The road to Paris 2024- How to qualify for the Olympics
Casey Burton, Sports Editor
Most athletes have the same goal. They spend their whole career working towards winning a gold medal in the Olympic games, but somehow the long road of getting to the Olympics is almost never talked about.
The Olympics is a global, ultimate sports competition amongst the best of the best. There are a total of 40 sports competing in the Olympics as a whole. The Winter and Summer Olympics are made up of different sport competitions. Each team represents their country. Some even call it the “Sports World War”.
According to the Olympic officials, to qualify for the Olympic games, athletes will be judged on two major accounts.
The first account being based on if they are able to achieve the entry standard for an event within the qualification period.
The second judging factor is based on the World Athletics Ranking within the qualification period.
Aside from the 10,000m, marathon and race walks, the qualification and ranking period for all other Olympic events will be between Jul. 1, 2023-Apr. 30, 2024.
As for the 10,000m and race walk events, the qualification and ranking period will be between Dec. 31, 2022- Jun. 30, 2024. The qualification period for marathon events will be between Nov. 1, 2022- Apr. 30, 2024.
For the relay events, the 14 highest placed athletes in the National Olympic Committees (NOC) automatically qualify to compete in for Paris 2024 Olympics. These athletes will compete alongside the remaining teams selected during the qualification period between Dec. 31, 2022- Jun. 30, 2024.
The Paris 2024, Olympic games will take place between Aug. 2- 11, 2024 at the Stade de France.
The following events will take place at Paris 2024:
- 100m (women’s / men’s)
- 200m (women’s / men’s)
- 400m (women’s / men’s)
- 800m (women’s / men’s)
- 1500m (women’s / men’s)
- 5000m (women’s / men’s)
- 10,000m (women’s / men’s)
- 100m Hurdles (women’s)
- 110m Hurdles (men’s)
- 400m Hurdles (women’s / men’s)
- 3000m Steeplechase (women’s / men’s)
- 4 x 100m Relay (women’s / men’s)
- 4 x 400m Relay (women’s / men’s / mixed)
- High Jump (women’s / men’s)
- Pole Vault (women’s / men’s)
- Long Jump (women’s / men’s)
- Triple Jump (women’s / men’s)
- Shot Put (women’s / men’s)
- Discus Throw (women’s / men’s)
- Hammer Throw (women’s / men’s)
- Javelin Throw (women’s / men’s)
- Heptathlon (women’s)
- Decathlon (men’s)
- 20km Race Walk (women’s / men’s)
- 42.195km Team Race Walk (mixed)
- Marathon (women’s / men’s): last weekend of the Olympic Games.
The qualification for each event is very specific and follows a strict timeline. Each event has different criteria that follows the specifics of the sport. For example, the standard for Olympian gymnast’s qualifications will be very different than the average Olympian swimmer.
Just as each sport is different and unique in comparison to others; so are each of the athlete’s individual stories. Following a lifetime of hard work, the athletes who qualify for the Olympics are just as inspiring as the gold medalists for each sport.
To follow each sports different criteria and qualification:
https://olympics.com/ioc/documents/olympic-games/paris-2024-olympic-games
