Complete, Up-to-Date Triathlon Start Lists for the Paris 2024 Olympics

It’s the highest-profile triathlon in the world, and it comes around just once every four years (barring a global pandemic, of course). For some athletes, just being on the start list for the Paris 2024 Olympic triathlon will be the pinnacle of their career.

The qualification window closed in in May, and national federations and Olympic committees had until July 8 to make their final discretionary picks. For some national teams or new flag desginations, this was a straightforward process; others, like Team USA and Great Britain, faced tough decisions when deciding who would represent their country in the triathlon competition at the Paris Games. For every joyful addition to the team, there was a heartbreaking conversation with those who didn’t make the cut.

Now, the final deadline for selection has passed, and we know how many slots each nation has for its men and women, who will be taking those slots, and the 16 teams lining up in the mixed relay event. Here’s who will be racing triathlon at the Paris Olympics this summer.

For up-to-the-minute coverage from the Games, be sure to visit our Paris Olympic triathlon 2024 news hub, full of everything from athlete profiles to course previews – and, of course, all the race coverage from France.

How does qualifying for the Paris Olympics work in triathlon?

The Olympic qualification criteria are not straightforward, and it’s been made more complicated still since the introduction of the mixed team relay in Tokyo.

The top line is that 55 places are on offer for the individual men’s and women’s events, with the number of relay teams fluctuating depending on who qualifies and how.

The main path to qualifying is through either a relay team (which guarantees your country two individual starting berths per gender) or by finishing high enough in the Olympic rankings. There are also additional places for new flag spots, awarded to individuals who are the highest-ranked athlete on each continent whose nation doesn’t already have a spot.

An important element is that while triathletes can qualify slots for their nations, it’s down to the individual Olympic committees to make the final selection on who actually fills those slots. That means an athlete ranked number-one worldwide could still miss out on a spot for the Paris Olympic Games if they’re not selected by their country.

Federations’ selection policies regarding who gets the earned places are complicated, nuanced, and differ from country to country (for example, you can see Team USA’s process here, or the British team’s process here.). Some stipulate a specific placing in a certain race, while others use the rankings system. Many ultimately come down to a discretionary clause.

Here’s the current situation of who has been selected to race the triathlon events at the Paris 2024 Olympics, which we’ll update as new discretionary picks are announced.

Slot allocation by country, Paris 2024 Olympic triathlon events

The slot allocation for each country for the individual Olympic event is now confirmed as follows:

Elite women

3 slots

• France
• Great Britain
• Germany
• Italy
• USA

2 slots

• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Bermuda
• Brazil
• Spain
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• Norway
• New Zealand
• Portugal
• Switzerland

1 slot

• Argentina
• Canada
• China
• Colombia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Ecuador
• Guam
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Luxembourg
• Poland
• South Africa
• Sweden

Elite Men

3 spots

• Spain
• France
• Germany

2 spots

• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Canada
• Chile
• Great Britain
• Hungary
• Italy
• Japan
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• Norway
• New Zealand
• Portugal
• South Africa
• Switzerland
• USA

1 slot

• Azerbaijan
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Denmark
• Hong Kong
• Israel
• Morocco
• Romania
• Togo

Mixed team relay

The 16 teams that will line up in the second Olympic mixed team relay are also confirmed. Countries either qualified through designated qualifying relay races or by having two women and two men qualified for the individual races.

• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Brazil
• France
• Great Britain
• Germany
• Italy
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Portugal
• Spain
• Switzerland
• USA

Note: Athletes can only compete in the relay if they have an Olympic ranking of 140 or better. If a country cannot meet that requirement, it must forfeit its team’s spot.

Who is racing Paris Olympic triathlon, by country (Updated 7/10/2024)

Now, let’s look at how the individual nations are selecting their teams and when, plus who is already locked in.

Argentina

Already qualified:

Rimona Biagioli 

Biagioli will be Argentina’s only representative after bagging the new flag sport for the Americas. A third place in last year’s sprint distance Americas Championships was pivotal, backed up by sixth at this year’s Americas champs over the standard distance, plus a third place in a continental cup in Vina del Mar. .

