Summer Olympics 2020 / Athletics / Qualification

This article describes the qualification for the athletics competitions of the Olympic Games in 2020 in Tokyo . Qualification ends on June 29, 2021.

Qualification criteria

A maximum of 3 athletes from each nation are allowed to compete, provided that they have reached the Olympic standard during the qualification period. In the relay competitions, each nation may only have one relay per competition. Regardless of qualifying times, each nation is allowed to send one athlete per gender. This ensures that each country can provide at least two athletes at the games.

The qualification system for the 2020 Games is different compared to the previous ones. While the qualification was based on norms in the previous games, this time the qualification is primarily via the world rankings. The IAAF continued to announce standards, but these are only intended for the qualification of athletes with exceptional performance who could not qualify via the world rankings. The number of athletes per competition is limited. The number of quota places varies from 24 athletes for the all-around competitions to 80 athletes for the marathons.

The IAAF world rankings are based on an average of the five best results achieved by each athlete during the qualifying period. The results are weighted differently depending on the importance of the event.

The qualification period for the marathon and the 50 km race is from January 1, 2019 to April 5, 2020 and from December 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021. The qualification period for the 10,000 meter race and the competition in walking over 20 km and all-round competitions is from January 1, 2019 to April 5, 2020 and from December 1, 2020 to June 29, 2021. Qualification for the remaining competitions will take place from May 1, 2019 to April 5, 2020 and from December 1, 2020 to June 29, 2021. The last continental championships can be counted in the ranking even if this does not take place during the qualification period. On April 6, 2020, World Athletics announced that the qualifying period for the games would be suspended until November 30, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

There are 16 quota places for the relays per competition. The eight best seasons of the 2019 World Championships in Doha will receive a quota place. The remaining quota places will be awarded according to the world ranking on June 29, 2020.

If more than three athletes from one country qualify for a competition, the decision of which of these athletes will use the three starting places lies with the respective National Olympic Committee .

Athletes must be born before January 1st, 2005 to participate. Athletes born in 2003 or 2004 are not allowed to participate in any of the following competitions: discus, hammer and javelin throw, shot put, 10,000 meters, marathon, heptathlon and decathlon as well as 20 and 50 km walking. Athletes born in 2001 and 2002 are also excluded from the marathon and 50 km walk.

The IAAF has specified the following Olympic standards:

Men		Women
competition	Olympic norm	competition	Olympic norm
100 m	10.05 s	100 m	11.15 s
200 m	20.24 s	200 m	22.80 s
400 m	44.90 s	400 m	51.35 s
800 m	1: 45.20 min	800 m	1: 59.50 min
1500 m	3: 35.00 min	1500 m	4: 04.20 min
5000 m	13: 13.50 min	5000 m	15: 10.00 min
10,000 m	27: 28.00 min	10,000 m	31: 25.00 min
110 m hurdles	13.32 s	100 m hurdles	12.84 s
400 m hurdles	48.90 s	400 m hurdles	55.40 s
3000 m obstacle	8: 22.00 min	3000 m obstacle	9: 30.00 min
20 km walking	1:21:00 h	20 km walking	1:31:00 h
50 km of walking	3:50:00 h
marathon	2:11:30 h	marathon	2:29:30 h
Long jump	8.22 m	Long jump	6.82 m
Triple jump	17.14 m	Triple jump	14.32 m
high jump	2.33 m	high jump	1.96 m
Pole vault	5.80 m	Pole vault	4.70 m
Shot put	21.10 m	Shot put	18.50 m
Discus throw	66.00 m	Discus throw	63.50 m
Hammer throw	77.50 m	Hammer throw	72.50 m
Javelin throw	85.00 m	Javelin throw	64.00 m
Decathlon	8350 points	Heptathlon	6420 points
4 × 100 m relay	Top 8 of the World Cup & the world rankings	4 × 100 m relay	Top 8 of the World Cup & the world rankings
4 × 400 m relay		4 × 400 m relay

To run

Men

100 m

Results in the hall are not taken into account.

