Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

For the athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics competitions, the following qualification systems are in place. Qualification will end on 29 June 2020.

Qualifying standards

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to 3 qualified athletes in each individual event if all athletes meet the entry standard during the qualifying period. An NOC may also enter a maximum of 1 qualified relay team per event. Under the universality rule, NOCs may enter athletes regardless of time (1 athlete per sex) if they have no athletes meeting the entry standard. This makes it possible for every nation to have a minimum of two representatives in the sport.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The qualifying system for Tokyo 2020 saw fundamental changes from the previous Olympics. While the qualification from Rio 2016 and other previous editions relied on qualifying times, Tokyo 2020 is primarily based on world ranking. The IAAF continues to set qualifying times, but these are "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The number of entrants per event is capped, with different caps for different events varying from 24 athletes for the combined events to 80 athletes for the marathons.^[1]^[2]

The IAAF world rankings are based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period. The results are weighted by the importance of the meet.^[4]

The qualifying time standards may be obtained in various meets during the given period approved by IAAF. The qualifying period for the marathon and the 50km race walk occurs from 1 January 2019 to 31 May 2020 and the qualifing for the 10,000 m, 20km race walk and combined events occurs from 1 January 2019 to 29 June 2020, with the rest of the track and field events happening from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.^[2]

For the relays, a maximum of sixteen qualified NOCs shall be entitled to each event. The top eight teams in each event at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics (held in Doha from 28 September to 6 October 2019) guarantee a spot on their respective NOCs for the Olympics. The remaining half in each event are selected according to IAAF World Ranking List as of 29 June 2020 based on the aggregate of the 2 fastest times achieved by NOCs during the given period.^[2]

NOCs with more than three qualified athletes in an individual event may select, using their own rules, athletes from among those qualified. For example, the United States selects athletes based on the result of the 2020 United States Olympic Trials event, but has a policy of entering every athlete so qualified. Sweden only enters athletes good enough to reach at least the eighth position, based on an assessment by the Swedish NOC.

Athletes must have been born before 1 January 2005 (that, be at least 16 years old at the end of 2020) to compete. Youth athletes (born in 2003 or 2004, age 16 or 17 at the end of 2020) cannot compete in the throwing events, combined events, marathons, race walks, or 10,000 metre events. Junior athletes (born in 2001 or 2002, age 18 or 19 at the end of 2020) cannot compete in the marathons or the 50 kilometre race walk.^[2]

The IAAF Qualifying Standards are as follows:^[5]^[2]

Men's events		Women's events
Event	Entry mark	Event	Entry mark
100 m	10.05	100 m	11.15
200 m	20.24	200 m	22.80
400 m	44.90	400 m	51.35
800 m	1:45.20	800 m	1:59.50
1500 m	3:35.00	1500 m	4:04.20
5000 m	13:13.50	5000 m	15:10.00
10,000 m	27:28.00	10,000 m	31:25.00
110 m hurdles	13.32	100 m hurdles	12.84
400 m hurdles	48.90	400 m hurdles	55.40
3000 m steeplechase	8:22.00	3000 m steeplechase	9:30.00
Marathon	2:11:30	Marathon	2:29:30
20 km walk	1:21:00	20 km walk	1:31:00
50 km walk	3:50:00	—	—
Long jump	8.22	Long jump	6.82
Triple jump	17.14	Triple jump	14.32
High jump	2.33	High jump	1.96
Pole vault	5.80	Pole vault	4.70
Shot put	21.10	Shot put	18.50
Discus throw	66.00	Discus throw	63.50
Hammer throw	77.50	Hammer throw	72.50
Javelin throw	85.00	Javelin throw	64.00
Decathlon	8350	Heptathlon	6420
4 × 100 m relay	Top 8 at IWR + 8 from top lists	4 × 100 m relay	Top 8 at IWR + 8 from top lists
4 × 400 m relay	Top 8 at IWR + 8 from top lists	4 × 400 m relay	Top 8 at IWR + 8 from top lists

