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]

EventDateLocationMenWomen
Pan American Continental Olympic Qualifier July 14, 2007 Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro Flag of the United States.svg Andy Potts Flag of the United States.svg Julie Ertel
African Continental Olympic QualifierMarch 8, 2008 Flag of Tunisia.svg Hammamet Flag of South Africa.svg Hendrik De Villiers Flag of South Africa.svg Mari Rabie
Oceania Continental Olympic QualifierMarch 9, 2008 Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane Reed Flag of Australia (converted).svg Emma Moffatt
Asian Continental Olympic QualifierMay 3, 2008 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guanzhou Flag of Japan.svg Ryosuke Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg Ai Ueda
European Continental Olympic QualifierMay 10, 2008 Flag of Portugal.svg Lisbon Flag of France.svg Frédéric Belaubre Flag of Portugal.svg Vanessa Fernandes
2008 Triathlon World ChampionshipsJune 8, 2008 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vancouver Flag of Spain.svg Javier Gómez
Flag of New Zealand.svg Bevan Docherty
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Reto Hug
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Helen Tucker
Flag of the United States.svg Sarah Haskins
Flag of New Zealand.svg Samantha Warriner
ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings [2] [3] June 15, 2008N/A Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Kahlefeldt
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Simon Whitfield
Flag of New Zealand.svg Kris Gemmell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Don
Flag of Ukraine.svg Volodymyr Polikarpenko
Flag of Germany.svg Maik Petzold
Flag of Germany.svg Jan Frodeno
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sven Riederer
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Clarke
Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Unger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alistair Brownlee
Flag of France.svg Tony Moulai
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tichelaar
Flag of Spain.svg Iván Raña
Flag of Russia.svg Igor Sysoev
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Brukhankov
Flag of France.svg Cedric Fleureton
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Filip Ospalý
Flag of the United States.svg Jarrod Shoemaker
Flag of Portugal.svg Bruno Pais
Flag of the United States.svg Matthew Reed
Flag of Japan.svg Hirokatsu Tayama
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Olivier Marceu
Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Polyansky
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Courtney Atkinson
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brent McMahon
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Dmitriy Gaag
Flag of Poland.svg Marek Jaskolka
Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Henning
Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Fontana
Flag of Brazil.svg Reinaldo Colucci
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Danyl Sapunov
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Peter Croes
Flag of Portugal.svg Duarte Marques
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Axel Zeebroek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Berk
Flag of Austria.svg Simon Agoston
Flag of Estonia.svg Marko Albert
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Dirk Bockel
Flag of Italy.svg Emilio D'Aquino
Flag of Brazil.svg Juraci Moreira
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Emma Snowsill
Flag of New Zealand.svg Debbie Tanner
Flag of the United States.svg Laura Bennett
Flag of Germany.svg Anja Dittmer
Flag of Germany.svg Joelle Franzman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hollie Avil
Flag of New Zealand.svg Andrea Hewitt
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nicola Spirig
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lauren Groves
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Elizabeth May
Flag of France.svg Jessica Harrison
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Magali di Marco
Flag of Germany.svg Ricarda Lisk
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Erin Densham
Flag of France.svg Carole Péon
Flag of Austria.svg Eva Dollinger
Flag of Japan.svg Kiyomi Niwata
Flag of Japan.svg Juri Ide
Flag of Italy.svg Nadia Cortassa
Flag of Sweden.svg Lisa Nordén
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniela Ryf
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kathy Tremblay
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kirsten Sweetland
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vendula Frintová
Flag of Spain.svg Ainhoa Murua
Flag of Russia.svg Irina Abyssova
Flag of South Africa.svg Kate Roberts
Flag of Brazil.svg Mariana Ohata
Flag of Austria.svg Tania Haiböck
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lenka Zemanova
Flag of Spain.svg Ana Burgos
Flag of Austria.svg Kate Allen
Flag of Poland.svg Ewa Dederko
Flag of Ireland.svg Emma Davis
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xing Lin
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lisa Mensik
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hongni
Flag of Poland.svg Maria Czesnik
Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuliya Spunova
Flag of Russia.svg Olga Zaousailova
Flag of Italy.svg Charlotte Bonin
Flag of Hungary.svg Zita Szabó
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Birgitta Berk
ITU Continental Rankings [b] July 15, 2008N/A Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Christopher Felgate
Flag of Mexico.svg Eligio Cervantes
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Daniel Lee Chi Wo
Flag of Slovakia.svg Pavel Simko
Flag of Chile.svg Barbara Rivero Diaz
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Tania Mak So Ning
Flag of Greece.svg Deniz Dimaki
Host nation [a] N/AN/A Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yiming
Tripartite CommissionJan 31, 2008N/A Flag of Syria.svg Omar Tayara Flag of Bermuda.svg Flora Duffy [c]
Total--5555

Notes and references

Notes
References
  1. "Olympic qualifying criteria" (pdf). ITU.
  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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