Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

For the athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics competitions, the following qualification systems are in place. Qualification will end on 29 June 2021.

Qualifying standards

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to 3 qualified athletes in each individual event if all athletes meet the entry standard during the qualifying period. An NOC may also enter a maximum of 1 qualified relay team per event. Under the universality rule, NOCs may enter one male athlete and one female athlete, regardless of time, if they have no athletes of that gender meeting the entry standard. This makes it possible for every nation to have a minimum of two representative in the sports. These universality spots cannot be used in the combined events, the 10,000 metres, or the 3,000 metre steeplechase[1][2][3]

The qualifying system for Tokyo 2020 saw fundamental changes from the previous Olympics. While the qualification from Rio 2016 and other previous editions relied on qualifying times, Tokyo 2020 is primarily based on world ranking. The IAAF continues to set qualifying times, but these are "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The number of entrants per event is capped, with different caps for different events varying from 24 athletes for the combined events to 80 athletes for the marathons.[1][2]

The IAAF world rankings are based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period. The results are weighted by the importance of the meet.[4]

The qualifying time standards may be obtained in various meets during the given period approved by the World Athletics. The qualifying period for the marathon and the 50 km race walk occurs from 1 January 2019 to 5 April 2020 and from 1 December 2020 to 31 May 2021 and the qualifying for the 10,000 m, 20 km race walk and combined events occurs from 1 January 2019 to 5 April 2020 and from 1 December 2020 to 29 June 2021, with the rest of the track and field events happening from 1 May 2019 to 5 April 2020 and from 1 December 2020 to 29 June 2021. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.[2] On 6 April 2020, the World Athletics announced that the qualification period for the Games was suspended until 30 November 2020, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.[5] In July 2020, World Athletics announced that the suspension period would be lifted for the road events (marathons and race walks) on 1 September 2020.[6]

For the relays, a maximum of sixteen qualified NOCs shall be entitled to each event. The top eight teams in each event at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics (held in Doha from 28 September to 6 October 2019) guarantee a spot on their respective NOCs for the Olympics. The remaining half in each event are selected at the 2021 World relays and according to IAAF World Ranking List as of 29 June 2021 based on the aggregate of the 2 fastest times achieved by NOCs during the given period.[2]

NOCs with more than three qualified athletes in an individual event may select, using their own rules, athletes from among those qualified. For example, the United States selects athletes based on the result of the 2021 United States Olympic Trials meet, but has a policy of entering every athlete qualified. Sweden only enters athletes good enough to reach at least the eighth position, based on an assessment by the Swedish NOC.

Athletes must have been born before 1 January 2005 (that, be at least 16 years old at the end of 2020) to compete. Youth athletes (born in 2003 or 2004, age 16 or 17 at the end of 2020) cannot compete in the throwing events, combined events, marathons, race walks, or 10,000 metre events. Junior athletes (born in 2001 or 2002, age 18 or 19 at the end of 2020) cannot compete in the marathons or the 50 kilometre race walk.[2]

The IAAF Qualifying Standards are as follows:[7][2]

Men's events		Women's events
Event	Entry mark	Event	Entry mark
100 m	10.05	100 m	11.15
200 m	20.24	200 m	22.80
400 m	44.90	400 m	51.35
800 m	1:45.20	800 m	1:59.50
1500 m	3:35.00	1500 m	4:04.20
5000 m	13:13.50	5000 m	15:10.00
10,000 m	27:28.00	10,000 m	31:25.00
110 m hurdles	13.32	100 m hurdles	12.84
400 m hurdles	48.90	400 m hurdles	55.40
3000 m steeplechase	8:22.00	3000 m steeplechase	9:30.00
Marathon	2:11:30	Marathon	2:29:30
20 km walk	1:21:00	20 km walk	1:31:00
50 km walk	3:50:00	N/A	N/A
Long jump	8.22	Long jump	6.82
Triple jump	17.14	Triple jump	14.32
High jump	2.33	High jump	1.96
Pole vault	5.80	Pole vault	4.70
Shot put	21.10	Shot put	18.50
Discus throw	66.00	Discus throw	63.50
Hammer throw	77.50	Hammer throw	72.50
Javelin throw	85.00	Javelin throw	64.00
Decathlon	8350	Heptathlon	6420
4 × 100 m relay	Top 8 at WAC + 8 next best from world rankings	4 × 100 m relay	Top 8 at WAC + 8 next best from world rankings
4 × 400 m relay		4 × 400 m relay

Track events

Men's 100 m

Does not include indoor achievements

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 10.05	3	Great Britain	Adam Gemili Zharnel Hughes Reece Prescod
	3	Jamaica	^[a]
	3	Japan	Yoshihide Kiryū Yuki Koike Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
	3	Nigeria	Raymond Ekevwo Usheoritse Itsekiri Divine Oduduru
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Canada	Aaron Brown Andre De Grasse
	2	China	Su Bingtian Xie Zhenye
	1	Bahamas	Samson Colebrooke
	1	Barbados	Mario Burke
	1	Brazil	Paulo André de Oliveira
	1	Cayman Islands	Kemar Hyman
	1	France	Jimmy Vicaut
	1	Ghana	Joseph Amoah
	1	Indonesia	Lalu Muhammad Zohri
	1	Iran	Hassan Taftian
	1	Italy	Marcell Jacobs
	1	Ivory Coast	Arthur Cissé
	1	Liberia	Emmanuel Matadi
	1	South Africa	Akani Simbine
World ranking	1
Total	56

