Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Team Sizes Road to LA 2028

[Benolympique 2,442]

Edited August 5, 2025 by Sindo

[Benolympique 2,442]

Last Update :  25 March 2026

 

United States of America - 382 Quotas

(8 Archery - 8 Artistic Swimming - 2 Badminton - 24 Baseball - 8 Basketball 3x3 - 24 Basketball - 4 Beach Volleyball - 6 Canoeing - 10 Cycling - 8 Diving - 9 Equestrian - 6 Fencing - 20 Flag Football - 2 Golf - 10 Gymnastics - 28 Handball - 32 Hockey - 14 Judo - 22 Lacrosse - 2 Modern Pentathlon - 4 Rowing - 24 Rugby Sevens - 14 Sailing - 12 Shooting - 4 Skateboarding - 2 Squash - 15 Softball - 6 Sport Climbing - 2 Surfing - 2 Swimming - 6 Table Tennis - 4 Taekwondo - 6 Tennis - 4 Triathlon - 24 Volleyball - 6 Weighlifting)

Dominican Republic - 24 Quotas

(24 Baseball)

Venezuela - 24 Quotas

(24 Baseball)

 

• Afghanistan -
• Albania -
• Algeria -
• American Samoa -
• Andorra -
• Angola -
• Antigua and Barbuda -
• Argentina -
• Armenia -
• Aruba -
• Australia -
• Austria -
• Azerbaijan -
• Bahamas -
• Bahrain -
• Bangladesh -
• Barbados -
• Belarus -
• Belgium -
• Belize -
• Benin -
• Bermuda -
• Bhutan -
• Bolivia -
• Bosnia and Herzegovina -
• Botswana -
• Brazil
• British Virgin Islands -
• Brunei Darussalam -
• Bulgaria -
• Burkina Faso -
• Burundi -
• Cambodia -
• Cameroon -
• Canada -
• Cape Verde -
• Cayman Islands -
• Central African Republic -
• Chad -
• Chile -
• Chinese Taipei - 
• Colombia
• Comoros -
• Congo -
• Cook Islands -
• Costa Rica -
• Côte d'Ivoire -
• Croatia -
• Cuba -
• Cyprus -
• Czechia -
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea -
• Democratic Republic of the Congo -
• Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste -
• Denmark -
• Djibouti -
• Dominica -
• Ecuador -
• Egypt -
• El Salvador -
• Equatorial Guinea -
• Eritrea -
• Estonia -
• Eswatini -
• Ethiopia -
• Federated States of Micronesia-
• Fiji -
• Finland -
• France -
• Gabon -
• Gambia -
• Georgia -
• Germany -
• Ghana -
• Great Britain -
• Greece -
• Grenada -
• Guam -
• Guatemala -
• Guinea -
• Guinea-Bissau -
• Guyana -
• Haiti -
• Honduras -
• Hong Kong, People's Republic of China -
• Hungary -
• Iceland -
• India -
• Indonesia -
• Iraq -
• Ireland -
• Islamic Republic of Iran -
• Israel -
• Italy -
• Jamaica -
• Japan -
• Jordan -
• Kazakhstan -
• Kenya -
• Kiribati -
• Kosovo -
• Kuwait -
• Kyrgyzstan -
• Lao People's Democratic Republic -
• Latvia -
• Lebanon -
• Lesotho -
• Liberia -
• Libya -
• Liechtenstein -
• Lithuania -
• Luxembourg -
• Madagascar -
• Malawi -
• Malaysia -
• Maldives -
• Mali -
• Malta -
• Marshall Islands -
• Mauritania -
• Mauritius -
• Mexico -
• Monaco -
• Mongolia -
• Montenegro -
• Morocco -
• Mozambique -
• Myanmar -
• Namibia -
• Nauru -
• Nepal -
• Netherlands -
• New Zealand -
• Nicaragua -
• Niger -
• Nigeria -
• North Macedonia -
• Norway -
• Oman -
• Pakistan -
• Palau -
• Palestine -
• Panama -
• Papua New Guinea -
• Paraguay -
• People's Republic of China -
• Peru -
• Philippines -
• Poland -
• Portugal -
• Puerto Rico -
• Qatar -
• Refugee Olympic Team -
• Republic of Korea -
• Republic of Moldova -
• Romania -
• Rwanda -
• Saint Kitts and Nevis -
• Saint Lucia -
• Samoa -
• San Marino -
• Sao Tome and Principe -
• Saudi Arabia -
• Senegal -
• Serbia -
• Seychelles -
• Sierra Leone -
• Singapore -
• Slovakia -
• Slovenia -
• Solomon Islands -
• Somalia -
• South Africa -
• South Sudan -
• Spain -
• Sri Lanka -
• St Vincent and the Grenadines -
• Sudan -
• Sweden -
• Switzerland -
• Suriname -
• Switzerland -
• Syrian Arab Republic -
• Tajikistan -
• Thailand -
• Togo -
• Tonga -
• Trinidad and Tobago -
• Tunisia -
• Türkiye -
• Turkmenistan -
• Tuvalu -
• Uganda -
• Ukraine -
• United Arab Emirates -
• United Republic of Tanzania -
• Uruguay -
• US Virgin Islands -
• Uzbekistan -
• Vanuatu -
• Vietnam -
• Yemen -
• Zambia -
• Zimbabwe -

