Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
# Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics. 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 for the first eight NOCs, while the remaining nations are limited to two. 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 begin on May 15, 2014, and then conclude two years later on the same date.

The winners of each of the five Continental Qualification Events are selected to compete for the Games, followed by the top three finishers at the 2015 ITU World Qualification Event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thirty-nine athletes for each gender must directly qualify through the Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016, ensuring that the first eight NOCs qualifying for positions are subjected to a maximum of three, and then the remaining NOCs to a limit to two. Host nation Brazil has guaranteed a single place for each gender, while further two berths are made available to NOCs through a Tripartite Invitation Commission. In the end, further five places are distributed to the NOCs without any quota through the ITU Points List.

## Summary

| NOC | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Austria | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Barbados | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Bermuda | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Chile | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| China | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Estonia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Germany | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Hungary | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Israel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Japan | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Jordan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauritius | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South Africa | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Total: 38 NOCs | 56 | 56 | 112 |

## Timeline

| Event | Date | Venue |
| - | - | - |
| World Qualification Event | August 1–2, 2015 | Rio de Janeiro |
| 2015 European Games | June 13–14, 2015 | Baku |
| 2015 Pan American Games | July 11–12, 2015 | Toronto |
| 2016 Oceania Triathlon Championships | March 19–20, 2016 | Gisborne |
| 2016 African Triathlon Championships | March 20, 2016 | East London |
| 2016 Asian Triathlon Championships | April 29 – May 1, 2016 | Hatsukaichi |
| Cutoff for World Rankings | May 15, 2016 | |
| Re-allocation of unused quotas | June 13, 2016 | |

## Men's event

| Event | Places | Qualified NOC | Selected triathlete |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2015 European Games | 1 | Great Britain | Gordon Benson |
| 2016 African Championships | 0* | South Africa | |
| 2016 Asian Championships | 1 | Japan | Hirokatsu Tayama |
| 2016 Oceania Championships | 1 | Australia | Ryan Bailie |
| 2015 Pan American Games | 1 | Mexico | Crisanto Grajales |
| ITU World Qualification Event | 2 | France | Vincent Luis |
| ITU World Qualification Event | 2 | South Africa | Richard Murray |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Spain | Mario Mola |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Spain | Fernando Alarza |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Portugal | João José Pereira |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Great Britain | Alistair Brownlee |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Great Britain | Jonathan Brownlee |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Australia | Ryan Fisher |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Russia | Dmitry Polyanski |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | South Africa | Henri Schoeman |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Spain | Vicente Hernández |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Australia | Aaron Royle |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | France | Pierre Le Corre |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Switzerland | Sven Riederer |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Italy | Alessandro Fabian |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Russia | Igor Polyanski |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Portugal | João Silva |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Russia | Alexander Bryukhankov |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Azerbaijan | Rostyslav Pevtsov |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | United States | Joe Maloy |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | France | Dorian Coninx |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Slovakia | Richard Varga |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | New Zealand | Ryan Sissons |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Norway | Kristian Blummenfelt |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Mexico | Irving Perez |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Hungary | Gäbor Faldum |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Switzerland | Andrea Salvisberg |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Belgium | Jelle Greens |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | United States | Gregory Billington |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Belgium | Martin van Riel |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Italy | Davide Uccellari |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Argentina | Gonzalo Tellechea |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | New Zealand | Tony Dodds |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Canada | Andrew Yorke |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | United States | Ben Kanute |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Costa Rica | Leonardo Chacón |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Brazil | Diogo Sclebin |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Denmark | Andreas Schilling |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Argentina | Luciano Taccone |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 38 | Canada | Tyler Mislawchuk |
| Tripartite Commission Invitation | 1 | Jordan | Lawrence Fanous |
| ITU Points List (as of May 15, 2016) | 3 | Austria | Thomas Springer |
| ITU Points List (as of May 15, 2016) | 3 | Barbados | Jason Wilson |
| ITU Points List (as of May 15, 2016) | 3 | China | Bai Faquan |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | Ireland | Bryan Keane |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | Israel | Ron Darmon |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | Mexico | Rodrigo González |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | Portugal | Miguel Arraiolos |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | Hungary | Tamás Tóth |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | Puerto Rico | Manuel Huerta |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | Ukraine | Ivan Ivanov |
| Total | 55 | | |

## Women's event

| Event | Places | Qualified NOC | Selected triathlete |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2015 European Games | 1 | Switzerland | Nicola Spirig |
| 2016 African Championships | 0* | South Africa | |
| 2016 Asian Championships | 1 | Japan | Ai Ueda |
| 2016 Oceania Championships | 1 | Australia | Emma Moffatt |
| 2015 Pan American Games | 1 | Chile | Bárbara Riveros |
| ITU World Qualification Event | 3 | United States | Gwen Jorgensen |
| ITU World Qualification Event | 3 | Great Britain | Non Stanford |
| ITU World Qualification Event | 3 | Great Britain | Vicky Holland |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | New Zealand | Andrea Hewitt |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | United States | Sarah True |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | United States | Katie Zaferes |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Netherlands | Rachel Klamer |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Bermuda | Flora Duffy |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Great Britain | Helen Jenkins |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Australia | Ashleigh Gentle |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Czech Republic | Vendula Frintová |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Austria | Lisa Perterer |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Ireland | Aileen Morrison |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Italy | Annamaria Mazzetti |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Germany | Anne Haug |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Japan | Yuka Sato |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Mexico | Claudia Rivas |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Australia | Charlotte McShane |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Brazil | Pâmella Oliveira |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Japan | Yurie Kato |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Austria | Sara Vilic |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Spain | Ainhoa Murúa |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | South Africa | Gillian Sanders |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | New Zealand | Nicky Samuels |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | South Africa | Mari Rabie |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Russia | Alexandra Razarenova |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Ukraine | Yuliya Yelistratova |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Switzerland | Jolanda Annen |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Hungary | Margit Vanek |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Poland | Agnieszka Jerzyk |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | France | Audrey Merle |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Spain | Carolina Routier |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Spain | Miriam Casillas |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Canada | Kirsten Sweetland |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Slovenia | Mateja Šimic |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Italy | Charlotte Bonin |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Russia | Anastasia Abrosimova |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Canada | Sarah-Anne Brault |
| ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016) | 36 | Hungary | Zsófia Kovács |
| ITU Points List (as of May 15, 2016) | 4 | Mauritius | Fabienne St. Louis |
| ITU Points List (as of May 15, 2016) | 4 | Ecuador | Elizabeth Bravo |
| ITU Points List (as of May 15, 2016) | 4 | China | Wang Lianyuan |
| ITU Points List (as of May 15, 2016) | 4 | Estonia | Kaidi Kivioja |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | Belgium | Claire Michel |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | Belgium | Katrien Verstuyft |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | Sweden | Lisa Nordén |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | Canada | Amelie Kretz |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | Russia | Mariya Shorets |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | Mexico | Cecilia Pérez |
| Re-allocation of unused quota places | 7 | France | Cassandre Beaugrand |
| Total | 55 | | |
