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This article details the qualifying phase for triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 110 athletes coming from their respective NOCs; each has been allowed to enter a maximum of three for the first eight NOCs, while the remaining nations are limited to two. All athletes must undergo a qualifying process to earn a spot for the Games through the Continental Qualification Events, the World Qualification Event, and then the Olympic Qualification List that begin on May 15, 2014, and then conclude two years later on the same date.^[1]^[2]

The winners of each of the five Continental Qualification Events are selected to compete for the Games, followed by the top three finishers at the 2015 ITU World Qualification Event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thirty-nine athletes for each gender must directly qualify through the Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016, ensuring that the first eight NOCs qualifying for positions are subjected to a maximum of three, and then the remaining NOCs to a limit to two.^[1]^[3] Host nation Brazil has guaranteed a single place for each gender, while further two berths are made available to NOCs through a Tripartite Invitation Commission. In the end, further five places are distributed to the NOCs without any quota through the ITU Points List.^[1]

Summary

NOC	Men	Women	Total
Argentina	2	0	2
Australia	3	3	6
Austria	1	2	3
Azerbaijan	1	0	1
Barbados	1	0	1
Belgium	2	2	4
Bermuda	0	1	1
Brazil	1	1	2
Canada	2	3	5
Chile	0	1	1
China	1	1	2
Costa Rica	1	0	1
Czech Republic	0	1	1
Denmark	1	0	1
Ecuador	0	1	1
Estonia	0	1	1
France	3	2	5
Germany	2	3	5
Great Britain	3	3	6
Hungary	2	2	4
Ireland	1	1	2
Israel	1	0	1
Italy	2	2	4
Japan	1	3	4
Jordan	1	0	1
Mauritius	0	1	1
Mexico	3	2	5
Netherlands	0	2	2
New Zealand	2	3	5
Poland	0	1	1
Portugal	3	0	3
Russia	3	2	5
Slovakia	1	0	1
Slovenia	0	1	1
South Africa	2	2	4
Spain	3	3	6
Sweden	0	1	1
Switzerland	2	1	3
Ukraine	1	1	2
United States	3	3	6
Total: 38 NOCs	56	56	112

Timeline

Event	Date	Venue
World Qualification Event	August 1–2, 2015	Rio de Janeiro
2015 European Games	June 13–14, 2015	Baku
2015 Pan American Games	July 11–12, 2015	Toronto
2016 Oceania Triathlon Championships	March 19–20, 2016	Gisborne
2016 African Triathlon Championships	March 20, 2016	East London
2016 Asian Triathlon Championships	April 29 – May 1, 2016	Hatsukaichi
Cutoff for World Rankings	May 15, 2016
Re-allocation of unused quotas	June 13, 2016

