# Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). 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. 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 began on May 11, 2018, and then concludes two years later on the same date.

## Summary

Ten NOCs will each earn four quota spots (two per gender) through mixed team qualification. The top seven NOCs in the ITU mixed relay rankings of 31 March 2020 will qualify. NOCs other than those seven can participate in the 2020 ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event, with three more teams earning Olympic quota places through that competition. This ensures a minimum field of ten teams in the mixed relay.
The individual rankings of 11 May 2020 will provide quota spots to 31 athletes in each gender. The first 26 spots will go sequentially to the best ranked athletes, subject to a limit of three per NOC (if all three are in the top 30) or two per NOC (if the third would be outside the top 30). For the purposes of this allocation, any NOC that qualified through mixed relay (and thus already has two quota places in each gender) must ignore its two highest-ranked competitors in each gender. Five additional spots will be awarded by continent, to the best-ranked remaining athlete from that continent whose NOC has not already qualified any quota places. A team that qualifies two individuals in both the men's and women's events will then be eligible to join the ten previously qualified teams in the mixed relay event. In 2021, seven further teams achieved at least two quotas in both events, and thus also qualified for mixed relay.
Two places per gender are reserved for the host, Japan. Two final places in each gender are awarded by Tripartite Commission invitation.
| NOC | Men | Women | Mixed | Total |
| Argentina | | 1 | | 1 |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | | 6 |
| Austria | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | | | 1 |
| Belgium | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Bermuda | | 1 | | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
| Canada | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Chile | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| China | | 1 | | 1 |
| Czech Republic | | 2 | | 2 |
| Ecuador | | 1 | | 1 |
| Egypt | | 1 | | 1 |
| Estonia | | 1 | | 1 |
| France | 3 | 2 | | 5 |
| Germany | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Great Britain | 2 | 3 | | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | | | 1 |
| Hungary | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Israel | 2 | | | 2 |
| Italy | 2 | 3 | | 5 |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | | | 1 |
| Mexico | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Morocco | 1 | | | 1 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | | 4 |
| Portugal | 2 | 1 | | 3 |
| ROC | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Romania | 1 | | | 1 |
| South Africa | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | | 5 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Syria | 1 | | | 1 |
| Ukraine | | 1 | | 1 |
| United States | 2 | 3 | | 5 |
| Total: 38 NOCs | 55 | 55 | 18 | 110 |

## Timeline

| Event | Date | Venue |
| Mixed relay ranking | March 12, 2020 | — |
| 2021 ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event | May 21, 2021 | Lisbon |
| Cut-off for individual rankings | June 15, 2021 | — |

## Men's event

| Event | Places | Qualified NOC | Selected triathlete |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | France | Vincent Luis |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | France | Dorian Coninx |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | Australia | Jacob Birtwhistle |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | Australia | Aaron Royle |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | Great Britain | Jonathan Brownlee |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | Great Britain | Alex Yee |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | New Zealand | Hayden Wilde |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | New Zealand | Tayler Reid |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | Germany | Jonas Schomburg |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | Germany | Justus Nieschlag |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | Netherlands | Marco Van Der Stel |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | Netherlands | Jorik Van Egdom |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | United States | Morgan Pearson |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | United States | Kevin McDowell |
| Mixed relay event | 6 | Belgium | Jelle Geens |
| Mixed relay event | 6 | Belgium | Marten van Riel |
| Mixed relay event | 6 | Italy | Gianluca Pozzatti |
| Mixed relay event | 6 | Italy | Delian Stateff |
| Mixed relay event | 6 | Switzerland | Max Studer |
| Mixed relay event | 6 | Switzerland | Andrea Salvisberg |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Spain | Javier Gómez Noya |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Norway | Kristian Blummenfelt |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Spain | Mario Mola |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | South Africa | Henri Shoeman |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Canada | Tyler Mislawchuk |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Norway | Gustav Iden |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Hungary | Bence Bicsák |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | South Africa | Richard Murray |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | France | Léo Bergère |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Spain | Fernando Alarza |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Austria | Alois Knabl |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Norway | Casper Stornes |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Portugal | Joao Pereira |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Portugal | Joao Silva |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Australia | Matthew Hauser |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Mexico | Crisanto Grajales |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Denmark | xxx |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Brazil | Manoel Messias |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Israel | Shachar Sagiv |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Canada | Matthew Sharpe |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Mexico | Irving Pérez |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Azerbaijan | Rostyslav Pevtsov |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Austria | Lukas Hollaus |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | ROC | Dmitry Polyanski |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Israel | Ran Sagiv |
| Individual ranking – World | 25 | Hungary | Tamás Tóth |
| Individual ranking – Africa | 1 | Morocco | Mehdi Essadiq |
| Individual ranking – Americas | 1 | Chile | Diego Moya |
| Individual ranking – Asia | 1 | Hong Kong | Oscar Coggins |
| Individual ranking – Europe | 1 | Romania | Felix Duchampt |
| Individual ranking – Oceania | 0 | None eligible | xxx |
| Host nation | 2 | Japan | Kenji Nener |
| Host nation | 2 | Japan | Makoto Odakura |
| Tripartite Commission | 1 | Syria | Mohamad Maso |
| Tripartite Commission | 1 | Not allocated | xxx |
| Reallocation | 3 | Luxembourg | Stefan Zachäus |
| Reallocation | 3 | Ireland | Russell White |
| Reallocation | 3 | ROC | Igor Polyanski |
| Total | 55 | | |

