Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Paratriathlon at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Odaiba Marine Park
Dates	29–30 August 2020
Competitors	80 in 8 events

Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, will take place at the Odaiba Marine Park. This will be the second time that paratriathlon will be scheduled in the Paralympics. There will be eight events (four events for men and women each); two more events than previously contested at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

The race course will be 750m swim, 20 km bike ride and 5 km run, the swimming part of the race will take place at the Odaiba Bay while the cycling and running courses will travel through the West Promenade district of Odaiba which will feature waterfalls and public gardens.

Qualification

There will be 80 qualified slots in the paratriathlon (36 male, 36 female and 8 gender free). The Paralympic qualification period started on 28 June 2019 and added a suspension of the period on 16 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic which caused the 2020 Summer Paralympics to be postponed to August 2021, the qualification ranking period will end in mid 2021.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue
2019 ITU Paratriathlon World Cup
2019 Alanya ITU Paratriathlon World Cup	5–6 October 2019	Alanya
2019 Funchal ITU Paratriathlon World Cup	19–20 October 2019	Funchal
2019 Tokyo ITU World Paralympic Qualification Event	15–18 August 2019	Tokyo
2020 ITU World Paratriathlon Series
2020 Devonport ITU World Paratriathlon Series	29 February 2020	Devonport
2020 Montreal ITU World Paratriathlon Series	3–4 October 2020	Montreal
2020 ITU Paratriathlon World Cup
2020 Alanya ITU Paratriathlon World Cup	3–4 October 2020	Alanya
2020 Alhandra ITU Paratriathlon World Cup	22 October 2020	Alhandra
2020 Bermuda Paratriathlon World Cup	TBC	Bermuda
2020 Continental Championships
2020 Paratriathlon Oceania Championships	26 January 2020	Newcastle
2020 Paratriathlon Pan-American Championships	13–15 March 2020	Sarasota
2020 Paratriathlon African Championships	11–12 April 2020	Sharm El Sheikh
2020 Paratriathlon Asian Championships	23–26 April 2020	Hatsukaichi
ITU Paratriathlon World Championships
2019 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships	31 August – 1 September 2019	Lausanne
2020 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships	June 2020	Montreal

Allocation of qualification slots

• A qualification slot is allocated to the NPC not to the individual athlete, however in Bipartite Commission Invitation the slot is allocated to the individual athlete not to the NPC.
• An NPC can allocate a maximum of two slots per medal event and/or a maximum of sixteen athletes in total.
• The ITU Paralympic Qualification Ranking List, the top nine ranked male or female athletes each obtain one qualification slot in each medal event.

Schedule

All events start at 6:30 am and finish at 11:10 am (in Japanese Standard Time UTC+9)

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

Tues 24 Aug	Wed 25 Aug	Thurs 26 Aug	Fri 27 Aug	Sat 28 Aug	Sun 29 Aug	Mon 30 Aug	Tues 31 Aug	Wed 1 Sept	Thurs 2 Sept	Fri 3 Sept	Sat 4 Sept	Sun 5 Sept	Gold medals
OC				• • • •	• • • •							CC	8

Medalists

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's PTWC
Men's PTS4
Men's PTS5
Men's PTVI

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's PTWC
Women's PTS2
Women's PTS5
Women's PTVI

See also

• Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics