from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.
Qualification summary A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a maximum of three qualified athletes in each individual event if all of them meet the entry standard during the qualifying period; and a maximum of one qualified relay team per event. Under the Universality rule, any NOC without a qualified athlete or relay team would have been permitted to send the highest-ranked male or female athlete to either of the following individual events, namely the 100 m, 800 m, or the marathon.
Similar to the 2020 edition, the qualification system for Paris 2024 was set on a dual pathway, where the initial half of the total quota (about fifty percent) was distributed to the athletes through the entry standards approved by the World Athletics council, with the remainder relying on the world ranking list within the qualifying period.
The entry standards could be obtained in various meets organized and approved by the World Athletics within the given timeframe. The qualification period for the marathon races occurred from 1 November 2022 to 30 April 2024; for the 10,000 metres, combined events (heptathlon and decathlon), racewalks, and relays from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024, with the rest of the individual track and field events running over an annual period (from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024).
For the marathon races, any runner ranked higher than the sixty-fifth-place athlete on the filtered Quota Place "Road to Paris" list on 30 January 2024 was deemed for immediate selection to his or her respective national team at the Games. Beyond the deadline, the remaining twenty percent of the total quota was determined by the same dual pathway qualification criteria outlined above without displacing any qualified athletes on the set date.
For the inaugural marathon race walking mixed relay, a maximum of twenty-five teams, each comprising a male and a female race walker, were entitled to compete in a four-leg race encompassing the marathon distance. Twenty-two teams directly booked a slot for their corresponding event at the Olympics through the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships, from April 20–21, in Antalya, Turkey, while the remaining three teams outside the key qualifier were selected based on the World Athletics performance list for the mixed relays within the qualification period (31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024).
For the track relays, a maximum of sixteen qualified NOCs were entitled to each event. The top fourteen teams in each relay race at the 2024 World Athletics Relays, during May 2024 in Nassau, Bahamas, directly booked a slot for their corresponding event at the Olympics, while the remaining two teams outside the key qualifier were selected according to the World Athletics performance list for relays within the qualification period (31 December 2022, to 30 June 2024).
NOCs with more than three qualified athletes in an individual event could select any of them based on their own criteria. For example, the United States selects athletes based on the results achieved at the 2024 U.S. Olympic trials for track and field but enforces a policy of entering every qualified athlete. Sweden only enters athletes sufficient to reach at least the twelfth position, based on the assessment evaluated by the NOC.
For the second consecutive time, World Athletics published the qualification tracking tool Road to Paris on the statistics zone of the sport governing body's official website in the last quarter of 2023. This tool displayed the list of qualified athletes in each individual and relay event, particularly those officially selected by their respective NOC, either through the entry standards approved by World Athletics or the world ranking.