Track events

Men's track events

Men's 100 m

Does not include indoor achievements

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 10.05	3	Jamaica	Yohan Blake Tyquendo Tracey Waseem Williams
	3	Japan	Yoshihide Kiryū Yuki Koike Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	China	Su Bingtian Xie Zhenye
	2	Great Britain	Reece Prescod Zharnel Hughes
	2	Nigeria	Raymond Ekevwo Divine Oduduru
	1	Bahamas	Samson Colebrooke
	1	Barbados	Mario Burke
	1	Canada	Andre de Grasse
	1	Cayman Islands	Kemar Hyman
	1	Ghana	Joseph Amoah
	1	Indonesia	Lalu Muhammad Zohri
	1	Ivory Coast	Arthur Cissé
	1	Liberia	Emmanuel Matadi
	1	South Africa	Akani Simbine
World ranking	1
Total	56

Men's 200 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 20.24	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Canada	Aaron Brown Andre De Grasse
	2	Jamaica	Rasheed Dwyer Andre Ewers
	2	Trinidad and Tobago	Kyle Greaux Jereem Richards
	1	Barbados	Mario Burke
	1	Colombia	Bernardo Baloyes
	1	Ecuador	Alex Quiñónez
	1	Ghana	Joseph Amoah
	1	Japan	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
	1	Turkey	Ramil Guliyev
	1	Nigeria	Divine Oduduru
	1	Switzerland	Alex Wilson
	1	Zambia	Sydney Siame
World ranking	1
Total	56

Men's 400 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 44.90	3	United States	^[a]
	1	Bahamas	Steven Gardiner
	1	Barbados	Jonathan Jones
	1	Colombia	Anthony Zambrano
	1	Italy	Davide Re
	1	Jamaica	Demish Gaye
	1	Kenya	Emmanuel Korir
World ranking	1
Total	48

Men's 800 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 1:45.20	3	Kenya	^[a]
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Puerto Rico	Andrés Arroyo Wesley Vázquez
	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Amel Tuka
	1	Botswana	Nijel Amos
	1	Canada	Brandon McBride
	1	Poland	Adam Kszczot
	1	Qatar	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla
World ranking	1
Total	48

Men's 1500 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 3:35.00	3	Great Britain	Charlie Grice Josh Kerr Jake Wightman
	3	Kenya	^[a]
	3	Morocco	Rabia Doukhana Abdalaati Iguider Brahim Kaazouzi
	2	Norway	Filip Ingebrigtsen Jakob Ingebrigtsen
	2	Spain	Adel Mechaal Kevin López
	1	Djibouti	Ayanleh Souleiman
	1	Ethiopia	Samuel Tefera
	1	ROC^{[Note RUS]}	Vladimir Nikitin
	1	Uganda	Ronald Musagala
World ranking	1
Total	45

Men's 5000 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 13:13.50	3	Ethiopia	^[a]
	3	Kenya	^[a]
	2	Bahrain	Birhanu Balew Dawit Fikadu
	2	Canada	Mohammed Ahmed Justyn Knight
	2	United States	Paul Chelimo Ben True
	1	Great Britain	Andrew Butchart
	1	Italy	Yemaneberhan Crippa
	1	Norway	Filip Ingebrigtsen
	1	Uganda	Joshua Cheptegei
World ranking	1
Total	42

Men's 10,000 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 27:28.00	1	Eritrea	Aron Kifle
	1	Ethiopia	Hagos Gebrhiwet
	1	Kenya	Rhonex Kipruto
World ranking	1
Total	27

Men's 110 m hurdles

Do not include indoor achievements

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 13.32	3	Jamaica	Orlando Bennett Ronald Levy Omar McLeod
	2	Brazil	Gabriel Constantino Eduardo Santos Rodrigues
	2	United States	Grant Holloway Daniel Roberts
	1	China	Xie Wenjun
	1	France	Wilhem Belocian
	1	Great Britain	Andrew Pozzi
	1	ROC^{[Note RUS]}	Sergey Shubenkov
	1	South Africa	Antonio Alkana
	1	Spain	Orlando Ortega
World ranking	1
Total	40

Men's 400 m hurdles

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 48.90	3	United States	^[a]
	1	Jamaica	Kemar Mowatt
	1	Japan	Takatoshi Abe
	1	Norway	Karsten Warholm
	1	Qatar	Abderrahman Samba
World ranking	1
Total	40

