All-Time Olympic Qualifying Standards

compiled for Track & Field News by Bill Mallon, with help from Richard Hymans & Dave Johnson

(in reverse-chrono order, right to left, recent & upcoming Games first)

Event Gender 2008 – A / B 2012 – A / B 2016 2020 2024
100 metres M 10.21 / 10.28 10.18 / 10.24 10.16 10.05 10.00
200 metres M 20.59 / 20.75 20.55 / 20.65 20.50 20.24 20.16
400 metres M 45.55 / 45.95 45.30 / 45.90 45.40 44.90 45.00
800 metres M 1:46.00 / 1:47.00 1:45.60 / 1:46.30 1:46.00 1:45.20 1:44.70
1500 metres M 3:36.60 / 3:39.00 3:35.50 / 3:38.00 3:36.20 3:35.00 3:33.50 / 3:50.40y
5000 metres M 13:21.50 / 13:28.00 13:20.00 / 13:27.00 13:25.00 13:13.50 13:05.00
10,000 metres M 27:50.00 / 28:10.00 27:45.00 / 28:05.00 28:00.00 27:28.00 27:00.00
Marathon M 2:15:00 / 2:18:00 2:15:00 / 2:18:00 2:19:00 2:11:30 2:08:10
110 metre hurdles M 13.55 / 13.72 13.52 / 13.60 13.47 13.32 13.27
400 metre hurdles M 49.2 / 49.5 49.50 / 49.80 49.40 48.90 48.70
3000 metre steeplechase M 8:24.60 / 8:32.00 8:23.10 / 8:32.00 8:30.00 8:22.00 8:15.00
4×100 metre relay M Top 16 teams Top 16 teams Top 8 at World Relays + 8 from top lists Top 16 teams Top 16 teams
4×400 metre relay M Top 16 teams Top 16 teams Top 8 at World Relays + 8 from top lists Top 16 teams Top 16 teams
20 km walk M 1:23:00 / 1:24:30 1:22:30 / 1:24:30 1:24:00 1:21:00 1:20:10
50 km walk M 4:00:00 / 4:07:00 3:59:00 / 4:09:00 4:06:00 3:50:00
High Jump M 2.30 / 2.27 2.31 / 2.28 2.29 2.33 2.33
Pole Vault M 5.70 / 5.55 5.72 / 5.60 5.70 5.80 5.82
Long Jump M 8.20 / 8.05 8.20 / 8.10 8.15 8.22 8.27
Triple Jump M 17.10 / 16.80 17.20 / 16.85 16.85 17.14 17.22
Shot Put M 20.30 / 19.80 20.50 / 20.00 20.50 21.10 21.50
Discus Throw M 64.50 / 62.50 65.00 / 63.00 65.00 66.00 67.20
Hammer Throw M 78.50 / 74.00 78.00 / 74.00 77.00 77.50 78.20
Javelin Throw M 81.80 / 77.80 82.00 / 79.50 83.00 85.00 85.50
Decathlon M 8000 / 7700 8200 / 7950 8100 8350 8460
100 metres F 11.32 / 11.42 11.29 / 11.38 11.32 11.15 11.07
200 metres F 23.00 / 23.20 23.10 / 23.30 23.20 22.80 22.57
400 metres F 51.55 / 52.35 51.55 / 52.35 52.20 51.35 50.95
800 metres F 2:00.00 / 2:01.30 1:59.90 / 2:01.30 2:01.50 1:59.50 1:59.30
1500 metres F 4:07.00 / 4:08.00 4:06.00 / 4:08.90 4:07.00 4:04.20 4:02.50 / 4:20.90
3000 / 5000 metres F 15:09.00 / 15:24.00 15:20.00 / 15:30.00 15:24.00 15:10.00 14:52.00
