Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics . The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 128 archers, with an equal distribution between men and women (64 per gender), coming from their respective NOCs; each is permitted to enter a maximum of six archers, three per gender. NOCs that qualify for a gender-based team recurve can select three members to form a squad, ensuring that each of them must compete in the individual recurve. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Twelve slots are available for each gender in the team recurve events, with thirty-six individuals competing against each other through a team-based qualification pathway. While three tickets remain available at the final qualifying meet, the number of quota places at the Worlds has been reduced to three that climb the podium. The other five tickets will be assigned instead to the continental team champions from Europe, Asia, and the Americas, and to the top two teams vying for qualification through the world rankings after the final qualifying meet. ^{[3] [1]}

Throughout the process, twenty-eight individual quota places will be awarded to the highest-ranked archers at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany, the continental Games (European Games, Asian Games, and the Pan American Games), whether mixed team champions or individual recurve gold medalists, the standalone continental meets (Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas), and at the final qualification tournament, scheduled for mid-2024. ^{[3] [1]}

Host nation France reserves three quota places each for the men's and women's events, along with the mixed team recurve, while four coveted spots are entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have their archers compete in Paris 2024, as granted by the Universality principle. ^[1]

To eligibly participate at the Games after obtaining a quota place for NOC, all archers must attain the following minimum qualification standards (MQS) on a 72-arrow, 70-metre round between the first day of the 2023 World Championships and the final entry at a registered World Archery event. ^[3]

• Men – 70-metre round of 640
• Women – 70-metre round of 610

Qualifying standards

Qualification occurs through a hierarchy of events instead of dates, so the qualified NOC might vacate the coveted spot through an earlier low-priority meet if it eventually grants a qualifying pathway in a higher-priority event (this particularly affects the European Games, held before the World Championships). The following priority order will be respected from highest to lowest to allocate the quota places: (1) World Championships, (2) continental games, (3) continental championships, (4) final qualification tournaments. ^[1]

The medal-winning squads (gold, silver, and bronze) in the team event from the 2023 Worlds will secure a quota place for their NOC at the Olympics. If the host country France obtains a team place at the Worlds, the vacant slot will be reallocated to the fourth-place team. Three more tickets will each be assigned to the men's and women's team recurve champions from the 2022 Asian Games, the 2023 European Games, and the 2024 Pan American Championships, respectively. The top three or four NOCs per gender (depending on whether France uses its direct host place or qualifies for the Games through the regular competition pathway) will secure three quota places at the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament (FOQT), scheduled for mid-2024, while the remaining team tickets will be awarded to the two highest-ranked NOCs vying for qualification through the world rankings after FOQT. ^{[3] [1]}

Twenty-eight individual quota places will be awarded across the five competition phases and through the universality invitation. Three highest-ranked archers outside the team-based qualification will secure a single quota place for their NOC in the men's and women's individual recurve, respectively, at the 2023 Worlds, while six spots will be assigned to each of the top two archers from Europe, Asia, and the Americas at the continental Games. All five continents will stage standalone continental tournaments throughout the qualifying calendar with a specified number of quota places available: Europe (3) and Asia, Africa, and the Americas (2 each), and Oceania (1). The Final Olympic Qualification Tournament, held at the end of the qualifying period, will allocate two more spots per gender for the highest-ranked eligible archers from their respective NOCs. The remaining tickets in each individual recurve are entitled to the eligible NOCs whose archers are interested to compete in Paris 2024 as duly recognized by the Universality principle. ^{[3] [1]}

The mixed team recurve champions from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania will obtain a quota place per gender in the individual events for Paris 2024 at their respective continental Games. ^[3]

Timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2023 European Games	June 23–29, 2023	Kraków
2023 World Archery Championships	July 28 – August 6, 2023	Berlin
2022 Asian Games	October 2–8, 2023	Hangzhou
2023 Pan American Games	November 1–5, 2023	Santiago
2023 Asian Archery Championships [4]	November 3–10, 2023	Bangkok
2023 Asian Continental Qualification Tournament	November 9–12, 2023
2023 African Continental Qualification Tournament	November 6–12, 2023	Nabeul [1]
2023 Pacific Games	November 21–24, 2023	Honiara
2024 Oceania Continental Qualification Tournament	March 16–17, 2024	Auckland
2024 Pan American Continental Qualification Tournament	April 8–9, 2024	Medellín
2024 Pan American Archery Championships [5]	April 10–14, 2024
2024 European Continental Qualification Tournament [5]	May 5–6, 2024	Essen [1]
2024 European Archery Championships [5]	May 7–12, 2024
Final Team Qualification Tournament	June 14–17, 2024	Antalya [5]
Final Individual Qualification Tournament

