The FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier 2021 is set to take place in Setubal, Portugal, on June 19 and 20, 2021. The women's race will be staged on Saturday June 19, while the men’s competition will be on Sunday June 20. Both events will take place at 4pm (GMT) and are a 10km course in the riverside arch of the Urban Park of Albarquel.
More than 100 athletes are expected
to arrive in Setubal, while approximately 150 supporting staff will accompany
the teams.
A total of fifteen (15) spots are at
stake in each race (men and women). The nine (9) highest ranked athletes in
each event will obtain one (1) quota place. Only NOCs/NFs that have no athlete
qualified through the FINA World Championships 2019 can send a maximum of two
athletes per event. However, each NOC/NF can only qualify a maximum of one (1)
athlete per gender. In regards to the continental representation, the highest
ranked athlete in the 10km event, not yet qualified, from each of the five (5)
continents will directly qualify.
Should an NOC/NF have previously
qualified one (1) or two (2) athletes, the next highest ranked athlete from the
same continent, not yet qualified, in the ranking of the FINA Olympic Marathon
Swim Qualifier 2021 event will qualify to ensure that each of these nations is
represented by a participant. The host country will automatically qualify one
(1) quota for men and one (1) for women.
Setubal has a long-lasting tradition
in hosting open water events and is a very suitable venue run by an experienced
Portuguese Federation. The same location has welcomed the 2012 and 2016 Olympic
Games Qualifying events and has been a regular host of the FINA Marathon Swim
World Series (10km) for years.
Due to the actual context dictated by
the COVID-19 pandemic, spectators will not be allowed at the event, as a strict
COVID-19 free bubble will be set up for the athletes and technical teams, with
defined safety perimeters in which essential staff only will be authorised. All
participants will be required to take a COVID-19 test 72 hours prior to the
event.
The race will be live streamed on
FINA.org, and race reports will be available on FINA website.
The Fédération Internationale de
Natation, FINA (founded in 1908) is the governing body for aquatics worldwide.
Its five disciplines - Swimming, Open
Water Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Artistic Swimming - are all included in
the Olympic programme. High Diving is on the World Championships programme
since 2013. FINA organises World Championships, World Swimming Championships in
25m-pool and World Masters Championships every two years. FINA counts 209
affiliated National Federations on the five continents and has its headquarters
in Lausanne (SUI).
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