Men's 200 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 20.24	3	Great Britain	Miguel Francis Adam Gemili Zharnel Hughes
	3	Jamaica	Yohan Blake Rasheed Dwyer Andre Ewers
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Canada	Aaron Brown Andre De Grasse
	2	Japan	Yuki Koike Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
	2	Trinidad and Tobago	Kyle Greaux Jereem Richards
	1	Barbados	Mario Burke
	1	Brazil	Aldemir da Silva Júnior
	1	China	Xie Zhenye
	1	Colombia	Bernardo Baloyes
	1	Ecuador	Álex Quiñónez
	1	Ghana	Joseph Amoah
	1	Nigeria	Divine Oduduru
	1	South Africa	Clarence Munyai
	1	Switzerland	Alex Wilson
	1	Turkey	Ramil Guliyev
	1	Zambia	Sydney Siame
World ranking	1
Total	56

Men's 400 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 44.90	3	Jamaica	Nathon Allen Akeem Bloomfield Demish Gaye
	3	United States	^[a]
	1	Bahamas	Steven Gardiner
	1	Bahrain	Abbas Abubakar Abbas
	1	Barbados	Jonathan Jones
	1	Colombia	Anthony Zambrano
	1	Grenada	Kirani James
	1	Italy	Davide Re
	1	Kenya	Emmanuel Korir
	1	Nigeria	Emmanuel Bamidele
	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Machel Cedenio
World ranking	1
Total	48

Men's 800 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 1:45.20	3	Great Britain	^[a]
	3	Kenya	^[a]
	3	Puerto Rico	Andrés Arroyo Ryan Sánchez Wesley Vázquez
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Canada	Marco Arop Brandon McBride
	2	Poland	Adam Kszczot Marcin Lewandowski
	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Amel Tuka
	1	Botswana	Nijel Amos
	1	Djibouti	Ayanleh Souleiman
	1	France	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse
	1	Mexico	Jesús Tonatiu López
	1	Morocco	Mostafa Smaili
	1	Qatar	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla
	1	Spain	Adrián Ben
	1	Sweden	Andreas Kramer
	1	Tunisia	Abdessalem Ayouni
World ranking	1
Total	48

Men's 1500 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 3:35.00	3	Great Britain	Charlie Grice Josh Kerr Jake Wightman
	3	Kenya	^[a]
	3	United States	Matthew Centrowitz Craig Engels Joshua Thompson
	3	Morocco	Abdalaati Iguider Brahim Kaazouzi Soufiane El Bakkali
	2	Australia	Stewart McSweyn Matthew Ramsden
	2	France	Rabii Doukkana Alexis Miellet
	2	Norway	Filip Ingebrigtsen Jakob Ingebrigtsen
	2	Spain	Kevin López Adel Mechaal
	1	Algeria	Taoufik Makhloufi
	1	Djibouti	Ayanleh Souleiman
	1	Ethiopia	Samuel Tefera
	1	Poland	Marcin Lewandowski
	1	Russia ^[Note RUS]	Vladimir Nikitin
	1	Sweden	Kalle Berglund
	1	Uganda	Ronald Musagala
World ranking	1
Total	45

Men's 5000 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 13:13.50	3	Canada	Mohammed Ahmed Matthew Hughes Justyn Knight
	3	Ethiopia	^[a]
	3	Kenya	^[a]
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Australia	Stewart McSweyn Patrick Tiernan
	2	Bahrain	Birhanu Balew Dawit Fikadu
	2	Great Britain	Andrew Butchart Marc Scott
	2	Norway	Filip Ingebrigtsen Jakob Ingebrigtsen
	1	Belgium	Isaac Kimeli
	1	Italy	Yemaneberhan Crippa
	1	Uganda	Joshua Cheptegei
World ranking	1
Total	42

Men's 10,000 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 27:28.00	3	Ethiopia	^[a]
	3	Kenya	^[a]
	2	Uganda	Joshua Cheptegei Abdallah Kibet Mande
	3	United States	Shadrack Kipchirchir Eric Jenkins Lopez Lomong
	2	Australia	Stewart McSweyn Patrick Tiernan
	2	Japan	Akira Aizawa Tatsuhiko Ito
	1	Canada	Mohammed Ahmed
	1	Eritrea	Aron Kifle
	1	Great Britain	Sam Atkin
	1	Italy	Yemaneberhan Crippa
	1	Norway	Sondre Nordstad Moen
	1	Switzerland	Julien Wanders
World ranking	1
Total	27

Men's 110 m hurdles

Do not include indoor achievements

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 13.32	3	Jamaica	Orlando Bennett Ronald Levy Omar McLeod
	3	United States	Freddie Crittenden Grant Holloway Daniel Roberts
	2	Brazil	Gabriel Constantino Eduardo de Deus
	2	France	Wilhem Belocian Pascal Martinot-Lagarde
	1	Barbados	Shane Brathwaite
	1	China	Xie Wenjun
	1	Cyprus	Milan Trajkovic
	1	Great Britain	Andrew Pozzi
	1	Japan	Shunya Takayama
	1	Russia^[Note RUS]	Sergey Shubenkov
	1	South Africa	Antonio Alkana
	1	Spain	Orlando Ortega
World ranking	1
Total	40