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
10.05 s	3	Great Britain	Adam Gemili Reece Prescod Zharnel Hughes
	3	Jamaica	3
	3	Japan	Yoshihide Kiryū Yūki Koike Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
	3	Nigeria	Raymond Ekevwo Divine Oduduru Usheoritse Itsekiri
	3	United States	3
	2	China	Su Bingtian Xie Zhenye
	2	Canada	Aaron Brown Andre De Grasse
	1	Bahamas	Samson Colebrooke
	1	Barbados	Mario Burke
	1	Brazil	Paulo André de Oliveira
	1	Cayman Islands	Kemar Hyman
	1	Ivory Coast	Arthur Cissé
	1	France	Jimmy Vicaut
	1	Ghana	Joseph Paul Amoah
	1	Indonesia	Lalu Muhammad Zohri
	1	Iran	Hassan Taftian
	1	Italy	Marcell Jacobs
	1	Liberia	Emmanuel Matadi
	1	South Africa	Akani Simbine
World ranking	1
total	56

200 m

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
20.24 s	3	United States	3
	3	Great Britain	Miguel Francis Adam Gemili Zharnel Hughes
	3	Jamaica	Rasheed Dwyer Andre Ewers Yohan Blake
	2	Japan	Yūki Koike Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
	2	Canada	Aaron Brown Andre De Grasse
	2	Trinidad and Tobago	Kyle Greaux Jereem Richards
	1	Barbados	Mario Burke
	1	Brazil	Aldemir Júnior
	1	China	Xie Zhenye
	1	Ecuador	Álex Quiñónez
	1	Ghana	Joseph Paul Amoah
	1	Colombia	Bernardo Baloyes
	1	Nigeria	Divine Oduduru
	1	Zambia	Sydney Siame
	1	Switzerland	Alex Wilson
	1	South Africa	Clarence Munyai
	1	Turkey	Ramil Guliyev
World ranking	1
total	56

400 m

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
44.90 s	3	Jamaica	Nathon Allen Akeem Bloomfield Demish Gaye
	3	United States	3
	1	Bahamas	Steven Gardiner
	1	Bahrain	Abubakar Abbas
	1	Barbados	Jonathan Jones
	1	Italy	Davide Re
	1	Kenya	Emmanuel Korir
	1	Colombia	Anthony Zambrano
	1	Nigeria	Emmanuel Bamidele
	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Machel Cedenio
	1	Grenada	Kirani James
World ranking	1
total	48

800 m

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
1: 45.20 min	3	Great Britain	3
	3	Kenya	3
	3	Puerto Rico	Andrés Arroyo Ryan Sánchez Wesley Vázquez
	3	United States	3
	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	Qatar	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla
	1	Morocco	Mostafa Smaili
	1	Mexico	Jesús Tonatiu López
	1	Sweden	Andreas Kramer
	1	Tunisia	Abdessalem Ayouni
	1	Spain	Adrian Ben
World ranking	1
total	48

1500 m

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
3: 35.00 min	3	Great Britain	Charlie Grice Josh Kerr Jake Wightman
	3	Kenya	3
	3	Morocco	Rabia Doukhana Abdalaati Iguider Brahim Kaazouzi
	2	United States	Matthew Centrowitz Craig Engels
	2	France	Alexis Miellet Rabii Doukkana
	2	Norway	Filip Ingebrigtsen Jakob Ingebrigtsen
	2	Spain	Adel Mechaal Kevin López
	1	Algeria	Taoufik Makhloufi
	1	Ethiopia	Samuel Tefera
	1	Australia	Stewart McSweyn
	1	Djibouti	Ayanleh Souleiman
	1	Poland	Marcin Lewandowski
	1	Russia *	Vladimir Nikitin
	1	Sweden	Kalle Berglund
	1	Uganda	Ronald Musagala
World ranking	1
total	45

5000 m

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
13: 13.50 min	3	Ethiopia	3
	3	Canada	Mohammed Ahmed Justyn Knight Matthew Hughes
	3	Kenya	3
	3	United States	3
	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

10,000 m

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
27: 28.00 min	3	Ethiopia	3
	3	Kenya	3
	2	Uganda	Abdallah Kibet Mande Joshua Cheptegei
	2	United States	Lopez Lomong Shadrack Kipchirchir
	1	Australia	Stewart McSweyn
	1	Eritrea	Aron Kifle
	1	Italy	Yemaneberhan Crippa
	1	Canada	Mohammed Ahmed
	1	Norway	Sondre Nordstad Moen
	1	Switzerland	Julien Wanders
World ranking	1
total	27

110 m hurdles

Do not include indoor achievements

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
13.32 s	3	Jamaica	Orlando Bennett Ronald Levy Omar McLeod
	3	United States	Freddie Crittenden Grant Holloway Daniel Roberts
	2	Brazil	Gabriel Constantino Eduardo Santos Rodrigues
	2	France	Wilhem Belocian Pascal Martinot-Lagarde
	1	Barbados	Shane Brathwaite
	1	China	Xie Wenjun
	1	Great Britain	Andrew Pozzi
	1	Japan	Shunya Takayama
	1	Russia *	Sergei Schubenkow
	1	South Africa	Antonio Alkana
	1	Spain	Orlando Ortega
	1	Cyprus	Milan Trajkovic
World ranking	1
total	40