Australia (Updated 6/20/2024)

Already qualified: 

Matthew Hauser

Luke Willian

Confirmed additions (Updated 6/20/2024):

Natalie Van Coevorden

Sophie Linn

A jubilant Willian clinched his automatic individual qualification with third place at Yokohama WTCS, joining the already-chosen Hauser to represent Australia at the Paris Games.

With eight Australian women in the top 100 of the Olympic rankings, but none higher than 35th place, the ability to perform in the relay would have a big bearing on selection. The spots were eventually awarded to Van Coevorden and Linn, with the Hedgeland sisters Jaz and Kira missing out, along with Charlotte McShane and London 2012 eighth-place finisher Emma Jackson.

Austria (Updated 7/10/2024):

Confirmed additions (Updated 7/10/2024):

Alois Knabl

Tjebbe Kaindl

Julia Hauser

Lisa Perterer

Hauser and Perterer have long been the firm favorites to represent Austria, both have raced extensively in the past couple of years to earn their spots. Hauser’s highest scoring performance came through a second place at last year’s European Games in Poland, while Perterer also finished runner-up at a World Cup in China last August.

Knabl is the highest-ranked Austrian man, with Kaindl gaining just enough points to earn his country an automatic start in the relay, a 10th place at a World Cup in Napier, New Zealand greatly helping his cause.

The Austrians have yet to confirm who will be making the trip to Paris, but Julia Hauser and Lisa Perterer should be safe as the women’s selections, both having raced extensively in the past couple of years to earn their spots.

Alois Knabl is the highest-ranked Austrian man, with Tjebbe Kaindl gaining just enough points to earn his country an automatic start in the relay. Leon Pauger is the only other Austrian ranked within the top 100.

Azerbaijan

Already qualified:

Rostislav Pevtsov

Pevtsov will be the only Azerbaijiani triathlete in Paris, with no other triathlete from his nation even appearing in the Olympic rankings. Pevtsov will fly the flag for the third time at a Games, hoping to improve on his previous best finish of 39th in Rio.

Barbados

Already qualified:

Matthew Wright

Wright is one of the new flag qualifiers, having won the Americas Championships over the sprint distance in 2023 and making a return to WTCS racing in Cagliari (after an absence of nearly six years). He placed 41st.

Belgium (Updated 6/11/2024)

Already qualified:

Jolien Vermeylen

Claire Michel

Marten Van Riel

Jelle Geens

Belgium is another team that has locked in its triathlon team. Geens and Van Riel were a shoo-in for men’s selection, with impressive resumes that include a sixth and fourth place for Van Riel in the past two Olympics, and Geens with seven top-eight finishes on the World Series in the qualifying period for Paris.

The women’s line-up has also been confirmed, with the highest-ranked duo Jolien Vermeylen and Clare Michel taking the spots. The self-titled Belgium Hammers will be eyeing an outside chance at a relay medal, too.

Bermuda

Already qualified:

Tyler Smith

Flora Duffy

Erica Hawley

Hawley will line up alongside reigning Olympic champion Duffy after her ranking was just high enough to sneak the Bermudians a second slot. Smith wins his spot through one of two universality places on offer designed to support smaller, emerging triathlon nations. His seventh-place finish at the 2023 Pan American Games proved decisive in securing his spot.

Brazil

Already qualified:

Manoel Messias

Miguel Hidalgo

Djenyfer Arnold

Vittoria Lopes

The Brazilian team is another that is good to go after top-ten-ranked Hidalgo was picked to join Messias who qualified at the end of last year after two World Series podiums. The women’s selection was equally clear-cut after Arnold put in impressive performances in both Yokohama and Cagliari to join Lopes.

Sadly, 2019 Pan American Games champion Luisa Baptista, who would have been in contention, was the victim of a hit-and-run incident at the end of last year that left her hospitalized for more than three months, taking her out of contention for the Paris 2024 Games.

