• IAAF Approves Rio 2016 Qualifying Standards

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Wednesday, 15 April 2015

The IAAF aproved the qualifying standards for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at it's 198th council meeting in Beijing on Wednesday, April 15. Different from previous Oympics, instead of A and B standards, there is one automatic qualifying mark that athletes must reach in oreder to qualify for Rio 2016 Olympics.

Rio 2016 Olympic Games Entry Standards Athletics.

Women	Event	Men
11.32	100m	10.16
23.20	200m	20.50
52.00	400m	45.40
2:01.00	800m	1:45.80
4:06.00	1500m	3:36.00
15:20.00	5000m	13:25.00
32:15.00	10,000m	28:00.00
2:42:00	Marathon	2:17:00
9:45.00	3000m steeplechase	8:28.00
13.00	100/110m hurdles	13.47
56.20	400m hurdles	49.40
1.94	High jump	2.29
4.50	Pole vault	5.70
6.70	Long jump	8.15
14.20	Triple jump	16.90
17.80	Shot put	20.50
61.00	Discus	66.00
71.00	Hammer	78.00
62.00	Javelin	83.00
6200	Heptathlon	-
-	Decathlon	8100
1:35:00	20km race walk	1:24:00
-	50km race walk*	4:03:00
Top 8 at IWR + 8 from top lists	4x100m relay	Top 8 at IWR + 8 from top lists
Top 8 at IWR + 8 from top lists	4x400m relay	Top 8 at IWR + 8 from top lists

Also at the IAAF council meeting in Beijing time table and entry standards for next year's world indoor championships in Portland, USA were also aproved.

See world indoor championships standards here>>