400 m hurdles

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
48.90 s	3	United States	3
	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	Qatar	Abderrahman Samba
	1	Norway	Karsten Warholm
	1	Poland	Patryk Dobek
	1	South Africa	Sokwakhana Zazini
	1	Turkey	Yasmani Copello
World ranking	1
total	40

3000 m obstacle

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
8: 22.00 min	3	Ethiopia	3
	3	Kenya	3
	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	Finland	Topi Raitanen
	1	France	Djilali Bedrani
	1	Great Britain	Zak Seddon
	1	India	Avinash Sable
	1	Italy	Osama Zoghlami
	1	Canada	Matthew Hughes
	1	Uganda	Albert Chemutai
World ranking	1
total	45

Women

100 m

Results in the hall are not taken into account.

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
11.15 s	3	China	Ge Manqi Wei Yongli Liang Xiaojing
	3	Germany	Gina Lückenkemper Laura Müller Tatjana Pinto
	3	Great Britain	3
	3	Jamaica	3
	3	United States	3
	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	Iwet Lalowa-Collio
	1	Gambia	Gina Bass
	1	Nigeria	Blessing Okagbare
	1	Poland	Ewa Swoboda
	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Kelly-Ann Baptiste
World ranking	1
total	56

200 m

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
22.80 s	3	Great Britain	3
	3	Jamaica	Janeek Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Elaine Thompson
	3	United States	3
	2	Bahamas	Tynia Gaither Shaunae Miller-Uibo
	2	Germany	Tatjana Pinto Lisa-Marie Kwayie
	1	Bahrain	Salwa Eid Naser
	1	Brazil	Vitória Cristina Rosa
	1	Bulgaria	Iwet Lalowa-Collio
	1	Ivory Coast	Marie-Josée Ta Lou
	1	Gambia	Gina Bass
	1	Netherlands	Dafne Schippers
	1	Niger	Aminatou Seyni
	1	Nigeria	Blessing Okagbare
	1	Switzerland	Mujinga Kambundji
	1	Slovenia	Maja Mihalinec
	1	Canada	Crystal Emmanuel
	1	Belarus	Kryszina Zimanouskaja
World ranking	1
total	56

400 m

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
51.35 s	3	Botswana	Christine Botlogetswe Galefele Moroko Amantle Montsho
	3	Jamaica	3
	3	United States	3
	2	Great Britain	Laviai Nielsen Jodie Williams
	2	Poland	Iga Baumgart-Witan Justyna Święty-Ersetic
	2	Russia *	Antonina Kriwoschapka Polina Miller
	1	Australia	Bendere oboya
	1	Bahamas	Shaunae Miller-Uibo
	1	Bahrain	Salwa Eid Naser
	1	Barbados	Sada Williams
	1	Guyana	Aliyah Abrams
	1	Canada	Kyra Constantine
	1	Kenya	Bright Syombua
	1	Mexico	Paola Moran
	1	Netherlands	Lisanne de Witte
	1	Niger	Aminatou Seyni
	1	Cyprus	Eleni Artymata
World ranking	1
total	48

800 m

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
1: 59.50 min	3	Great Britain	Laura Muir Lynsey Sharp Jemma Reekie
	3	Kenya	Jackline Wambui Eunice Jepkoech Sum Emily Cherotich Tuei
	3	United States	3
	2	Uganda	Winnie Nanyondo Halimah Nakaayi
	2	Ukraine	Natalija Krol Olha Lyachowa
	1	Ethiopia	Habitam Alemu
	1	Australia	Catriona Bisset
	1	Bahrain	Nelly Jepkosgei
	1	Burundi	Francine Niyonsaba
	1	Germany	Christina Hering
	1	Jamaica	Natoya Goule
	1	Cuba	Rose Mary Almanza
	1	South Africa	Caster Semenya
	World ranking
total	48

1500 m

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
4: 04.20 min	3	Ethiopia	3
	3	Kenya	Winny Chebet Faith Kipyegon Beatrice Chepkoech
	3	Great Britain	3
	3	United States	3
	2	Uganda	Esther Chebet Winnie Nanyondo
	1	Australia	Jessica Hull
	1	Germany	Konstanze Klosterhalfen
	1	Ireland	Ciara Mageean
	1	Canada	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford
	1	Morocco	Rababe Arafi
	1	Netherlands	Sifan Hassan
	1	Poland	Sofia Ennaoui
	1	Romania	Claudia Bobocea
	1	Belarus	Darja Baryssewitsch
	1	Sweden	Yolanda Ngarambe
World ranking	1
total	45