Edited March 25 by Benolympique

[Gianlu33 6,033]

Since the football qualifying period seems to have already begun, I would say that the first 32 places can also be given to the United States of America

[heywoodu 16,468]

19 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Since the football qualifying period seems to have already begun, I would say that the first 32 places can also be given to the United States of America

USA apparently sending only 16 players per team, against 18 for all other countries, is to take away the home advantage?  

Edited July 25, 2025 by heywoodu

[hondrakis 16]

 

Hello,

 

I hope I'm posting my message in the right article.

 

I would like to suggest that, in addition to the number of qualified athletes per country in this article (or in a separate article), we display the number of "spots" earned per country. For example, a qualified team would only count as one "quota," whether it's a basketball team or a synchronized swimming duet, and an athlete competing in two shooting events would earn two quotas.

 

I've been doing this for France since the Rio Olympics, and I find it gives a better idea of both the country's medal potential and the success of its qualification period. Thus, a country that qualifies a team will not be at an advantage over a team that obtains the maximum quota in an individual sport. This also allows for earlier calculations for sports where athletes will be competing in multiple events (swimming, for example), or those whose quotas are not nominated (shooting, for example).

 

The only two sports where this system does not allow for determining future participation are, a priori, artistic gymnastics (where athletes qualify for apparatus events during the Games, meaning that quotas can only be displayed after the start of the competition) and shooting (where an athlete qualified for one event can, in theory, participate in the others if the nation has not already qualified quotas).

 

I don't know if this has already been proposed and/or rejected, but I plan to do it for myself for all countries anyway, so I might as well share it.

 

 

Something like this, for example:

 

United States of America - 36 Quotas / 2 Spots

(18 Quota-1 Spot Football Men's / 18 Quota-1 Spot Football Women's)

Brazil - 18 Quotas / 1 Spot

(18 Quota-1 Spot Football Women's)

Colombia - 18 Quotas / 1 Spot

(18 Quota-1 Spot Football Women's)

[Benolympique 2,442]

40 minutes ago, hondrakis said:

 

Hello,

 

I hope I'm posting my message in the right article.

 

I would like to suggest that, in addition to the number of qualified athletes per country in this article (or in a separate article), we display the number of "spots" earned per country. For example, a qualified team would only count as one "quota," whether it's a basketball team or a synchronized swimming duet, and an athlete competing in two shooting events would earn two quotas.

 

I've been doing this for France since the Rio Olympics, and I find it gives a better idea of both the country's medal potential and the success of its qualification period. Thus, a country that qualifies a team will not be at an advantage over a team that obtains the maximum quota in an individual sport. This also allows for earlier calculations for sports where athletes will be competing in multiple events (swimming, for example), or those whose quotas are not nominated (shooting, for example).