Canada (Updated 6/19/2024)

Already qualified:

Charles Paquet

Confirmed additions (updated 6/19/2024):

Tyler Mislawchuk

Emy Legault

Canada missed out on the final chance to qualify a relay team after going off course and being disqualified in Huatulco. As a result, they will only send two men and one woman to the Games. Legault always looked the most likely pick, with Dominika Jamnicky her closest rival for the place. Paquet was assured of his spot after a seventh place in Yokohama and an impressive fifth in Cagliari and will be joined by the higher-ranked Mislawchuk. It will be Mislawchuk’s third Olympic appearance, hoping for a change in recent fortunes that saw him unable to finish in either Yokohama or Cagliari.

China (Updated 6/6/2024)

Confirmed addition (updated 6/6/2024):

Xinyu Lin

China’s single starting spot for the women’s individual triathlon in Pari went to Xinyu Lin, who is ranked 45th and was second at an Asia Cup race in Hatsukaichi in April.

Chile

Already qualified:

Diego Moya

Gaspar Riveros

Chile’s triathletes have performed well enough to secure two starting spots in the men’s race in Paris, which go to Moya and Riveros. Moya is the more accomplished of the two, with a podium result in a World Cup in Wollongong in April. No women make the grade, with 150th-ranked Macarena Salazar outside the ranking required.

Colombia

Already qualified:

Maria Carolina Velasquez Soto

Velasquez Soto will be the only Colombian triathlete in Paris. Her best recent result was an impressive fourth place in a World Cup in Wollongong in April, the venue for next year’s World Triathlon Championship Series grand final.

Czechia

Already qualified:

Petra Kurikova

Kurikova will be the one Czech triathlete racing in Paris as she heads to her second Olympics hoping to improve on 30th place from Tokyo. While Kurikova wasn’t able to finish in Cagliari WTCS, Tereza Zimovjanova also wasn’t able to press her own claims with 47th place. Ranked nine places higher, Kurikova got the better of her team-mate and rival in head-to-head racing in Samarkand, Uzbekistan the weekend before.

Denmark

Already qualified:

Emil Holm

Alberte Kjær Pedersen

With one slot for each gender for the Danes, the in-form Pedersen won in Huatulco in mid-May. Emil Holm has been officially confirmed as the male representative, as the only Dane with a high enough ranking to be allowed to compete.

Ecuador

Already qualified:

Elizabeth Bravo

Bravo will be the only triathlete from Ecuador in Paris, with a fourth-place finish in a World Cup in Hong Kong last March as her highest finish to date.

Germany

Already qualified:

Tim Hellwig

Lasse Lührs

Jonas Schomburg

Nina Eim

Lisa Tertsch

Laura Lindemann

The Germans locked in a strong team early and left just one men’s spot open in the final weeks of qualification. A podium in Chengdu from Schomburg meant they would send their full quota of athletes to Paris.

Having won the mixed relay even at last year’s Paris test event, they may feel the team event presents their best chance of a medal since Jan Frodeno’s gold in Beijing 2008. However, Lindemann’s third place in the test event and Tertsch’s recent second place in Cagliari WTCS show they pose a threat to the individual race, too.

France (Updated 6/5/2024)

Already qualified:

Pierre Le Corre

Cassandre Beaugrand

Confirmed additions (updated 6/5/2024):

Leo Bergere

Dorian Coninx

Emma Lombardi

It’s no surprise that Cagliari WTCS winner Beaugrand was joined by Emma Lombardi when the French federation made its final selection on June 5th, but the men’s decision was far more difficult. Faith has been placed in reigning world champion Coninx’s recovery from a crash at WTCS Yokohama that resulted in a fractured wrist and elbow, and he will be joined by 2022 world champion Bergere and Le Corre, whose sixth place in Cagliari was just enough to secure automatic qualification. But controversially it means no place for 2019 and 2020 world champion Vincent Luis, who was looking to compete at a fourth Olympic Games and has been fighting back to fitness in 2024.

