Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
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There were 128 qualifying places available for archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 64 for men and 64 for women.
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is permitted to enter a maximum of six competitors, three per gender. NOCs that qualify teams for a particular gender were able to send a three-member team to the team event and also have each member compete in the individual event. There were 12 team spots for each gender, thus qualifying 36 individuals through team qualification. All other NOCs may earn a maximum of one quota place per gender for the individual events.[1]
Six places are reserved for Brazil as the host nation, and a further six will be decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 116 places are then allocated through a qualification process, in which archers earned quota places for their respective NOCs, though not necessarily for themselves.
To be eligible to participate in the Olympic Games after the NOC has obtained a quota place, all archers must have achieved the following minimum qualification score (MQS):
- Men: 70m round of 630
- Women: 70m round of 600
The MQS must have been achieved between 26 July 2015 (starting at the 2015 World Archery Championships) and 11 July 2016 at a registered World Archery event.
Summary
| Nation | Men | Women | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Team | Individual | Team | Athletes | |
 Australia | 3 | X | 1 | 4 | |
 Austria | 1 | 1 | |||
 Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | |||
 Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | |||
 Belarus | 1 | 1 | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 1 | 1 | |||
 Bhutan | 1 | 1 | |||
 Brazil | 3 | X | 3 | X | 6 |
 Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Chile | 1 | 1 | |||
 China | 3 | X | 3 | X | 6 |
 Colombia | 1 | 3 | X | 4 | |
 Cuba | 1 | 1 | |||
 Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | |||
 Egypt | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Estonia | 1 | 1 | |||
 Fiji | 1 | 1 | |||
 Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 France | 3 | X | 3 | ||
 Georgia | 3 | X | 3 | ||
 Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Greece | 1 | 1 | |||
 Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 India | 1 | 3 | X | 4 | |
 Indonesia | 3 | X | 1 | 4 | |
 Iran | 1 | 1 | |||
 Italy | 3 | X | 3 | X | 6 |
 Ivory Coast | 1 | 1 | |||
 Japan | 1 | 3 | X | 4 | |
 Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Kenya | 1 | 1 | |||
 Libya | 1 | 1 | |||
 Malawi | 1 | 1 | |||
 Malaysia | 3 | X | 3 | ||
 Mexico | 1 | 3 | X | 4 | |
 Moldova | 1 | 1 | |||
 Mongolia | 1 | 1 | |||
 Myanmar | 1 | 1 | |||
 Nepal | 1 | 1 | |||
 Netherlands | 3 | X | 3 | ||
 North Korea | 1 | 1 | |||
 Norway | 1 | 1 | |||
 Poland | 1 | 1 | |||
 Russia | 3 | X | 3 | ||
 Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 South Korea | 3 | X | 3 | X | 6 |
 Spain | 3 | X | 1 | 4 | |
 Sweden | 1 | 1 | |||
 Chinese Taipei | 3 | X | 3 | X | 6 |
 Thailand | 1 | 1 | |||
 Tonga | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Ukraine | 1 | 3 | X | 4 | |
 United States | 3 | X | 1 | 4 | |
 Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total: 56 NOCs | 64 | 12 | 64 | 12 | 128 |
Timeline
| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 World Archery Championships | July 27 – August 2, 2015 |  Copenhagen |
| 2015 Asian Archery Championships | November 1–9, 2015 | Bangkok |
| 2016 African Archery Championships | January 28–31, 2016 |  Windhoek |
| 2016 Oceanian Archery Championships | April 8–16, 2016 | Nuku'alofa |
| 2016 Pan American Archery Qualifier | May 8–9, 2016 | Medellín |
| 2016 European Archery Championships | May 23–29, 2016 | Nottingham |
| 2016 Archery World Cup Stage | June 13–18, 2016 | Antalya |
Men's events
| Event | Location | Athletes per NOC | Total places | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | 3 | 3 | Brazil |
| 2015 World Archery Championships, team event | Copenhagen | 3 | 24 | Australia China Italy South Korea Netherlands Spain Chinese Taipei United States |
| 2015 World Archery Championships, individual event | Copenhagen | 1 | 7* | Canada Colombia Germany India Japan Ukraine Venezuela |
| 2015 Asian Archery Championships | Bangkok[2] | 1 | 2* | Mongolia Kazakhstan |
| 2016 African Archery Championships | Windhoek | 1 | 3 | Egypt South Africa Zimbabwe Ivory Coast |
| 2016 Oceanian Championships | Nuku'alofa | 1 | 2 | Fiji Tonga |
| 2016 Pan American Championships | Medellín | 1 | 3 | Mexico El Salvador Chile Cuba |
| 2016 European Championships | Nottingham | 1 | 3 | Turkey Finland Great Britain |
| 2016 Archery World Cup Stage, team event | Antalya | 3 | 9 | Indonesia France Malaysia |
| 2016 Archery World Cup Stage, individual event | Antalya | 1 | 5* | Belarus Belgium Norway Slovakia Thailand |
| Tripartite Commission | 1 | 3 | Libya Malawi Nepal | |
| Total | 64 | |||
* Eight individual spots were initially available at the World Championships and three more at the Asian Championships. Those spots taken by Indonesia and Malaysia later won team places in the team recurve at the Antalya leg of the Archery World Cup, releasing two further individual quota places to be awarded in the same meet.
