Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
For the athletics competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics the following qualification systems were in place. The list has been updated to 30 June 2012. Qualification ended on 8 July 2012.
Qualifying standards[edit]
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to 3 qualified athletes in each individual event if all athletes meet the A standard, or 1 athlete per event if they meet the B standard. An NOC may also enter a maximum of 1 qualified relay team per event. NOCs may enter athletes regardless of time (1 athlete per sex) if they have no athletes meeting the qualifying A or B standards. This makes it possible for every nation to have a minimum of two representatives in the sport.
The qualifying time standards may be obtained in various meets during the qualifying period that have the approval of the IAAF. All approved outdoor meets and indoor meets with the exception of 100 m, 200 m and 110/100 m hurdles races are eligible. The qualifying period for the 10,000 m, marathon, walks and combined events is from 1 January 2011 to 8 July 2012; for all other individual events it is 1 May 2011 to 8 July 2012. Relay qualification is between 1 January 2011 to 2 July 2012.
In addition to the qualifying standards below, marathon runners finishing in the top 20 of the 2011 World Championships or in the top 10 of any IAAF gold series marathon within the qualification period are also treated as having earned the A standard.[1]
The NOCs were still allowed to select participants using their own rules, on the condition all athletes have made the qualifying time. For example, the United States selected athletes based on the result of the 2012 United States Olympic Trials event. Sweden only entered athletes good enough to reach at least 8th position, based on an assessment by the Swedish NOC.
The IAAF Qualifying Standards are as follows:[2][3]
Men's events[edit]
Men's 100 m[edit]
Men's 200 m[edit]
Men's 400 m[edit]
Men's 800 m[edit]
Men's 1500 m[edit]
Men's 5000 m[edit]
Men's 10,000 m[edit]
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Nominated athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A standard – 27:45.00 | 3 |  Eritrea | Teklemariam Medhin Zersenay Tadese Nguse Tesfaldet |
| 3 |  Ethiopia | Kenenisa Bekele Tariku Bekele Gebregziabher Gebremariam[22] | |
| 3 |  Kenya | Bitan Karoki Wilson Kiprop Moses Masai | |
| 3 |  United States | Dathan Ritzenhein Galen Rupp Matt Tegenkamp | |
| 2 |  Canada | Mohammed Ahmed Cameron Levins | |
| 2 |  Great Britain | Mo Farah Christopher Thompson | |
| 2 |  Mexico | Juan Luis Barrios Diego Estrada | |
| 2 |  Uganda | Thomas Ayeko Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | |
| 1 |  Australia | Ben St. Lawrence | |
| 1 |  Bahrain | Ali Hasan Mahboob | |
| 1 |  Ecuador | Byron Piedra | |
| 0* |  France | ||
| 1 |  Italy | Daniele Meucci | |
| 1 |  Japan | Yuki Sato | |
| 0* |  South Africa | ||
| B standard – 28:05.00 | 0* |  Morocco | |
| 1 |  Portugal | Rui Silva | |
| 1 |  Rwanda | Robert Kajuga | |
| 1 |  Spain | Ayad Lamdassem | |
| 1 |  Turkey | Polat Kemboi Arıkan | |
| 1 |  Ukraine | Mykola Labovskyy | |
| Total | 31 |
Men's marathon[edit]
Men's 3000 m steeplechase[edit]
Men's 110 m hurdles[edit]
Men's 400 m hurdles[edit]
Men's high jump[edit]
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Nominated athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A standard – 2.31 | 3 |  Russia | Ivan Ukhov Andrey Silnov Aleksandr Shustov |
| 3 | Ukraine | Dmytro Dem'yanyuk Bohdan Bondarenko Andriy Protsenko | |
| 3 | United States | Jamie Nieto Erik Kynard Jesse Williams | |
| 2 |  Bahamas | Donald Thomas Trevor Barry | |
| 2 | Canada | Michael Mason Derek Drouin | |
