Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Eight National Olympic Committees could have a maximum of three eligible athletes per event, all other NOCs could have a maximum of two eligible athletes per event. Here follows the detailed attribution of the qualification places:[1]

Event Date Location Men Women
Pan American Continental Olympic Qualifier July 14, 2007 Brazil Rio de Janeiro United States Andy Potts United States Julie Ertel
African Continental Olympic Qualifier March 8, 2008 Tunisia Hammamet South Africa Hendrik De Villiers South Africa Mari Rabie
Oceania Continental Olympic Qualifier March 9, 2008 New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Shane Reed Australia Emma Moffatt
Asian Continental Olympic Qualifier May 3, 2008 China Guanzhou Japan Ryosuke Yamamoto Japan Ai Ueda
European Continental Olympic Qualifier May 10, 2008 Portugal Lisbon France Frédéric Belaubre Portugal Vanessa Fernandes
2008 Triathlon World Championships June 8, 2008 Canada Vancouver Spain Javier Gómez
New Zealand Bevan Docherty
Switzerland Reto Hug
United Kingdom Helen Tucker
United States Sarah Haskins
New Zealand Samantha Warriner
ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings[2][3] June 15, 2008 N/A Australia Brad Kahlefeldt
Canada Simon Whitfield
New Zealand Kris Gemmell
United Kingdom Tim Don
Ukraine Volodymyr Polikarpenko
Germany Maik Petzold
Germany Jan Frodeno
Switzerland Sven Riederer
United Kingdom William Clarke
Germany Daniel Unger
United Kingdom Alistair Brownlee
France Tony Moulai
Canada Paul Tichelaar
Spain Iván Raña
Russia Igor Sysoev
Russia Alexander Brukhankov
France Cedric Fleureton
Czech Republic Filip Ospalý
United States Jarrod Shoemaker
Portugal Bruno Pais
United States Matthew Reed
Japan Hirokatsu Tayama
Switzerland Olivier Marceu
Russia Dmitri Polyansky
Australia Courtney Atkinson
Canada Brent McMahon
Kazakhstan Dmitriy Gaag
Poland Marek Jaskolka
Denmark Rasmus Henning
Italy Daniel Fontana
Brazil Reinaldo Colucci
Kazakhstan Danyl Sapunov
Belgium Peter Croes
Portugal Duarte Marques
Belgium Axel Zeebroek
Netherlands Sander Berk
Austria Simon Agoston
Estonia Marko Albert
Luxembourg Dirk Bockel
Italy Emilio D'Aquino
Brazil Juraci Moreira
Australia Emma Snowsill
New Zealand Debbie Tanner
United States Laura Bennett
Germany Anja Dittmer
Germany Joelle Franzman
United Kingdom Hollie Avil
New Zealand Andrea Hewitt
Switzerland Nicola Spirig
Canada Lauren Groves
Luxembourg Elizabeth May
France Jessica Harrison
Switzerland Magali di Marco
Germany Ricarda Lisk
Australia Erin Densham
France Carole Péon
Austria Eva Dollinger
Japan Kiyomi Niwata
Japan Juri Ide
Italy Nadia Cortassa
Sweden Lisa Nordén
Switzerland Daniela Ryf
Canada Kathy Tremblay
Canada Kirsten Sweetland
Czech Republic Vendula Frintová
Spain Ainhoa Murua
Russia Irina Abyssova
South Africa Kate Roberts
Brazil Mariana Ohata
Austria Tania Haiböck
Czech Republic Lenka Zemanova
Spain Ana Burgos
Austria Kate Allen
Poland Ewa Dederko
Republic of Ireland Emma Davis
China Xing Lin
Netherlands Lisa Mensik
China Wang Hongni
Poland Maria Czesnik
Ukraine Yuliya Spunova
Russia Olga Zaousailova
Italy Charlotte Bonin
Hungary Zita Szabó
Netherlands Birgitta Berk
ITU Continental Rankings[b] July 15, 2008 N/A Zimbabwe Christopher Felgate
Mexico Eligio Cervantes
Hong Kong Daniel Lee Chi Wo
Slovakia Pavel Simko
Chile Barbara Rivero Diaz
Hong Kong Tania Mak So Ning
Greece Deniz Dimaki
Host nation[a] N/A N/A China Zhang Yiming
Tripartite Commission Jan 31, 2008 N/A Syria Omar Tayara Bermuda Flora Duffy[c]
Total - - 55 55

Notes and references

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Notes
  • a China achieved qualification for the women's event through the ITU Olympic Qualification Ranking, therefore the host nation's Olympic place was given to another best placed athlete in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings;
  • b Oceanian NOCs did not qualify any eligible male and female competitors through the Continental Olympic Ranking; the same situation was verified with African NOCs for the women's event. Thus, each of these qualification places were given to the next best placed athletes in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings;
  • c Flora Duffy would qualify through her place in the ITU Olympic Qualification Ranking. Since she received an invitation from the tripartite commission, her slot was given to the next best placed athlete in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings.
References
  1. ^ "Olympic qualifying criteria" (pdf). ITU.
  2. ^ "Olympic simulation for men" (pdf). 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  3. ^ "Olympic simulation for women" (pdf). 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-06-10.