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Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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After a few places allocated to championships, the bulk of places are awarded on the basis of world rankings as at 31 May 2012. After 8 NOCs have qualified 3 athletes for an event, other NOCs are limited to 2 athletes for that event.

Qualification timeline

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Event Date Venue
World Qualification Event August 6–7, 2011 United Kingdom London
2011 ASTC Asian Triathlon Championships September 24–25, 2011 Chinese Taipei Mehua Lake Yilan County
2011 Pan American Games October 23, 2011 Mexico Puerto Vallarta
2012 ETU European Triathlon Championships April 17–22, 2012 Israel Eilat
2012 OTU Oceania Triathlon Championships March 10, 2012 Australia Devonport[2]
African Continental Qualification Event March 31, 2012 Mauritius Le Morne
Cutoff for World Rankings May 31, 2012

Qualification progress

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Event Men Women
African Qualification Event  South Africa  South Africa
Asian Championships [3]  Japan  Japan
Pan American Games  Brazil  United States
European Championships  Spain  Switzerland
Oceania Championships  Australia  Australia
World Qualification Event  Great Britain
 Russia
 Great Britain
 Great Britain
 United States
 Germany
ITU Olympic Qualification List;

ITU World Championship Series Rankings;
ITU Points List[4]

 Argentina
 Australia
 Australia
 Austria
 Belgium
 Bermuda
 Brazil
 Canada
 Canada
 Canada
 Colombia
 Costa Rica
 Czech Republic
 Czech Republic
 France
 France
 France
 Germany
 Germany
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Ireland
 Italy
 Italy
 Japan
 Mexico
 New Zealand
 New Zealand
 New Zealand
 Poland
 Portugal
 Portugal
 Russia
 Russia
 South Korea
 Spain
 Spain
 Switzerland
 Switzerland
 Ukraine
 United States
 United States
 
 Australia
 Australia
 Belgium
 Bermuda
 Brazil
 Canada
 Canada
 Chile
 Czech Republic
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Denmark
 France
 France
 France
 Germany
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Great Britain
 Hungary
 Ireland
 Italy
 Japan
 Japan
 Mexico
 Netherlands
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 New Zealand
 New Zealand
 Poland
 Poland
 Russia
 Russia
 Slovenia
 South Africa
 Spain
 Spain
 Spain
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Ukraine
 United States
ITU Points List
Best non-qualified NOC for each continent
 China (Asia)
 Slovakia (Europe)
 Zimbabwe (Africa)
 China (Asia)
 Ecuador (America)
 Mauritius (Africa)
Tripartite Commission  Monaco -----
Rellocation of Quotas  Chile  Austria
Total 55 55

Qualification summary

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NOC Men Women Total
 Argentina 1 1
 Australia 3 3 6
 Austria 1 1 2
 Belgium 1 1 2
 Bermuda 1 1 2
 Brazil 2 1 3
 Canada 3 2 5
 Chile 1 1 2
 China 1 1 2
 Colombia 1 1
 Costa Rica 1 1
 Czech Republic 2 2 4
 Denmark 2 2
 Ecuador 1 1
 France 3 3 6
 Germany 3 3 6
 Great Britain 3 3 6
 Hungary 1 1
 Ireland 1 1 2
 Italy 2 1 3
 Japan 2 3 5
 Mauritius 1 1
 Mexico 1 1 2
 Monaco 1 1
 Netherlands 2 2
 New Zealand 3 3 6
 Poland 1 2 3
 Portugal 2 2
 Russia 3 2 5
 Slovakia 1 1
 Slovenia 1 1
 South Africa 1 2 3
 South Korea 1 1
 Spain 3 3 6
 Sweden 1 1
 Switzerland 2 2 4
 Ukraine 1 1 2
 United States 2 3 5
 Zimbabwe 1 1
Total: 39 NOCs 55 55 110

References

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  1. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad : Triathlon" (PDF). ITU. Retrieved 12 Aug 2011.
  2. ^ "Devonport to host 2012 Continental Championships". Triathlon Australia. 12 Jul 2011. Retrieved 12 Aug 2011.
  3. ^ "News | ASTC - Asian Triathlon Confederation". Astc.triathlon.org. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  4. ^ "All Rankings". ITU. Retrieved 12 Aug 2011.