Entry standards The entry standards must have been obtained at the 2023 World Championships (held from 19 to 27 August in Budapest, Hungary), continental championships, continental athletic meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Athletics within the given qualification period listed above.
The following table outlines the individual entry standards for Paris 2024: Men's eventsWomen's eventsEventEvent100 m10.00100 m11.07200 m20.16200 m22.57400 m45.00400 m50.95800 m1:44.70800 m1:59.301500 mª3:33.501500 mª4:02.505000 m13:05.005000 m14:52.0010,000 m27:00.0010,000 m30:40.00110 m hurdles13:27100 m hurdles12.77400 m hurdles48.70400 m hurdles54.853000 m steeplechase8:15.003000 m steeplechase9:23.00Marathon2:08:10Marathon2:26:5020 km walk1:20:1020 km walk1:29:20High jump2.33High jump1.97Pole vault5.82Pole vault4.73Long jump8.27Long jump6.86Triple jump17.22Triple jump14.55Shot put21.50Shot put18.80Discus throw67.20Discus throw64.50Hammer throw78.20Hammer throw74.00Javelin throw85.50Javelin throw64.00Decathlon8460Heptathlon6480 ª An equivalent to a mile run — 3:50.40 (for men) and 4:20.90 (for women)
Track events
Men's track events
Men's 100 m Note: The qualifying standards exclude indoor achievements or races with wind above 2.0 m/s. Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Nominated athletesEntry standard – 10.003 Jeremiah AzuLouie HinchliffeZharnel Hughes3 Ackeem BlakeOblique SevilleKishane Thompson3 Kenny BednarekFred KerleyNoah Lyles2 Felipe BardiErik Cardoso2 Ronal LongaJhonny Rentería1 Reynaldo EspinosaShainer Reginfo2 Chituru AliMarcell Jacobs2 Favour AsheGodson Oghenebrume1 Cejhae Greene1 Letsile Tebogo1 Emmanuel Eseme1 Andre De Grasse1 Owen Ansah1 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown1 Ferdinand Omanyala1 Emmanuel Matadi 1 Akani Simbine1 Issam AsingaWorld Athletics Rankings2 Terrence JonesWanya McCoy2 Duan AsemotaAaron Brown2 Benjamin AzamatiAbdul-Rasheed Saminu2 Akihiro HigashidaRyuichiro Sakai2 Shaun MaswanganyiBenjamin Richardson1 Markus Fuchs1 Paulo André de Oliveira1 Rikkoi Brathwaite1 Xie Zhenye1 Simon Hansen1 José González0 Pablo Matéo1 Joshua Hartmann1 Emanuel Archibald1 Hassan Taftian1 Arthur Cissé0 Raphael Bouju1 Kayinsola Ajayi1 Ali Anwar Al-Balushi1 Henrik Larsson1 Puripol Boonson1 Kayhan Özer Reallocation of rejected quotas2 Joshua AzzopardiRohan Browning1 Oliwer Wdowik1 Devin AugustineUniversality places1 Franko Burraj1 Marcos Santos1 Imranur Rahman1 Didier Kiki1 Shaun Gill1 Muhd Noor Firdaus Ar-Rasyid1 Davonte Howell1 Herve Toumandji1 Hachim Maaroufou1 Dominique Mulamba1 Manuel Ataide1 Remigio Santander Villarubia1 Sibusiso Matsenjwa1 Scott Fiti1 Waisake Tewa1 Wissy Frank Hoye Yenda Moukoula1 Ebrahima Camara1 Seco Camara1 Christopher Borzor1 Melique García1 Felix Diu1 Lalu Muhammad Zohri1 Taha Hussein Yaseen1 Kenaz Kaniwete1 Noureddine Hadid1 Ahmed Essabai1 Rija Vatomanga Gardiner1 Muhd Azeem Fahmi1 Ibadulla Adam1 William Reed1 Fodé Sissoko1 Beppe Grillo1 Noa Bibi1 Darko Pešić1 Steven Sabino1 Winzar Kakiouea1 Arturo Deliser1 Naquille Harris1 Dylan Sicobo1 Marc Brian Louis1 Jalen Lisse1 Favoriz Muzrapov1 Maleselo Fufofuka1 Karalo Maibuca1 Samer Al-YafaeeInvitational Places1 Sha Mahmood Noor Zahi1 Joseph Green1 Dorian Keletela Total 102