Men's 3000 m steeplechase

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 8:22.00	3	Kenya	^[a]
	3	Ethiopia	Chala Beyo Takele Nigate Getnet Wale
	3	Morocco	Abdelkarim Ben Zahra Soufiane El Bakkali Mohamed Tindouft
	3	United States	Andrew Bayer Hillary Bor Stanley Kebenei
	2	Spain	Daniel Arce Fernando Carro
	1	Algeria	Bilal Tabti
	1	Bahrain	John Kibet Koech
	1	Finland	Topi Raitanen
	1	France	Djilali Bedrani
	1	Great Britain	Zak Seddon
	1	Italy	Osama Zoghlami
	1	Uganda	Albert Chemutai
World ranking	1
Total	45

Women's track events

Women's 100 m

Does not include indoor achievements

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 11.15	3	Jamaica	^[a]
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	China	Ge Manqi Wei Yongli
	2	Great Britain	Dina Asher-Smith Imani-Lara Lansiquot
	2	Netherlands	Dafne Schippers Marije van Hunenstijn
	1	Germany	Laura Müller
	1	Ivory Coast	Marie-Josée Ta Lou
	1	Nigeria	Blessing Okagbare
	1	South Africa	Tebogo Mamathu
	1	Switzerland	Salomé Kora
	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Kelly-Ann Baptiste
World ranking	1
Total	56

Women's 200 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 22.80	3	Great Britain	Dina Asher-Smith Amy Hunt Jodie Williams
	3	Jamaica	Janeek Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Elaine Thompson
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Bahamas	Tynia Gaither Shaunae Miller-Uibo
	1	Bahrain	Salwa Eid Naser
	1	Bulgaria	Ivet Lalova-Collio
	1	Ivory Coast	Marie-Josée Ta Lou
	1	Netherlands	Dafne Schippers
	1	Nigeria	Blessing Okagbare
World ranking	1
Total	56

Women's 400 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 51.35	3	Jamaica	^[a]
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Great Britain	Laviai Nielsen Jodie Williams
	2	Poland	Iga Baumgart-Witan Justyna Święty-Ersetic
	1	Bahamas	Shaunae Miller-Uibo
	1	Bahrain	Salwa Eid Naser
	1	Botswana	Christine Botlogetswe
	1	Guyana	Aliyah Abrams
	1	Kenya	Hellen Syombua
	1	Mexico	Paola Morán
	1	Niger	Aminatou Seyni
World ranking	1
Total	48

Women's 800 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 1:59.50	3	United States	Hanna Green Raevyn Rogers Ajeé Wilson
	1	Burundi	Francine Niyonsaba
	1	Cuba	Rose Mary Almanza
	1	Ethiopia	Habitam Alemu
	1	Jamaica	Natoya Goule
	1	Kenya	Nelly Jepkosgei
	1	South Africa	Caster Semenya
World ranking	1
Total	48

Women's 1500 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 4:04.20	3	Ethiopia	^[a]
	3	Great Britain	Eilish McColgan Sarah McDonald Laura Muir
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Kenya	Winny Chebet Faith Kipyegon
	2	Uganda	Esther Chebet Winnie Nanyondo
	1	Australia	Jessica Hull
	1	Canada	Gabriela Debues-Stafford
	1	Germany	Konstanze Klosterhalfen
	1	Morocco	Rababe Arafi
	1	Netherlands	Sifan Hassan
World ranking	1
Total	45

Women's 5000 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 15:10.00	3	Ethiopia	^[a]
	3	Kenya	^[a]
	3	United States	Kim Conley Elinor Purrier Rachel Schneider
	2	Great Britain	Melissa Courtney Eilish McColgan
	2	Uganda	Sarah Chelangat Stella Chesang
	1	Canada	Gabriela Debues-Stafford
	1	Germany	Alina Reh
	1	Jamaica	Aisha Praught-Leer
	1	Morocco	Siham Hilali
	1	Netherlands	Sifan Hassan
	1	Norway	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal
	1	Turkey	Yasemin Can
World ranking	1
Total	42

Women's 10,000 m

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 31:25.00	2	Great Britain	Eilish McColgan Stephanie Twell
	2	Netherlands	Sifan Hassan Susan Krumins
	2	United States	Molly Huddle Emily Sisson
	1	Bahrain	Shitaye Eshete
	1	Germany	Alina Reh
	1	Israel	Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
	1	Japan	Hitomi Niiya
	1	Kenya	Rosemary Monica Wanjiru
World ranking	1
Total	27