Men's 400 m hurdles

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 48.90	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Brazil	Alison dos Santos Márcio Teles
	1	Algeria	Abdelmalik Lahoulou
	1	British Virgin Islands	Kyron McMaster
	1	France	Ludvy Vaillant
	1	Jamaica	Kemar Mowatt
	1	Japan	Takatoshi Abe
	1	Norway	Karsten Warholm
	1	Poland	Patryk Dobek
	1	Qatar	Abderrahman Samba
	1	South Africa	Sokwakhana Zazini
	1	Turkey	Yasmani Copello
World ranking	1
Total	40

Men's 3000 m steeplechase

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 8:22.00	3	Ethiopia	^[a]
	3	Kenya	^[a]
	3	Morocco	Abdelkarim Ben Zahra Soufiane El Bakkali Mohamed Tindouft
	3	Spain	Daniel Arce Fernando Carro Ibrahim Ezzaydouni
	3	United States	Andrew Bayer Hillary Bor Stanley Kebenei
	1	Algeria	Bilal Tabti
	1	Bahrain	John Kibet Koech
	1	Canada	Matthew Hughes
	1	Finland	Topi Raitanen
	1	France	Djilali Bedrani
	1	Great Britain	Zak Seddon
	1	India	Avinash Sable
	1	Italy	Osama Zoghlami
	1	Uganda	Albert Chemutai
World ranking	1
Total	45

Women's 100 m

Does not include indoor achievements

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 11.15	3	China	Ge Manqi Liang Xiaojing Wei Yongli
	3	Germany	Gina Lückenkemper Laura Müller Tatjana Pinto
	3	Great Britain	^[a]
	3	Jamaica	^[a]
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Ivory Coast	Murielle Ahouré Marie-Josée Ta Lou
	2	Netherlands	Dafne Schippers Marije van Hunenstijn
	2	South Africa	Carina Horn Tebogo Mamathu
	2	Switzerland	Mujinga Kambundji Salomé Kora
	1	Bahamas	Tynia Gaither
	1	Bulgaria	Ivet Lalova-Collio
	1	The Gambia	Gina Bass
	1	Nigeria	Blessing Okagbare
	1	Poland	Ewa Swoboda
	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Kelly-Ann Baptiste
World ranking	1
Total	56

Women's 200 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 22.80	3	Great Britain	^[a]
	3	Jamaica	Janeek Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Elaine Thompson
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Bahamas	Tynia Gaither Shaunae Miller-Uibo
	2	Germany	Lisa-Marie Kwayie Tatjana Pinto
	1	Bahrain	Salwa Eid Naser
	1	Belarus	Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
	1	Brazil	Vitória Cristina Rosa
	1	Bulgaria	Ivet Lalova-Collio
	1	Canada	Crystal Emmanuel
	1	The Gambia	Gina Bass
	1	Ivory Coast	Marie-Josée Ta Lou
	1	Netherlands	Dafne Schippers
	1	Niger	Aminatou Seyni
	1	Nigeria	Blessing Okagbare
	1	Slovenia	Maja Mihalinec
	1	Switzerland	Mujinga Kambundji
World ranking	1
Total	56

Women's 400 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 51.35	3	Botswana	Christine Botlogetswe Amantle Montsho Galefele Moroko
	3	Jamaica	^[a]
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Great Britain	Laviai Nielsen Jodie Williams
	2	Poland	Iga Baumgart-Witan Justyna Święty-Ersetic
	2	Russia^[Note RUS]	Antonina Krivoshapka Polina Miller
	1	Australia	Bendere Oboya
	1	Bahamas	Shaunae Miller-Uibo
	1	Bahrain	Salwa Eid Naser
	1	Barbados	Sada Williams
	1	Canada	Kyra Constantine
	1	Cyprus	Eleni Artymata
	1	Guyana	Aliyah Abrams
	1	Kenya	Hellen Syombua
	1	Mexico	Paola Morán
	1	Namibia	Beatrice Masilingi
	1	Netherlands	Lisanne de Witte
	1	Niger	Aminatou Seyni
World ranking	1
Total	48

Women's 800 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 1:59.50	3	Great Britain	^[a]
	3	Kenya	Emily Cherotich Tuei Eunice Sum Jackline Wambui
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Uganda	Halimah Nakaayi Winnie Nanyondo
	2	Ukraine	Olha Lyakhova Nataliya Pryshchepa
	1	Australia	Catriona Bisset
	1	Bahrain	Nelly Jepkosgei
	1	Burundi	Francine Niyonsaba
	1	Cuba	Rose Mary Almanza
	1	Ethiopia	Habitam Alemu
	1	Germany	Christina Hering
	1	Jamaica	Natoya Goule
	1	South Africa	Caster Semenya
World ranking	1
Total	48

