Qualification Criteria

Updated: 19 Feb, 2020 07:53 pm

National Federation Qualification Criteria for Tokyo 2020

Top 3 in the Tokyo 2019 Test Event gets automatic selection
If no one does, the first Australian athlete in the Top 8 gets automatic selection

Best finishing athlete in the 2019 Tokyo test Event will get an automatic spot in the team
Best finishing athlete in the 2019 ITU Lausanne Grand Final will get the second spot

In the two years of the Qualifying Period, athlete needs to finish Top 3 in the European Championships or Top 5 in a WTS
If more athletes meet the criteria than the available spots that Belgium has, next criteria will be based in individual results of the athlete

Any athlete who finishes in the Top 3 of the World Series in 2019, or Top 3 in the Olympic Qualification Ranking
We can also qualify Mixed Relay member that competed in winning team of Hamburg 2019 World Championships. Any athlete with the fastest split of that race also gets automatic selection

First spot of the country will be for anyone finishing Top 12 in the Tokyo 2019 Test Event
Next spot will be for an athlete in the Top 20 of the Ranking at the end of the 2019 WTS season, but only counting three athletes per nation
A Relay Test will select spots that haven’t been taken yet

For returning Olympic medallists, a podium at the 2019 Tokyo Test Event means automatic selection for Tokyo 2020
For non-Olympic medallists, they had to be at the podium in WTS Yokohama 2019 and the Test Event
If no one meets this criteria, GB will look at their individual performances in the Test Event and early WTS races in 2020

First ranked athlete in the Qualification List, followed by the second man.
Same criteria for the Women
If the Team qualifies in the China event, athletes will be selected in the last moment

First option: finishing in Top 8 in both WTS Yokohama 2019 and the Test Event
Second option: if an athlete is, at the end of 2019, believed to be capable of a Top 8 finish in the Olympics, and then can be nominated for early selection
Third option in 2020: athletes that can potentially finish in Top 8 at the WTS Yokohama 2020
If no athletes are selected based on their individual performance, Italy will look at their performance in the Mixed Relay to make the team

Athletes will be selected based on their performance at WTS Hamburg 2019, Tokyo 2019 Test Event and WTS Abu Dhabi 2020

Athletes will be nominated for the Tokyo 2020 team based in their performances in the Test Event and WTS races

If an athlete gets a Top 6 in an Olympic distance WTS race within the Qualification period, he or she will get automatic selection

Selection process takes into account individual performances and Relay commitment
A podium in the 2019 Tokyo test event gives an athlete an automatic spot in the team

Athlete must be in the Top 20 of the Olympic Qualification ranking and needs a podium in the last year of the Olympic Qualification period
If no one meets the requirements, decision will be taken by Head Coaches based in performance during the last year

First spot will be for anyone finishing Top 3 in the 2019 Lausanne Grand Final, or Top 8 in the Olympic Qualification Ranking at the end of 2019
Second spot, for the second athlete in the Ranking among the Top 15 at the end of 2019
Third spot, at coaches’ discretion
For the Women, first spot will be for anyone finishing Top 10 in the 2019 Tokyo Test Event or a Top 15 in the Ranking at the end of 2019
Second spot for a Top 30 in the Ranking at the end of 2019

The first procedure for automatic selection is in the 2019 Tokyo test event. If two athletes get in the podium, the two of them get automatic selection
If we have one athlete in the podium in the Test event and another athlete in the top 8, both get automatic selection
If we have no athletes in the podium at the Test Event, an athlete in the Top 8 gets automatic selection
The second procedure is in WTS Yokohama 2020. If there are still positions available, we can select one athlete who gets in the podium
If no athletes get selected in the Tokyo Test Event, we can select two athletes in WTS Yokohama 2020 if they are in the podium
If no athlete podiums either in Tokyo Test Event or WTS Yokohama 2020, we can select an athlete in the Top 8 in this last race