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Triathlon · Competition Rules

Part 20: Competition in Qualifying Round Format

1 parts · 2 tests · 20 facts · updated 12 October 2026 · markdown

Semi-finals and finals: how many heats, who qualifies by place and by time, replacements and B finals, seeding the heats, numbering the final, results and points.

20.201Qualifying Round Format

Rounds and qualification, replacements, B finals, seeding, numbering and results.

Test 1Rounds and qualificationTake a test

  1. An event has two rounds: semi-finals and a final.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.2 a-b (Qualifying Round Format) · recall

  2. Semi-finals and finals have a maximum of 30 athletes.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.2 c (Qualifying Round Format) · recall

  3. 61 to 90 athletes give three semi-finals of 20 to 30 athletes each.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.2 c (Qualifying Round Format) · applied

  4. With fewer than 30 athletes there are no semi-finals, only a direct final.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.2 c (Qualifying Round Format) · applied

  5. With two semi-finals, 14 per heat qualify by position and 2 more by time.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 a (Qualifying Round Format) · recall

  6. Athletes tied in seconds for the last qualifying position all qualify, increasing the final field.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 b (Qualifying Round Format) · applied

  7. The remaining spots are filled from the other semi-finals, based on the fastest times.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 c (Qualifying Round Format) · applied

  8. Two, three, four and five semi-finals.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.2 c (Qualifying Round Format) · recall

  9. 14, 9, 7 and 5 by position per heat.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 a (Qualifying Round Format) · applied

  10. Three heats times nine places makes 27, and three fastest losers fill the final to 30.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 a (Qualifying Round Format) · applied

Test 2Replacements, B finals, seeding and resultsTake a test

  1. Non-qualifiers are sorted by time; the first of them replaces a withdrawal if the final drops to 30.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 d (Qualifying Round Format) · applied

  2. The deadline for replacements is when registration opens.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 d (Qualifying Round Format) · recall

  3. The best 30 semi-finalists not in the A final, sorted by time, qualify for the B final.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 e (Qualifying Round Format) · recall

  4. A B final is only held if at least 10 athletes qualify for it.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 e (Qualifying Round Format) · recall

  5. Heats get the same number of athletes, and each federation's athletes are spread across them.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.4 a (i) (Qualifying Round Format) · recall

  6. The overall results are the results of the final round.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.6 a (Qualifying Round Format) · recall

  7. A disqualification wipes out the athlete's points, unlike a DNF or DNS.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.6 b (iv) (Qualifying Round Format) · applied

  8. Finishers are ranked first; DNF then DNS finalists get the remaining points by semi-final time; DSQ athletes get none.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.6 b (Qualifying Round Format) · applied

  9. Position first, then semi-final time, then the World Triathlon Points List, then random.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.5 a (i) (Qualifying Round Format) · applied

  10. Seeding snakes back: after 4th in the last semi-final, the 5th also goes to the last one.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.4 a (ii) (Qualifying Round Format) · applied

Sources

World Triathlon Competition Rules, January 2025, Part 20 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the rules, not reproduced)

  • World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.2 c (Qualifying Round Format)4
  • World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 a (Qualifying Round Format)3
  • World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 d (Qualifying Round Format)2
  • World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 e (Qualifying Round Format)2
  • World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.2 a-b (Qualifying Round Format)1
  • World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 b (Qualifying Round Format)1
  • World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.3 c (Qualifying Round Format)1
  • World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.4 a (i) (Qualifying Round Format)1
  • World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.6 a (Qualifying Round Format)1
  • World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.6 b (iv) (Qualifying Round Format)1
  • World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.6 b (Qualifying Round Format)1
  • World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.5 a (i) (Qualifying Round Format)1
  • World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 20.4 a (ii) (Qualifying Round Format)1