Great Britain

Already qualified:

Alex Yee

Beth Potter

Confirmed additions (updated 6/19/2024):

Sam Dickinson

Georgia Taylor-Brown

Kate Waugh

Great Britain has spent years cultivating the next generation of triathletes, and it’s paying off. Yee secured his spot at the test event and Potter at the Pontevedra Grand Final in 2023. The final men’s spot with the mixed team relay in mind was between Jonny Brownlee, going for a fourth straight Olympic medal, and Sam Dickinson, with Dickinson just edging the call. Taylor-Brown was selected alongside Potter after a sixth place finish in Cagliari WTCS, but the final women’s spot became mired in an appeals process, the announcement delayed for nine days before it was eventually awarded to Waugh over Sophie Coldwell. Read more on the Team GB decision here.

Guam

Already qualified:

Manami Iijima

Iijima will become Guam’s first Olympic triathlete by taking the new flag slot for Oceania. In the past year, she has won three silver medals at Asia Cup events, in Pokhara, Hong Kong and Kota Kinabalu. It represents a landmark sporting moment for the tiny U.S. island territory in Micronesia.

Hong Kong

Already qualified:

Jason Tai Long Ng

Ng just about held off Kazakhstan’s Ayan Beisenbayev to collect the Asian new flag spot despite his rival winning last year’s Asia Championships over the sprint distance in 2023 and earning the bronze medal at the Asian Games. Ng finished second at the same 2023 Asia Championships and fifth at the Asian Games but made up the points deficit with seventh place at the Weihai World Cup.

Hungary

Already qualified:

Csongor Lehmann

Bence Bicsak

Zsanett Kuttor-Bragmayer

Hungary is one of the unluckiest nations when it comes to the Paris Games triathlon start list, missing out by one ranking place to secure the full quota of three men’s slots and then by one position in the final relay qualifier in Mexico. After results didn’t go their way in the Yokohama or Cagliari WTCS races, selectors were forced to choose between Bicsák and Márk Dévay for the men, with Bicsák getting the pick. As the only triathlete ranked inside the top 100, the lone Hungarian woman will be Kuttor-Bragmayer.

Iceland

Already qualified:

Edda Hannesdottir

Hannesdottir will head to represent Iceland in Paris following strong performances in Asian and African Cups in 2024, including a win in Pokhara in April and a second place in Subic Bay in May, followed by a third place in Osaka. It was enough to earn her a spot on the Paris Games triathlon roster, making her the first triathlete from Iceland to start an Olympic triathlon.

Israel

Already qualified:

Shachar Sagiv

Sagiv has long been Israel’s leading male triathlete, and the 30-year-old will head to Paris for his second Olympics after finishing 20th in Tokyo. The Supertri favorite’s best recent result is a fourth place from Napier, New Zealand.

Italy (Updated 6/6/2024)

Confirmed additions (updated 6/6/2024):

Alessio Crociani

Gianluca Pozzatti

Alice Betto

Bianca Seregni

Verena Steinhauser

While they might not have any Olympic triathlon medals to show for it, Italy is one of the strongest triathlon nations, and will send five athletes to Paris. This includes the maximum three on the women’s side where Betto, Seregni, Steinhauser were picked ahead of Ilaria Zane. Betto was the lowest-ranked of the four, but was also returning to the sport as a new mom and finished just three places behind Seregni in Yokohama WTCS.

Pozzatti was within the top 40 of the Olympic rankings and not a surprise choice, with the second spot going to the fast-rising Crociani, who had wins in New Zealand and Italy this year and forced his way in ahead of the higher ranked Michele Sarzilla – who has to settle for being a reserve alongside Zane – and Nicola Azzano, who was the highest-placed Italian finisher in the most recent WTCS race in Cagliari.

Japan (Updated 6/4/2024)

Confirmed additions (6/4/2024):

Kenji Nener
Makoto Odakura

Yuko Takahashi

With Japan unable to qualify as a relay team, Asian Games champion Yuko Takahashi has been confirmed as the sole female representative. The men’s line-up includes Kenji Nener, who was seventh in Yokohama WTCS, alongside Makoto Odakura, who grabbed the final available spot ahead of Takumi Hojo, Aoba Yasumatsu or Ren Sato. Odakura’s consistency ultimately won out with seven top 10 performances including three podiums in Olympic qualification points races.

