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This article details the qualifying phase for athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics. More than 1,800 athletes, with an equal split between men and women, competed across forty-eight medal events (twenty-five in track, five in the road: marathon and racewalking, sixteen in the field, and two in combined) at the Games. The qualification window for the marathon races occurred from 1 November 2022 to 30 April 2024; for the 10,000 metres, combined events (heptathlon and decathlon), racewalks, and relays from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024; and for the remaining events on the program lineup from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.[2]
Qualification summary
editA National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of three qualified athletes in each individual event if all of them meet the entry standard during the qualifying period; and a maximum of one qualified relay team per event. Under the Universality rule, any NOC without a qualified athlete or relay team will be permitted to send the highest-ranked male or highest-ranked female athlete to either of the following individual events, namely the 100 m, 800 m, or the marathon.[2]
Similar to the 2020 edition, the qualification system for Paris 2024 is set on a dual pathway, where the initial half of the total quota (about fifty percent) will be distributed to the athletes through the entry standards approved by the World Athletics council, with the remainder relying on the world ranking list within the qualifying period.[3][4]
The entry standards may be obtained in various meets organized and approved by the World Athletics within the given timeframe. The qualification period for the marathon races will occur from 1 November 2022 to 30 April 2024; for the 10,000 metres, combined events (heptathlon and decathlon), racewalks, and relays from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024, with the rest of the individual track and field events running over an annual period (from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024).[2]
For the marathon races, any runner ranked higher than the sixty-fifth-place athlete on the filtered Quota Place "Road to Paris" list on 30 January 2024 will be deemed for immediate selection to his or her respective national team at the Games. Beyond the deadline, the remaining twenty percent of the total quota will be determined by the same dual pathway qualification criteria outlined above without displacing any qualified athletes on the set date.[3][5]
For the inaugural marathon race walking mixed relay, a maximum of twenty-five teams, each comprising a male and a female race walker, are entitled to compete in a four-leg race encompassing the marathon distance. Twenty-two teams will directly book a slot for their corresponding event at the Olympics through the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships, scheduled for April 20–21, in Antalya, Turkey, while the remaining three teams outside the key qualifier will be selected based on the World Athletics performance list for the mixed relays within the qualification period (31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024).[6]
For the track relays, a maximum of sixteen qualified NOCs are entitled to each event. The top fourteen teams in each relay race at the 2024 World Athletics Relays, scheduled for May 2024 in Nassau, Bahamas, will directly book a slot for their corresponding event at the Olympics, while the remaining two teams outside the key qualifier will be selected according to the World Athletics performance list for relays within the qualification period (31 December 2022, to 30 June 2024).[7][2]
NOCs with more than three qualified athletes in an individual event may select any of them based on their own criteria. For example, the United States selects athletes based on the results achieved at the 2024 U.S. Olympic trials for track and field but enforces a policy of entering every qualified athlete. Sweden only enters athletes sufficient to reach at least the twelfth position, based on the assessment evaluated by the NOC.
For the second consecutive time, World Athletics will publish the qualification tracking tool Road to Paris on the statistics zone of the sport governing body's official website in the last quarter of 2023. This tool will display the list of qualified athletes in each individual and relay event, particularly those officially selected by their respective NOC, either through the entry standards approved by World Athletics or the world ranking.[3]
Entry standards
editThe entry standards must be obtained at the 2023 World Championships (held from 19 to 27 August in Budapest, Hungary), continental championships, continental athletic meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Athletics within the given qualification period listed above.[3][8]
The following table outlines the individual entry standards for Paris 2024:
| Women's events | Men's events | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | ES | Event | ES |
| 100 m | 11.07 | 100 m | 10.00 |
| 200 m | 22.57 | 200 m | 20.16 |
| 400 m | 50.95 | 400 m | 45.00 |
| 800 m | 1:59.30 | 800 m | 1:44.70 |
| 1500 mª | 4:02.50 | 1500 mª | 3:33.50 |
| 5000 m | 14:52.00 | 5000 m | 13:05.00 |
| 10,000 m | 30:40.00 | 10,000 m | 27:00.00 |
| 100 m hurdles | 12.77 | 110 m hurdles | 13.27 |
| 400 m hurdles | 54.85 | 400 m hurdles | 48.70 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 9:23.00 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:15.00 |
| Marathon | 2:26:50 | Marathon | 2:08:10 |
| 20 km walk | 1:29:20 | 20 km walk | 1:20:10 |
| High jump | 1.97 | High jump | 2.33 |
| Pole vault | 4.73 | Pole vault | 5.82 |
| Long jump | 6.86 | Long jump | 8.27 |
| Triple jump | 14.55 | Triple jump | 17.22 |
| Shot put | 18.80 | Shot put | 21.50 |
| Discus throw | 64.50 | Discus throw | 67.20 |
| Hammer throw | 74.00 | Hammer throw | 78.20 |
| Javelin throw | 64.00 | Javelin throw | 85.50 |
| Heptathlon | 6480 | Decathlon | 8460 |
ª An equivalent to a mile run — 3:50.40 (for men) and 4:20.90 (for women)
Track events
editMen's track events
editMen's 100 m
editNote: The qualifying standards exclude indoor achievements or races with wind above 2.0 m/s.