Women's 100 m hurdles

Does not include indoor achievements

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 12.84	3	Jamaica	^[a]
	3	United States	^[a]
	1	Australia	Sally Pearson
	1	Bahamas	Pedrya Seymour
	1	Belarus	Elvira Herman
	1	France	Solène Ndama
	1	Italy	Luminosa Bogliolo
	1	Nigeria	Tobi Amusan
	1	Poland	Karolina Kołeczek
	1	Puerto Rico	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
World ranking	1
Total	40

Women's 400 m hurdles

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 55.40	3	Jamaica	^[a]
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Norway	Alfred Hauane Amalie Iuel
	1	Cuba	Zurian Hechavarría
	1	Czech Republic	Zuzana Hejnová
	1	Switzerland	Léa Sprunger
	1	Ukraine	Anna Ryzhykova
World ranking	1
Total	40

Women's 3000 m steeplechase

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 9:30.00	3	Kenya	^[a]
	3	United States	^[a]
	1	Bahrain	Winfred Mutile Yavi
	1	Canada	Geneviève Lalonde
	1	Denmark	Anna-Emilie Møller
	1	Germany	Gesa Felicitas Krause
	1	Norway	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal
	1	Slovenia	Maruša Mišmaš
	1	Uganda	Peruth Chemutai
World ranking	1
Total	45

Road events

Men's road events

Men's marathon

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 2:11:30	3	Bahrain	^[a]
	3	Eritrea	^[a]
	3	Ethiopia	^[a]
	3	Japan	^[a]
	3	Kenya	^[a]
	3	Morocco	^[a]
	3	Spain	Hamid Ben Daoud Javier Guerra Daniel Mateo
	3	Turkey	Polat Kemboi Arikan Mert Girmalegesse Kaan Kigen Özbilen
	3	Uganda	^[a]
	2	Australia	Jack Rayner Brett Robinson
	2	Belgium	Koen Naert Bashir Abdi
	2	France	Morhad Amdouni Hassan Chahdi
	2	Great Britain	Mo Farah Callum Hawkins
	2	Israel	Girmaw Amare Marhu Teferi
	2	South Africa	Stephen Mokoka Desmond Mokgobu
	2	United States	Scott Fauble Jared Ward
	1	Austria	Lemawork Ketema
	1	Brazil	Daniel Chaves da Silva
	1	Burundi	Olivier Irabaruta
	1	Italy	Yassine Rachik
	1	Mexico	Juan Pacheco
	1	Netherlands	Abdi Nageeye
	1	New Zealand	Zane Robertson
	1	North Korea	Ri Kang-bom
	1	Rwanda	Felicien Muhitira
	1	Switzerland	Tadesse Abraham
	1	Tanzania	Alphonce Felix Simbu
World ranking	1
Total	80

Men's 20 km walk

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 1:21:00	3	China	^[a]
	3	Japan	^[a]
	3	ROC^{[Note RUS]}	^[a]
	3	Spain	Diego García Carrera Miguel Ángel López Álvaro Martín
	2	Australia	Dane Bird-Smith Rhydian Cowley
	2	Ecuador	Andrés Chocho Brian Pintado
	2	Germany	Nils Brembach Christopher Linke
	2	Italy	Massimo Stano Giorgio Rubino
	2	Mexico	Carlos Sánchez Cantera Julio César Salazar
	1	Brazil	Caio Bonfim
	1	Colombia	José Leonardo Montaña
	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	Georgiy Sheiko
	1	South Africa	Wayne Snyman
	1	South Korea	Choe Byeong-kwang
	1	Sweden	Perseus Karlström
World ranking	1
Total	60

Men's 50 km walk

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 3:50:00	3	China	^[a]
	3	Japan	^[a]
	2	Poland	Rafał Augustyn Artur Brzozowski
	1	Belarus	Dzmitry Dziubin
	1	Canada	Evan Dunfee
	1	Finland	Aku Partanen
	1	France	Yohann Diniz
	1	Ireland	Brendan Boyce
	1	Italy	Teodorico Caporaso
	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