| 2 |  Greece | Konstadinos Baniotis | |
| 1 | Italy | Gianmarco Tamberi | |
| 1 | Great Britain | Robert Grabarz | |
| 1 |  China | Zhang Guowei | |
| 1 |  Cyprus | Kyriakos Ioannou | |
| 1 |  Czech Republic | Jaroslav Bába | |
| 1 | France | Mickael Hanany | |
| 1 |  Lithuania | Raivydas Stanys | |
| 1 |  Qatar | Mutaz Essa Barshim | |
| 1 |  Saint Lucia | Darvin Edwards | |
| 1 |  Slovenia | Rožle Prezelj | |
| 1 |  Slovakia | Michal Kabelka | |
| B standard – 2.28 | 1 |  Belarus | Andrei Churyla |
| 1 |  Brazil | Guilherme Cobbo | |
| 1 |  Bulgaria | Viktor Ninov | |
| 1 |  Colombia | Wanner Miller | |
| 1 |  Cuba | Víctor Moya | |
| 1 | Ecuador | Diego Ferrín | |
| 1 |  Finland | Osku Torro | |
| 1 |  Romania | ||
| 1 |  Serbia | Dragutin Topić | |
| 1 |  Syria | Majed Aldin Ghazal | |
| Universality places | 1 |  Malaysia | Lee Hup Wei |
| Total | 36 |
Men's pole vault[edit]
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Nominated athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A standard – 5.72 | 3 |  Germany | Raphael Holzdeppe Malte Mohr Björn Otto |
| 2* |  Poland | Łukasz Michalski | |
| 3 | Russia | Sergey Kucheryanu Dmitriy Starodubtsev Yevgeniy Lukyanenko | |
| 3 | United States | Brad Walker Jeremy Scott Derek Miles | |
| 2 | France | Renaud Lavillenie Romain Mesnil | |
| 2 | Ukraine | Denys Yurchenko Maksym Mazuryk | |
| 1 | Australia | Steve Hooker | |
| 1 | Czech Republic | Jan Kudlička | |
| 1 | Cuba | Lazaro Borges | |
| 1 | Finland | Jere Bergius | |
| 1 | Great Britain | Steven Lewis | |
| 1 | Greece | Konstadinos Filippidis | |
| 1 | Japan | Daichi Sawano | |
| 1 |  Sweden | Alhaji Jeng | |
| B standard – 5.60 | 1 | Brazil | Fábio da Silva |
| 1 | China | Yang Yansheng | |
| 1 |  Croatia | Ivan Horvat | |
| 0* | Italy | ||
| 1 |  Kazakhstan | Nikita Filippov | |
| 1 |  South Korea | Kim Yoo-Suk | |
| 1 |  Latvia | Mareks Ārents | |
| 1 |  Netherlands | Robbert-Jan Jansen | |
| 1 | Portugal | Edi Maia | |
| 1 | Spain | Igor Bychkov | |
| Total | 34 |
Men's long jump[edit]
Men's triple jump[edit]
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A standard – 17.20 | 3 | Cuba | Alexis Copello Yoandri Betanzos Arnie David Giralt |
| 2 | China | Dong Bin Cao Shuo | |
| 2 | France | Benjamin Compaoré | |
| 2 | Italy | Daniele Greco Fabrizio Donato | |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | Roman Valiyev Yevgeniy Ektov | |
| 2 | United States | Christian Taylor William Claye | |
| 1 | Australia | Henry Frayne | |
| 1 | Bahamas | Leevan Sands | |
| 1 | Brazil | Jonathan Henrique Silva | |
| 1 | Great Britain | Phillips Idowu | |
| 1 |  Nigeria | Tosin Oke | |
| 0* | Portugal | ||
| 1 | Russia | Lyukman Adams | |
| 0* | Sweden | ||
| 1 | Ukraine | Sheryf El-Sheryf | |
| B standard – 16.85 | 1 |  Algeria | Issam Nima |
| 1 | Belarus | Dzmitry Platnitski | |
| 0* |  Denmark | ||
| 1 | Ecuador | José Adrián Sornoza | |
| 1 |  Haiti | Samyr Lainé | |
| 1 |  India | Renjith Maheshwary | |
| 1 | South Korea | Kim Deok-hyeon | |
| 0* | Poland | ||
| 0* | Romania | ||
| 1 |  Virgin Islands | Muhammad Halim | |
| Universality | 1 |  United Arab Emirates | Mohammad Abbas |
| Total | 33 |
Men's shot put[edit]
Men's discus throw[edit]
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A standard – 65.00 | 3 | Australia | Scott Martin Benn Harradine Julian Wruck |
| 3 |  Estonia | Gerd Kanter Märt Israel Aleksander Tammert | |
| 3 | Great Britain | Lawrence Okoye Brett Morse Abdul Buhari | |
| 3 | Germany | Robert Harting Markus Münch Martin Wierig | |
| 3 | Poland | Piotr Małachowski Przemysław Czajkowski Robert Urbanek | |
| 3 | United States | Lance Brooks Jarred Rome Jason Young | |
| 2 | Croatia | Roland Varga Martin Marić | |
| 2 | Cuba | Jorge Fernández Lois Maikel Martinez |