This article details the qualifying phase for triathlon at the 2028 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 110 athletes coming from their respective National Olympic Committees (NOCs) with a maximum of three per gender. All athletes must undergo a qualifying pathway to earn a spot for the Games through the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships (2026 and 2027), the Continental Qualification, the Olympic Qualification List which begins on 18 May 2024 and then concludes two years later on the same date, and the World Ranking from the same time period.
Summary Ten NOCs will each earn four quota spots (two per gender) through the mixed relay qualification pathway. As the host country, the United States reserves four quota places (two per gender) while the highest-ranked eligible NOC will each obtain two men's and two women's spots at the 2026 and 2027 Mixed Relay World Championships. The eight highest-ranked NOCs will be allocated the same number of places based on the World Triathlon mixed relay Olympic rankings of 18 May 2028, ensuring continental representation if there is a NOC from a continent not yet qualified within the top 15.
The individual Olympic rankings of 18 May 2028 will provide 21 athletes in each gender with the coveted quota places, sequentially allocated to the highest-ranked triathletes, subject to a limit of three per NOC (if all three are placed inside the top 30) or two per NOC (if the third would be placed outside the top 30). Any NOC qualifying through the mixed relay must ignore its two highest-ranked triathletes in each gender. Two spots per gender are awarded to the triathletes under the Tripartite Commission and to those eligible in the top 160 of the World Triathlon individual rankings. One spot per continent will be assigned through the continental games to the highest-ranked remaining triathlete whose NOC has not yet qualified for any quota places. The same process will be applied through the World Triathlon individual rankings. A team consisting of two individuals in both the men's and women's events will be eligible to join the ten previously qualified teams in the mixed relay event.
NOC Men Women Mixed Total 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 4Total: 4 NOCs 55210
Timeline Event Date Venue 2026 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships July 12, 2026 Hamburg 2026 Asian Games September 20–21, 2026 Gamagōri 2027 African Games January 20–February 7, 2027 Cairo 2027 European Games June 16–27, 2027 Istanbul 2027 Pacific Games July 26–29, 2027 Pīraʻe 2027 Pan American Games August 5–7, 2027 Lima 2027 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships 2027 TBA Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Ranking May 18, 2028 — Individual Olympic Qualification Rankings May 18, 2028 — Individual World Triathlon Rankings May 18, 2028 —
Men's Event Places Qualified NOC Selected triathlete Host nation 2 2026 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships 2 2027 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships 2 Mixed Relay Qualification Rankings 16 Individual Olympic Rankings 21 Tripartite Commission 2 2027 African Games 1 2027 Pan American Games 1 2026 Asian Games 1 2027 European Games 1 2027 Pacific Games 1 Individual World Triathlon Rankings – Africa 1 Individual World Triathlon Rankings – America 1 Individual World Triathlon Rankings – Asia 1 Individual World Triathlon Rankings – Europe 1 Individual World Triathlon Rankings – Oceania 1 Total 55
Women's Event Places Qualified NOC Selected triathlete Host nation 2 2026 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships 2 2027 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships 2 Mixed Relay Qualification Rankings 16 Individual Olympic Rankings 21 Tripartite Commission 2 2027 African Games 1 2027 Pan American Games 1 2026 Asian Games 1 2027 European Games 1 2027 Pacific Games 1 Individual World Triathlon Rankings – Africa 1 Individual World Triathlon Rankings – America 1 Individual World Triathlon Rankings – Asia 1 Individual World Triathlon Rankings – Europe 1 Individual World Triathlon Rankings – Oceania 1 Total 55
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