Track And Field And Swimming Lead Quota Spots By Sport For The 2024 Paris Olympics
By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
Over 10,500 athletes will be in attendance at the 2024 Paris Olympics that begin on July 26th and run through August 11th. See below for the number of quota spots allowed per sport as track and field and swimming lead the way.
Track and field/athletics has the largest amount of quota spots with 1810 total. Swimming has the 2nd largest with 852, although this number is down from the previous quota of 878 that were allowed in Tokyo. World Aquatics has already sent out a message saying that athletes with the ‘B’ cuts may not qualify due to the quota.
This is because ‘B’ cuts are 4th priority, coming behind the ‘A’ cut swimmers, relay swimmers, and universality athletes. Universality allows for countries that do not have swimmers with ‘A’ or ‘B’ cuts to send 1 male and 1 female swimmer to the Olympic Games. Universality swimmers have a higher priority than athletes who have ‘B’ cuts and are already represented by their country.
Track and field notably has a total of 48 events while swimming has 35 events. Both have men’s events, women’s events, and mixed events.
Track and field and swimming lead the way and are followed by soccer/football (504 athletes from 28 teams) and rowing (502 athletes).
Artistic Swimming
96
Diving
128
Open Water
44
Swimming
852
Water Polo
264
Archery
128
Athletics (Track and Field)
1810
Badminton
166
Basketball
288
Boxing
248
Breaking
158
Canoeing
126
Cycling
180
Equestrian
200
Fencing
212
Field Hockey
384 (24 teams)
Soccer
504 (28 teams)
Golf
118
Gymnastics
318
Handball
336 (24 teams)
Judo
372
Modern Pentathlon
20
Rowing
502
Rugby
288
Sailing
330
Shooting
340
Skateboarding
44
Sport Climbing
68
Surfing
48
Table tennis
172
Taekwondo
128
Tennis
172
Triathlon
110
Volleyball
24 teams (288)
Weightlifting
120
Wrestling
288
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