5000 m

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
15: 10.00 min	3	Ethiopia	3
	3	Great Britain	Melissa Courtney-Bryant Eilish McColgan Laura Weightman
	3	Kenya	3
	3	United States	3
	3	Japan	Nozomi Tanaka Hitomi Niiya Ririka Hironaka
	2	Germany	Konstanze Klosterhalfen Alina Reh
	2	Israel	Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter Selamawit Dagnachew
	2	Canada	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford Andrea Seccafien
	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	New Zealand	Camille Buscomb
	1	Netherlands	Sifan Hassan
	1	Norway	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal
	1	South Africa	Dominique Scott
	1	Turkey	Yasemin Can
World ranking	1
total	42

10,000 m

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
31: 25.00 min	3	Ethiopia	3
	3	Kenya	Agnes Jebet Tirop Rosemary Monica Hellene Obiri
	3	United States	Molly Huddle Emily Sisson Marielle Hall
	2	Great Britain	Eilish McColgan Stephanie Twell
	2	Netherlands	Sifan Hassan Susan Krumins
	1	Australia	Ellie Pashley
	1	Bahrain	Shitaye Eshete
	1	Germany	Alina deer
	1	Israel	Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter
	1	Japan	Hitomi Niiya
	1	New Zealand	Camille Buscomb
	1	Turkey	Yasemin Can
World ranking	1
total	27

100 m hurdles

Results in the hall are not taken into account.

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
12.84 s	3	Jamaica	3
	3	United States	3
	2	Finland	Reetta Hurske Annimari Korte
	2	Poland	Karolina Kołeczek Klaudia Siciarz
	2	Belarus	Elwira Herman Alina Talaj
	1	Australia	Sally Pearson
	1	Bahamas	Pedrya Seymour
	1	Costa Rica	Andrea Vargas
	1	Germany	Cindy Roleder
	1	France	Solène Ndama
	1	Italy	Luminosa Bogliolo
	1	Netherlands	Nadine Visser
	1	Nigeria	Tobi Amusan
	1	Puerto Rico	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
World ranking	1
total	40

400 m hurdles

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
55.40 s	3	Jamaica	3
	3	United States	3
	1	Norway	Amalie Iuel
	1	Barbados	Tia-Adana Belle
	1	Canada	Say Watson
	1	Cuba	Zurian Hechavarría
	1	Czech Republic	Zuzana Hejnová
	1	Denmark	Sara Slott Petersen
	1	Great Britain	Meghan Beesley
	2	Italy	Ayomide Folorunso Yadisleidis Pedroso
	1	Switzerland	Léa Sprunger
	1	Ukraine	Hanna Ryschykowa
	1	Belgium	Hanne Claes
	1	Poland	Joanna Linkiewicz
	1	Bahrain	Aminat Jamal
	1	Netherlands	Femke Bol
World ranking	1
total	40

3000 m obstacle

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
9: 30.00 min	3	Kenya	3
	3	United States	3
	1	Albania	Luiza Gega
	1	Bahrain	Winfred Mutile Yavi
	1	Canada	Geneviève Lalonde
	1	Denmark	Anna Emilie Møller
	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
	1	Australia	Genevieve Lalonde
	1	Ethiopia	Mekides Abebe
World ranking	1
total	45

Walking and marathon

Men

20 km walking

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
1:21:00 h	3	China	3
	3	Japan	3
	3	Russia *	3
	3	Spain	Diego García Carrera Miguel Ángel López Álvaro Martín
	2	Australia	Dane Bird-Smith Rhydian Cowley
	2	Germany	Nils Brembach Christopher Linke
	2	Ecuador	Andrés Chocho Brian Pintado
	2	Italy	Giorgio Rubino Massimo Stano
	2	Mexico	Julio César Salazar Carlos Sánchez Cantera
	1	Brazil	Caio Bonfim
	1	France	Kévin Campion
	1	Great Britain	Tom Bosworth
	1	Guatemala	José Alejandro Barrondo
	1	India	Irfan Kolothum Thodi
	1	Ireland	Alex Wright
	1	Kazakhstan	Georgi Sheiko
	1	Colombia	José Leonardo Montaña
	1	Sweden	Perseus Karlström
	1	South Africa	Wayne Snyman
	1	South Korea	Choe Byeong-kwang
	1	Turkey	Salih Korkmaz
World ranking	1
total	60

