Chapter 20: Competition In Qualifying Round Format — World Triathlon Competition Rules

20.1 General p. 128

a.) An event in Qualifying Round Format consists of several rounds with a number of heats each qualifying athletes to the next round and eventually finishing with a final to determine a winner.

a.) The rounds will be called semi-finals and final;
b.) An event will have two rounds;
c.) Semi-finals and finals will have 30 athletes as a maximum. The number of semi-finals will be as tollows:

a.) Every semi-final will qualify a fixed number of athletes for the final. Additionally, a number of athletes will qualify from semi-final heats, based on fastest times:
b.) Athletes from different heats and with the same time (in seconds), which are tied in the last qualifying position, will all qualify, increasing the number of athletes qualified for the next round;
c.) In case there are less finishing athletes from a semi-final than the fixed number, the remaining spots will be filled from the other semi-final heats, based on the fastest times;
d.) Athletes who have not qualified for the final will be sorted by time. In case of athletes withdrawing from the final, replacement will be made by the first athlete who has not qualified. The replacement will happen if the number of athletes in the final drops down to

Athletes entered	Semi-finals	By position in the semi-final	By time
31 to 60	2	14	2
61 to 90	3	9	3
91 to 120	4	7	2
More than 121	5	5	5

30 athletes. (a random selection will be made from those athletes who have the same time). The deadline for the replacements will be when registration opens;
e.) In case where an event has a B final, the best 30 athletes from the semi-finals who have not qualified for the A final, will be sorted according to their times and will qualify to the B final. B final will only be held if a minimum 10 athletes qualify for it.

a.) The Technical Delegate will compose the heats as follows:
(i) If there are not any applicable ranking, the athletes will be distributed among the heats in order to have the same number of athletes per semi-final (some semi-finals can have one more athlete than others). The athletes from the same National Federation will be distributed among the heats following the same principle;
(i) If a ranking is applicable, the ranked athletes will be distributed according to the chart below and the non-ranked athletes will ill the remaining spots by applying the principle of assigning a similar number of athletes from the same National Federation to every heat, and keeping all the heats of equal size.

Chart: Distribution of ranked athletes among the semi-finals (The number in the cells reflects the ranking order):

a.) There are two options to number the final:
(i) The numbers in the final will be assigned as first criteria according to the positions in the semi-finals. The second criteria will be the time in the semi-final, the third, the World Triathlon Points List position, and the fourth a random appointment;
(ii) The numbers in the final will be same as in the semifinals. Athletes will be lined up according to position in the semifinals as first criteria and final time as second criteria. However, transition positions will be in numerical order.

a.) The overall results for the event will be the results of the final round;
b.) If the event is included in any ranking which is allocating points to more positions than finishers in the final, the remaining points will be awarded as follows:
(i) To the DNF athletes in the final, according to their times in the semi-finals;
(ii) To the DNS athletes in the final according to their times in the semi-final;
(iii) If the event does not have a B final: The athletes who did not qualify for the final, will have points allocated according to their times in the semi-finals. If the event has B final: The results from the B final will determine their points;
(iv) DSQ athletes will not earn any points.

a.) Prize money distribution will follow the general rules (Appendix H) and the preceding paragraph if necessary.