Lausanne, Switzerland, July 15, 2020: Further to the approval of a series of amendments to the Tokyo 2020 qualification system by the IOC Qualification Task Force in April 2020, the review of the International Federation qualification processes for Tokyo 2020 and each sport has now been finalised.
A total of 57 per cent of all the qualification places had been confirmed by the time the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 were postponed on March 24. The procedure for the remaining 5,000 qualifying places is:
*The following sports/disciplines have finished their qualification and the quotas have already been allocated to the NOCs: Cycling (Road and Track), Equestrian (Dressage, Eventing and Jumping), Hockey and Softball.
*The following sports/disciplines are continuing with their qualification process as initially approved, and will simply extend the qualification period to reflect the new Games dates in 2021: Archery, Artistic Swimming, Baseball, Basketball 3x3, Boxing, Canoe (Slalom and Sprint), Diving, Fencing, Football, Golf, Gymnastics (Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline), Handball, Karate, Marathon Swimming, Modern Pentathlon, Rugby, Sailing, Shooting, Sport Climbing, Surfing, Table Tennis, Tennis, Triathlon and Water Polo.
*The following sports/disciplines have made minor adjustments to their qualification systems, such as extended periods to obtain minimum criteria, clarification of the process for the reallocation of any unused athlete places and clarification on the use of specific events in line with the adapted 2021 IF calendars: Rowing, Swimming, Badminton, Skateboarding, Taekwondo and Wrestling.
*The following sports/disciplines have made major adjustments to their qualification systems: Athletics, Cycling (BMX Freestyle, BMX Racing and Mountain Bike), Weightlifting, Basketball and Judo.
The age requirements of the sports concerned have been amended to reflect the new Tokyo 2020 dates. As a consequence, athletes who will meet the age limits in 2021 but did not in 2020 can participate in the Games. At the same time, athletes who would have been within the age limit in 2020 but no longer in 2021 can still participate in the Games. There are two exceptions, however:
Boxing: The age requirements have been adjusted and increased by one year. Athletes must have been born between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 2002 to take part.
Football: It has been confirmed that athletes who were entitled to compete in July 2020 will remain eligible in July 2021. The maximum age for the men’s event was 23 but for Tokyo 2020 this will be 24. Additionally, the rule of having three athletes per team with no age restrictions remains valid.
NOTE:
New qualification deadline: June 29, 2021.
Revised Sport Entry deadline: July 5, 2021.
Source:www.olympic.org