The qualifying phase for marathon swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics occurred between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024. 57 athletes qualified for the 10-kilometre open water marathon swims.
The individual qualifiers for the marathon swimming events qualified through their performances at the 2023 or 2024 World Championships.
Qualification process Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes per event. World Aquatics provided a qualification pathway to fulfil their quota of at least 22 competing athletes. Athletes were selected in the following order:
The three medalists in the 10 km races at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships The top thirteen swimmers in the 10 km races at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships One representative from each World Aquatics continent (Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) One representative from the host nation (France) if not qualified by other means
In addition to the athletes invited to fulfil the quota, any athletes who achieved the Olympic Qualification Time in either the 800 or 1500 metres freestyle were invited to compete. +Qualifying competitions Event Date Venue 2023 World Aquatics Championships 15–20 July 2023 Fukuoka 2024 World Aquatics Championships 3–8 February 2024 Doha
Qualified athletes In total, 54 athletes qualified for the open water events. They are listed below, ordered from fastest qualifying time to slowest.
Men's 10 km open water +Qualifiers for the men's 10 km open water Qualification eventNo. of athletesNOC Qualified swimmers2023 World Championships2Oliver KlemetFlorian Wellbrock1Kristóf Rasovszky2024 World Championships2Logan FontaineMarc-Antoine Olivier2Hector PardoeToby Robinson2Kyle LeeNicholas Sloman2Domenico AcerenzaGregorio Paltrinieri1Dávid Betlehem1Matan Roditi1David Farinango1Athanasios Kynigakis1Ivan Puskovitch1Jan Hercog1Piotr Woźniak2024 World Championships – Africa1Phillip Seidler2024 World Championships – Americas1Paulo Strehlke2024 World Championships – Asia1Taishin Minamide2024 World Championships – Europe1Martin Straka800/1500m OQT2Emir Batur AlbayrakKuzey Tunçelli1Felix Auböck1Guilherme Costa1Daniel Wiffen1David Johnston1Carlos Garach Benito1Kim Woo-min1Henrik Christiansen1Victor Johansson1Ahmed Jaouadi Total 33
Women's 10 km open water +Qualifiers for the women's 10 km open water Qualification eventNo. of athletesNOC Qualified swimmers2023 World Championships1Leonie Beck1Chelsea Gubecka1Katie Grimes2024 World Championships2María de ValdésAngela Martínez2Ana Marcela CunhaViviane Jungblut2Océane CassignolCaroline Jouisse1Sharon van Rouwendaal1Angélica André1Moesha Johnson1Mariah Denigan1Giulia Gabbrielleschi1Lisa Pou1Airi Ebina1Bettina Fábián1Emma Finlin1María Bramont-Arias2024 World Championships – Americas1Martha Sandoval2024 World Championships – Asia1Xin Xin2024 World Championships – Europe1Leah Crisp800/1500m OQT1Leonie Martens1Ginevra Taddeucci Total 24
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