How Team Canada can qualify for Paris 2024: Part 3
Before any athlete can compete at the Olympic Games, they need to qualify.
For Paris 2024, the qualification period begins more than two years before the Opening Ceremony is set to take place on the Seine.
In some sports, quota spots are allocated directly to the athletes who earn them. In other sports, the quota spots go to the National Olympic Committee (NOC), which means there is a separate selection process within the country — such as national trials — to fill those spots.
Some sports have direct qualification events while others have qualification based on a cumulative world ranking list or may use a combination of both pathways.
Read on for a sport-by-sport breakdown of Team Canada’s qualification pathway to Paris 2024. Only events in which Canadian athletes are eligible to compete are included.
It’s not always simple, so to see the international qualification systems in full for each sport, click on the provided links. As Team Canada selection policies become available, these will also be included.
As there are a lot of summer Olympic sports, we’ve broken this list into parts.
Part 1 (A-D) | Part 2 (E-R) | Part 3 (S-W)
Sailing
Total Athletes: 330 (165 men, 165 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 14 (7 men, 7 women)
Quota spots are allocated to the NOC. An NOC can qualify a maximum of one boat per event.
World Sailing Olympic Qualification System
| 2023 Sailing World Championships | August 10-20, 2023 in Scheveningen, Netherlands | Men’s and Women’s Windsurfing (iQFoil) | 11 boats per gender |
| Men’s and Women’s Kiteboarding (Formula Kite) | 8 boats per gender | ||
| Men’s and Women’s Dinghy (ILCA 7 / ILCA 6) | 16 boats per gender | ||
| Men’s and Women’s Skiff (49er / 49erFX) | 10 boats per gender | ||
| Mixed Dinghy (470) | 8 boats | ||
| Mixed Multihull (Nacra 17) | 9 boats | ||
| 2024 ILCA World Championships | ILCA 6 – January 3-10, 2024 in Mar del Plata, Argentina ILCA 7 – January 24-31, 2024 in Adelaide, Australia | Men’s and Women’s Dinghy | 7 boats per gender |
| Continental Qualification Event | 2023 Pan American Games, October 20-November 5, 2023 in Santiago, Chile | Men’s and Women’s Windsurfing, Kiteboarding, and Skiff | 1 boat per gender per event |
| Men’s and Women’s Dinghy | 2 boats per gender | ||
| Mixed Dinghy and Multihull | 1 boat per event | ||
| 2024 Last Chance Regatta | April 18-27, 2024 in Hyeres, France | Men’s and Women’s Windsurfing and Kite | 5 boats per gender per event |
| Men’s and Women’s Dinghy and Skiff | 3 boats per gender per event | ||
| Mixed Dinghy | 4 boats | ||
| Mixed Multihull | 3 boats |
Shooting
Total Athletes: 340 (170 men, 170 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 24 (12 men, 12 women)
Quota spots are allocated to the NOC. An NOC can enter a maximum of two athletes in each individual event and a maximum of two teams in each of the mixed team events.
ISSF Shooting Olympic Qualification System
| 2022 World Championships Rifle and Pistol | October 12-25, 2022 in Cairo, Egypt | 4 spots available in each individual pistol and rifle event |
| 2022 World Championships Shotgun | September 22-October 11, 2022 in Osijek, Croatia | 4 spots available in each individual shotgun event |
| 2022 CAT XIII Championship | November 9-16, 2022 in Lima, Peru | 1 spot available in each individual event |
| 2023 Pan American Games | October 20-November 5, 2023 in Santiago, Chile | 1 spot available in air rifle, rifle 3 positions, air pistol 2 spots available in rapid fire pistol, pistol, trap, skeet |
| 2023 World Championships | August 14-31, 2023 in location TBD | 4 spots available in each individual event |
| 2024 CAT XIV Championships | Date TBD in Lima, Peru | 1 spot available in each individual event |
| 2024 Final Olympic Qualification Championship | April 2024 in location TBD | 2 spots available in each individual event |
| Qualification Ranking for the Olympic Games | August 14, 2022 -June 9, 2024 | 1 spot available in each individual event |
Skateboarding
Total Athletes: 88 (44 men, 44 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 12 (6 men, 6 women)
Quota spots are allocated to the athletes by name. There is a maximum of three athletes per NOC per event.