Qualification summary

Nation	Men		Women		Mixed	Total
	Individual	Team	Individual	Team	Team [ broken anchor ]	Quotas	Athletes
Argentina	1					1	1
Australia	1		1			3	2
Austria			1			1	1
Azerbaijan			1			1	1
Bangladesh	1					1	1
Bhutan	1					1	1
Brazil	1		1			3	2
Canada	1		1			3	2
Chad	1					1	1
Chile	1					1	1
China	3		3			9	6
Chinese Taipei	3		3			9	6
Colombia	3		1			6	4
Cuba	1					1	1
Czech Republic	1		1			3	2
Denmark			1			1	1
Egypt	1		1			3	2
El Salvador	1					1	1
Estonia			1			1	1
Finland	1					1	1
France	3		3			9	6
Germany	1		3			6	4
Great Britain	3		3			9	6
Guinea			1			1	1
India	3		3			9	6
Indonesia	1		3			6	4
Iran			1			1	1
Israel	1		1			3	2
Italy	3		1			6	4
Japan	3		1			6	4
Kazakhstan	3					4	3
Luxembourg	1					1	1
Malaysia			3			4	3
Mexico	3		3			9	6
Moldova	1		1			3	2
Mongolia	1					1	1
Netherlands	1		3			6	4
Poland			1			1	1
Puerto Rico			1			1	1
Romania			1			1	1
San Marino			1			1	1
Slovakia			1			1	1
Slovenia	1		1			3	2
South Africa	1					1	1
South Korea	3		3			9	6
Spain	1		1			3	2
Tunisia			1			1	1
Turkey	3		1			6	4
Ukraine	1		1			3	2
United States	1		3			6	4
Uzbekistan	1		1			3	2
Vietnam	1		1			3	2
Virgin Islands	1					1	1
Total: 53 NOCs	64	12	64	12	27	179	128

Men's events

Event	Location	Archers per NOC	Total places	Qualified NOC
Team – 12 teams, 36 male archers
Host nation	—	3	3	France
2023 World Archery Championships	Berlin	3	9	South Korea   Turkey   Japan
2023 Asian Archery Championships	Bangkok	3	3	Kazakhstan
2024 Pan American Archery Championships	Medellín	3	3	Colombia
2024 European Archery Championships	Essen	3	3	Italy
Final Team Qualification Tournament	Antalya	3	9	Mexico   Chinese Taipei   Great Britain
WA World Olympic Ranking List	—	3	6	India   China
Mixed team – 5 teams, 5 male archers
2023 European Games	Kraków	1	1	Spain
2022 Asian Games	Hangzhou	1	0	—
2023 Pan American Games	Santiago	1	1	United States
2023 African Continental Qualification Tournament	Nabeul	1	1	Chad
2023 Pacific Games	Honiara	1	1	Australia
Individual – 23 male archers
2023 European Games	Kraków	1	2	Germany   Moldova
2023 World Archery Championships	Berlin	1	3	Canada   Brazil   Indonesia
2022 Asian Games	Hangzhou	1	1 [lower-alpha 1]	Mongolia
2023 Pan American Games	Santiago	1	1 [lower-alpha 2]	Chile
2023 Asian Continental Qualification Tournament	Bangkok	1	0 [lower-alpha 3]	— [lower-alpha 4]
2023 African Continental Qualification Tournament	Nabeul	1	2	Egypt   South Africa
2024 Oceania Continental Qualification Tournament	Auckland	0	1	New Zealand [lower-alpha 5]   Tonga [lower-alpha 6]
2024 Pan American Continental Qualification Tournament	Medellín	1	2	Virgin Islands   Argentina
2024 European Continental Qualification Tournament	Essen	1	3	Netherlands   Slovenia   Ukraine
Final Individual Qualification Tournament	Antalya	1	5	Uzbekistan   Bangladesh   Cuba   Vietnam   Czech Republic
Universality Places	—	1	2	Bhutan   El Salvador
Reallocation (World ranking)	—	1	3	Israel   Luxembourg   Finland
Total			64

