This qualification system is one with a lot of interest. After all, we have an Olympic Champion in Javelin Throw.
Let us look at how athletes will be able to qualify for Paris 2024 Olympics in Athletics.
Athletics at 2024 Paris Olympics
There will be 48 events in athletics at Paris Olympics – 23 in Men, 23 in Women and 2 in Mixed.
A total of 1810 athletes will qualify for Paris Olympics in Athletics. Number of athletes that can qualify in each event is mentioned in brackets in above table.
Point to Note: A maximum of 3 athletes per nation can qualify for an individual event. Similarly, a maximum of 2 teams per nation can qualify for a team event (Mixed Team Race Walk is classified as team event). In case of relay events, a maximum of 1 team can qualify per nation.
Qualification Process:
An athlete can qualify via two ways for any individual event:
- 50% of the qualification spots will be allocated basis athletes who clear qualification standard.
- 50% of the spots will be allocated basis World Ranking list
A team can qualify for Relay event based on following pathway:
- Top 14 teams at World Athletics Relay will qualify
- Remaining spots will be given based on World Athletics Performance List.
Here are the qualification standards for each of the events:
Qualification Timeline:
- For all individual events, qualification and ranking period is 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2024
- For 10,000m, Combined events, Race Walks and Relays, timeline is 31 December 2022 – 30 June 2024
- For marathon, timeline is 1 November 2022 – 30 April 2024
World Athletics will publish final qualification list basis entry standard and World Ranking on 2nd July 2024.
Current Qualification Status of Indian Athletes across events!
Data as on 2nd March, 2024
Women’s Events:
100m: No Indian athlete in contention currently
200m: Jyothi Yarraji (Currently at Qualification Rank 61, needs to be in Top 48)
400m: Aishwarya Sharma (Currently at Qualification Rank 62, needs to be in Top 48)
800m: KM Chanda (Currently at Qualification Rank 44, in World Ranking quota place)
1500m: No Indian athlete in contention currently
5000m: Ankita (Currently at Qualification Rank 31, in World Ranking quota place)
10000m: Sanjivani Jadhav (Currently at Qualification Rank 50, needs to be in Top 27)
100m Hurdles: Jyothi Yarraji (Currently at Qualification Rank 23, in World Ranking quota place)
400m Hurdles: Vithya Ramraj (Currently at Qualification Rank 33, in World Ranking quota place)
3000m Steeplechase: Parul Chaudhary (Qualified by achieving entry standard), Priti (Currently at Qualification Rank 28, in World Ranking quota place)
High Jump: No Indian athlete in contention currently
Pole Vault: No Indian athlete in contention currently
Long Jump: No Indian athlete in contention currently
Triple Jump: No Indian athlete in contention currently
Shot Put: No Indian athlete in contention currently
Discus Throw: No Indian athlete in contention currently
Hammer Throw: Tanya Chaudhary (Currently at Qualification Rank 60, needs to be in Top 32)
Javelin Throw: Annu Rani (Currently at Qualification Rank 17, in World Ranking quota place)
Marathon: No Indian athlete in contention currently
20km Race Walk: Priyanka (Qualified by achieving entry standard), Munita (Currently at Qualification Rank 47, in World Ranking quota place), Bhawna (Currently at Qualification Rank 48, in World Ranking quota place)
Heptathlon: Swapna Barman (Currently at Qualification Rank 38, needs to be in Top 24), Nandani Agasara (Currently at Qualification Rank 56, needs to be in Top 24)
Men’s Events
100m: No Indian athlete in contention currently
200m: Amlan Borgohain (Currently at Qualification Rank 64, needs to be in Top 48)
400m: Muhammed Ajmal (Currently at Qualification Rank 49, needs to be in Top 48)
800m: Mohammed Afsal (Currently at Qualification Rank 76, needs to be in Top 48)
1500m: Ajay Saroj (Currently at Qualification Rank 62, needs to be in Top 48)
5000m: Gulveer Singh (Currently at Qualification Rank 48, needs to be in Top 42)
10000m: Kartik Kumar (Currently at Qualification Rank 43, needs to be in Top 27)
110m Hurdles: Tejas Shirse (Currently at Qualification Rank 60, needs to be in Top 40)
400m Hurdles: Santhosh Kumar (Currently at Qualification Rank 31, in World Ranking Quota place)
3000m Steeplechase: Avinash Sable (Qualified by achieving entry standard), Mohd Hasan (Currently at Qualification Rank 49, needs to be in Top 36)
High Jump: Tejaswin Shankar (Currently at Qualification Rank 41, needs to be in Top 32)
Pole Vault: No Indian athlete in contention currently
Long Jump: Murali Sreeshankar (Qualified by achieving entry standard), Jeswin Aldrin (Currently at Qualification Rank 18, in World Ranking Quota place)
Triple Jump: No Indian athlete in contention currently
Shot Put: Sahib Singh (Currently at Qualification Rank 66, needs to be in Top 32)
Discus Throw: Oinam Singh (Currently at Qualification Rank 71, needs to be in Top 32)
Hammer Throw: Ajay Kumar (Currently at Qualification Rank 59, needs to be in Top 32)
Javelin Throw: Neeraj Chopra & Kishore Jena (Qualified by achieving entry standard), DP Manu (Currently at Qualification Rank 11, in World Ranking Quota place)
Marathon: No Indian athlete in contention currently
20km Race Walk: Akashdeep Singh, Suraj Panwar, Servin Sebastian, Arshpreet Singh, Vikash Singh, Paramjeet Singh Bisht (6 Indian athletes have qualified by achieving entry standard however only 3 can participate)
Decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar (Currently at Qualification Rank 46, needs to be in Top 24)
For relay events, a separate Olympic qualifier will be held.
Wishing all Indian athletes all the best for the qualification period.