World Skate Skateboarding Olympic Qualification System
All qualification for the men’s and women’s street and park events will be based on the Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings (OWSR) on June 24, 2024. The OWSR counts results dating back to June 22, 2022 at the World Championships, Olympic Qualifier Series, Pro Tour Events, 5-Star Events, and 3-Star Events. Each continent is guaranteed one athlete per event.
Soccer
Total Teams: 16 men (288 athletes), 12 women (216 athletes)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 36 (18 men, 18 women)
Quota spots are allocated to the NOC. An NOC can qualify one team per gender. While there is no age limit in the women’s event, the men’s event is primarily a U-23 tournament with an exception for three over-aged players per team.
FIFA Soccer Olympic Qualification System
| Women | 2022 Concacaf Women’s Championship | July 4-18, 2022 in Monterrey, Mexico | The top ranked team will qualify for Paris 2024. The runners-up will play the third-place team in September 2023 for the region’s second Olympic spot. |
| Men | 2022 Concacaf Under-20 Championship | June 18-July 4, 2022 in Honduras | The two finalist teams will qualify for Paris 2024. |
Sport Climbing
Boulder & Lead Total Athletes: 40 (20 men, 20 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 4 (2 men, 2 women)
Speed Total Athletes: 28 (14 men, 14 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 4 (2 men, 2 women)
Quota spots are allocated to the athletes by name.
IFSC Boulder & Lead Climbing Olympic Qualification System
IFSC Speed Climbing Olympic Qualification System
| Boulder & Lead Qualification | 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships | August 2023 in Bern, Switzerland | Top 3 athletes per gender in combined boulder and lead |
| 2023 Pan American Games | October 20-November 5, 2023 in Santiago, Chile | Top ranked athlete per gender in combined boulder and lead | |
| Olympic Qualifier Series | March-June 2024, locations TBD | 10 athletes per gender to qualify based on a procedure to be determined | |
| Speed Qualification | 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships | August 2023 in Bern, Switzerland | Top 2 athletes per gender in speed |
| 2023 Pan American Games | October 20-November 5, 2023 in Santiago, Chile | Top ranked athlete per gender in speed | |
| Olympic Qualifier Series | March-June 2024, locations TBD | 5 athletes per gender to qualify based on a procedure to be determined |
Surfing
Total Athletes: 48 (24 men, 24 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 4 (2 men, 2 women)
Whether quota spots are allocated to the athletes by name or to the NOC is dependent on the pathway through which the spot was earned. An NOC can qualify up to three athletes of a gender if a quota spot is earned via the team results of the 2022 or 2024 ISA World Surfing Games.
ISA Surfing Olympic Qualification System
| World Surf League Championship Tour Ranking | January 2023-September 2023 | Top 10 men and top 8 women will earn quota spots by name |
| 2023 Pan American Games | October 20-November 5, 2023 in Santiago, Chile | Top ranked man and top ranked woman will earn quota spots by name |
| 2024 ISA World Surfing Games | May 2024 in location TBD | Top 5 men and top 7 women will earn quota spots by name. Top ranked men’s team and top ranked women’s team will each earn 1 quota spot for their NOC. |
| 2022 ISA World Surfing Games | September 17-24, 2022 in Huntington Beach, California | Top ranked men’s team and top ranked women’s team will each earn 1 quota spot for their NOC |
Swimming
Total Athletes: 852
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 52 (26 men, 26 women)
FINA Swimming Olympic Qualification System
An NOC can enter a maximum of two athletes per individual event and one team per relay event.
