LAUSANNE (Switzerland) – With just
under two years to go until the aquatics action gets underway in the French
capital, FINA and the IOC have published the Aquatics Olympic Qualification
System Principles for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
FINA worked closely with the IOC
Sports Department and the leadership of FINA Technical Committees, and
consulted with National Member Federations, to develop the aquatics qualification
principles for the Paris 2024 Games.
Among the highlights:
Athletes will compete in 49 Olympic
medal events across five aquatics disciplines – swimming, artistic swimming,
open water swimming, diving, water polo – the most events of any International
Federation
Olympic events will take place across
16 days of competition (27 July – 11 August) with a total of 1,392 places
reserved for aquatics athletes
The first swimming gold medal race
takes place on 27 July, with all swimming finals taking place in the evening
FINA President Husain Al-Musallam
commented:
“Our ambition is to give aquatics
athletes great opportunities to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
through high-quality competitions. We were guided by the mission to ensure the
fairness of the qualification process for athletes. This was a truly
collaborative effort. It requires a delicate balance, but is one that we were
able to achieve together.”
The detailed session calendar will
now be developed with the Paris 2024 Olympic organisers and the IOC, for
release in due course.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will
feature 32 sports spread over 19 days of competition. The events start on 24
July, two days before the Opening Ceremony, and run through 11 August.
Paris previously hosted the Olympic
Games in 1900 and 1924.
Swimming
Held at the world-class,
multi-purpose Paris La Defense Arena, Europe's largest indoor arena, swimming
action will get underway on 27 July, with the finals spanning over nine days
for the first time, concluding on 4 August.
A total of 852 athletes will compete
in the pool, across 35 swimming medal events. Through the National Olympic
Committees (NOCs), each country will have the opportunity to send at least two
athletes to Paris, demonstrating the universal appeal of swimming.
Following the successful Olympic
debut of the 4x100m Mixed Medley Relay in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the
mixed-gender competition is back on the Paris 2024 Olympic programme and will
take place for the second time.
Here are the Olympic Qualification
System Principles for Swimming: Paris 2024 Qualification System – Swimming https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2022/07/15/e0f75e3c-88d5-4356-9ec6-852c8ce237b7/Paris-2024-SW-Qualification-System_ENG_H.pdf
Marathon Swimming
Marathon swimming, held in the River
Seine in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, at Pont d’Iena, and will take place
from 8-9 August.
A total of 44 athletes - 22 men and
22 women - will qualify to compete in the men’s and women’s Marathon Swimming
events, with athletes qualifying through the 21st FINA World Championships in
Doha, Qatar. Pool swimmers that achieve the automatic Olympic Qualification
Time in either the 800m or 1500m freestyle will be eligible to compete for
their country in the Paris 2024 Marathon Swimming event.
Here are the Olympic Qualification
System Principles for Marathon Swimming: Paris 2024 Qualification System - Marathon
Swimming https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2022/07/15/b2ed0825-b777-4bb1-990e-603e679c63a2/Paris-2024-OW-Qualification-System_ENG_14.07.2022.pdf
Water Polo
Water Polo will see 12 men’s teams
and 10 women’s teams, 264 athletes in total, in action at the 6,000 capacity
Aquatics Centre for the Preliminaries Phase, from 27 July – 4 August, and then
will continue at the Paris La Defense Arena for the Finals Phase from 5-11
August.
Here are the Olympic Qualification
System Principles for Water Polo: Paris 2024 Qualification System - Water Polo https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2022/07/15/d09e14c6-6717-4923-b0b7-e34b15c54766/Paris-2024-WP-Qualification-System_ENG_H.pdf
Diving
Diving will see 136 athletes compete
at the Aquatics Centre from 27 July to 10 August. This venue will also host the
world’s best artistic swimmers and water polo athletes.
Eight diving medal events per gender
are on the Paris 2024 Olympic programme.
Here are the Olympic Qualification
System Principles for Diving: Paris 2024 Qualification System – Diving https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2022/07/15/efe9b6cb-df5b-4b76-a101-c5c6b57b2964/Paris-2024-DV-Qualification-System_ENG_H.pdf
Artistic Swimming
In artistic swimming, 96 athletes
will compete at the Aquatics Centre, the only permanent sports facility to be
built for the Paris 2024 Games, from 5-10 August.
Artistic Swimming will have two medal
events, the Duets and Teams, on the Paris 2024 Olympic programme.
Here are the Olympic Qualification
System Principles for Artistic Swimming: Paris 2024 Qualification System -
Artistic Swimming https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2022/07/15/40bb3462-f3d7-4123-b6c7-35b3cbfd833e/Paris-2024-AS-Qualification-System_ENG_H.pdf
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