WA NEWSLETTER Nº4

OLYMPIC QUALIFYING PROCESS.

Olympic qualification system

Further to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the qualification system in force has been adapted accordingly.

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Key elements

  • Qualification principles remain unchanged: qualification through entry standards (which also remain unchanged) and then world rankings
  • Athletes who have already met the entry standard since the start of the qualification period in 2019 remain qualified with other athletes to qualify within the extended qualification period
  • Suspended qualification period (for all events) 6 April to 30 November 2020


Amendments to the qualification system listed below

Age requirements have been adapted to reflect new date:

  • Senior athletes born in 2001 or earlier
  • Junior (U20) athletes born in 2002 or 2003
  • Youth (U18) athletes born in 2004 and 2005
  • Athletes younger than 16 born in 2006 or later


New entry standards qualification period and world rankings period:

Events Entry standards period World rankings period
Marathon,
50km race walk
1 Jan 2019 – 5 April 2020
1 December 2020 – 31 May 2021 21 months
1 December 2018 – 5 April 2020
1 December 2020 – 31 May 2021 22 months
10,000m,
20km race walk,
combined events,
relays
1 Jan 2019 – 5 April 2020
1 December 2020 – 29 June 2021 22 months
1 Jan 2019 – 5 April 2020
1 December 2020 – 29 June 2021 22 months
All other events 1 May 2019 – 5 April 2020
1 December 2020 – 29 June 2021 18 months
30 June 2019 – 5 April 2020
1 December 2020 – 29 June 2021 16 months

Marathon automatic qualifiers:

  • The top 10 finishers in the men’s marathon and in the women’s marathon at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019
  • The top 5 finishers at the World Athletics Gold Label marathons and the top 10 finishers at the Marathon Major Series (Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York) held during the qualification period from 1 January 2019 to 5 April 2020
  • The top 10 finishers at the Platinum Label marathons and the winners of the Gold Label marathons held during the period from 1 December 2020 to 31 May 2021.

Relay teams automatic qualifiers:

  • The top 8 placed NOCs at the World Athletics Relays Silesia 2021, if not already qualified from Doha 2019, shall automatically qualify for the relay events at the 2020 Olympic Games.

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