Men's 200 m
editNote: The qualifying standards exclude indoor achievements.
Men's 400 m
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Men's 800 m
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Men's 1500 m
editNote: The qualifying standards also include achievements in the mile run (3:50.40).
Men's 5000 m
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Men's 10,000 m
edit| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Nominated athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry standard – 27:00.00 | 3 |  Ethiopia
|
Berihu Aregawi Selemon Barega Yomif Kejelcha |
| 3 |  Kenya
|
Benard Kibet Nicholas Kipkorir Daniel Mateiko | |
| 3 |  United States
|
Grant Fisher Woody Kincaid Nico Young | |
| 1 |  Eritrea
|
Merhawi Mebrahtu | |
| 2 |  Uganda
|
Joshua Cheptegei Jacob Kiplimo | |
| 1 |  Bahrain
|
Birhanu Balew | |
| 1 |  Canada
|
Mohammed Ahmed | |
| 1 |  South Africa
|
Adriaan Wildschutt | |
| 0 |  Sweden |
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| Cross Country Rankings | 2 |  Burundi
|
Rodrigue Kwizera Célestin Ndikumana |
| 2 |  Spain
|
Thierry Ndikumwenayo Abdessamad Oukhelfen | |
| 1 |  Belgium
|
Isaac Kimeli | |
| 1 |  France
|
Yann Schrub | |
| 1 |  Rwanda
|
Yves Nimubona | |
| 1 | Uganda
|
Martin Magengo Kiprotich | |
| World Athletics Rankings | 1 | France
|
Jimmy Gressier |
| 1 |  Japan
|
Tomoki Ota | |
| Reallocation of rejected quotas | 1 | Japan
|
Jun Kasai |
| Invitational Places | 1 |  Refugee Olympic Team
|
Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed |
| Total | 26 | ||
Men's 110 m hurdles
editNote: The qualifying standards exclude indoor achievements or races with wind above 2.0 m/s.
Men's 400 m hurdles
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Men's 3000 m steeplechase
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Women's track events
editWomen's 100 m
editNote: The qualifying standards exclude indoor achievements or races with wind above 2.0 m/s.
Women's 200 m
editNote: The qualifying standards exclude indoor achievements.
Women's 400 m
editWomen's 800 m
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Women's 1500 m
editNote: The qualifying standards also include achievements in the mile run (4:20.90).
Women's 5000 m
editWomen's 10,000 m
edit| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Nominated athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry standard – 30:40.00 | 3 | Ethiopia
|
Tsigie Gebreselama Fotyen Tesfay Gudaf Tsegay |
| 3 | Kenya
|
Beatrice Chebet Lilian Kasait Rengeruk Margaret Kipkemboi | |
| 2 |  Great Britain
|
Megan Keith Eilish McColgan | |
| 2 |  Netherlands
|
Diane van Es Sifan Hassan | |
| 2 | Uganda
|
Sarah Chelangat Joy Cheptoyek | |
| 1 | United States
|
Weini Kelati | |
| 1 |  Australia
|
Lauren Ryan | |
| Cross Country Rankings | 1 | Burundi
|
Francine Niyomukunzi |
| 1 | Eritrea
|
Rahel Daniel | |
| 1 | France
|
Alessia Zarbo | |
| 1 |  Italy
|
Nadia Battocletti | |
| 0 | Netherlands |
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| 0 | Sweden |
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| 1 | Uganda
|
Annet Chemengich Chelangat | |
| 0 | United States |
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| World Athletics Rankings | 2 | Japan
|
Rino Goshima Haruka Kokai |
| 0 | Great Britain |
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| Reallocation of rejected quotas | 2 | United States
|
Karissa Schweizer Parker Valby |
| 1 | Japan
|
Yuka Takashima | |
| 1 |  Kazakhstan
|
Daisy Jepkemei | |
| 1 |  Slovenia
|
Klara Lukan | |
| Total | 26 | ||
Women's 100 m hurdles
editNote: The qualifying standards exclude indoor achievements or races with wind above 2.0 m/s.