Women's events
| Event | Location | Athletes per NOC | Total places | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | 3 | 3 | Brazil |
| 2015 World Archery Championships, team event | Copenhagen | 3 | 24 | China Colombia Georgia India Japan South Korea Mexico Russia |
| 2015 World Archery Championships, individual event | Copenhagen | 1 | 5* | Austria Germany Indonesia Poland United States |
| 2015 Asian Archery Championships | Bangkok[2] | 1 | 3 | North Korea Iran Kazakhstan |
| 2016 African Archery Championships | Windhoek | 1 | 2 | Ivory Coast Egypt Kenya |
| 2016 Oceania Championships | Nuku'alofa | 1 | 2 | Australia Tonga |
| 2016 Pan American Championships | Medellín | 1 | 3 | Venezuela Canada Dominican Republic |
| 2016 European Championships | Nottingham | 1 | 3 | Turkey Slovakia Azerbaijan |
| 2016 World Archery Cup Stage, team event | Antalya | 3 | 9 | Ukraine Italy Chinese Taipei |
| 2016 World Archery Cup Stage, individual event | Antalya | 1 | 7* | Estonia Finland Great Britain Moldova Spain Sweden Greece |
| Tripartite Commission | 1 | 3 | Bangladesh Bhutan Myanmar | |
| Total | 64 | |||
* Eight individual spots were initially available at the World Championships. Three of those spots were taken by Ukraine, Italy, and Chinese Taipei. Those NOCs later won team places in the team recurve at the Antalya leg of the Archery World Cup, releasing three further individual quota places to be awarded in the same meet.
Notes
- a El Salvador's Óscar Ticas, who secured a quota place with a fourth place finish in the World Archery Americas CQT, was suspended after his urine samples from a Guatemala World Ranking Event in March 2016 revealed the presence of a banned substance. As a result, El Salvador's Olympic license was redistributed to Cuba's Adrian Puentes.[3]
- b The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee's policy is only to take up Olympic qualification spots earned in global competitions rather than African or regional events. Thus Terence van Moerkerken's place was vacated and taken by Rene Kouassi of Ivory Coast.[4]
References
- ↑ "Archery Qualification" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- 1 2 "First Rio 2016 continental qualifier adds 5 more nations from Asia". World Archery Federation. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ "ANNOUNCEMENT: SANCTIONS ISSUED IN TWO DOPING CASES". World Archery Federation. June 12, 2016.
- ↑ Wells, Chris (30 January 2016). "Egypt Qualifies 2 at Rio 2016 African Qualification Tournament". World Archery. Retrieved 9 August 2016.; "Windhoek 2016 African Archery Championships + CQT". World Archery. Retrieved 9 August 2016.; Wells, Chris (28 July 2016). "#1: Africa". Olympic archery athletes preview. World Archery. Retrieved 9 August 2016.; "RSA Wins a place at the Continental Games to compete in the Olympics, but doesn’t qualify". South African National Archery Association. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.