Kazakhstan

Already qualified:

Ekaterina Shabalina

Last year’s Asian champion Shabalina will represent Kazakhstan after seeing off Hong Kong’s Bailee Brown to claim the new flag slot for Asia. In the end, it was last year’s form, where Shabaline won two Continental Cups and placed fourth at the Asian Games that made the difference in selection.

Luxembourg

Already qualified:

Jeanne Lehair

Having previously represented France, Lehair’s switch of allegiance has been altogether positive as she’s posted a string of good results en route to becoming European champion last year in Madrid. A fifth place in the recent Cagliari WTCS suggests she is peaking just at the right time for Paris, where she’ll be Luxembourg’s only triathlete.

Mexico (Updated 6/4/2024)

Already qualified:

Aram Michell Peñaflor Moysen

Rosa Maria Tapia Vidal

Lizeth Rueda Santos

Confirmed addition (6/4/2024):

Crisanto Grajales Valencia

Mexico’s final pick went to veteran Crisanto Grajales Valencia. The 37-year-old is not the threat he once was, but has enjoyed two victories in the Olympic qualifying period in a continental cup in Montevideo and a World Cup in Weihai. It will be Grajales fourth Olympic Games, with a 12th place in Rio being his best result. Also selected, Peñaflor Moysen achieved three World Cup podiums last year but has yet to break through on the WTCS.

Tapia Vidal is likely to be Mexico’s best chance of individual success. Her career highlight is a second place in last year’s Yokohama WTCS. Tapia Vidal is joined by Rueda Santos, who beat her into third place to win last year’s Pan American title in Santiago in November.

Morocco

Already qualified:

Jawad Abdelmoula

Jawad Abdelmoula has a high-scoring third place from the Hamburg WTCS in 2022 to fall back on, along with becoming the African champion in the same year and achieving numerous World Cup podiums. Abdelmoula finished in 40th place in the Olympic rankings to secure his spot as the only Moroccan triathlete in Paris.

New Zealand (Updated 6/23/2024)

Already qualified: 

Hayden Wilde

Confirmed additions (Updated 6/23/2024):

Dylan McCullough

Nicole Van Der Kaay

Ainsley Thorpe

With Olympic bronze medallist Wilde assured of his place, McCullough was eventually given the second slot ahead of Tayler Reid, with his task in the individual event likely to be supporting Wilde on the bike leg. With a relay team qualified, the two women’s spots were awarded to Thorpe and Van Der Kaay as expected.

Netherlands

Already qualified:

Maya Kingma

Rachel Klamer

Richard Murray

Mitch Kolkman

Kingma and Klamer are the two standout Dutch women, with Barbara De Koning a distant 112th in the Olympic rankings. They’ll be joined by Murray and Kolkman at the Games after the Netherlands secured their relay ranking spot in Mexico during a remarkable final-leg comeback in Huatulco. Kolkman also needed to race in the individual race in Huatulco to score enough points to force his way into the top 140 or the Netherlands would have to forfeit their relay spot. He achieved it with a ninth-place finish to move up to 126th.

Norway (Updated 6/4/2024)

Already qualified: 

Kristian Blummenfelt

Confirmed additions 6/4/2024:

Vetle Thorn

Solveig Løvseth

Lotte Miller

Unlike Tokyo, where they just missed out, Norway managed to qualify a relay team at the last attempt for Paris, meaning two men and two women will go to the Games. Olympic champion Blummenfelt will not be joined by friend and training partner Gustav Iden, who has returned to long-course racing. Instead, the consistent Thorn was given the spot ahead of former Bermuda WTCS winner Casper Stornes, with Thorn’s fourth place in Cagliari WTCS sealing the selection.

The women’s duo are Solveig Løvseth and Lotte Miller, who will hope to take advantage of any slip-ups by more fancied nations in the relay.

Poland (Updated 6/7/2024)

Confirmed addition (Updated 6/7/2024):

Roksana Slupek

With no men making the grade, the single woman’s spot for Poland has been awarded to Slupek ahead of the more experienced Paulina Klimas. Slupek has been on a run of eye-catching results including placing third, fourth and sixth at World Cups in 2024 and finishing 15th in Cagliari WTCS.