50 km of walking

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
3:50:00 h	3	China	3
	3	Japan	3
	2	Poland	Rafał Augustyn Artur Brzozowski
	2	Russia *	Nikolay Sergeyev Sergey Sharypov
	1	Belarus	Dzmitryi Djubin
	1	Canada	Evan Dunfee
	1	Finland	Aku partans
	1	France	Yohann Diniz
	1	Ireland	Brendan Boyce
	2	Italy	Teodorico Caporaso Stefano Chiesa
	1	Mexico	Isaac Palma Olivares
	1	New Zealand	Quentin Rew
	1	Norway	Håvard Haukenes
	1	Portugal	João Vieira
	1	Ukraine	Ivan Banzeruk
World ranking	1
total	60

marathon

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
2:11:30 h	3	Ethiopia	3
	3	Bahrain	3
	3	Eritrea	3
	3	France	3
	3	Great Britain	Mo Farah Callum Hawkins Jonathan Mellor
	3	Israel	3
	3	Italy	3
	3	Japan	3
	3	Kenya	3
	3	Morocco	3
	3	Sweden	David Nilsson Mustafa Mohamed Ebba Tulu Chala
	3	Spain	3
	3	South Africa	Desmond Mokgobu Stephen Mokoka Elroy Gelant
	3	Turkey	3
	3	Uganda	3
	3	United States	Galen Rupp Jacob Riley Abdi Abdirahman
	2	Argentina	Joaquín Arbe Eulalio Muñoz
	3	Australia	Jack Rayner Brett Robinson Liam Adams
	2	Belgium	Bashir Abdi Koen Naert
	2	Brazil	Daniel Chaves da Silva Paulo Roberto Paula
	2	China	Dong Guojian Duo Bujie
	2	Germany	Hendrik Pfeiffer Amanal Petros
	2	Ireland	Paul Pollock Kevin Seaward
	2	Mexico	Juan Pacheco José Luís Santana
	2	New Zealand	Zane Robertson Malcolm Hicks
	2	Austria	Lemawork Ketema Peter Herzog
	2	Rwanda	Felicien Muhitira John Hakizimana
	1	Burundi	Olivier Irabaruta
	1	Denmark	Thijs Nijhuis
	1	Estonia	Tiidrek Nurme
	1	Canada	Trevor Hofbauer
	1	Lesotho	Khoarahlane Seutloali
	1	Mongolia	Tseveenravdangiin Byambajav
	1	Netherlands	Abdi Nageeye
	1	North Korea	Ri Kang-bom
	1	Norway	Sondre Nordstad Moen
	1	Paraguay	Derlis Ayala
	1	Peru	Cristhian Pacheco
	1	Switzerland	Tadesse Abraham
	1	South Korea	Oh Joo-han
	1	Tanzania	Alphonce Simbu
	1	Ukraine	Oleksandr Sitkovsky
World ranking	1
total	80

Women

20 km walking

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
1:31:00 h	3	China	3
	3	Peru	Mary Luz Andia Kimberly García Leyde Guerra
	3	Russia *	3
	3	Spain	Laura García-Caro Raquel González María Pérez
	3	Ukraine	3
	2	Australia	Katie Hayward Jemima Monday
	2	Colombia	Sandra Arenas Sandra Galvis
	2	Italy	Eleonora Dominici Eleonora Anna Giorgi
	2	Japan	Nanako Fujii Kumiko Okada
	2	Mexico	Alegna González Ilse Guerrero
	2	Belarus	Viktoria Rashchupkina Anna Terlyukevich
	1	Brazil	Eric de Sena
	1	Germany	Saskia fig
	2	Ecuador	Glenda Morejón Karla Jaramillo
	1	Greece	Antigoni Drisbioti
	1	Guatemala	Mirna Ortiz
	1	India	Bhawna Jat
	1	Kazakhstan	Ayman Ratova
	1	Lithuania	Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė
	1	Turkey	Meryem Bekmez
World ranking	1
total	60