 

The only two sports where this system does not allow for determining future participation are, a priori, artistic gymnastics (where athletes qualify for apparatus events during the Games, meaning that quotas can only be displayed after the start of the competition) and shooting (where an athlete qualified for one event can, in theory, participate in the others if the nation has not already qualified quotas).

 

I don't know if this has already been proposed and/or rejected, but I plan to do it for myself for all countries anyway, so I might as well share it.

 

 

Something like this, for example:

 

United States of America - 36 Quotas / 2 Spots

(18 Quota-1 Spot Football Men's / 18 Quota-1 Spot Football Women's)

Brazil - 18 Quotas / 1 Spot

(18 Quota-1 Spot Football Women's)

Colombia - 18 Quotas / 1 Spot

(18 Quota-1 Spot Football Women's)

I only calculate the number of athletes. The idea is good but difficult to follow. Ask Sindo what he thinks.

[Illya 590]

1 hour ago, hondrakis said:

 

Hello,

 

I hope I'm posting my message in the right article.

 

I would like to suggest that, in addition to the number of qualified athletes per country in this article (or in a separate article), we display the number of "spots" earned per country. For example, a qualified team would only count as one "quota," whether it's a basketball team or a synchronized swimming duet, and an athlete competing in two shooting events would earn two quotas.

 

I've been doing this for France since the Rio Olympics, and I find it gives a better idea of both the country's medal potential and the success of its qualification period. Thus, a country that qualifies a team will not be at an advantage over a team that obtains the maximum quota in an individual sport. This also allows for earlier calculations for sports where athletes will be competing in multiple events (swimming, for example), or those whose quotas are not nominated (shooting, for example).

 

The only two sports where this system does not allow for determining future participation are, a priori, artistic gymnastics (where athletes qualify for apparatus events during the Games, meaning that quotas can only be displayed after the start of the competition) and shooting (where an athlete qualified for one event can, in theory, participate in the others if the nation has not already qualified quotas).

 

I don't know if this has already been proposed and/or rejected, but I plan to do it for myself for all countries anyway, so I might as well share it.

 

 

Something like this, for example:

 

United States of America - 36 Quotas / 2 Spots

(18 Quota-1 Spot Football Men's / 18 Quota-1 Spot Football Women's)

Brazil - 18 Quotas / 1 Spot

(18 Quota-1 Spot Football Women's)

Colombia - 18 Quotas / 1 Spot

(18 Quota-1 Spot Football Women's)

Omg finally someone said that, because it's actually important to differentiate this and both of the numbers are important

[Sindo 1,836]

On 8/13/2025 at 10:27 AM, hondrakis said:

 

Hello,

 

I hope I'm posting my message in the right article.

 

I would like to suggest that, in addition to the number of qualified athletes per country in this article (or in a separate article), we display the number of "spots" earned per country. For example, a qualified team would only count as one "quota," whether it's a basketball team or a synchronized swimming duet, and an athlete competing in two shooting events would earn two quotas.

 

I've been doing this for France since the Rio Olympics, and I find it gives a better idea of both the country's medal potential and the success of its qualification period. Thus, a country that qualifies a team will not be at an advantage over a team that obtains the maximum quota in an individual sport. This also allows for earlier calculations for sports where athletes will be competing in multiple events (swimming, for example), or those whose quotas are not nominated (shooting, for example).

 

The only two sports where this system does not allow for determining future participation are, a priori, artistic gymnastics (where athletes qualify for apparatus events during the Games, meaning that quotas can only be displayed after the start of the competition) and shooting (where an athlete qualified for one event can, in theory, participate in the others if the nation has not already qualified quotas).

 

I don't know if this has already been proposed and/or rejected, but I plan to do it for myself for all countries anyway, so I might as well share it.

 

 

Something like this, for example:

 

United States of America - 36 Quotas / 2 Spots

(18 Quota-1 Spot Football Men's / 18 Quota-1 Spot Football Women's)

Brazil - 18 Quotas / 1 Spot

(18 Quota-1 Spot Football Women's)

Colombia - 18 Quotas / 1 Spot

(18 Quota-1 Spot Football Women's)

In our Qualification Tracker we count both the number of athletes AND the number of events.