Women's 1500 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 4:04.20	3	Ethiopia	^[a]
	3	Great Britain	^[a]
	3	Kenya	Winny Chebet Beatrice Chepkoech Faith Kipyegon
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Uganda	Esther Chebet Winnie Nanyondo
	1	Australia	Jessica Hull
	1	Belarus	Daryia Barysevich
	1	Canada	Gabriela Debues-Stafford
	1	Germany	Konstanze Klosterhalfen
	1	Ireland	Ciara Mageean
	1	Morocco	Rababe Arafi
	1	Netherlands	Sifan Hassan
	1	Poland	Sofia Ennaoui
	1	Romania	Claudia Bobocea
	1	Sweden	Yolanda Ngarambe
World ranking	1
Total	45

Women's 5000 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 15:10.00	3	Ethiopia	^[a]
	3	Great Britain	Melissa Courtney Eilish McColgan Laura Weightman
	3	Japan	Ririka Hironaka Hitomi Niiya Nozomi Tanaka
	3	Kenya	^[a]
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Canada	Gabriela Debues-Stafford Andrea Seccafien
	2	Germany	Konstanze Klosterhalfen Alina Reh
	2	Israel	Lonah Chemtai Salpeter Selamawit Dagnachew
	2	Uganda	Sarah Chelangat Stella Chesang
	1	Australia	Jessica Hull
	1	Denmark	Anna Emilie Møller
	1	Jamaica	Aisha Praught-Leer
	1	Morocco	Siham Hilali
	1	Netherlands	Sifan Hassan
	1	New Zealand	Camille Buscomb
	1	Norway	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal
	1	South Africa	Dominique Scott
	1	Turkey	Yasemin Can
World ranking	1
Total	42

Women's 10,000 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 31:25.00	3	Ethiopia	^[a]
	3	Kenya	Agnes Jebet Tirop Hellen Obiri Rosemary Monica Wanjiru
	3	United States	Marielle Hall Molly Huddle Emily Sisson
	2	Great Britain	Eilish McColgan Stephanie Twell
	2	Netherlands	Sifan Hassan Susan Krumins
	1	Australia	Ellie Pashley
	1	Bahrain	Shitaye Eshete
	1	Eritrea	Weini Kelati
	1	Germany	Alina Reh
	1	Israel	Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
	2	Japan	Mao Ichiyama Hitomi Niiya
	1	New Zealand	Camille Buscomb
	1	Turkey	Yasemin Can
World ranking	1
Total	27

Women's 100 m hurdles

Does not include indoor achievements

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 12.84	3	Jamaica	^[a]
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Belarus	Elvira Herman Alina Talay
	2	Finland	Reetta Hurske Annimari Korte
	2	Poland	Karolina Kołeczek Klaudia Siciarz
	1	Australia	Sally Pearson
	1	Bahamas	Pedrya Seymour
	1	Costa Rica	Andrea Vargas
	1	France	Solène Ndama
	1	Germany	Cindy Roleder
	1	Italy	Luminosa Bogliolo
	1	Netherlands	Nadine Visser
	1	Nigeria	Tobi Amusan
	1	Puerto Rico	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
World ranking	1
Total	40

Women's 400 m hurdles

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 55.40	3	Jamaica	^[a]
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Italy	Ayomide Folorunso Yadisleidy Pedroso
	1	Bahrain	Aminat Yusuf Jamal
	1	Australia	Sarah Carli
	1	Barbados	Tia-Adana Belle
	1	Belgium	Hanne Claes
	1	Canada	Sage Watson
	1	Cuba	Zurian Hechavarría
	1	Czech Republic	Zuzana Hejnová
	1	Denmark	Sara Slott Petersen
	1	Great Britain	Meghan Beesley
	1	Netherlands	Femke Bol
	1	Norway	Amalie Iuel
	1	Poland	Joanna Linkiewicz
	1	Switzerland	Léa Sprunger
	1	Ukraine	Anna Ryzhykova
World ranking	1
Total	40

Women's 3000 m steeplechase

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 9:30.00	3	Kenya	^[a]
	3	United States	^[a]
	1	Albania	Luiza Gega
	1	Australia	Genevieve Gregson
	1	Bahrain	Winfred Mutile Yavi
	1	Canada	Geneviève Lalonde
	1	Denmark	Anna Emilie Møller
	1	Ethiopia	Mekides Abebe
	1	Germany	Gesa Felicitas Krause
	1	Hungary	Zita Kácser
	1	Norway	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal
	1	Slovenia	Maruša Mišmaš
	1	Spain	Irene Sánchez-Escribano
	1	Uganda	Peruth Chemutai
World ranking	1
Total	45