Women's 400 m hurdles
editWomen's 3000 m steeplechase
edit| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Nominated athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry standard – 9:23.00 | |||
| 3 |  Germany
|
Olivia Gürth Gesa Krause Lea Meyer | |
| 3 | Kenya
|
Beatrice Chepkoech Jackline Chepkoech Faith Cherotich | |
| 3 | United States
|
Valerie Constien Marisa Howard Courtney Wayment | |
| 2 | Ethiopia
|
Sembo Almayew Lomi Muleta | |
| 2 | France
|
Alice Finot Flavie Renouard | |
| 2 | Great Britain
|
Elizabeth Bird Aimee Pratt | |
| 2 | Spain
|
Carolina Robles Irene Sánchez-Escribano | |
| 1 |  Albania
|
Luiza Gega | |
| 1 | Bahrain
|
Winfred Yavi | |
| 1 | Canada
|
Ceili McCabe | |
| 1 |  India
|
Parul Chaudhary | |
| 1 | Kazakhstan
|
Norah Jeruto | |
| 1 |  Poland
|
Alicja Konieczek | |
| 0 | Slovenia |
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| 1 |  Tunisia
|
Marwa Bouzayani | |
| 1 | Uganda
|
Peruth Chemutai | |
| 1 |  Romania
|
Stella Rutto | |
| World Athletics Rankings | 2 | Australia
|
Amy Cashin Cara Feain-Ryan |
| 1 |  Argentina
|
Belén Casetta | |
| 1 |  Brazil
|
Tatiane Raquel da Silva | |
| 1 | Canada
|
Regan Yee | |
| 1 |  China
|
Xu Shuangshuang | |
| 0 | Ethiopia
|
||
| 1 | Kazakhstan
|
Daisy Jepkemei | |
| 1 | Poland
|
Aneta Konieczek | |
| Reallocation of rejected quotas | 1 |  Finland
|
Ilona Mononen |
| 1 | Poland
|
Kinga Królik | |
| Total | 36 | ||
Road events
editMen's road events
editMen's marathon
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Men's 20 km walk
editWomen's road events
editWomen's marathon
edit
Women's 20 km walk
editField events
editMen's field events
editMen's high jump
edit| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Nominated athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry standard – 2.33 | 2 | United States
|
JuVaughn Harrison Shelby McEwen |
| 1 |  Cuba
|
Luis Zayas | |
| 1 | Germany
|
Tobias Potye | |
| 1 | Italy
|
Gianmarco Tamberi | |
| 1 |  New Zealand
|
Hamish Kerr | |
| 1 | Poland
|
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| 1 |  Qatar
|
Mutaz Essa Barshim | |
| 1 |  South Korea
|
Woo Sang-hyeok | |
| World Athletics Rankings | 3 | Australia
|
Joel Baden Yual Reath Brandon Starc |
| 3 |  Ukraine
|
Oleh Doroshchuk Vladyslav Lavskyy Andrii Protsenko | |
| 2 | Japan
|
Ryoichi Akamatsu Tomohiro Shinno | |
| 2 |  Mexico
|
Erick Portillo Edgar Rivera | |
| 1 |  Bahamas
|
Donald Thomas | |
| 1 | Belgium
|
Thomas Carmoy | |
| 1 | Brazil
|
Fernando Ferreira | |
| 1 |  Bulgaria
|
Tihomir Ivanov | |
| 1 | China
|
Wang Zhen | |
| 1 |  Czech Republic
|
Jan Štefela | |
| 1 | India
|
Sarvesh Anil Kushare | |
| 1 | Italy
|
Stefano Sottile | |
| 1 |  Jamaica
|
Romaine Beckford | |
| 1 |  Puerto Rico
|
Luis Castro | |
| 1 |  Turkey
|
Alperen Acet | |
| 1 | South Africa
|
Brian Raats | |
| 1 | United States
|
Vernon Turner | |
| Reallocation of rejected quotas | |||
| Total | 32 | ||
Men's pole vault
edit| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Nominated athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry standard – 5.82 | 3 | Germany
|
Bo Kanda Lita Baehre Torben Blech Oleg Zernikel |
| 3 | United States
|
Sam Kendricks Chris Nilsen Jacob Wooten | |
| 2 |  Norway
|
Sondre Guttormsen Pål Haugen Lillefosse | |
| 1 | Australia
|
Kurtis Marschall | |