10,000 metres F 31:45.00 / 32:20.00 31:45.00 / 32:10.00 32:15.00 31:25.00 30:40.00
Marathon F 2:37:00 / 2:42.00 2:37:00 / 2:43:00 2;45:00 2:29:30 2:26:50
100 metre hurdles F 12.96 / 13.11 12.96 / 13.15 13.00 12.84 12.77
400 metre hurdles F 55.60 / 56.50 55.50 / 56.65 56.20 55.40 54.85
3000 metre steeplechase F 9:46.00 / 9:55.00 9:43.00 / 9:48.00 9:45.00 9:30.00 9:23.00
4×100 metre relay F top 16 teams top 16 teams Top 8 at World Relays + 8 from top lists Top 16 teams Top 16 teams
4×400 metre relay F top 16 teams top 16 teams Top 8 at World Relays + 8 from top lists Top 16 teams Top 16 teams
20 km walk F 1:33:30 / 1:38:00 1:33:30 / 1:38:00 1:36:00 1:31:00 1:29:20
High Jump F 1.95 / 1.91 1.95 / 1.92 1.93 1.96 1.97
Pole Vault F 4.45 / 4.30 4.50 / 4.40 4.50 4.70 4.73
Long Jump F 6.72 / 6.60 6.75 / 6.65 6.70 6.82 6.86
Triple Jump F 14.20 / 14.00 14.30 / 14.10 14.15 14.32 14.55
Shot Put F 18.35 / 17.20 18.30 / 17.20 17.75 18.50 18.80
Discus Throw F 61.00 / 59.00 62.00 / 59.50 61.00 63.50 64.50
Hammer Throw F 69.50 / 67.00 71.50 / 69.00 71.00 72.50 74.00
Javelin Throw F 60.50 / 56.00 61.00 / 59.00 62.00 64.00 64.00
Heptathlon F 6000 / 5800 6150 / 5950 6200 6420 6480
Event Gender 1984 1988 1992 1996 – A / B 2000 – A / B 2004 – A / B
100 metres M 10.44 / 10.2h 10.44 / 10.2h 10.30 / 10.1h 10.34 / 10.1h-10.54 / 10.3h 10.27 / 10.40 10.21 / 10.28
200 metres M 20.94 / 20.7h 20..84 / 20.6h 20.80 / 20.6h 20.84 / 20.6h-21.04 / 20.8h 20.70 / 20.90 20.59 / 20.75
400 metres M 46.34 / 46.2h 46.14 / 46.0h 45.90 / 45.8h 45.84 / 45.7h-46.44 / 46.3h 45.80 / 46.20 45.55 / 45.95
800 metres M 1:47.00 1:47.8 1:46.20 1:46.50 / 1:47.50 1:46.30 / 1:47.20 1:46.00 / 1:47.00
1500 metres M 3:39.00 3:38.5 3:37.00 3:38.00 / 3:40.50 3:36.80 / 3:39.50 3:36.20 / 3:38.00
5000 metres M 13:35.00 13:33.0 13:27.30 13:29.00 / 13:38.00 13:29.00 / 13:34.00 13:21.50 / 13:25.40
10,000 metres M 28:25.00 28:20.0 28:07.00 28:10.00 / 28:30.00 28:10.00 / 28:28.00 27:49.00 / 28:06.00
Marathon M 2:14:00 2:16:00 / 2:25:00 2:14:00 / 2:20:00 2:15:00 / 2:18:00
110 metre hurdles M 14.04 / 13.8h 13.94 / 13.7h 13.80 / 13.6h 13.84 / 13.6h-14.14 / 13.9h 13.70 / 13.85 13.55 / 13.72
400 metre hurdles M 50.54 / 50.4h 50.24 / 50.1h 50.00 / 49.9h 50.04 / 49.9h-50.54 / 50.4h 49.90 / 50.20 49.20 / 49.50
3000 metre steeplechase M 8:30.00 8:28.0 8:29.00 8:30.00 / 8:35.00 8:27.00 / 8:30.70 8:24.60 / 8:32.00