Road events

Men's marathon

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 2:11:30	3	Australia	Liam Adams Jack Rayner Brett Robinson
	3	Bahrain	^[a]
	3	Canada	Trevor Hofbauer Ben Preisner Tristan Woodfine
	3	China	^[a]
	3	Eritrea	^[a]
	3	Ethiopia	^[a]
	3	France	^[a]
	3	Germany	Amanal Petros Hendrik Pfeiffer Richard Ringer
	3	Great Britain	^[a]
	3	Ireland	Paul Pollock Stephen Scullion Kevin Seaward
	3	Israel	^[a]
	3	Italy	^[a]
	3	Japan	Yuma Hattori Shogo Nakamura[8]
	3	Kenya	Lawrence Cherono Eliud Kipchoge Amos Kipruto[9]
	3	Mexico	^[a]
	3	Morocco	^[a]
	3	Netherlands	^[a]
	3	South Africa	Elroy Gelant Desmond Mokgobu Stephen Mokoka
	3	Spain	^[a]
	3	Sweden	Ebba Tulu Chala Mustafa Mohamed David Nilsson
	3	Turkey	^[a]
	3	Uganda	^[a]
	3	Ukraine	Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyy Mykola Nyzhnyk Oleksandr Sitkovskyy
	3	United States	Abdi Abdirahman Jacob Riley Galen Rupp
	2	Argentina	Joaquín Arbe Eulalio Muñoz
	2	Austria	Peter Herzog Lemawork Ketema
	2	Belgium	Bashir Abdi Koen Naert
	2	Brazil	Daniel Chaves da Silva Paulo Roberto de Almeida Paula
	2	Denmark	Thijs Nijhuis Abdi Hakin Ulad
	2	New Zealand	Malcolm Hicks Zane Robertson
	2	Rwanda	John Hakizimana Felicien Muhitira
	1	Burundi	Olivier Irabaruta
	1	Colombia	Ivan Dario Gonzalez
	1	Estonia	Tiidrek Nurme
	1	Lesotho	Khoarahlane Seutloali
	1	Mongolia	Tseveenravdangiin Byambajav
	1	Norway	Sondre Nordstad Moen
	1	North Korea	Ri Kang-bom
	1	Panama	Jorge Castelblanco
	1	Paraguay	Derlis Ayala
	1	Peru	Cristhian Pacheco
	1	South Korea	Oh Joo-han
	1	Switzerland	Tadesse Abraham
	1	Tanzania	Alphonce Felix Simbu
	1	Uzbekistan	Andrey Petrov
World ranking	1
Total	98

Men's 20 km walk

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 1:21:00	3	China	^[a]
	3	Italy	Matteo Giupponi Giorgio Rubino Massimo Stano
	3	Japan	^[a]
	3	Spain	Diego García Carrera Miguel Ángel López Álvaro Martín
	2	Australia	Dane Bird-Smith Rhydian Cowley
	2	Ecuador	Andrés Chocho Brian Pintado
	2	France	Gabriel Bordier Kévin Campion
	2	Germany	Nils Brembach Christopher Linke
	2	Mexico	Julio César Salazar Carlos Sánchez Cantera
	1	Brazil	Caio Bonfim
	1	Colombia	José Leonardo Montaña
	1	Great Britain	Tom Bosworth
	1	Guatemala	José Alejandro Barrondo
	1	India	Irfan Kolothum Thodi
	1	Ireland	Alex Wright
	1	Kazakhstan	Georgiy Sheiko
	1	Russia^[Note RUS]	Vasiliy Mizinov
	1	South Africa	Wayne Snyman
	1	South Korea	Choe Byeong-kwang
	1	Sweden	Perseus Karlström
	1	Turkey	Salih Korkmaz
	1	Ukraine	Eduard Zabuzhenko
World ranking	1
Total	60

Men's 50 km walk

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 3:50:00	3	China	^[a]
	3	Japan	^[a]
	2	Italy	Teodorico Caporaso Stefano Chiesa
	2	Poland	Rafał Augustyn Artur Brzozowski
	1	Belarus	Dzmitry Dziubin
	1	Canada	Evan Dunfee
	1	Ecuador	Andrés Chocho
	1	Finland	Aku Partanen
	1	France	Yohann Diniz
	1	Germany	Karl Junghannß
	1	Ireland	Brendan Boyce
	1	Mexico	Isaac Palma Olivares
	1	New Zealand	Quentin Rew
	1	Norway	Håvard Haukenes
	1	Portugal	João Vieira
	1	Slovakia	Matej Tóth
	1	Ukraine	Ivan Banzeruk
World ranking	1
Total	60