marathon

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
2:29:30 h	3	Ethiopia	3
	3	Australia	3
	3	Bahrain	3
	3	China	He Yinli Li Zhixuan Li Dan
	3	Germany	Katharina Steinruck Anja Scherl Melat Yisak Kejeta
	3	Great Britain	3
	3	Japan	3
	3	Canada	Rachel Cliff Malindi Elmore Lyndsay Tessier
	3	Kenya	3
	3	North Korea	Jo Un-ok Kim Ji-hyang Ri Kwang-ok
	3	United States	Aliphine Tuliamuk Molly Seidel Sally Kipyego
	2	France	Clémence Calvin Susan Jeptooo Kipsang
	2	Italy	Sara Dossena Giovanna Epis
	2	Kyrgyzstan	Julija Andrejewa Darja Maslowa
	2	Morocco	Soud Kanbouchia Rkia Moukim
	2	Portugal	Carla Salomé Rocha Catarina Ribeiro
	2	South Korea	Ahn Seul-ki Choi Kyung-sun
	2	Belarus	Wolha Masuronak Nina Sawina
	1	Argentina	Marcela Gomez
	1	Belgium	Nina Lauwaert
	1	Eritrea	Nazret Weldu
	1	Ireland	Fionnuala McCormack
	1	Israel	Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter
	1	Croatia	Bojana Bjeljac
	1	Moldova	Lilia Fisicovici
	1	Mongolia	Bajartsogtyn Monkdsajaa
	1	Namibia	Helalia Johannes
	1	Peru	Gladys Tejeda
	1	Poland	Karolina Nadolska
	1	Sweden	Hanna Lindholm
	1	Switzerland	Martina Strähl
	1	Spain	Marta Galimany
	1	South Africa	Gerda Steyn
	1	Tanzania	Failuna Matanga
	1	Uganda	Juliet Chekwel
	2	Ukraine	Viktorija Chapilina Olha Skrypak
World ranking	1
total	80

Jumping and throwing

Men

Long jump

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
8.22 m	3	China	Gao Xinglong Zhang Yaoguang Huang Changzhou
	3	Japan	Yūki Hashioka Shōtarō Shiroyama Hibiki Tsuha
	3	Cuba	Juan Miguel Echevarría Lester Alcides Lescay Gay Maykel Massó
	2	South Africa	Luvo Manyonga Ruswahl Samaai
	2	United States	Steffin McCarter Jeff Henderson
	1	Greece	Miltiadis Tendoglou
	1	Jamaica	Tajay Gayle
	1	Sweden	Thobias Montler
	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Andwuelle Wright
World ranking	1
total	32

Triple jump

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
17.14 m	3	China	Fang Yaoqing Wu Ruiting Zhu Yaming
	3	Cuba	Andy Díaz Jordan Díaz Cristian Nápoles
	3	United States	3
	2	Brazil	Almir dos Santos Alexsandro Melo
	1	Azerbaijan	Nazim Babayev
	1	Burkina Faso	Hugues Fabrice Zango
	1	Georgia	Lascha Gulelauri
	1	Great Britain	Ben Williams
	1	Portugal	Pedro Pablo Pichardo
	1	Russia *	Dmitri Sorokin
	1	Spain	Pablo Torrijos
	1	Turkey	Necati He
World ranking	1
total	32

high jump

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
2.33 m	2	Russia *	Mikhail Akimenko Ilya Ivanyuk
	1	Bahamas	Jamal Wilson
	1	Great Britain	Tom Gale
	1	Italy	Stefano Sottile
	1	Qatar	Mutaz Essa Barshim
	1	Cuba	Luis Zayas
	1	United States	Darryl Sullivan
	1	Belarus	Maksim Nedassekau
World ranking	1
total	32

Pole vault

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
5.80 m	3	United States	3
	2	Brazil	Thiago Braz da Silva Augusto Dutra
	2	Germany	Torben Blech Raphael Holzdeppe
	2	France	Renaud Lavillenie Valentin Lavillenie
	2	Poland	Piotr Lisek Paweł Wojciechowski
	1	Australia	Kurtis Marshal
	1	Belgium	Ben Broeders
	1	Great Britain	Harry Coppell
	1	Norway	Sondre Guttormsen
	1	Philippines	Ernest Obiena
	1	Russia *	Timur Morgunov
	1	Sweden	Armand Duplantis
	1	South Korea	Jin Min-sub
World ranking	1
total	32

Shot put

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
21.10 m	3	United States	3
	2	New Zealand	Tomas Walsh Jacko Gill
	2	Poland	Konrad Bukowiecki Michał Haratyk
	1	Egypt	Mostafa Amr Hassan
	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mesud Pezer
	1	Brazil	Darlan Romani
	1	British Virgin Islands	Eldred Henry
	1	Georgia	Giorgi Mujaridze
	1	Italy	Leonardo Fabbri
	1	Croatia	Filip Mihaljevic
	1	Luxembourg	Bob Bertemes
	1	Nigeria	Chukwuebuka Enekwarti
	1	Sweden	Wictor Petersson
	1	Serbia	Armin Sinančević
	1	Czech Republic	Tomáš Staněk
World ranking	1
total	32