To be eligible to compete in an individual event, an athlete must achieve an entry time standard in a FINA-approved competition from March 1, 2023 to June 23, 2024.
There are two categories of standard: Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and Olympic Consideration Time (OCT). The OQT is the faster of the two. An NOC can enter two athletes in the same individual event only if both have achieved the OQT.
Athletes with the OCT will only be invited to compete if the overall quota of 852 athletes has not been reached after accounting for athletes qualified via OQT, relays, and universality.
There will be a maximum of 16 teams qualified for each relay. Three spots in each event will go to the medal-winning NOCs at the FINA World Championships taking place July 14-30, 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan.
The remaining spots will go to the 13 fastest NOCs in the preliminary heats of each event at the FINA World Championships taking place February 2-18, 2024 in Doha, Qatar.
The Canadian Swimming Trials, which will serve as the primary selection event for Team Canada, are planned to take place May 13-19, 2024.
Paris 2024 Olympic Swimming Entry Time Standards:
| Men OQT | Men OCT | Event | Women OQT | Women OCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.96 | 22.07 | 50m Freestyle | 24.70 | 24.82 |
| 48.34 | 48.58 | 100m Freestyle | 53.61 | 53.88 |
| 1:46.26 | 1:46.79 | 200m Freestyle | 1:57.26 | 1:57.85 |
| 3:46.78 | 3:47.91 | 400m Freestyle | 4:07.90 | 4:09.14 |
| 7:51.65 | 7:54.01 | 800m Freestyle | 8:26.71 | 8:29.24 |
| 15:00.99 | 15:05.49 | 1500m Freestyle | 16:09.09 | 16:13.94 |
| 53.74 | 54.01 | 100m Backstroke | 59.99 | 1:00.29 |
| 1:57.50 | 1:58.09 | 200m Backstroke | 2:10.39 | 2:11.04 |
| 59.49 | 59.79 | 100m Breaststroke | 1:06.79 | 1:07.12 |
| 2:09.68 | 2:10.33 | 200m Breaststroke | 2:23.91 | 2:24.63 |
| 51.67 | 51.93 | 100m Butterfly | 57.92 | 58.21 |
| 1:55.78 | 1:56.36 | 200m Butterfly | 2:08.43 | 2:09.07 |
| 1:57.94 | 1:58.53 | 200m Individual Medley | 2:11.47 | 2:12.13 |
| 4:12.50 | 4:13.76 | 400m Individual Medley | 4:38.53 | 4:39.92 |
Swimming – Open Water
Total Athletes: 44 (22 men, 22 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 4 (2 men, 2 women)
Depending on how the quota spots are earned, they may be allocated to the athletes by name or to the NOC.
FINA Open Water Swimming Olympic Qualification System
| 2023 FINA World Championships | July 14-30, 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan | Top 3 athletes per gender in the 10km event will qualify themselves |
| 2024 FINA World Championships | February 2-18, 2024 in Doha, Qatar | Top 13 athletes per gender in the 10km event will earn quota spots for their NOC, not counting those already qualified Top ranked eligible athlete per gender in the 10km event from each of the five continents will earn quota spots for their NOC |
Table Tennis
Total Athletes: 172 (86 men, 86 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 6 (3 men, 3 women)
Quota spots are allocated to the athletes by name in the singles and mixed doubles events. Quota spots are allocated to the NOC for the team events.
An NOC can enter a maximum of two athletes in each of the men’s and women’s singles events, a maximum of one team of three athletes in each of the men’s and women’s team events, and a maximum of one pair in the mixed doubles event.