Women's marathon

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 2:29:30	3	Australia	^[a]
	3	Bahrain	^[a]
	3	Canada	^[a]
	3	China	^[a]
	3	Ethiopia	^[a]
	3	Germany	^[a]
	3	Great Britain	^[a]
	3	Japan	Honami Maeda Ayuko Suzuki[8] Mao Ichiyama
	3	Kenya	Ruth Chepngetich Vivian Cheruiyot Brigid Kosgei[9]
	3	Kyrgyzstan	Iuliia Andreeva Mariya Korobitskaya Darya Maslova
	3	North Korea	Jo Un-ok Kim Ji-hyang Ri Kwang-ok
	3	Sweden	Charlotta Fougberg Hanna Lindholm Carolina Wikström
	3	Ukraine	^[a]
	3	United States	Sally Kipyego Molly Seidel Aliphine Tuliamuk
	2	Belgium	Nina Lauwaert Hanne Verbruggen
	2	Belarus	Volha Mazuronak Nina Savina
	2	Croatia	Bojana Bjeljac Matea Parlov Koštro
	2	Italy	Sara Dossena Giovanna Epis
	2	Morocco	Rkia El Moukim Souad Kanbouchia
	2	Mexico	Andrea Ramírez Limón Úrsula Sánchez
	2	Portugal	Catarina Ribeiro Carla Salomé Rocha
	2	South Korea	Ahn Seul-ki Choi Kyung-sun
	2	Spain	Marta Galimany Elena Loyo
	1	Argentina	Marcela Cristina Gomes
	1	Colombia	Angie Orjuela
	1	Ecuador	Andrea Paola Bonilla Tello
	1	Eritrea	Nazret Weldu
	1	France	Susan Jeptooo Kipsang
	1	Ireland	Fionnuala McCormack
	1	Israel	Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
	1	Moldova	Lilia Fisikovici
	1	Mongolia	Munkhzaya Bayartsogt
	1	Namibia	Helalia Johannes
	1	Netherlands	Andrea Deelstra
	1	Peru	Gladys Tejeda
	1	Poland	Karolina Nadolska
	1	Russia^[Note RUS]	Marina Kovalyova
	1	South Africa	Gerda Steyn
	1	Switzerland	Martina Strähl
	1	Tanzania	Failuna Matanga
	1	Uganda	Juliet Chekwel
	1	Uzbekistan	Ekaterina Tunguskova
World ranking	1
Total	75

Women's 20 km walk

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 1:31:00	3	China	^[a]
	3	Italy	Eleonora Dominici Eleonora Anna Giorgi Antonella Palmisano
	3	Russia^[Note RUS]	^[a]
	3	Spain	Laura García-Caro Raquel González María Pérez
	3	Ukraine	^[a]
	2	Australia	Katie Hayward Jemima Montag
	2	Belarus	Viktoryia Rashchupkina Anna Terlyukevich
	2	Colombia	Sandra Arenas Sandra Galvis
	2	Ecuador	Karla Jaramillo Glenda Morejón
	2	Japan	Nanako Fujii Kumiko Okada
	2	Lithuania	Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė Brigita Virbalytė
	2	Mexico	Alegna González Ilse Guerrero
	2	Peru	Mary Luz Andia Kimberly García
	1	Brazil	Érica de Sena
	1	Germany	Saskia Feige
	1	Greece	Antigoni Drisbioti
	1	Guatemala	Mirna Ortiz
	1	India	Bhawna Jat
	1	Kazakhstan	Ayman Ratova
	1	Poland	Katarzyna Zdziebło
	1	Portugal	Ana Cabecinha
	1	Turkey	Meryem Bekmez
World ranking	1
Total	60

Field events

Men's long jump

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 8.22	3	China	Gao Xinglong Huang Changzhou Zhang Yaoguang
	3	Cuba	Juan Miguel Echevarría Lester Lescay Maykel Massó
	3	Japan	Yuki Hashioka Shotaro Shiroyama Hibiki Tsuha
	2	South Africa	Luvo Manyonga Ruswahl Samaai
	2	United States	Jeff Henderson Steffin McCarter
	1	Greece	Miltiadis Tentoglou
	1	Jamaica	Tajay Gayle
	1	Sweden	Thobias Montler
	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Andwuelle Wright
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's triple jump

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 17.14	3	China	Fang Yaoqing Wu Ruiting Zhu Yaming
	3	Cuba	Andy Díaz Jordan Díaz Cristian Nápoles
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Brazil	Almir dos Santos Alexsandro Melo
	1	Azerbaijan	Nazim Babayev
	1	Burkina Faso	Hugues Fabrice Zango
	1	Georgia	Lasha Gulelauri
	1	Great Britain	Ben Williams
	1	Portugal	Pedro Pablo Pichardo
	1	Russia^[Note RUS]	Dmitry Sorokin
	1	Spain	Pablo Torrijos
	1	Turkey	Necati Er
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's high jump

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 2.33	2	Russia^[Note RUS]	Mikhail Akimenko Ilya Ivanyuk
	1	Bahamas	Jamal Wilson
	1	Belarus	Maksim Nedasekau
	1	Cuba	Luis Zayas
	1	Italy	Stefano Sottile
	1	Great Britain	Tom Gale
	1	Qatar	Mutaz Essa Barshim
	1	United States	Darryl Sullivan
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's pole vault

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 5.80	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Brazil	Thiago Braz Augusto Dutra
	2	France	Renaud Lavillenie Valentin Lavillenie
	2	Germany	Torben Blech Raphael Holzdeppe
	2	Poland	Piotr Lisek Paweł Wojciechowski
	1	Australia	Kurtis Marschall
	1	Belgium	Ben Broeders
	1	Great Britain	Harry Coppell
	1	Netherlands	Menno Vloon
	1	Norway	Sondre Guttormsen
	1	Philippines	Ernest Obiena
	1	Russia^[Note RUS]	Timur Morgunov
	1	South Korea	Jin Min-sub
	1	Sweden	Armand Duplantis
	1	Italy	Claudio Stecchi
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's shot put

