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World Athletics Announces Toughest-Ever Standards for 2024 Olympics
On Tuesday, World Athletics announced the automatic qualifying standards for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The standards are the toughest ever for a global championship as World Athletics is aiming for just 50% of entrants to come via the standard, with the remaining 50% to be determined by world ranking.
This is similar to the system in place for the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, and in most events, the standards are similar to those for next year’s Worlds. The big difference comes in the marathon.
For the 2020 Olympics, World Athletics had set entry limits of 80 athletes for the men’s and women’s marathons, but a combination of supershoes and a COVID-extended qualifying window saw far more athletes hit the entry standards than expected. In the end, 106 men and 88 women started the last Olympic marathon in Sapporo.
Seeking to avoid a repeat, World Athletics dramatically lowered the marathon entry standards. On the men’s side, the 2024 standard is 2:08:10 (compared to 2:11:30 in 2020). On the women’s side, the 2024 standard is 2:26:50 (compared to 2:29:30 in 2020). Athletes can also earn the standard by finishing top-5 in a Platinum Label Marathon between November 1, 2022, and April 30, 2024. In 2023, the following races are Platinum Label Marathons: Xiamen, Osaka (women), Tokyo, Nagoya (women), Seoul, Boston, London, Sydney, Berlin, Chicago, Amsterdam, New York, Shanghai, Valencia.
The standards are listed below. We’ve also listed the standards for the 2020 Olympics and 2023 Worlds for comparison.
Men’s standards
Event
100m.- 10.05 (2020 Olympics), 10.00 (2023 Worlds), 10.00 (2024 Olympics).
200m.- 20.24 (2020 Olympics), 20.16 (2023 Worlds), 20.16 (2024 Olympics).
400m.- 44.90 (2020 Olympics), 45.00 (2023 Worlds), 45.00 (2024 Olympics).
800m.- 1:45.20 (2020 Olympics), 1:44.70 (2023 Worlds), 1:44.70 (2024 Olympics).
1500m.- 3:35.00 (2020 Olympics), 3:34.20 (3:51.00) (2023 Worlds), 3:33.50 (3:50.40) (2024 Olympics).
5000m.- 13:13.50 (2020 Olympics), 13:07.00 (13:07 road)(2023 Worlds), 13:05.00 (2024 Olympics).
10,000m.- 27:28.00 (2020 Olympics), 27:10.00 (27:10 road) (2023 Worlds), 27:00.00 (2024 Olympics).
Marathon.- 2:11:30 (2020 Olympics), 2:09:40 (2023 Worlds), 2:08:10 (2024 Olympics).
3000m SC.- 8:22.00 (2020 Olympics), 8:15.00 (2023 Worlds), 8:15.00 (2024 Olympics).
110m H.- 13.32 (2020 Olympics), 13.28 (2023 Worlds), 13.27 (2024 Olympics).
400m H.- 48.90 (2020 Olympics), 48.70 (2023 Worlds), 48.70 (2024 Olympics).
High jump.- 2.33m (2020 Olympics), 2.32m (2023 Worlds), 2.33m (2024 Olympics).
Pole vault.- 5.80m (2020 Olympics), 5.81m (2023 Worlds), 5.82m (2024 Olympics).
Long jump.- 8.22m (2020 Olympics), 8.25m (2023 Worlds), 8.27m (2024 Olympics).
Triple jump.- 17.14m (2020 Olympics), 17.20m (2023 Worlds), 17.22m (2024 Olympics).
Shot put.- 21.10m (2020 Olympics), 21.40m (2023 Worlds), 21.50m (2024 Olympics).
Discus.- 66.00m (2020 Olympics), 67.00m (2023 Worlds), 67.20m (2024 Olympics).
Hammer.- 77.50m (2020 Olympics), 78.00m (2023 Worlds), 78.20m (2024 Olympics).
Javelin.- 85.00m (2020 Olympics), 85.20m (2023 Worlds), 85.50m (2024 Olympics).
Decathlon.- 8350 pts (2020 Olympics), 8460 pts (2023 Worlds), 8460 pts (2024 Olympics).
20k RW.- 1:21:00 (2020 Olympics), 1:20:10 (2023 Worlds), 1:20:10 (2024 Olympics).
Women’s standards
Event.- 100.- 11.15 (2020 Olympics), 11.08 (2023 Worlds), 11.07 (2024 Olympics).
200.- 22.80 (2020 Olympics), 22.60 (2023 Worlds), 22.57 (2024 Olympics).
400.- 51.35 (2020 Olympics), 51.00 (2023 Worlds), 50.95 (2024 Olympics).
800.- 1:59.50 (2020 Olympics), 1:59.80 (2023 Worlds), 1:59.30 (2024 Olympics).
1500 (Mile).- 4:04.20 (2020 Olympics), 4:03.50 (4:22.00) (2023 Worlds), 4:02.50 (4:20.90) (2024 Olympics).
5k.- 15:10.00 (2020 Olympics), 14:57.00 (14:57 road) (2023 Worlds), 14:52.00 (2024 Olympics).
10k.- 31:25.00 (2020 Olympics), 30:40.00 (30:40 road) (2023 Worlds), 30:40.00 (2024 Olympics).
Marathon.- 2:29:30 (2020 Olympics), 2:28:00 (2023 Worlds), 2:26:50 (2024 Olympics).
3k steeple.- 9:30.00 (2020 Olympics), 9:23.00 (2023 Worlds), 9:23.00 (2024 Olympics).
100 hurdles.- 12.84 (2020 Olympics), 12.78 (2023 Worlds),
12.77 (2024 Olympics).
400 hurdles.- 55.40 (2020 Olympics), 54.90 (2023 Worlds),
54.85 (2024 Olympics).
HJ.- 1.96m (2020 Olympics), 1.97m (2023 Worlds), 1.97m (2024 Olympics).
PV.- 4.70m (2020 Olympics), 4.71m (2023 Worlds), 4.73m (2024 Olympics).
LJ.- 6.82m (2020 Olympics), 6.85m (2023 Worlds), 6.86m (2024 Olympics).
TJ.- 14.32m (2020 Olympics), 14.52m (2023 Worlds), 14.55m (2024 Olympics).
SP.- 18.50m (2020 Olympics), 18.80m (2023 Worlds), 18.80m (2024 Olympics).
Discus.- 63.50m (2020 Olympics), 64.20m (2023 Worlds), 64.50m (2024 Olympics).
Hammer.- 72.50m (2020 Olympics), 73.60m (2023 Worlds), 74.00m (2024 Olympics).
Javelin.- 64.00m (2020 Olympics), 63.80m (2023 Worlds), 64.00m (2024 Olympics).
Heptathlon.- 6420 pts (2020 Olympics), 6480 pts (2023 Worlds), 6480 pts (2024 Olympics).
20k race walk.- 1:31:00 (2020 Olympics), 1:29:20 (2023 Worlds), 1:29:20 (2024 Olympics).
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