4×100 metre relay M 40.30 Top 16 teams
4×400 metre relay M 3:10.00 Top 16 teams
20 km walk M 1:24.00 1:23:30 / 1:26:00
50 km walk M 4:05:00 4:00:00 / 4:10:00
High Jump M 2.22 2.25 2.28 2.27 / 2.23 2.28 / 2.25 2.30 / 2.27
Pole Vault M 5.35 5.45 5.50 5.60 / 5.40 5.60 / 5.45 5.65 / 5.55
Long Jump M 7.80 7.85 8.00 8.00 / 7.90 8.05 / 7.95 8.19 / 8.05
Triple Jump M 16.45 16.60 16.85 16.85 / 16.50 16.85 / 16.65 16.95 / 16.55
Shot Put M 19.40 19.50 19.85 19.50 / 19.00 19.70 / 19.30 20.30 / 20.00
Discus Throw M 61.00 61.50 63.20 62.00 / 60.00 63.50 / 62.00 64.00 / 62.55
Hammer Throw M 71.00 72.00 74.50 74.00 / 70.00 75.50 / 72.20 78.65 / 74.35
Javelin Throw M 82.00 76.00 80.00 80.00 / 75.00 82.00 / 77.50 81.80 / 77.80
Decathlon M 7600 / 7700h 7600 / 7700h 7850 7950 / 7700 8050 / 7800 8000 / 7700
100 metres F 11.54 / 11.3h 11.54 / 11.3h 11.40 / 11.2h 11.44 / 11.2h-11.64 / 11.4h 11.40 / 11.60 11.30 / 11.40
200 metres F 23.64 / 23.4h 23.64 / 23.4h 23.20 / 23.0h 23.24 / 23.0h-23.54 / 23.3h 23.20 / 23.50 22.97 / 23.13
400 metres F 52.74 / 52.6h 52.74 / 52.6h 52.00 / 51.9h 52.34 / 52.2h-53.34 / 53.2h 52.20 / 53.20 51.50 / 52.30
800 metres F 2:02.00 2:01.5 2:01.30 2:01.00 / 2:03.00 2:00.50 / 2:02.50 2:00.00 / 2:01.30
1500 metres F 4:09.00 4:09.0 4:10.20 4:10.00 / 4:14.00 4:08.00 / 4:12.00 4:05.80 / 4:07.15
3000 / 5000 metres F 9:05.00 9:03.0 8:56.00 15:45.00 / 16:05.00 15:35.00 / 15:55.00 15:08.70 / 15;20.45
10,000 metres F 33:00.0 32:50.00 32:30.00 / 33:20.00 32:30.0 / 33:20.00 31:45.00 / 32:17.00
Marathon F 2:35:00 2:35:00 / 2:50:00 2:33:00 / 2:45:00 2:37:00 / 2;42:00
100 metre hurdles F 13.64 / 13.4h 13.44 / 13.2h 13.30 / 13.1h 13.14 / 12.9h-13.54 / 13.3h 13.10 / 13.40 12.96 / 13.11
400 metre hurdles F 58.64 / 58.5h 58.04 / 57.9h 56.50 / 56.4h 56.14 / 56.0h-57.14 / 57.0h 56.14 / 57.14 55.60 / 56.25
3000 metre steeplechase F
4×100 metre relay F 45.40 top 16 teams
4×400 metre relay F 3:38.00 top 16 teams
10 km walk F 48:00 45:30 / 48:00
High Jump F 1.86 1.88 1.92 1.92 / 1.87 1.93 / 1.88 1.95 / 1.91
Pole Vault F 4.30 / 4.20 4.40 / 4.25
Long Jump F 6.45 6.50 6.55 6.55 / 6.40 6.65 / 6.50 6.70 / 6.55
Triple Jump F 13.75 / 13.50 14.15 / 13.95 14.20 / 14.00
Shot Put F 16.80 16.90 17.40 18.00 / 17.10 18.30 / 17.95 18.55 / 17.15
Discus Throw F 57.00 57.50 59.00 60.00 / 57.00 61.00 / 58.00 61.00 / 57.70
Hammer Throw F 65.00 / 63.50 67.50 / 64.00