Women's events

Event	Location	Archers per NOC	Total places	Qualified NOC
Team – 12 teams, 36 female archers
Host nation	—	3	3	France
2023 World Archery Championships	Berlin	3	6	Germany   Mexico
2023 Asian Archery Championships	Bangkok	3	3	South Korea
2024 Pan American Archery Championships	Medellín	3	3	United States
2024 European Archery Championships	Essen	3	3	Netherlands
Final Team Qualification Tournament	Antalya	3	12 [lower-alpha 7]	China   Malaysia   Great Britain   Chinese Taipei
WA World Olympic Ranking List	—	3	6	India   Indonesia
Mixed team – 5 teams, 5 female archers
2023 European Games	Kraków	1	1	Spain
2022 Asian Games	Hangzhou	1	0 [lower-alpha 8]	—
2023 Pan American Games	Santiago	1	0	—
2023 African Continental Qualification Tournament	Nabeul	1	0	Chad [lower-alpha 6]
2023 Pacific Games	Honiara	1	1	Australia
Individual – 23 female archers
2023 European Games	Kraków	1	1 [lower-alpha 9]	Italy
2023 World Archery Championships	Berlin	1	2	Czech Republic   Japan
2022 Asian Games	Hangzhou	1	0 [lower-alpha 10]	—
2023 Pan American Games	Santiago	1	2	Brazil   Colombia
2023 Asian Continental Qualification Tournament	Bangkok	1	1 [lower-alpha 11]	Uzbekistan
2023 African Continental Qualification Tournament	Nabeul	1	2	Egypt   Tunisia
2024 Oceania Continental Qualification Tournament	Auckland	0	1	New Zealand [lower-alpha 5]   Fiji [lower-alpha 6]
2024 Pan American Continental Qualification Tournament	Medellín	1	2	Canada   Puerto Rico
2024 European Continental Qualification Tournament	Essen	1	3	Austria   Estonia   Turkey
Final Individual Qualification Tournament	Antalya	1	6 [lower-alpha 12]	Iran   Ukraine   Moldova   Slovakia   Poland   Azerbaijan
Universality Places	—	1	2	Guinea   San Marino
Reallocation (World ranking)	—	1	5	Romania   Israel   Denmark   Slovenia   Vietnam
Total			64

1. Mongolia and China qualified originally, later, China qualified through the WA Ranking Team List and therefore their men's individual quota spot will be allocated to individual world ranking.
2. Mexico and Chile qualified originally, later, Mexico qualified through the 2024 Final Team Qualification Tournament and therefore their men's individual quota spot will be allocated to 2024 Final Individual Qualification Tournament.
3. India and Chinese Taipei qualified originally, later, Chinese Taipei qualified through the 2024 Final Team Qualification Tournament and therefore their men's individual quota spot will be allocated to Final Individual Qualification Tournament.
4. India and Chinese Taipei qualified originally, later, India qualified through the WA Ranking Team List and therefore their men's individual quota spot will be allocated to individual world ranking.
5. Withdrew due to New Zealand Olympic Committee's requirement of achieving a top-16 finish at international tournaments ^[6]
6. Ineligible due to not reaching the Minimum Qualification Score.
7. France finished in the top three at the World Championships, so an additional team quota space is allocated to the Final Team Qualification Tournament.
8. Indonesia qualified through the WA Ranking Team and therefore their women's individual quota spot will be allocated to the individual world ranking.
9. Great Britain and Italy qualified originally, later, Great Britain qualified through the 2024 Final Team Qualification Tournament and therefore their women's individual quota spot will be allocated to the 2024 Final Individual Qualification Tournament.
10. China and Chinese Taipei qualified originally, later, both teams qualified through the 2024 Final Team Qualification Tournament and therefore their women's individual quota spot will be allocated to the 2024 Final Individual Qualification Tournament.
11. Malaysia and Uzbekistan qualified originally, later, Malaysia qualified through the 2024 Final Team Qualification Tournament and therefore their women's individual quota spot will be allocated to the 2024 Final Individual Qualification Tournament.
12. India qualified 1 woman archer through the 2024 Final Individual Qualification Tournament, later, India qualified through the WA Ranking Team List and therefore their women's individual quota spot will be allocated to the individual world ranking.

References

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