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 21.10	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Egypt	Mostafa Amr Hassan Mohamed Magdi Hamza Khalif
	2	New Zealand	Jacko Gill Tom Walsh
	2	Poland	Konrad Bukowiecki Michał Haratyk
	1	Bahrain	Abdelrahman Mahmoud
	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mesud Pezer
	1	Brazil	Darlan Romani
	1	British Virgin Islands	Eldred Henry
	1	Croatia	Filip Mihaljević
	1	Czech Republic	Tomáš Staněk
	1	Georgia	Giorgi Mujaridze
	1	Italy	Leonardo Fabbri
	1	Luxembourg	Bob Bertemes
	1	Nigeria	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi
	1	Russia^[Note RUS]	Aleksandr Lesnoy
	1	Serbia	Armin Sinančević
	1	Sweden	Wictor Petersson
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's discus throw

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 66.00	3	Jamaica	Fedrick Dacres Traves Smikle Chad Wright
	2	Germany	Christoph Harting Martin Wierig
	2	Sweden	Simon Pettersson Daniel Ståhl
	1	Austria	Lukas Weißhaidinger
	1	Colombia	Mauricio Ortega
	1	Cyprus	Apostolos Parellis
	1	Iran	Ehsan Haddadi
	1	Lithuania	Andrius Gudžius
	1	Norway	Ola Stunes Isene
	1	Poland	Piotr Małachowski
	1	Romania	Alin Alexandru Firfirică
	1	Samoa	Alex Rose
	1	Spain	Lois Maikel Martínez
	1	United States	Sam Mattis
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's hammer throw

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 77.50	2	Poland	Paweł Fajdek Wojciech Nowicki
	2	Russia^[Note RUS]	Denis Lukyanov Valeriy Pronkin
	2	Turkey	Eşref Apak Özkan Baltacı
	2	United States	Sean Donnelly Conor McCullough
	1	Belarus	Hleb Dudarau
	1	France	Quentin Bigot
	1	Great Britain	Nick Miller
	1	Hungary	Bence Halász
	1	Moldova	Serghei Marghiev
	1	Norway	Eivind Henriksen
	1	Spain	Javier Cienfuegos
	1	Ukraine	Mykhaylo Kokhan
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's javelin throw

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 85.00	3	Germany	^[a]
	2	Finland	Oliver Helander Antti Ruuskanen
	2	India	Neeraj Chopra Shivpal Singh
	1	Chinese Taipei	Cheng Chao-tsun
	1	Czech Republic	Jakub Vadlejch
	1	Estonia	Magnus Kirt
	1	Grenada	Anderson Peters
	1	Kenya	Julius Yego
	1	Lithuania	Edis Matusevičius
	1	Pakistan	Arshad Nadeem
	1	Poland	Marcin Krukowski
	1	Russia^[Note RUS]	Dmitry Tarabin
	1	Sweden	Kim Amb
	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Keshorn Walcott
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's long jump

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 6.82	3	Great Britain	Abigail Irozuru Katarina Johnson-Thompson Shara Proctor
	2	Romania	Florentina Iusco Alina Rotaru
	2	United States	Kenyattia Hackworth Brittney Reese
	1	Belgium	Nafissatou Thiam
	1	Colombia	Caterine Ibargüen
	1	France	Yanis David
	1	Germany	Malaika Mihambo
	1	Jamaica	Tissanna Hickling
	1	Nigeria	Ese Brume
	1	Russia^[Note RUS]	Darya Klishina
	1	Serbia	Ivana Španović
	1	Ukraine	Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's triple jump

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 14.32	2	Colombia	Caterine Ibargüen Yosiris Urrutia
	2	Cuba	Liadagmis Povea Davisleydi Velazco
	2	Jamaica	Shanieka Ricketts Kimberly Williams
	2	Portugal	Patrícia Mamona Evelise Veiga
	2	Russia^[Note RUS]	Ekaterina Koneva Darya Nidbaykina
	2	United States	Tori Franklin Keturah Orji
	1	Dominica	Thea LaFond
	1	France	Yanis David
	1	Germany	Kristin Gierisch
	1	Ghana	Nadia Eke
	1	Greece	Paraskevi Papachristou
	1	Kazakhstan	Olga Rypakova
	1	Lithuania	Diana Zagainova
	1	Spain	Ana Peleteiro
	1	Ukraine	Olha Saladukha
	1	Venezuela	Yulimar Rojas
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's high jump

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 1.96	3	Ukraine	Iryna Herashchenko Yuliya Levchenko Yaroslava Mahuchikh
	2	Australia	Nicola McDermott Eleanor Patterson
	2	Germany	Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch Imke Onnen
	2	Russia^[Note RUS]	Anna Chicherova Mariya Lasitskene
	1	Belarus	Karyna Demidik
	1	Belgium	Nafissatou Thiam
	1	Bulgaria	Mirela Demireva
	1	Italy	Elena Vallortigara
	1	Poland	Kamila Lićwinko
	1	Romania	Daniela Stanciu
	1	Sweden	Erika Kinsey
	1	United States	Vashti Cunningham
	1	Uzbekistan	Svetlana Radzivil
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's pole vault