ITTF Olympic Table Tennis Qualification System
| Team Qualification | Pan American Continental Qualification Event | Date and location TBD | Top two teams per gender will earn quota spots for their NOCs |
| 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships (WTTTC) | February 16-25, 2024 in Busan, South Korea | The 8 quarterfinal teams per gender will earn quota spots for their NOCs | |
| Team World Ranking | Closes immediately following WTTTC | Top ranked team per gender not yet qualified will earn quota spots for their NOC | |
| Mixed Doubles Qualification | Pan American Continental Qualification Event | Date and location TBD | Top two pairs will earn quota spots for themselves |
| World Qualification Event | March or April 2024, location TBD | The 4 semifinal pairs will earn quota spots for themselves | |
| Mixed Doubles World Ranking | Closes May 7, 2024 | Top 5 pairs not yet qualified will earn quota spots for themselves | |
| Singles Qualification | The 16 NOCs qualified for each team event will receive two singles quotas for the respective gender | ||
| Pan American Continental Qualification Event | May 6-12, 2024, location TBD | 5 spots available per gender | |
| Singles World Ranking | Closes June 18. 2024 | Up to 15 athletes per gender, depending on quotas available after mixed doubles quotas are allocated |
Taekwondo
Total Athletes: 128 (64 men, 64 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 8 (4 men, 4 women)
World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification System
Quota spots are allocated to the NOC. An NOC can qualify a maximum of one athlete per event.
An NOC can only earn the maximum quota spots via global qualification procedures. An NOC can qualify a maximum of two athletes per gender via continental qualification procedures.
Twenty quota spots per gender will be allocated based on the World Taekwondo Olympic Ranking, which will close following the Grand Prix Final taking place December 2-3, 2023. The top five athletes per weight category will each earn quota spots for their NOC.
Four quota spots per gender will be allocated through the Grand Slam Champions Series taking place December 16-17, 2023. The top ranked athlete per weight category will earn quota spots for their NOC.
The remaining quota spots will be allocated via Continental Qualification Tournaments. For Pan America, the top two athletes in each weight category will earn quota spots for their NOC.
Tennis
Total Athletes: 172 (86 men, 86 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 12 (6 men, 6 women)
ITF Tennis Olympic Qualification System
Quota spots are allocated to the athletes by name. An NOC can qualify a maximum of four athletes in each of the men’s and women’s singles events, a maximum of two teams in each of the men’s and women’s doubles events, and a maximum of one team in mixed doubles.
Most quota spots will be allocated as Direct Acceptances based on the ATP (men) and WTA (women) rankings on June 10, 2024.
In each of the men’s and women’s 64-player singles tournaments, there will be 56 spots for Direct Acceptances. There can be four quota spots per event for continental qualification, including two per event via the 2023 Pan American Games. Two quota spots per event are reserved for Olympic gold medallists or Grand Slam champions who did not qualify via their ATP or WTA singles ranking.
In each the men’s and women’s 32-team doubles tournaments, Direct Acceptances will be given to the top 10 athletes in each of the ATP and WTA Doubles Rankings, provided they have an eligible partner. There will be 14 more spots in each tournament allocated based on team Combined Ranking, which is determined by adding together the best Singles or Doubles Ranking of the two team members. How the remaining spots in the draws are allocated is dependent on whether the overall total athlete quota has been met. Athletes qualified in singles could be considered for doubles.
Entries for the 16-team mixed doubles tournament will be selected from athletes who have already qualified for the men’s and women’s singles or doubles tournaments. There will be 15 Direct Acceptances based on team Combined Ranking.
Triathlon
Total Athletes: 110 (55 men, 55 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 6 (3 men, 3 women)
Quota spots are allocated to the NOC. An NOC can only qualify three spots for a gender if it has three athletes ranked in the top 30 of the World Triathlon Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking. Otherwise, there is a maximum of two athletes per gender. Any NOC with at least two men and two women qualified is eligible to enter the mixed relay.
