JoshMartini007

Shooting use to give quotas over three years before the next Olympics. The IOC had to make a rule to only allow qualification two years before the Olympics because of sports like that (though FIFA seemed to have ignored this and let Brazil qualify in women's football a few months ago).

Apparently a Croatian island.

Too bad the Olympics don't have 50m events outside of freestyle.

Just by looking at who qualified/almost qualified to the 2018 Winter Olympics a winter Pan American Games is feasible though some sports (ski jumping, nordic combined, ice hockey) will likely not be held and some sports would have fewer events. The quality would be low, but it's good exposure for the athletes and it may get some roller skaters to hop on some ice skates.

Yup as long as USA (or even better, Canada) wins things will be good for Olympic qualification. Though if we're trying to get the best teams in Australia/Chinese Taipei would be the way to go.

Is the silver medal showing the back? If not then that's lame, not even the Olympic rings.

Maybe if the IOC was okay with smaller venues then we could have everything in one area.

Qualification quotas to the 2020 Olympics will be offered in archery, field hockey, sailing and tennis.

Just a head's up since there will be a lot of misinformation from news sites. Universality quotas are included in the amount of quotas given for each event. This will cause a reduction of the number of top athletes that will be selected.

The FINA qualification table has India with more than two athletes with either an A or B standard.

This one says that he achieved the time, not that he'll be selected for the games. India can only send a maximum of two boys (and two girls) to the games and currently they have more than two athletes with qualification times.

I wouldn't be so sure of that, sports like boxing and wrestling have so few quotas per event that the increase will likely add more nations, despite the bigger ones getting the ability to qualify more athletes. Swimming likely becomes less diverse though.

Changes to the Youth Olympic program The big change will be an increase of athletes. One thing that hurt a lot of sports is the lack of quotas given to them. Of course some sports will have a reduction of events to prevent the number of athletes competing from getting too large. My goal was to keep it under 4500 athletes, currently 4000 are expected to compete. In total 456 more athletes would compete in my proposal. Cycling sees an increase of events (due to splitting team events) while boxing, taekwondo, weightlifting and wrestling see a decrease (mostly because those events had so few athletes). Also, the maximum number of athletes rule will be removed. If a nation is good enough to qualify a lot of athletes then they should be able to send them. Sports with no changes (+0 athletes) Archery Badminton Basketball Beach volleyball Dancesport Equestrian Gymnastics Karate Modern pentathlon Roller sports Sailing Shooting Sport climbing Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Aquatics (Diving) (+0 athletes) Allow nations to qualify a maximum of 2 men and 2 women, 1 per each event. Aquatics (Swimming) (+40 athletes) The top 12 athletes in each event will qualify with a maximum of 1 athlete per NOC, should an athlete be ranked in more than one event they will be listed under the event where they have the highest FINA points. Qualified athletes may participate in other events should they achieve the A standard with a maximum of 2 athletes per event. 40 boys and 40 girls quotas will be reserved for nations with no qualified athlete where they may send 1 boy or 1 girl, with those with higher FINA points gaining priority. Relays will be composed of athletes already qualified in individual events. Athletics (+32 athletes) Athletes already qualified may participate in other events should they achieve the A standard (with a maximum of 2 athletes per event). Cross-country will have their own qualifiers. Beach Handball (+40 athletes) Each event will have 12 teams, no one team per gender rule. Boxing (-5 events) (+46 athletes) Only 5 boys and 3 girls events will be held, each event will contain 16 athletes. Each nation can qualify one athlete per event. Canoeing (+48 athletes) Athletes will not have to compete in both disciplines. 16 per boat will compete in sprint while 12 per boat will compete in slalom (not an obstacle course). Nations can qualify one athlete per event. Cycling (+8 events) (+8 athletes) The combined team will be split into individual events. The same athletes will compete in the two events of their discipline; road (time trial and criterium) and cross-country (race and eliminator). The BMX race and freestyle events will have separate boy and girl events. 12 athletes will compete in BMX freestyle. Fencing (+18 athletes) Each event will have 16 athletes. Field hockey (+0 athletes) No one team per gender rule. Futsal (+40 athletes) Each event will have 12 teams, no one team per gender rule. Golf (+0 athletes) Qualification will be separated by gender. The top ranked athletes of each gender will qualify. Judo (+24 athletes) Each individual event will have 16 athletes. Each nation can qualify one athlete per event. Rowing (+0 athletes) Each nation can qualify one boat in each event. Rugby sevens (+48 athletes) Each event will have 8 teams, no one team per gender rule. Taekwondo (-2 events) (+28 athletes) Only 4 boys and 4 girls events will be held, each event will have 16 athletes. Each nation can qualify one athlete per event. Weightlifting (-2 events) (+10 athletes) Only 5 boys and 5 girls events will be held, each event will have 12 athletes. Qualification will match the 2020 Olympics, where athletes qualify themselves through the world championships and continental events. Each nation can qualify one athlete per event. Wrestling (-3 events) (+82 athletes) Only 4 boys freestyle, 4 boys Greco-Roman and 4 girls freestyle events will be held, each event will have 16 athletes. Each nation can qualify one athlete per event.

Some sports are fine and actually do a good job in getting most of their top athletes to compete, but others are quite terrible due to the type of events or the number of athletes allowed. I'll create a list of changes the IOC can make to increase the competition level of the games.

FIFA has Russia and Italy listed

Post the links here and I can add them.

Surprised athletic events got cut... Realistically Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela should be present in all events (or at least 3/4) so it is surprising that so many events couldn't find a fifth nation.

Wikipedia requires proof, everything currently listed has a reference. If you have information please share it with us.

For team sports does anyone know which team the following nations will send Boys Beach Handball or Futsal Beach Handball or Futsal Field Hockey or Rugby Sevens Girls Field Hockey or Futsal Futsal or Rugby Sevens Beach Handball or Field Hockey Futsal or Rugby Sevens Beach Handball or Futsal Include a link if there's one. Africa still needs to have their field hockey and rugby sevens qualifiers.

No, meaning Africa may not have representation at the Olympics.

6 Europeans 4 Americans 4 Asian/Oceania 2 Africans From there 12 nations will qualify (including hosts and World Cup champions)

Australia should still qualify. Technically only Europe is guaranteed a spot at the Olympics. Though it will be unlikely for Americas and Asia/Oceania, but quite possible that Africa will miss out in qualification.

I don't think I can do a proper prediction, youth athletes don't get a lot of exposure plus their performance are quite inconsistent. Maybe in some sports...

It's always fun to see athletes switching over to compete in different sports, especially from smaller nations. Tuvalu had a former footballer competing in the javelin at the Commonwealth Games.

I think the program has finally gotten serious about sevens. Sadly they choked earlier in Hong Kong. I imagine they'll be huge favourites to promote next year.