Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Qualification Systems Road to LA 2028

[phelps 8,687]

35 minutes ago, clemsonbeav said:

There will be specialized double sculls...just not for an NOC if it is entering singles specialists.

 

Either enter 2 singles specialists, or 1 XD specialist pair.

 

But they can in theory compete in both events, I guess, if they qualify...our top M, I think, does both.

 

But there are 17M, 17W, and 30 Pairs allotted in the quota, so I don't think the intent is that every singles entry will be in doubles.

 

(Perhaps this gets to fall in line with Weightlifting, where due to max entry quota, an NOC can't enter in every event, even if they have the best athletes...here, unless you have a pair who qualifies in both.)

ok, so it's exactly like I understood

 

if the quali rules of the canoeing sport are dumb, those of coastal rowing are pure shit, the most unfair I've seen by far

 

I'm really asking myself who's the idiot that thought something like that 🤮🤮🤮

[clemsonbeav 568]

So, what're we missing now... Baseball/Softball, Road/Track Cycling, Cricket, Football, Table Tennis, Athletics...is that it?  Per an article I just saw, the IOC will approve those at a future meeting.

 

Edit: Also lacrosse, skateboarding, water polo, surfing, and boxing

 

Crowd-sourced list (Thanks!)

Athletics

Baseball/Softball

Boxing

Cricket

Football

Lacrosse See here

Skateboarding

Surfing

Table Tennis

Water Polo

 

(The article is quite wrong in declaring that only six systems remain, based on this compiled list...even if you remove the provisional sports.)

Edited February 2 by clemsonbeav

[Benolympique 2,438]

8 minutes ago, clemsonbeav said:

So, what're we missing now... Baseball/Softball, Road/Track Cycling, Cricket, Football, Table Tennis, Athletics...is that it?  Per an article I just saw, the IOC will approve those at a future meeting.

Athletics , lacrosse water-polo .. 

[Kerkun 82]

Road/Track Cycling was added in December. Other than that, we're still waiting for boxing, water polo, lacrosse, skateboarding and surfing.

[JoshMartini007 2,860]

Sport Climbing

Speed reduced the World Championship quota down to 1 per gender and increased the Olympic Qualifier Series to 6. Also the Pan American and European qualifiers will take priority over the World Championships because they will occur first.

 

Bouldering and Lead are now separate events and were given additional athlete quotas (taken from Modern Pentathlon) giving them 12 per gender. They follow the same qualification process as Speed, but with the Olympic Qualifier Series offering only 4 quotas. Additionally, athletes qualified in one event may compete in the other provided the NOC doesn't go above two athletes per event.

 

Currently this cross participation doesn't apply to Speed, but I'm not sure it was a mistake or intended. Though not many speed athletes are top lead/bouldering athletes.

[clemsonbeav 568]

2 hours ago, Kerkun said:

Road/Track Cycling was added in December. Other than that, we're still waiting for boxing, water polo, lacrosse, skateboarding and surfing.

Ah yes...I see cycling is just out of order alphabetically.  Also, interestingly they're calling it just 'Climbing', not 'Sport Climbing' on this page.

 

I edited my original list.

Edited February 2 by clemsonbeav

[MHSN 3,813]

22 hours ago, MHSN said:

Wrestling will have a completely new format, I do not like the changes. ranking isn't really a good idea in this sport, this will force wrestlers to compete in so many events to collect points. which is not good for their health. specially with the current UWW ranking points distribution system which is plain stupid

 

they are also gifting 18 quotas to very weak countries by that last qualification event. but I understand their point of view. can't wait to see lots of Russian wrestlers compete for weak countries for that 1 available quota.

UWW announced they are going to review the ranking points allocation. we will see if they come up with something good. the current system is terrible terrible and unfair. they also made few other little changes to make the ranking more relevant 

 

I gave it a little thought, something like 50-55 NOCs will qualify at least one wrestlers before the last chance qualifier. they won't be allowed to participate in this event. we usually have something like 60-70 countries in a World Championships, around 80-90 the year before the Olympics.

 

NOCs without quota can send max 2 wrestlers to the last tournament. by my count something like 30-40 NOCs with active wrestling program will be left without a quota. if all of them send 2 wrestlers we will have 70-80 wrestlers across 18 events. that's average of 3 or 4 wrestlers per event. we may end up with only 1 wrestler in some events.  

 

I don't know maybe this isn't that bad. this will encourage some weaker non-active countries to take the last chance qualifier seriously. everybody has a chance there. it will be a super weak event. unless countries start buying Russian mercenaries 

 

also there is a loophole here. if you are a NOC with 2 good/solid wrestlers, it's better if both of them fail to qualify, therefore you can have two near 100% chances in the last event. but if one of them qualifies earlier the other one is out of the Olympics already.

[JoshMartini007 2,860]

Squash

This is a new sport here's how the quotas are distributed by gender:

 

Continental Games - 5

Host Nation - 1

World Rankings - 8

Universality - 1

Final Qualification Tournament - 1

 

Only the top 2 nations (based on the ranking of the second athlete) may enter two athletes. Potentially, a third nation may enter two, but only if there aren't enough eligible athletes in the top 50.

 

The final qualification tournament will consist of the top 24 nations which do not have a quota.

[clemsonbeav 568]

Lacrosse: https://worldlacrosse.sport/lacrosse-qualification-set-for-olympic-games-los-angeles-2028/

 

Official doc: https://worldlacrosse.sport/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/LAC-LA28-Qualification-System.pdf

Edited February 2 by clemsonbeav

[mpjmcevoy 377]

12 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Squash

This is a new sport here's how the quotas are distributed by gender:

 

Continental Games - 5

Host Nation - 1

World Rankings - 8

Universality - 1

Final Qualification Tournament - 1

 

Only the top 2 nations (based on the ranking of the second athlete) may enter two athletes. Potentially, a third nation may enter two, but only if there aren't enough eligible athletes in the top 50.

 

The final qualification tournament will consist of the top 24 nations which do not have a quota.

The rankings look likely to give two spots each in the men's side to Egypt (2nd athlete at 3) and GB (second athlete at 9). the nearest contender after that is France and both Egypt and GB have plenty of contenders after their respective number 2 but before France's umber 2

 

Women's side looks a bit more of a battle, with Egypt again likely to provide 2, and then a fight between USA, GBR and BEL for the other lucky double spot. That said, so dominant are the Egyptians, Americans and Brits, that failing to find all the contenders in the top 50 is entirely plausible, possibly opening a third 'double' spot.