Women's road events

Women's marathon

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 2:29:30	3	Australia	Milly Clark Sinead Diver Ellie Pashley
	3	Bahrain	^[a]
	3	Ethiopia	^[a]
	3	Japan	^[a]
	3	Kenya	^[a]
	3	North Korea	Jo Un-ok Kim Ji-hyang Ri Kwang-ok
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Belarus	Volha Mazuronak Nina Savina
	2	China	He Yinli Li Zhixuan
	2	Italy	Sara Dossena Giovanna Epis
	2	South Korea	Ahn Seul-ki Choi Kyung-sun
	1	Canada	Rachel Cliff
	1	Eritrea	Nazret Weldu
	1	France	Clémence Calvin
	1	Great Britain	Charlotte Purdue
	1	Israel	Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
	1	Moldova	Lilia Fisicovici
	1	Mongolia	Munkhzaya Bayartsogt
	1	Namibia	Helalia Johannes
	1	Poland	Karolina Nadolska
	1	Portugal	Carla Salomé Rocha
	1	Tanzania	Failuna Matanga
	1	Ukraine	Viktoriya Khapilina
World ranking	1
Total	80

Women's 20 km walk

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 1:31:00	3	China	^[a]
	3	Peru	Mary Luz Andia Kimberly García Leyde Guerra
	3	ROC^{[Note RUS]}	^[a]
	3	Spain	Laura García-Caro Raquel González María Pérez
	2	Australia	Katie Hayward Jemima Montag
	2	Colombia	Sandra Arenas Sandra Galvis
	2	Italy	Eleonora Dominici Eleonora Anna Giorgi
	2	Japan	Nanako Fujii Kumiko Okada
	1	Brazil	Érica de Sena
	1	Ecuador	Glenda Morejón
	1	Germany	Saskia Feige
	1	Guatemala	Mirna Ortiz
	1	Lithuania	Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė
	1	Mexico	Alegna González
	1	Turkey	Meryem Bekmez
	1	Ukraine	Inna Kashyna
World ranking	1
Total	60

Field events

Men's field events

Men's long jump

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 8.22	2	China	Gao Xinglong Zhang Yaoguang
	2	Cuba	Juan Miguel Echevarría Maykel Massó
	1	Jamaica	Tajay Gayle
	1	Japan	Yuki Hashioka
	1	South Africa	Luvo Manyonga
	1	Sweden	Thobias Montler
	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Andwuelle Wright
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's triple jump

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 17.14	3	China	Fang Yaoqing Wu Ruiting Zhu Yaming
	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Cuba	Andy Díaz Cristian Nápoles
	1	Brazil	Almir dos Santos
	1	Burkina Faso	Hugues Fabrice Zango
	1	Portugal	Pedro Pablo Pichardo
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's high jump

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 2.33	1	ROC^{[Note RUS]}	Ilya Ivanyuk
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's pole vault

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 5.80	3	United States	Sam Kendricks Christopher Nilsen Cole Walsh
	2	France	Renaud Lavillenie Valentin Lavillenie
	2	Poland	Piotr Lisek Paweł Wojciechowski
	1	Sweden	Armand Duplantis
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's shot put

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 21.10	3	United States	^[a]
	2	Poland	Konrad Bukowiecki Michał Haratyk
	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mesud Pezer
	1	Brazil	Darlan Romani
	1	British Virgin Islands	Eldred Henry
	1	Croatia	Filip Mihaljević
	1	Czech Republic	Tomáš Staněk
	1	Luxembourg	Bob Bertemes
	1	New Zealand	Tom Walsh
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's discus throw

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 66.00	2	Germany	Christoph Harting Martin Wierig
	2	Jamaica	Fedrick Dacres Traves Smikle
	1	Austria	Lukas Weißhaidinger
	1	Iran	Ehsan Haddadi
	1	Spain	Lois Maikel Martínez
	1	Lithuania	Andrius Gudžius
	1	Poland	Piotr Małachowski
	1	Norway	Ola Stunes Isene
1	Sweden	Daniel Ståhl
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's hammer throw

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 77.50	2	Poland	Paweł Fajdek Wojciech Nowicki
	1	Great Britain	Nick Miller
	1	Hungary	Bence Halász
	1	Moldova	Serghei Marghiev
	1	Norway	Eivind Henriksen
	1	ROC^{[Note RUS]}	Denis Lukyanov
	1	Turkey	Özkan Baltacı
	1	United States	Sean Donnelly
World ranking	1
Total	32