| 1 | Belgium
|
Ben Broeders | |
| 1 | France
|
Thibaut Collet | |
| 1 |  Greece
|
Emmanouil Karalis | |
| 1 | Italy
|
Claudio Stecchi | |
| 1 | Netherlands
|
Menno Vloon | |
| 1 |  Philippines
|
EJ Obiena | |
| 1 | Poland
|
Piotr Lisek | |
| 1 |  Portugal
|
Pedro Buaró | |
| 1 | Sweden
|
Armand Duplantis | |
| 1 | Turkey
|
Ersu Şaşma | |
| World Athletics Rankings | 3 | China
|
Huang Bokai Tao Zhong Yao Jie |
| 2 | Czech Republic
|
David Holy Matěj Ščerba | |
| 2 | France
|
Anthony Ammirati Robin Emig | |
| 1 | Finland
|
Urho Kujanpää | |
| 1 |  Latvia
|
Valters Kreišs | |
| 1 | Norway
|
Simen Guttormsen | |
| 1 | Poland
|
Robert Sobera | |
| 1 | Qatar
|
Seif Heneida | |
| 1 |  Saudi Arabia
|
Hussain Al-Hizam | |
| Reallocation of rejected quotas | |||
| Total | 32 | ||
Men's long jump
editMen's triple jump
edit| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Nominated athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry standard – 17.22 | 2 | Cuba
|
Lázaro Martínez Cristian Nápoles |
| 2 | United States
|
Salif Mane Donald Scott | |
| 1 |  Algeria
|
Yasser Triki | |
| 1 | Brazil
|
Almir dos Santos | |
| 1 |  Burkina Faso
|
Hugues Fabrice Zango | |
| 1 | Spain
|
Jordan Díaz | |
| 1 | France
|
Thomas Gogois | |
| 1 | Jamaica
|
Jaydon Hibbert | |
| 1 | Italy
|
Andy Díaz | |
| 1 | Portugal
|
Pedro Pichardo | |
| World Athletics Rankings | 3 | China
|
Fang Yaoqing Su Wen Zhu Yaming |
| 2 | India
|
Praveen Chithravel Abdulla Aboobacker | |
| 2 | Italy
|
Andrea Dallavalle Emmanuel Ihemeje | |
| 1 | Australia
|
Connor Murphy | |
| 1 |  Bermuda
|
Jah-Nhai Perinchief | |
| 1 |  Colombia
|
Geiner Moreno | |
| 1 | Cuba
|
Andy Hechavarría | |
| 1 | France
|
Jean-Marc Pontvianne | |
| 1 | Germany
|
Max Heß | |
| 1 | Jamaica
|
Jordan Scott | |
| 1 | New Zealand
|
Ethan Olivier | |
| 1 | Portugal
|
Tiago Pereira | |
| 1 | South Korea
|
Kim Jangwoo | |
| 1 | Turkey
|
Necati Er | |
| 1 |  Venezuela
|
Leodan Torrealba | |
| 1 | United States
|
Russell Robinson | |
| Reallocation of rejected quotas | |||
| Total | 32 | ||
Men's shot put
edit| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Nominated athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry standard – 21.50 | 3 | United States
|
Ryan Crouser Joe Kovacs Payton Otterdahl |
| 2 | Italy
|
Leonardo Fabbri Zane Weir | |
| 2 | New Zealand
|
Tom Walsh Jacko Gill | |
| 0 | Brazil |
||
| 1 |  Croatia
|
Filip Mihaljević | |
| 1 | Czech Republic
|
Tomáš Staněk | |
| 1 | Jamaica
|
Rajindra Campbell | |
| 1 |  Luxembourg
|
Bob Bertemes | |
| 1 | Mexico
|
Uziel Muñoz | |
| 1 |  Nigeria
|
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi | |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia
|
Mohammed Tolo | |
| World Athletics Rankings | 2 |  Egypt
|
Mostafa Amr Hassan Mohamed Khalifa |
| 2 | Poland
|
Konrad Bukowiecki Michał Haratyk | |
| 2 | Portugal
|
Tsanko Arnaudov Fransisco Belo | |
| 1 | Argentina
|
Nazareno Sasia | |
| 1 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Mesud Pezer | |
| 1 | Brazil
|
Welington Morais | |
| 1 | Great Britain
|
Scott Lincoln | |
| 1 | India
|
Tajinderpal Singh Toor | |
| 1 |  Ireland
|
Eric Favors | |
| 1 | Norway
|
Marcus Thomsen | |
| 1 | Romania
|
Andrei Rares Toader | |
| 1 |  Serbia
|
Armin Sinančević | |
| 1 | South Africa
|
Kyle Blignaut | |
| 1 | Ukraine
|