Men's event

Event	Places	Qualified NOC	Selected triathlete
2015 European Games	1	Great Britain	Gordon Benson
2016 African Championships	0*	~~South Africa~~^[1]
2016 Asian Championships	1	Japan	Hirokatsu Tayama
2016 Oceania Championships	1	Australia	Ryan Bailie
2015 Pan American Games	1	Mexico	Crisanto Grajales
ITU World Qualification Event	2	France	Vincent Luis
ITU World Qualification Event	2	South Africa	Richard Murray
ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016)	38	Spain	Mario Mola
		Spain	Fernando Alarza
		Portugal	João José Pereira
		Great Britain	Alistair Brownlee
		Great Britain	Jonathan Brownlee
		Australia	Ryan Fisher
		Russia	Dmitry Polyanski
		South Africa	Henri Schoeman
		Spain	Vicente Hernández
		Australia	Aaron Royle
		France	Pierre Le Corre
		Switzerland	Sven Riederer
		Italy	Alessandro Fabian
		Russia	Igor Polyanski
		Portugal	João Silva
		Russia	Alexander Bryukhankov
		Azerbaijan	Rostyslav Pevtsov
		United States	Joe Maloy
		France	Dorian Coninx
		Slovakia	Richard Varga
		New Zealand	Ryan Sissons
		Norway	Kristian Blummenfelt
		Mexico	Irving Perez
		Hungary	Gäbor Faldum
		Switzerland	Andrea Salvisberg
		Belgium	Jelle Greens
		United States	Gregory Billington
		Belgium	Martin van Riel
		Italy	Davide Uccellari
		Argentina	Gonzalo Tellechea
		New Zealand	Tony Dodds
		Canada	Andrew Yorke
		United States	Ben Kanute
		Costa Rica	Leonardo Chacón
		Brazil	Diogo Sclebin
		Denmark	Andreas Schilling
		Argentina	Luciano Taccone
		Canada	Tyler Mislawchuk
Tripartite Commission Invitation	1	Jordan	Lawrence Fanous
ITU Points List (as of May 15, 2016)	3	Austria	Thomas Springer
		Barbados	Jason Wilson
		China	Bai Faquan
Re-allocation of unused quota places	7	Ireland	Bryan Keane
		Israel	Ron Darmon
		Mexico	Rodrigo González
		Portugal	Miguel Arraiolos
		Hungary	Tamás Tóth
		Puerto Rico	Manuel Huerta
		Ukraine	Ivan Ivanov
Total	55

Women's event

Event	Places	Qualified NOC	Selected triathlete
2015 European Games	1	Switzerland	Nicola Spirig
2016 African Championships	0*	~~South Africa~~^[1]
2016 Asian Championships	1	Japan	Ai Ueda
2016 Oceania Championships	1	Australia	Emma Moffatt
2015 Pan American Games	1	Chile	Bárbara Riveros
ITU World Qualification Event	3	United States	Gwen Jorgensen
		Great Britain	Non Stanford
		Great Britain	Vicky Holland
ITU Olympic Qualification List (as of May 15, 2016)	36	New Zealand	Andrea Hewitt
		United States	Sarah True
		United States	Katie Zaferes
		Netherlands	Rachel Klamer
		Bermuda	Flora Duffy
		Great Britain	Helen Jenkins
		Australia	Ashleigh Gentle
		Czech Republic	Vendula Frintová
		Austria	Lisa Perterer
		Ireland	Aileen Morrison
		Italy	Annamaria Mazzetti
		Germany	Anne Haug
		Japan	Yuka Sato
		Mexico	Claudia Rivas
		Australia	Charlotte McShane
		Brazil	Pâmella Oliveira
		Japan	Yurie Kato
		Austria	Sara Vilic
		Spain	Ainhoa Murúa
		South Africa	Gillian Sanders
		New Zealand	Nicky Samuels
		South Africa	Mari Rabie
		Russia	Alexandra Razarenova
		Ukraine	Yuliya Yelistratova
		Switzerland	Jolanda Annen
		Hungary	Margit Vanek
		Poland	Agnieszka Jerzyk
		France	Audrey Merle
		Spain	Carolina Routier
		Spain	Miriam Casillas
		Canada	Kirsten Sweetland
		Slovenia	Mateja Šimic
		Italy	Charlotte Bonin
		Russia	Anastasia Abrosimova
		Canada	Sarah-Anne Brault
		Hungary	Zsófia Kovács
ITU Points List (as of May 15, 2016)	4	Mauritius	Fabienne St. Louis
		Ecuador	Elizabeth Bravo
		China	Wang Lianyuan
		Estonia	Kaidi Kivioja
Re-allocation of unused quota places	7	Belgium	Claire Michel
		Belgium	Katrien Verstuyft
		Sweden	Lisa Nordén
		Canada	Amelie Kretz
		Russia	Mariya Shorets
		Mexico	Cecilia Pérez
		France	Cassandre Beaugrand
Total	55

Notes

^ 1. South Africa has awarded a quota place through the continental qualifier, but later declined, as SASCOC made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the continental route would not be considered.^[4]