World Triathlon Olympic Qualification System
| Mixed Relay Qualification | 2022 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships | June 26, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec | Top ranked NOC qualifies 2 spots per gender |
| 2023 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships | July 13-16, 2023 in Hamburg, Germany | Top ranked NOC qualifies 2 spots per gender | |
| World Triathlon Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Ranking | Closes March 25, 2024 | Top 6 NOCs qualify 2 spots per gender | |
| 2024 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event | Date and location TBD | Top 2 NOCs qualify 2 spots per gender | |
| Individual Qualification | World Triathlon Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking | May 27, 2022 – May 27, 2024 | Top 26 athletes per gender earn quotas for NOC |
| World Triathlon Ranking | Closes May 27, 2024 | Top ranked NOC from each continent not yet qualified will earn one quota per gender |
Volleyball
Total Teams: 12 men (144 athletes), 12 women (144 athletes)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 24 (12 men, 12 women)
Quota spots are allocated to the NOC. An NOC can qualify one team per gender.
FIVB Volleyball Olympic Qualification System
| Olympic Qualification Tournaments | Men: September 30-October 8, 2023, locations TBD Women: September 16-24, 2023, locations TBD | Top 2 NOCs in each of the three tournaments for each gender will qualify |
| World Ranking | Men: June 24, 2024 Women: June 17, 2024 | 5 NOCs per gender will qualify, with priority to NOCs from continents not yet qualified and then the top remaining teams |
Volleyball – Beach
Total Athletes: 96 (48 men, 48 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 8 (4 men, 4 women)
Quota spots are allocated to the NOC. An NOC can qualify a maximum of two men’s teams and two women’s teams.
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Qualification System
| 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships | October 6-15, 2023 in Mexico | Top ranked team per gender |
| Olympic Ranking List | Closes June 10, 2024 | 17 teams per gender |
| NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Qualification event | Date and location TBD | Top ranked team per gender |
Water Polo
Total Teams: 12 men (144 athletes), 10 women (120 athletes)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 24 (12 men, 12 women)
Quota spots are allocated to the NOC. An NOC can qualify one team per gender.
FINA Water Polo Olympic Qualification System
| 2023 FINA World Championships | July 14-30, 2023 in Fukuoka. Japan | Top 2 NOCs per gender |
| 2023 Pan American Games | October 20-November 5, 2023 in Santiago, Chile | Top ranked NOC per gender not yet qualified |
| 2024 FINA World Championships | February 2-18, 2024 in Doha, Qatar | Top 4 men’s NOCs and top 2 women’s NOCs not yet qualified |
Weightlifting
Total Athletes: 120 (60 men, 60 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 6 (3 men, 3 women)
IWF Weightlifting Olympic Qualification System
Quota spots are allocated to the athletes by name. If an NOC has more than three athletes of one gender eligible for quota spots, the NOC must decide which three athletes will be qualified. An NOC can enter a maximum of one athlete per event. There can be a maximum of 12 athletes total entered in each event.
All quota spots will be allocated based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Ranking on April 28, 2024. It will count results from the 2022 and 2023 IWF Senior World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Senior Continental Championships/Games, 2023 IWF Grand Prix I & II, and 2024 IWF World Cup. The top 10 athletes in each weight category will qualify. To ensure continental representation, one quota spot per weight category will be allocated to a continent not yet qualified in that event.
Wrestling
Total Athletes: 288 (192 men, 96 women)
Maximum Athletes per NOC: 18 (12 men, 6 women)
United World Wrestling Olympic Qualification System
Quota spots are allocated to the NOC. An NOC can qualify a maximum of one athlete per event.
| 2023 Senior World Championships | September 16-24, 2023 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 5 quota spots allocated per weight category to the NOCs of the four medallists (gold, silver, bronze, bronze) and the winner of a bout between the two losers of the bronze medal matches |
| 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament | April 19-21, 2024 in location TBD | Top 2 athletes in each weight category earn quota spots for their NOC |
| 2024 World Qualification Tournament | May 9-12, 2024 in location TBD | 3 quota spots allocated per weight category to the NOCs of the gold and silver medallists and the winner of a bout between the two third-place finishers |