2024 WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- February 3-8, 2024 (Open water)
- Competition Results
The women’s open water 10 km marathon event took place on Saturday while the men’s took place on Sunday. Read more on the men’s and women’s results here.
World Aquatics has now confirmed the quota spots given to each country as unlike the 2023 World Championships, where the top three finishers earned individual spots for the 2024 Paris Olympics open water event, the race in Doha earned countries quota spots. The top 13 finishers not already qualified for Paris would earn a quota spot for their country. This means that countries do not have to give the spot to the swimmers that competed today. Instead, the National Olympic Committees can allocate these quota spots as they see fit.
Two more rules are in place as well. The first allows the host country (France) a quota spot even if a swimmer did not place in the top 13 today. The second allows for each continent to have a swimmer compete if the continent did not already earn a quota spot.
Women’s Quota
As a reminder, the top three finishers from 2023 Worlds qualified individually. Those swimmers were:
The top three finishers from 2023 Worlds:
- Leonie Beck (Germany)
- Chelsea Gubecka (Australia)
- Katie Grimes (USA)
The countries earning quota spots from their top finishes at 2024 Worlds are listed below. All countries have 1 quota position unless noted otherwise with (2)
- Netherlands
- Spain (2)
- Portugal
- Australia
- Brazil (see below for 2nd quota spot earned)
- USA
- France (2)
- Italy
- Monaco
- Japan
- Hungary
Host Country: As France did not need to have a quota spot if an athlete did not place in the top 13, their quota spot is given to the next highest finisher from Doha. Brazil earned this quota spot giving them two total quota spots.
Continental Quotas:
- Europe: Great Britain
- Americas: Mexico
- Africa: South Africa
- Asia: China
Oceania:Canada
As Oceania did not use its continental quota, that spot has been allocated elsewhere. Emma Finlin of Canada finished 24th in the race in Doha and this has now allowed Canada to earn a quota spot as World Aquatics announced that “the Oceania Continental Representation position was allocated to the highest-placing woman competitor in the open water swimming 10km event in Doha whose country was not yet qualified for the Olympics.”
Men’s Quota
As a reminder, the top three finishers from 2023 Worlds qualified individually. Those swimmers were:
- Florian Wellbrock (Germany)
- Kristof Rasovszky (Hungary)
- Oliver Klement (Germany)
The countries earning quota spots from their top finishes at 2024 Worlds are listed below. All countries have 1 quota position unless noted otherwise with (2)
- France (2)
- Great Britain (2)
- Australia (2)
- Hungary
- Italy (2)
- Israel
- Ecuador
- Greece
- USA
Host Country: Like the women’s side, France did not need to have a quota spot if an athlete did not place in the top 13, their quota spot is given to the next highest finisher from Doha. Austria earned this quota spot.
Continental Quotas:
- Europe: Czechia
- Americas: Mexico
- Africa: Namibia
- Asia: Japan
Oceania:Poland
Like the women’s side, Oceania also did not use its quota spot here. Their spot has been given to Poland.
Pool Qualification For Marathon:
There is another rule that allows swimmers who achieve the Olympic qualification standard in the 800 OR the 1500 freestyle and swim that event in Paris to also swim the marathon event in Paris. This rule only applies if the country has not exceeded its two athletes per gender in the marathon event.
It troubles me greatly to see positions actually earned in the water, revised and lost behind a bureaucratic desk. How does a coach explain that to a swimmer..or motivate him to come to practice tomorrow?
So is Brinegar in?
Antarctica didn’t get its quota. Unfair??
They didn’t enter anyone….
Quick, someone tell Siphiwe Baleka there’s a chance
Quick correction – it’s Emma Finlin, not Ella. (Understandable mistake since Canada has two Ellas and two Emmas who are all mid-distance to distance oriented!)
So a US male who swims the 1500 or 800 can swim the Open Water? Didn’t know that was coming
but they have to make Team USA for Paris and do it there?
Probably going to be Charlie Clark
Can’t see Finke doing it but would love to see him have a go at the 10km, be a wild finish if he could stay in touch for the first 9950m.
so theoretically, someone could make Team USA in the 800/1500, go to Paris trained/prepared/wanting to really swim OW, tank the pool swim just to swim OW?