Discus throw

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
66.00 m	3	Jamaica	Fedrick Dacres Traves Smikle Chad Wright
	2	Germany	Christoph Harting Martin Wierig
	2	Sweden	Daniel Ståhl Simon Pettersson
	1	Iran	Ehsan Hadadi
	1	Colombia	Mauricio Ortega
	1	Lithuania	Andrius Gudžius
	1	Norway	Ola Stunes Isene
	1	Austria	Lukas Weißhaidinger
	1	Poland	Piotr Małachowski
	1	Romania	Alin Alexandru Firfirica
	1	Samoa	Alex Rose
	1	Spain	Lois Maikel Martínez
	1	United States	Sam Mattis
	1	Cyprus	Apostolos Parellis
World ranking	1
total	32

Hammer throw

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
77.50 m	2	Poland	Paweł Fajdek Wojciech Nowicki
	2	Russia *	Denis Lukyanov Valery Pronkin
	2	Turkey	Özkan Baltacı Eşref Apak
	2	United States	Sean Donnelly Conor McCullough
	1	France	Quentin Bigot
	1	Great Britain	Nick Miller
	1	Moldova	Serghei Marghiev
	1	Norway	Eivind Henriksen
	1	Spain	Javier Cienfuegos
	1	Ukraine	Mychaylo Kochan
	1	Hungary	Bence Halász
	1	Belarus	Hleb Dudarau
World ranking	1
total	32

Javelin throw

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
85.00 m	3	Germany	3
	2	Finland	Oliver Helander Antti Ruuskanen
	2	India	Neeraj Chopra Shivpal Singh
	1	Chinese Taipei	Cheng Chao-tsun
	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 *	Dmitri Tarabin
	1	Sweden	Kim Amb
	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Keshorn Walcott
	1	Czech Republic	Jakub Vadlejch
World ranking	1
total	32

Women

Long jump

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
6.82 m	3	Great Britain	Abigail Irozuru Katarina Johnson-Thompson Shara Proctor
	2	Romania	Florentina Iușco 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 *	Darja Klischina
	1	Serbia	Ivana Španović
	1	Ukraine	Maryna Bech-Romantschuk
World ranking	1
total	32

Triple jump

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
14.32 m	2	Jamaica	Shanieka Ricketts Kimberly Williams
	2	Colombia	Caterine Ibargüen Yosiris Urrutia
	2	Cuba	Liadagmis Povea Davisleydi Velazco
	2	Portugal	Patrícia Mamona Evelise Veiga
	2	Russia *	Ekaterina Konewa Darya Nidbaykina
	2	United States	Tori Franklin Keturah Orji
	1	Germany	Kristin Gierisch
	1	Dominica	Thea LaFond
	1	France	Yanis David
	1	Ghana	Nadia Eke
	1	Greece	Paraskevi Papachristou
	1	Kazakhstan	Olga Rypakova
	1	Lithuania	Diana Zagainova
	1	Spain	Ana Peleteiro
	1	Ukraine	Olha Saladucha
	1	Venezuela	Yulimar Rojas
World ranking	1
total	32

high jump

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
1.96 m	3	Ukraine	Iryna Herashchenko Yulia Levchenko Yaroslav Mahutschich
	2	Australia	Nicola McDermott Eleanor Patterson
	2	Germany	Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch Imke Onnen
	2	Russia *	Anna Tschitscherowa Marija Lassizkene
	1	Belgium	Nafissatou Thiam
	1	Bulgaria	Mirela Demirewa
	1	Italy	Elena Vallortigara
	1	Poland	Kamila Lićwinko
	1	Romania	Daniela Stanciu
	1	Sweden	Erika Kinsey
	1	Uzbekistan	Svetlana Radzivil
	1	United States	Vashti Cunningham
	1	Belarus	Karyna Demidik
World ranking	1
total	32

Pole vault

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
4.70 m	3	United States	3
	2	China	Li Ling Xu Huiqin
	2	Greece	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou Ekaterini Stefanidi
	2	Sweden	Angelica Bengtsson Michaela Meijer
	1	France	Ninon Guillon-Romarin
	1	Great Britain	Holly Bradshaw
	1	Canada	Alysha Newman
	1	Cuba	Yarisley Silva
	1	Russia *	Anselika Sidorova
	1	Slovenia	Tina Šutej
	1	Venezuela	Robeily's Peinado
	1	Belarus	Iryna Schuk
World ranking	1
total	32