Javelin Throw F 56.00 56.50 61.40 60.00 / 57.00 60.00 / 57.00 60.50 / 56.00
Heptathlon F 5700 / 5750h 5700 / 5750h 5950 6000 / 5700 6000 / 5750 6050 / 5900
Event Gender 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980
100 metres M 10.4 10.4 / 9.5y 10.3 10.3 / 9.4y 10.44 / 10.2h 10.44 / 10.2h
200 metres M 21.3 21.0 / 21.1y 21.0 20.9 / 21.0y 21.04 / 20.8h 21.04 / 20.8h
400 metres M 47.3 47.0 / 47.3y 46.8 46.4 / 46.7y 46.54 / 46.4h 46.54 / 46.4h
800 metres M 1:49.2 1:48.8 / 1:49.4y 1:48.0 1:47.6 / 1:48.3y 1:47.4 1:47.4
1500 metres M 3:45.0 / 4:02.0 3:43.5 / 4:01.5y 3:42.0 3:41.6 / 3:59.6y 3:40.6 3:40.0
5000 metres M 14:10.0 14:02.0 / 13:34.0y 13:50.0 13:48.0 / 13:21.0y 13:40.0 13:35.0
10,000 metres M 29:40.0 29:25.0 / 28:30.0y 29:00.0 28:50.0 / 27:55.0y 28:40.0 28:30.0
Marathon M
110 metre hurdles M 14.4 14.2 / 14.2y 14.1 14.0 / 14.0y 14.04 / 13.8h 14.04 / 13.8h
400 metre hurdles M 52.2 51.8 / 52.1y 51.0 50.6 / 50.9y 50.64 / 50.5h 50.64 / 50.5h
3000 metre steeplechase M 8:55.0 8:46.0 8:45.0 8:38.00 8:32.0 8:35.0
4×100 metre relay M
4×400 metre relay M
20 km walk M
50 km walk M
High Jump M 2.05 2.06 2.09 2.15 2.18 2.18
Pole Vault M 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.10 5.20 5.25
Long Jump M 7.50 7.60 7.60 7.80 7.80 7.80
Triple Jump M 15.60 15.80 16.00 16.20 16.40 16.45
Shot Put M ? 17.80 18.40 19.00 19.40 19.40
Discus Throw M 53.00 55.00 57.00 59.00 60.00 60.00
Hammer Throw M 62.00 63.00 64.00 66.00 69.00 70.00
Javelin Throw M 76.50 77.00 77.00 80.00 80.00 81.00
Decathlon M 6750 7000 7200 7600 7650 7450
100 metres F 11.7 / 10.8y 11.6 11.5 11.64 / 11.4h 11.54 / 11.3h
200 metres F 24.2 / 24.4y 24.0 23.6 / 23.7y 23.74 / 23.5h 23.64 / 23.4h
400 metres F 55.5 / 55.9y 55.0 54.0 / 54.3y 53.64 / 53.5h 52.74 / 52.6h
800 metres F 2:08.0 / 2:09.0y 2:06.0 2:05.0 / 2:05.8y 2:04.0 2:02.8
1,500 metres F 4:02.0 4:15.0 4:10.0
3,000 / 5,000 metres F
10,000 metres F
Marathon F
80 / 100 metre hurdles F 11.0 10.8 13.5 13.64 / 13.4h 13.64 / 13.4h
400 metre hurdles F
3000 metre steeplechase F
4×100 metre relay F
4×400 metre relay F
20 km walk F
High Jump F 1.70 1.71 1.76 1.82 1.86
Pole Vault F
Long Jump F 6.00 6.25 6.30 6.35 6.40
Triple Jump F
Shot Put F 15.00 16.00 16.20 16.60 16.60
Discus Throw F 50.00 52.00 55.00 56.00 56.00
Hammer Throw F
Javelin Throw F 51.00 53.00 54.00 55.00 55.00
Pentathlon F 4500 4600 4200 4300 4260 / 4300h