## Women's event

| Event | Places | Qualified NOC | Selected triathlete |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | France | Cassandre Beaugrand Léonie Périault |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | Australia | Ashleigh Gentle Jaz Hedgeland |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | Great Britain | Jess Learmonth Georgia Taylor-Brown |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | New Zealand | Ainsley Thorpe Nicole van der Kaay |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | Germany | Laura Lindemann Anabel Knoll |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | Netherlands | Maya Kingma Rachel Klamer |
| Mixed relay rankings | 14 | United States | Katie Zaferes Summer Rappaport |
| Mixed relay event | 6 | Belgium | Valerie Barthelemy Claire Michel |
| Mixed relay event | 6 | Italy | Angelica Olmo Alice Betto |
| Mixed relay event | 6 | Switzerland | Nicola Spirig Jolanda Annen |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Great Britain | Vicki Holland |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | United States | Taylor Knibb |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Austria | Lisa Perterer |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Czech Republic | Vendula Frintová |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Bermuda | Flora Duffy |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Canada | Joanna Brown |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Spain | Miriam Casillas |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Italy | Verena Steinhauser |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Brazil | Vittória Lopes |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Australia | Emma Jeffcoat |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Austria | Julia Hauser |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Norway | Lotte Miller |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Brazil | Luisa Baptista |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Ukraine | Yuliya Yelistratova |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Spain | Anna Godoy |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Portugal | Melanie Santos |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | ROC | Alexandra Razarenova |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Mexico | Cecilia Pérez |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Hungary | Zsanett Bragmayer |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Estonia | Kaidi Kivioja |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | South Africa | Simone Ackermann |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Hungary | Zsófia Kovács |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Chile | Bárbara Riveros |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Mexico | Claudia Rivas |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Czech Republic | Petra Kuříková |
| Individual ranking – World | 26 | Ecuador | Elizabeth Bravo |
| Individual ranking – Africa | 1 | Egypt | Basmla ElSalamoney |
| Individual ranking – Americas | 1 | Argentina | Romina Biagioli |
| Individual ranking – Asia | 1 | China | Zhong Mengying |
| Individual ranking – Europe | 1 | Ireland | Carolyn Hayes |
| Individual ranking – Oceania | 0 | None eligible | xxx |
| Host nation | 2 | Japan | Yuko Takahashi Niina Kishimoto |
| Tripartite Commission | 0 | Not allocated | xxx,xxx |
| Reallocation | 3 | ROC | Anastasia Gorbunova |
| Reallocation | 3 | Canada | Amélie Kretz |
| Reallocation | 3 | South Africa | Gillian Sanders |
| Total | 55 | | |