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 4.70	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Canada	Anicka Newell Alysha Newman
	2	China	Li Ling Xu Huiqin
	2	Greece	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou Katerina Stefanidi
	2	Sweden	Angelica Bengtsson Michaela Meijer
	1	Australia	Nina Kennedy
	1	Belarus	Iryna Zhuk
	1	Cuba	Yarisley Silva
	1	France	Ninon Guillon-Romarin
	1	Great Britain	Holly Bradshaw
	1	Russia^[Note RUS]	Anzhelika Sidorova
	1	Slovenia	Tina Šutej
	1	Venezuela	Robeilys Peinado
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's shot put

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 18.50	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Canada	Brittany Crew Sarah Mitton
	2	China	Gao Yang Gong Lijiao
	1	Belarus	Aliona Dubitskaya
	1	Germany	Christina Schwanitz
	1	Great Britain	Sophie McKinna
	1	Hungary	Anita Márton
	1	Jamaica	Danniel Thomas-Dodd
	1	Moldova	Dimitriana Surdu
	1	New Zealand	Valerie Adams
	1	Poland	Paulina Guba
	1	Portugal	Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang
	3	Sweden	Fanny Roos Eleni Larsson Ida Storm
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's discus throw

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 63.50	3	China	Chen Yang Feng Bin Su Xinyue
	3	Germany	^[a]
	3	United States	Valarie Allman Whitney Ashley Laulauga Tausaga
	2	Cuba	Denia Caballero Yaimé Pérez
	1	Australia	Dani Stevens
	1	Brazil	Andressa de Morais
	1	Croatia	Sandra Perković
	1	France	Mélina Robert-Michon
	1	Jamaica	Shadae Lawrence
	1	Russia^[Note RUS]	Yekaterina Strokova
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's hammer throw

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 72.50	3	Poland	Joanna Fiodorow Malwina Kopron Anita Włodarczyk
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	China	Luo Na Wang Zheng
	2	Ukraine	Iryna Klymets Iryna Novozhylova
	1	Azerbaijan	Hanna Skydan
	1	Belarus	Hanna Malyshchyk
	1	France	Alexandra Tavernier
	1	Hungary	Réka Gyurátz
	1	Latvia	Laura Igaune
	1	Moldova	Zalina Petrivskaya
	1	New Zealand	Lauren Bruce
	1	Russia^[Note RUS]	Sofiya Palkina
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's javelin throw

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 64.00	2	China	Liu Shiying Lü Huihui
	1	Australia	Kelsey-Lee Barber
	1	Belarus	Tatsiana Khaladovich
	1	Croatia	Sara Kolak
	1	Czech Republic	Nikola Ogrodníková
	1	Germany	Christin Hussong
	1	Japan	Haruka Kitaguchi
	1	Latvia	Līna Mūze
	1	Turkey	Eda Tuğsuz
	1	United States	Kara Winger
World ranking	1
Total	32

Combined events

Men's decathlon

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 8350	2	Australia	Cedric Dubler Ashley Moloney
	2	Canada	Pierce Lepage Damian Warner
	2	Estonia	Johannes Erm Maicel Uibo
	2	Germany	Niklas Kaul Kai Kazmirek
	1	Brazil	Felipe dos Santos
	1	France	Kevin Mayer
	1	Grenada	Lindon Victor
	1	Russia^[Note RUS]	Ilya Shkurenyov
World ranking	1
Total	24

Women's heptathlon

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 6420	2	Austria	Ivona Dadic Verena Preiner
	2	United States	Erica Bougard Kendell Williams
	1	Belgium	Nafissatou Thiam
	1	Germany	Carolin Schäfer
	1	Great Britain	Katarina Johnson-Thompson
	1	Hungary	Xénia Krizsán
	1	Latvia	Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa
World ranking	1
Total	24

Relay events

Men's 4 × 100 m relay

Qualification standard	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships in Athletics	8	Brazil  China  France  Great Britain  Japan  Netherlands  South Africa  United States
IAAF World Ranking List (as of June 29, 2021)	8

Men's 4 × 400 m relay

Qualification standard	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships in Athletics	8	Belgium  Colombia  France  Great Britain  Italy  Jamaica  Trinidad and Tobago  United States
IAAF World Ranking List (as of June 29, 2021)	8

Women's 4 × 100 m relay

Qualification standard	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships in Athletics	8	China  Germany  Great Britain  Italy  Jamaica  Switzerland  Trinidad and Tobago  United States
IAAF World Ranking List (as of June 29, 2021)	8

Women's 4 × 400 m relay

Qualification standard	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships in Athletics	8	Belgium  Canada  Great Britain  Jamaica  Netherlands  Poland  Ukraine  United States
IAAF World Ranking List (as of June 29, 2021)	8

Mixed 4 × 400 m relay

Qualification standard	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships in Athletics	8	Bahrain  Belgium  Brazil  Great Britain  India  Jamaica  Poland  United States
IAAF World Ranking List (as of June 29, 2021)	8

See also

• Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics - Qualification

Notes

1. ^
   a: These NOCs have qualified more than 3 athletes for the corresponding individual event. It is the NOC's responsibility to choose up to 3 athletes among those who qualified for the same event.

1. ^
   Note RUS: As World Athletics, due to the Russian doping scandal, continues to ban Russian athletes to compete under the Russian flag, it is not clear which flag they compete under and whether it would be lifted until the 2020 Olympics or not.[10][11]

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