Surfing will feature in the Olympic Games for the second time in Paris 2024. Here's everything you need to know about the qualifying criteria and qualified surfers.
After the success of surfing's Summer Olympics debut, it's time to get the world's best athletes to one of the best surf breaks on the planet.
The official Paris 2024 surfing event will take place in Teahupoo, Tahiti.
The French Polynesian surf spot is one of the planet's most challenging and dangerous waves.
The flight distance from Teahupoo to the French capital is 9,755 miles (15,700 kilometers), making it one of the longest distances between an Olympic medal venue and the host city.
The Paris 2024 Olympic surfing program will showcase 48 surfers - 24 male and 24 female athletes.
In total, there will be eight more surfers compared to Tokyo 2020.
The Olympic surfing tournament takes place between July 27-29, 2024.
The surfer's road to Paris 2024 comprises results from events run by the International Surfing Association (ISA) and the World Surf Leagues.
The ISA is the world governing body for the sport of surfing. It runs the World Surfing Games.
The WSL is the professional surfing circuit. It runs the Championship Tour.
Quota Places and Qualifying Events
Quota places for Paris 2024 will be distributed as follows:
- Qualification by athletes - 2023 WSL Championship Tour, Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, 2023 and 2024 ISA World Surfing Games;
- Qualification by National Olympic Committees (NOC) - 2022 and 2024 ISA World Surfing Games;
The complete qualification program for the Paris 2024 Olympic surfing competition involves the following events and criteria:
France | Host Country
- One quota place (men);
- One quota place (women);
2022 ISA World Surfing Games | Concluded
- One quota place per National Olympic Committee team (men);
- One quota place per National Olympic Committee team (women);
2023 ISA World Surfing Games
- Four quota places for the best athletes from each continent (Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) (men);
- Four quota places for the best athletes from each continent (Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) (women);
Santiago 2023 Pan American Games
- One quota place (men);
- One quota place (women);
2023 WSL Championship Tour (CT)
- Ten quota places (men);
- Eight quota places (women);
2024 ISA World Surfing Games
- Five quota places for the best athletes (men);
- One quota place per National Olympic Committee team (men);
- Seven quota places for the best athletes (women);
- One quota place per National Olympic Committee team (women);
Universality
- One quota place (men);
- One quota place (women);
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can qualify a maximum of four surfers for Paris 2024 at Teahupoo (two for each gender), though the number could rise to three (for each gender).
Surfing's qualifying period for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games begins in September 2022 and ends in June 2024.
Paris 2024 Olympic Games | Provisionally Qualified Surfers
Men
- Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) | 2023 ISA World Surfing Games
- Jordy Smith (RSA) | 2023 ISA World Surfing Games
- Billy Stairmand (NZL) | 2023 ISA World Surfing Games
- Kauli Vaast (FRA) | 2023 ISA World Surfing Games
- Filipe Toledo (BRA) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Ethan Ewing (AUS) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Griffin Colapinto (USA) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- John John Florence (USA) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Jack Robinson (AUS) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Matthew McGillivray (RSA) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- João Chianca (BRA) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Alan Cleland Jr. (MEX) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Reo Inaba (JPN) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Lucca Mesinas (PER) | 2023 Pan American Games
- Alonso Correa (PER) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
- Andy Criere (ESP) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
- Joan Duru (FRA) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
- Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
- Rio Waida (INA) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
- Tim Elter (GER) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
Women
- Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Johanne Defay (FRA) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Brisa Hennessy (CRC) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Teresa Bonvalot (POR) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Sarah Baum (RSA) | 2023 ISA World Surfing Games
- Shino Matsuda (JPN) | 2023 ISA World Surfing Games
- Saffi Vette (NZL) | 2023 ISA World Surfing Games
- Vahine Fierro (FRA) | 2023 ISA World Surfing Games
- Carissa Moore (USA) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Tyler Wright (AUS) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Molly Picklum (AUS) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Caroline Marks (USA) | 2023 WSL Championship Tour
- Sanoa Dempfle-Olin (CAN) | 2023 Pan American Games
- Nadia Erostarbe (ESP) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
- Janire Gonzalez-Extabarri (ESP) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
- Sol Aguirre (PER) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
- Tainá Hinckel (BRA) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
- Yolanda Hopkins (POR) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
- Anat Lelior (ISR) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
- Camilla Kemp (GER) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
- Siqi Yang (CHN) | 2024 ISA World Surfing Games
Paris 2024 | Heat Seeding
Surfers who qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics will be seeded at Teahupoo based on their results at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games.
The remaining athletes will take the remaining lower seeds based on the following priorities:
- 2023 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) Ranking;
- Continental Position;
- Team Champion - WSG 2022;
- Team Champion - WSG 2024;
- Universality Allocation;
Last Update: April 5, 2024