Shot put

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
18.50 m	3	United States	3
	2	China	Gong Lijiao Gao Yang
	2	Canada	Brittany Crew Sarah Mitton
	1	Germany	Christina Schwanitz
	1	Great Britain	Sophie McKinna
	1	Jamaica	Danniel Thomas-Dodd
	1	Moldova	Dimitriana Surdu
	1	New Zealand	Valerie Adams
	1	Poland	Paulina Guba
	1	Sweden	Fanny Roos
	1	Hungary	Anita Marton
	1	Belarus	Alyona Dubitskaya
World ranking	1
total	32

Discus throw

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
63.50 m	3	China	Chen Yang Feng Bin Su Xinyue
	3	Germany	3
	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	France	Mélina Robert-Michon
	1	Jamaica	Shadae Lawrence
	1	Croatia	Sandra Perković
	1	Russia *	Ekaterina Strokova
World ranking	1
total	32

Hammer throw

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
72.50 m	3	United States	3
	3	Poland	Joanna Fiodorow Malwina Kopron Anita Włodarczyk
	2	China	Luo Na Wang Zheng
	2	Ukraine	Iryna Klymez Iryna Novoschylowa
	1	Azerbaijan	Hanna Skydan
	1	France	Alexandra Tavernier
	1	Latvia	Laura Igaune
	1	Moldova	Zalina Petrivskaia
	1	Russia *	Sofja Palkina
	1	Hungary	Réka Gyurátz
	1	Belarus	Hanna Malyshchyk
World ranking	1
total	32

Javelin throw

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Nominee athletes
64.00 m	2	China	Liu Shiying Lü Huihui
	1	Australia	Kelsey-Lee Barber
	1	Belarus	Tazzjana Chaladovich
	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

All-around

Men decathlon

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
8350 points	2	Canada	Pierce Lepage Damian Warner
	2	Estonia	Johannes Erm Maicel Uibo
	2	Germany	Niklas Kaul Kai Kazmirek
	1	Grenada	Lindon Victor
	1	Russia *	Ilya Shkurenev
World ranking	1
total	24

Women heptathlon

Olympic norm	Places	nation	Qualified athletes
6420 points	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
World ranking	1
total	24

Seasons

Men

4 × 100 m

Qualifying competition	Places	Qualified relays
World Championships 2019	8th	Brazil China France Great Britain Japan Netherlands South Africa United States
World Ranking (June 29, 2021)	8th
total	16	8th

4 × 400 m

Qualifying competition	Places	Qualified relays
World Championships 2019	8th	United States Jamaica Belgium Colombia Trinidad and Tobago Italy France United Kingdom
World Ranking (June 29, 2021)	8th
total	16

Women

4 × 100 m

Qualifying competition	Places	Qualified relays
World Championships 2019	8th	China Germany Great Britain Italy Jamaica Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago United States
World Ranking (June 29, 2021)	8th
total	16	8th

4 × 400 m

Qualifying competition	Places	Qualified relays
World Championships 2019	8th	United States Poland Jamaica United Kingdom Belgium Ukraine Netherlands Canada
World Ranking (June 29, 2021)	8th
total	16

Mixed

4 × 400 m

Qualifying competition	Places	Qualified relays
World Championships 2019	8th	Bahrain Belgium Brazil Great Britain India Jamaica Poland United States
World Ranking (June 29, 2021)	8th
total	16	8th

Remarks

³More than three athletes from this nation have already qualified. However, since a maximum of three athletes per nation are admitted to the games in each individual competition, the NOK can decide which of the qualified athletes will start.

^* Since the IAAF continues to forbid Russian athletes to start under the Russian flag due to the Russian doping scandal, it is currently not clear under which flag these athletes will compete.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Qualification system for Tokyo 2020 Olympics published by IAAF. Inside the Games, accessed on August 24, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Qualification System - Games of the XXXI Olympiad - Athletics . (PDF) IAAF , accessed on August 24, 2019 . 
3. ↑ IAAF Council approves Olympic qualification system and entry standards. IAAF , March 10, 2019, accessed on August 24, 2019 . 
4. ^ IAAF to follow other sports with world ranking system for athletes. BBC Sport, March 7, 2018, accessed August 24, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Olympic qualification period suspended until December 1, 2020. In: World Athletics . April 7, 2020, accessed on May 30, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Dual qualification system for Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Athletics Weekly, March 10, 2019, accessed August 24, 2019 .