Men's 200 m Note: The qualifying standards exclude indoor achievements. Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Nominated athletesEntry standard – 20.163 Aaron BrownAndre De GrasseBrendon Rodney3 Luxolo AdamsShaun MaswanganyiBenjamin Richardson3 Kenny BednarekErriyon KnightonNoah Lyles2 Andrew HudsonBryan Levell2 Makanakaishe CharambaTapiwanashe Makarawu1 Wanya McCoy1 Letsile Tebogo1 Xie Zhenye1 Alexander Ogando1 Pablo Matéo0 Abdul-Rasheed Saminu1 Joshua Hartmann1 Zharnel Hughes1 Filippo Tortu1 Cheickna Traore1 Joseph Fahnbulleh1 Udodi Onwuzurike1 Jereem Richards1 Tarsis OrogotWorld Athletics Rankings3 Eduard KubelíkOndřej MacíkTomáš Nĕmejc3 Shota IizukaKoki UeyamaTowa Uzawa2 Timothé MumenthalerWilliam Reais1 Calab Law1 Ian Kerr1 Renan Gallina1 Yang Chun-han1 José González1 Ryan Zeze1 Blessing Afrifah1 Fausto Desalu0 Alonso Edward1 César Almirón1 Albert Komański0 Pol Retamal1 Erik ErlandssonReallocation of rejected quotas1 Diego Pettorossi1 Felix Svensson Total 48
Men's 400 m Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Nominated athletesEntry standard – 45.003 Busang KebinatshipiBayapo NdoriLeungo Scotch2 Alison dos SantosLucas CarvalhoMatheus Lima3 Sean BaileyRusheen McDonaldDeandre Watkin3 Quincy HallMichael NormanChristopher Bailey2 Emmanuel BamideleSamuel OgaziChidi Okezie2 Wayde van NiekerkZakithi NeneLythe Pillay2 Alexander DoomJonathan Sacoor2 Charlie DobsonMatthew Hudson-Smith2 Fuga SatoKentaro Sato1 Elián Larregina1 Reece Holder1 Steven Gardiner1 Christopher Morales Williams1 Alexander Ogando1 Jean Paul Bredau1 Kirani James1 Attila Molnár1 Luca Sito1 Zablon Ekwam1 Liemarvin Bonevacia1 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen1 João Coelho1 Michael Joseph1 Jereem Richards1 Oleksandr Pohorilko1 Muzala SamukongaWorld Athletics Rankings1 Dylan Borlée1 Matěj Krsek1 Gilles Biron0 Manuel Sanders1 Yuki Joseph Nakajima1 Cheikh Tidiane Diouf1 Lionel Spitz Reallocation of rejected quotas1 Anthony Zambrano1 Davide Re1 Ammar Ibrahim1 Aruna Darshana Total 48
Men's 800 m Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Nominated athletesEntry standard – 1:44.703 Mohamed Ali GouanedSlimane MoulaDjamel Sedjati3 Peter BolPeyton CraigJoseph Deng3 Eliott CrestanTibo De SmetPieter Sisk 3 Corentin Le ClezioBenjamin RobertGabriel Tual3 Max BurginElliot GilesBen Pattison3 Koitatoi KidaliWyclife KinyamalEmmanuel Wanyonyi3 Mohamed AttaouiAdrián BenElvin Josué Canales3 Bryce HoppelHobbs KesslerBrandon Miller2 Kethobogile HainguraTshepiso Masalela2 Simone BarontiniCatalin Tecuceanu1 Marco Arop1 Mark English1 Navasky Anderson1 Abdelati El Guesse1 James Preston1 Edose Ibadin1 Tobias Grønstad1 Mateusz Borkowski1 Abubaker Haydar Abdalla1 Edmund du Plessis1 Andreas Kramer1 José Antonio MaitaWorld Athletics Rankings1 Tumo Nkape1 Jakub Dudycha1 Jesús Tonatiú López1 Ryan Clarke1 Tom DradrigaUniversality places1 Yervand Mkrtchyan1 Chhun Bunthorn1 Alex Beddoes1 Dennick Luke1 Handal Roban1 Ali Idow Hassan1 Abraham GuemInvitational Places1 Musa Suliman1 Mohammed Dwedar Total 53
Men's 1500 m Note: The qualifying standards also include achievements in the mile run (3:50.40).
Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Nominated athletesEntry standard – 3:33.503 Oliver HoareStewart McSweynAdam Spencer3 Neil GourleyJosh KerrGeorge Mills3 Reynold CheruiyotTimothy CheruiyotBrian Komen3 Cole HockerHobbs KesslerYared Nuguse2 Ruben VerheydenJochem Vermeulen2 Abdisa FayisaSamuel Tefera2 Maël GouyetteAzeddine Habz2 Jakob IngebrigtsenNarve Gilje Nordås2 Mario GarcíaAdel Mechaal1 George BeamishSam Tanner1 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot1 Robert Farken1 Andrew Coscoran1 Pietro Arese1 Anass Essayi1 Niels Laros1 Isaac Nader1 Tshepo TshiteWorld Athletics Rankings2 Cathal DoyleLuke McCann2 Ossama MeslekFederico Riva1 Raphael Pallitsch1 Kieran Lumb1 Ermias Girma0 Romain Mornet1 Marius Probst1 Stefan Nillessen1 Ryan Mphahlele1 Ignacio Fontes1 Samuel Pihlström Reallocation of rejected quotas2 Filip RakMaciej Wyderka Total 46
Men's 5000 m