Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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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
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
Vancouver
 Spain Javier Gómez
New Zealand Bevan Docherty
Switzerland Reto Hug
Helen Tucker
United States Sarah Haskins
New Zealand Samantha Warriner
ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings[2][3] June 15, 2008 N/A
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
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
Pavel Simko
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

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. ITU
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  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.
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