 

Here was the Paris 2024 Qualification Tracker: https://totallympics.com/qualification-tracker/paris-2024/qualification-by-nation/

 

If we take South Sudan, for example, you will see 14 athletes, and opening the page you will see 14 athletes and 3 events, because 12 of them were the Basketball team which is just one event.

Does that work?

[hondrakis 16]

On 8/16/2025 at 1:41 PM, Sindo said:

In our Qualification Tracker we count both the number of athletes AND the number of events.

 

Here was the Paris 2024 Qualification Tracker: https://totallympics.com/qualification-tracker/paris-2024/qualification-by-nation/

 

If we take South Sudan, for example, you will see 14 athletes, and opening the page you will see 14 athletes and 3 events, because 12 of them were the Basketball team which is just one event.

Does that work?

 

The tracker is very complete (and clearly represents a lot of work), but it does not work for the information I am talking about when there are multiple athletes qualified for the same event. For example, for France, there were 388 quotas for 2024 (according to my count); where the tracker indicates 578 athletes and 258 events.

 

Even the per-sport counter on the country summary page only indicates the number of athletes and not the number of quotas (for example, in archery, France had 9 quotas: 3 team, 3 men's individual, and 3 women's individual), and you have to add the numbers in the "LIST OF ATHLETES PER EVENT" table, which isn't practical for getting an overall view of the country. Furthermore, I would find it interesting to be able to compare the country to others, as is done in this thread.

 

But to clarify, I'm not saying that the information on the number of athletes is not interesting (it is different and useful information), and I'm not asking someone else to keep track of it for me, I just thought I'd keep track of it anyway, and share it one way or another (even if I might have a lot of trouble keeping track when there are a lot of events at the same time, in regions other than Europe or for events where there are a lot of qualified people, such as Athletics)

 

[Sindo 1,836]

3 hours ago, hondrakis said:

 

The tracker is very complete (and clearly represents a lot of work), but it does not work for the information I am talking about when there are multiple athletes qualified for the same event. For example, for France, there were 388 quotas for 2024 (according to my count); where the tracker indicates 578 athletes and 258 events.

 

Even the per-sport counter on the country summary page only indicates the number of athletes and not the number of quotas (for example, in archery, France had 9 quotas: 3 team, 3 men's individual, and 3 women's individual), and you have to add the numbers in the "LIST OF ATHLETES PER EVENT" table, which isn't practical for getting an overall view of the country. Furthermore, I would find it interesting to be able to compare the country to others, as is done in this thread.

 

But to clarify, I'm not saying that the information on the number of athletes is not interesting (it is different and useful information), and I'm not asking someone else to keep track of it for me, I just thought I'd keep track of it anyway, and share it one way or another (even if I might have a lot of trouble keeping track when there are a lot of events at the same time, in regions other than Europe or for events where there are a lot of qualified people, such as Athletics)

 

Yeah, that makes sense. But I think keeping track of both athletes quotas and event's quotas would be a bit redundant. And the event's quotas might even be harder to track in those sports where athletes might decide last minute to take part in some additional events (like Shooting, Athletics, Swimming, Track Cycling etc.

 

3 hours ago, hondrakis said:

For example, for France, there were 388 quotas for 2024 (according to my count); where the tracker indicates 578 athletes and 258 events.

I guess the main difference here is for events where 2 or 3 athletes qualified for the same event, right? So it count as one event but as 2/3 event's quotas because there are 2/3 athletes who could potentially win a medal.

 

3 hours ago, hondrakis said:

Furthermore, I would find it interesting to be able to compare the country to others, as is done in this thread.

It is already possible to "compare" the qualified athletes in the tracker. If you go in the Paris 2024 qualification by nation, you can click on the "Sort NOCs" button and order them alphabetically (default view) or by qualified athletes. Maybe the best way to implement your idea would be to add one more field here and add the "total event quotas" here. Would you like to contribute with that?