Roman Kokoshko | |
| Reallocation of rejected quotas | |||
| Total | 32 | ||
Men's discus throw
edit| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Nominated athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry standard – 67.20 | 3 | Jamaica
|
Ralford Mullings Traves Smikle Rojé Stona |
| 3 | Germany
|
Miká Sosna Clemens Prüfer Henrik Janssen | |
| 2 |  Lithuania
|
Mykolas Alekna Andrius Gudžius | |
| 2 | United States
|
Joseph Brown Andrew Evans | |
| 1 | Australia
|
Matthew Denny | |
| 1 |  Austria
|
Lukas Weißhaidinger | |
| 1 |  Chile
|
Claudio Romero | |
| 1 | Colombia
|
Mauricio Ortega | |
| 1 | France
|
Tom Reux | |
| 1 | Great Britain
|
Nick Percy | |
| 1 | New Zealand
|
Connor Bell | |
| 1 |  Samoa
|
Alex Rose | |
| 1 | Slovenia
|
Kristjan Čeh | |
| 1 | South Africa
|
Francois Prinsloo | |
| 1 | Sweden
|
Daniel Ståhl | |
| World Athletics Rankings | 1 | Algeria
|
Oussama Khennoussi |
| 1 | Belgium
|
Philip Milanov | |
| 1 | Croatia
|
Martin Marković | |
| 1 | Cuba
|
Mario Díaz | |
| 1 |  Ecuador
|
Juan José Caicedo | |
| 1 | France
|
Lolassonn Djouhan | |
| 1 | Great Britain
|
Lawrence Okoye | |
| 1 | Lithuania
|
Martynas Alekna | |
| 1 | Romania
|
Alin Firfirică | |
| 1 | South Africa
|
Victor Hogan | |
| 1 | United States
|
Sam Mattis | |
| Reallocation of rejected quotas | |||
| Total | 32 | ||
Men's hammer throw
edit| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Nominated athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry standard – 78.20 | 2 | Poland
|
Wojciech Nowicki Paweł Fajdek |
| 2 | United States
|
Rudy Winkler Daniel Haugh | |
| 1 | Canada
|
Ethan Katzberg | |
| 1 | France
|
Yann Chaussinand | |
| 1 | Germany
|
Merlin Hummel | |
| 1 |  Hungary
|
Bence Halász | |
| 1 | Netherlands
|
Denzel Comenentia | |
| 1 | Ukraine
|
Mykhaylo Kokhan | |
| World Athletics Rankings | 2 | Canada
|
Rowan Hamilton Adam Keenan |
| 2 | Chile
|
Gabriel Kehr Humberto Mansilla | |
| 2 | Czech Republic
|
Patrik Hájek Volodymyr Myslyvčuk | |
| 0 | Great Britain |
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| 2 | Greece
|
Michail Anastasakis Christos Frantzeskakis | |
| 2 | Norway
|
Eivind Henriksen Thomas Mardal | |
| 1 | Argentina
|
Joaquín Gómez | |
| 1 | China
|
Wang Qi | |
| 1 | Croatia
|
Matija Gregurić | |
| 1 | Egypt
|
Mostafa Elgamel | |
| 1 | Germany
|
Sören Klose | |
| 1 | Hungary
|
Dániel Rába | |
| 1 | Mexico
|
Diego del Real | |
| 1 |  Moldova
|
Serghei Marghiev | |
| 1 | Sweden
|
Ragnar Carlsson | |
| 1 | Turkey
|
Özkan Baltacı | |
| Reallocation of rejected quotas | 1 | Hungary
|
Donát Varga |
| 1 | Puerto Rico
|
Jerome Vega | |
| Total | 32 | ||
Men's javelin throw
edit| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Nominated athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry standard – 85.50 | 2 | Germany
|
Julian Weber Max Dehning |
| 2 | India
|
Neeraj Chopra Kishore Jena | |
| 1 | Brazil
|
Luiz Maurício da Silva | |
| 1 | Czech Republic
|
Jakub Vadlejch | |
| 1 | Finland
|
Oliver Helander | |
| 1 | France
|
Teuraiterai Tupaia | |
| 1 |  Grenada
|
Anderson Peters | |
| 1 | Lithuania
|
Edis Matusevičius | |
| 1 |  Pakistan
|
Arshad Nadeem | |
| World Athletics Rankings | 2 | Egypt
|
Ihab Abdelrahman Moustafa Mahmoud |
| 2 | Finland
|
Lassi Etelätalo Toni Keränen | |
| 2 | Latvia
|
Gatis Čakšs Patriks Gailums | |
| 2 |