Men's javelin throw

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 85.00	3	Germany	^[a]
	2	Finland	Oliver Helander Antti Ruuskanen
	1	Chinese Taipei	Cheng Chao-tsun
	1	Czech Republic	Jakub Vadlejch
	1	Estonia	Magnus Kirt
	1	Grenada	Anderson Peters
	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Keshorn Walcott
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's field events

Women's long jump

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 6.82	2	Romania	Florentina Costina Iusco Alina Rotaru
	2	United States	Kenyattia Hackworth Brittney Reese
	1	Colombia	Caterine Ibargüen
	1	France	Yanis David
	1	Germany	Malaika Mihambo
	1	Jamaica	Tissanna Hickling
	1	ROC^{[Note RUS]}	Darya Klishina
	1	Ukraine	Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's triple jump

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 14.32	2	Colombia	Caterine Ibargüen Yosiris Urrutia
	2	Jamaica	Shanieka Ricketts Kimberly Williams
	2	ROC^{[Note RUS]}	Ekaterina Koneva Darya Nidbaykina
	1	Cuba	Liadagmis Povea
	1	France	Yanis David
	1	Germany	Kristin Gierisch
	1	Ghana	Nadia Eke
	1	Greece	Paraskevi Papachristou
	1	Kazakhstan	Olga Rypakova
	1	Lithuania	Diana Zagainova
	1	Portugal	Evelise Veiga
	1	Spain	Ana Peleteiro
	1	Ukraine	Olha Saladukha
	1	United States	Keturah Orji
	1	Venezuela	Yulimar Rojas
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's high jump

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 1.96	2	ROC^{[Note RUS]}	Anna Chicherova Mariya Lasitskene
	2	Ukraine	Iryna Herashchenko Yaroslava Mahuchikh
	1	Australia	Nicola McDermott
	1	Belarus	Karyna Taranda
	1	Belgium	Nafissatou Thiam
	1	Bulgaria	Mirela Demireva
	1	Sweden	Erika Kinsey
	1	United States	Vashti Cunningham
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's pole vault

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 4.70	2	Greece	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou Katerina Stefanidi
	2	Sweden	Angelica Bengtsson Michaela Meijer
	2	United States	Sandi Morris Katie Nageotte
	1	Canada	Alysha Newman
	1	China	Li Ling
	1	Great Britain	Holly Bradshaw
	1	ROC^{[Note RUS]}	Anzhelika Sidorova
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's shot put

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 18.50	3	United States	^[a]
	1	Belarus	Aliona Dubitskaya
	1	Canada	Brittany Crew
	1	China	Gong Lijiao
	1	Germany	Christina Schwanitz
	1	Hungary	Anita Márton
	1	Jamaica	Danniel Thomas-Dodd
	1	Moldova	Dimitriana Surdu
	1	Sweden	Fanny Roos
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's discus throw

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 63.50	3	China	Chen Yang Feng Bin Su Xinyue
	3	Germany	Nadine Müller Kristin Pudenz Claudine Vita
	2	Cuba	Denia Caballero Yaimé Pérez
	2	United States	Valarie Allman Whitney Ashley
	1	Brazil	Andressa de Morais
	1	Croatia	Sandra Perković
	1	Jamaica	Shadae Lawrence
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's hammer throw

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 72.50	3	United States	^[a]
	2	China	Luo Na Wang Zheng
	2	Poland	Joanna Fiodorow Anita Włodarczyk
	1	Azerbaijan	Hanna Skydan
	1	France	Alexandra Tavernier
	1	Latvia	Laura Igaune
	1	Moldova	Zalina Petrivskaya
World ranking	1
Total	32

Women's javelin throw

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 64.00	2	China	Liu Shiying Lü Huihui
	1	Australia	Kelsey-Lee Roberts
	1	Belarus	Tatsiana Khaladovich
	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
World ranking	1
Total	32

Combined events

Men's decathlon

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 8350	2	Canada	Pierce Lepage Damian Warner
	2	Estonia	Johannes Erm Maicel Uibo
	1	Germany	Kai Kazmirek
	1	Grenada	Lindon Victor
World ranking	1
Total	24

Women's heptathlon

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 6420	2	Austria	Ivona Dadic Verena Preiner
	1	Belgium	Nafissatou Thiam
	1	Germany	Carolin Schäfer
	1	Great Britain	Katarina Johnson-Thompson
	1	Hungary	Xénia Krizsán
	1	Latvia	Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa
World ranking	1
Total	24

