27 March 2024 - The qualification and points system for the Olympic Qualifier Series has been unveiled, with athletes competing for points to secure over 150 quota places for Olympic Games Paris 2024. All 464 participants have now been confirmed, achieving gender parity on the field of play and broad international representation from over 120 National Federations across all continents.
Ultimate stage to Paris 2024: Qualification and points system
The Olympic Qualifier Series serves as the ultimate qualification stage on the road to Paris 2024 for BMX freestyle, breaking, skateboarding and sport climbing. In total, over 150 quota places for Paris 2024 will be allocated following the Series in accordance with the relevant qualification systems.
The Olympic Qualifier Series employs a points system designed to determine which athletes will secure quota places for Paris 2024. The International Federations are responsible for determining the rules related to the points system of their respective sports.
Athletes in BMX freestyle, sport climbing, and breaking will compete for a maximum of 50 points at each of the events in Shanghai and Budapest, making a maximum possible total of 100 points per athlete. Points from both stops will be compiled into a ranking for each of the sports, that will determine which athletes earn quota places for Paris 2024.
For skateboarding, the points system is divided into three parts: results from prior competitions and the results from the Shanghai and Budapest Olympic Qualifier Series events respectively. One-third of the points are allocated from past competitions, while the remaining two-thirds will be up for grabs in Shanghai and Budapest. The combined points from all competitions will give the final ranking.
Event competition schedule and Urban Festival
Each Olympic Qualifier Series event, held over four days in a single Urban Park in Shanghai in May and Budapest in June, is designed to offer a unique Olympic experience that blends sport with music, art and culture. The festival-style events will commence with preliminary sports competition rounds on Thursday and Friday, leading up to a weekend of finals across all four sports. Highlighted by the Urban Festival, attendees will enjoy a variety of cultural activities, performances and opportunities to try out different sports, all throughout the event.
To further highlight the Series’ mix of sports and culture, the Local Organising Committee of the Shanghai event has appointed Chinese celebrity Wang Yibo as its promotional ambassador. Wang Yibo, known for his multifaceted career as an actor, singer, dancer and urban sports enthusiast extended an invitation to young people, urging them to join him "from May 16 to 19 along the Huangpu Riverside to celebrate sports, culture, and creativity together.”
A detailed schedule featuring competition sessions and timings for the Shanghai stop of the Series is available here. Tickets for the Shanghai event will become available online in early April, and details on experiencing the Budapest event will be shared in April.
Athlete line-up confirmed, including 81 Olympians
The Olympic Qualifier Series will feature an equal number of male and female athletes, drawing participants from 120 National Federations across all continents. All 464 athletes set to compete in the Olympic Qualifier Series have now been confirmed by their respective International Federations, with the latest confirmation including a roster of 176 skateboarders.
The line-up for the Olympic Qualifier Series boasts 81 Olympians, including 18 Olympic medallists from Tokyo 2020, such as Yuto Horigome (skateboarding street, gold, Japan), Sky Brown (skateboarding park, bronze, Great Britain), Miho Nonaka (sport climbing boulder and lead, Japan), Logan Martin (BMX freestyle, gold, Australia), and Hannah Roberts (BMX freestyle, silver, USA).
The complete list of athletes participating in the Olympic Qualifier Series is available on Olympics.com. The lists of athletes are subject to change and all quotas allocated for the Series are the responsibility of the respective International Federation.
About the Olympic Qualifier Series
The Olympic Qualifier Series, a key project under Olympic Agenda 2020+5, brings together the best athletes in BMX freestyle, breaking, skateboarding and sport climbing in a single urban park. The compact events, held over four days, offer fans an immersive Olympic experience that merges sport, art, music and culture. The Shanghai stop on the Series will be held at the Huangpu Riverside from 16 to 19 May 2024, while the Budapest event will take place at the Ludovika Campus from 20 to 23 June 2024. The two-part Series, taking place in the period leading up to the Olympic Games, will be an important step in determining which athletes qualify for Paris 2024.
For more information and the latest updates on the Olympic Qualifier Series, visit Olympics.com.
Please note that Paris 2024 quota numbers that are being used in our communications are a projection for participation based on estimations in collaboration with the International Federations. Following the Olympic Qualifier Series event in Budapest, which is the last event in the respective qualification process, 150+ quota places will be allocated. The exact breakdown, determination and timing of these allocations will be in accordance with the relevant Qualification System.
The official quota allocation processes will have to be followed to confirm entries between IFs and NOCs as per the Olympic Charter and respective qualification system for each sport. This, or any future, communication and/or promotional activities from any third party, including National Federations, IFs, NOCs and/or the IOC in relation to the OQS, including regarding quota places, are not official or binding and do not supersede the sport’s qualification system.