Portugal

Already qualified:

Maria Tomé

Melanie Santos

Ricardo Batista

Vasco Vilaca

Portugal will have new faces of Vilaca and Batista replacing the old guard of Joao Silva and Joao Periera in the men’s race. After finishing second in the Paris test event, Vilaca is a dark horse for a medal.

Tomé and Santos are unlikely to be a threat in the individual race, but they are head and shoulders above other Portuguese women, and Portugal nabbed the last relay ranking qualification spot in March, confirming their selection.

Romania

Already qualified:

Felix Duchampt

Duchampt will take part in his second Olympics after finishing 36th in Tokyo. After a fifth place in a World Cup in Weihai last year, a win at an Americas Cup race in February in La Guaira followed by a second place at the Iquique Americas Cup was enough to secure the European new flag spot for the Romanian.

South Africa

Already qualified:

Henri Schoeman

Jamie Riddle

Vicky Van Der Merwe

South Africa missed out on competing in the mixed team relay after Riddle crashed out on the first leg of the final qualifier. But the young South African has competed well enough to be awarded the second slot alongside Rio bronze medallist Henri Schoeman for the individual race. Veteran Van Der Merwe claimed the new flag berth for Africa. Unbeaten on African soil in 2024, Van Der Mew’s successes have included wins at the African Games and defending her continental crown.

Spain (Updated 6/6/2024)

Already qualified:

Antonio Serrat Seoane

Confirmed additions (updated 6/6/2024):

Alberto Gonzalez Garcia

Roberto Sanchez Mantecón

Miriam Casillas Garcia

Anna Godoy Contreras

With three men’s picks, top-ranked Serrat Seonane is joined on the starting pontoon by Gonzalez Garcia and Sanchez Mantecón, with Sergio Baxter Cabrera named as the reserve.

The two places on the women’s roster go to Casillas García and Godoy Contreras (who raced well in both Yokohama and Cagliari), with Noémia Juan as back-up.

Sweden

Already qualified: 

Tilda Månsson

Current situation:

Sweden was the thickness of a trisuit away from winning Olympic gold in Lisa Norden’s sprint finish at the London 2012 Games. This year, they’ll send just one triathlete to Paris. In Månsson they have one of the most exciting prospects in the triathlon world. The junior world champion from 2022 has already won three World Cups and is lightning-fast on the run.

Switzerland (Updated 6/6/2024)

Confirmed additions (Updated 6/6/2024):

Adrien Brifford

Max Studer

Cathia Schar

Julie Derron

For the first Olympics since Sydney 2000, there will be no Nicola Spirig in Swiss colors. But in Julie Derron and Cathia Schär, they have some high-caliber women ready to step up to the plate. Derron has the best record and form having won a World Cup in Chengdu in April. They will be joined by Adrien Briffod and Max Studer, although the latter is yet to race in 2024.

Togo

Already qualified: 

Eloi Adjavon

Adjavon will represent Togo, having earned one of two men’s universality places alongside Bermuda’s Tyler Smith. It will be a big step up for 194th-ranked Adjavon, who placed fifth at the 2023 Africa Championships and has mainly raced on his home continent.

United States of America (Updated 6/5/2024)

Already qualified:

Morgan Pearson

Taylor Knibb

Confirmed additions (updated 6/5/2024):

Taylor Spivey

Kirsten Kasper

Seth Rider

With Knibb (fifth) and Pearson (sixth place) having secured their spots at last year’s test event, Yokohama was pinpointed as the final chance for non-discretionary selection. But no American athletes ended on the podium, so two women’s spots were at the discretion of USA Triathlon. Their picks: Taylor Spivey and Kirsten Kasper. On the men’s side, USAT had one discretionary pick, which they awarded to Seth Rider. Read more on how Team USA made their picks here.

Paris 2024 Olympics, individual women’s triathlon start list (as of 7/10/2024)

Paris 2024 Olympics, individual men’s triathlon start list (as of 7/10/2024)