Relay events

Men's 4 × 100 m relay

Qualification standard	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships in Athletics	8
IAAF World Ranking List (as of June 29, 2020)	8

Men's 4 × 400 m relay

Qualification standard	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships in Athletics	8
IAAF World Ranking List (as of June 29, 2020)	8

Women's 4 × 100 m relay

Qualification standard	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships in Athletics	8
IAAF World Ranking List (as of June 29, 2020)	8

Women's 4 × 400 m relay

Qualification standard	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships in Athletics	8
IAAF World Ranking List (as of June 29, 2020)	8

Mixed 4 × 400 m relay

Qualification standard	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships in Athletics	8
IAAF World Ranking List (as of June 29, 2020)	8

Notes

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a: These NOCs has qualified more than 3 athletes for the corresponding individual event. It is the NOC's responsibility to choose upto 3 athletes among those who qualified for the same event.

^
Note RUS: As IAAF, due to the Russian doping scandal, continues to ban Russian athletes to compete under the Russian flag, it is not clear which flag they compete under and whether it would be lifted until the 2020 Olympics or not.^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Qualification system for Tokyo 2020 Olympics published by IAAF". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Athletics" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
^ "IAAF Council approves Olympic qualification system and entry standards". IAAF. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
^ "IAAF to follow other sports with world ranking system for athletes". BBC Sport. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
^ "Dual qualification system for Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Athletics Weekly. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
^ "Russia doping scandal: IAAF upholds ban on Russian athletes until further notice". BBC Sport. 11 March 2019.
^ "Putin issues order to Russian Olympic Committee to get IAAF ban lifted in time for Tokyo 2020". Inside The Games. 4 May 2019.

[cnote_a] 
a: These NOCs has qualified more than 3 athletes for the corresponding individual event. It is the NOC's responsibility to choose upto 3 athletes among those who qualified for the same event.

[cnote_Note_RUS] 
Note RUS: As IAAF, due to the Russian doping scandal, continues to ban Russian athletes to compete under the Russian flag, it is not clear which flag they compete under and whether it would be lifted until the 2020 Olympics or not.^[6]^[7]

[ITG-1] "Qualification system for Tokyo 2020 Olympics published by IAAF". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[iaaf-qual-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Athletics" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

[3] "IAAF Council approves Olympic qualification system and entry standards". IAAF. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

[BBC-4] "IAAF to follow other sports with world ranking system for athletes". BBC Sport. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[iaaf-entry-standards-5] "Dual qualification system for Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Athletics Weekly. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

[RUS1-6] "Russia doping scandal: IAAF upholds ban on Russian athletes until further notice". BBC Sport. 11 March 2019.

[RUS2-7] "Putin issues order to Russian Olympic Committee to get IAAF ban lifted in time for Tokyo 2020". Inside The Games. 4 May 2019.

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Qualifying standards

Track events

Men's track events

Men's 100 m

Men's 200 m

Men's 400 m

Men's 800 m

Men's 1500 m

Men's 5000 m

Men's 10,000 m

Men's 110 m hurdles

Men's 400 m hurdles

Men's 3000 m steeplechase

Women's track events

Women's 100 m

Women's 200 m

Women's 400 m

Women's 800 m

Women's 1500 m

Women's 5000 m

Women's 10,000 m

Women's 100 m hurdles

Women's 400 m hurdles

Women's 3000 m steeplechase

Road events

Men's road events

Men's marathon

Men's 20 km walk

Men's 50 km walk

Women's road events

Women's marathon

Women's 20 km walk

Field events

Men's field events

Men's long jump

Men's triple jump

Men's high jump

Men's pole vault

Men's shot put

Men's discus throw

Men's hammer throw

Men's javelin throw

Women's field events

Women's long jump

Women's triple jump

Women's high jump

Women's pole vault

Women's shot put

Women's discus throw

Women's hammer throw

Women's javelin throw

Combined events

Men's decathlon

Women's heptathlon

Relay events

Men's 4 × 100 m relay

Men's 4 × 400 m relay

Women's 4 × 100 m relay

Women's 4 × 400 m relay

Mixed 4 × 400 m relay

See also

Notes

References