Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, will take place at the Odaiba Marine Park. This will be the second time that paratriathlon will be scheduled in the Paralympics.[1] There will be eight events (four events for men and women each); two more events than previously contested at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Paratriathlon
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueOdaiba Marine Park
Dates29–30 August 2020
Competitors80 in 8 events

The race course will be 750m swim, 20 km bike ride and 5 km run, the swimming part of the race will take place at the Odaiba Bay while the cycling and running courses will travel through the West Promenade district of Odaiba which will feature waterfalls and public gardens.[2]

Qualification

There will be 80 qualified slots in the paratriathlon (36 male, 36 female and 8 gender free). The Paralympic qualification period started on 28 June 2019 and added a suspension of the period on 16 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic which caused the 2020 Summer Paralympics to be postponed to August 2021, the qualification ranking period will end in mid 2021.[1][3]

Means of qualificationDateVenue
2019 ITU Paratriathlon World Cup
2019 Alanya ITU Paratriathlon World Cup5–6 October 2019 Alanya
2019 Funchal ITU Paratriathlon World Cup19–20 October 2019 Funchal
2019 Tokyo ITU World Paralympic Qualification Event15–18 August 2019 Tokyo
2020 ITU World Paratriathlon Series
2020 Devonport ITU World Paratriathlon Series29 February 2020 Devonport
2020 Montreal ITU World Paratriathlon Series3–4 October 2020 Montreal
2020 ITU Paratriathlon World Cup
2020 Alanya ITU Paratriathlon World Cup3–4 October 2020 Alanya
2020 Alhandra ITU Paratriathlon World Cup22 October 2020 Alhandra
2020 Bermuda Paratriathlon World CupTBC Bermuda
2020 Continental Championships
2020 Paratriathlon Oceania Championships26 January 2020 Newcastle
2020 Paratriathlon Pan-American Championships13–15 March 2020 Sarasota
2020 Paratriathlon African Championships11–12 April 2020 Sharm El Sheikh
2020 Paratriathlon Asian Championships23–26 April 2020 Hatsukaichi
ITU Paratriathlon World Championships
2019 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships[4]31 August – 1 September 2019 Lausanne
2020 ITU Paratriathlon World ChampionshipsJune 2020 Montreal

Allocation of qualification slots
  • A qualification slot is allocated to the NPC not to the individual athlete, however in Bipartite Commission Invitation the slot is allocated to the individual athlete not to the NPC.
  • An NPC can allocate a maximum of two slots per medal event and/or a maximum of sixteen athletes in total.
  • The ITU Paralympic Qualification Ranking List, the top nine ranked male or female athletes each obtain one qualification slot in each medal event.

Schedule

All events start at 6:30 am and finish at 11:10 am (in Japanese Standard Time UTC+9)

OCOpening ceremony  ● Event finals CCClosing ceremony
Tues
24 Aug		 Wed
25 Aug		 Thurs
26 Aug		 Fri
27 Aug		 Sat
28 Aug		 Sun
29 Aug		 Mon
30 Aug		 Tues
31 Aug		 Wed
1 Sept		 Thurs
2 Sept		 Fri
3 Sept		 Sat
4 Sept		 Sun
5 Sept		 Gold
medals
OC • •
• •		 • •
• •		 CC 8

Medalists

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's PTWC
Men's PTS4
Men's PTS5
Men's PTVI

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's PTWC
Women's PTS2
Women's PTS5
Women's PTVI

See also

References
  1. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  2. "Tokyo 2020: Paratriathlon events confirmed". www.paralympic.org. 6 August 2018.
  3. "ITU Paralympic Qualification Ranking" (PDF). www.triathlon.org. 24 March 2019.
  4. "ITU announces World Cup, Mixed Relay Series and Paratriathlon calendars for 2019". www.triathlon.org. 12 September 2018.
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