World Athletics (WA) has revealed that the qualifying brands for the Los Angeles Olympic Games2028 are more demanding than in Paris2024, with access to two routes: minimums and rankings.
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10/11/2026
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Athe qualifying brands for the Los Angeles2028 Olympic Games athletes are even more demanding in relation to Paris2024, returning access to two routes, by ‘minimum’ and ranking, today revealed World Athletics (WA).
The body governing the modality determined a hardening of the clearance marks, compared to the previous Olympic Games, increasing dependence on world rankings.
After the egalitarian division in Paris2024, with half by ranking and one by minimum, for Los Angeles2028 the WA will allocate 40% of the vacancies to the holders of direct qualification marks and 60% to the world hierarchy.
The clearance includes 23 male, 23 female and two mixed relays: the 4×100 metres, in Olympic premiere, and the 4×400.
In the 1,500 male meters, distance in which the Portuguese Isaac Nader is world champion, the direct clearance will require 03,30.00 minutes, compared to the previous 03,33.50.
In the triple jump, discipline in which the Portuguese Pedro Pablo Picardo won silver in Paris2024, after the Olympic title in Tokyo2020, the qualification is at a distance of 17.35 meters, more 13 centimeters than in the previous edition (17,22).
WA highlights the importance of ranking, even after obtaining the qualification marks, because “the vacancies will be delivered to those who have better results during the qualification period, if the number of athletes in these circumstances is more than the number of vacancies available per test”.
In the background competitions, the Olympic minimums are especially demanding, with the direct qualification mark for the male marathon set at 2:55.00 hours, minus three minutes and 10 seconds than for Paris2024 (02:08.10), and the female marathon at 02:22.20 (02:26.50).
For the marathoners, the clearance period began on 1 November and lasted until 30 April 2028 and for the 10,000, combined tests, march and relays start on 19 December.
In the remaining tests, the qualification takes place between 19 June 2027 and 18 June 2028.
Athletics competitions in Los Angeles2028 will be held between July 15 and 30 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.