TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti, French Polynesia (August 18, 2023) - The World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), the Tier 1 pathway for surfers to qualify to compete in the Olympic Games Paris 2024, has completed and finalized the provisional qualifications for the first 18 athletes. Of the 48 athletes competing in the games, the first 10 men and 8 women have qualified via the 2023 WSL Championship Tour's final rankings.
Each country can only qualify a maximum of two men and two women, with one exception:
- The highest-ranked teams by gender at the 2022 and 2024 ISA World Surfing Games will qualify one place for their country regardless of the two-per-country quota, meaning a potential third surfer from a specific country could qualify.
- At the 2022 ISA Games, USA's women and Japan's men won a place for their countries. Their NOCs will nominate the surfer for that place.
The SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro Presented by Outerknown, Stop No. 10 on the 2023 WSL CT, was the final decider of the rankings. Fittingly, this event that decided the Olympic contestants will be the same venue for the Olympic Games held in Paris next year. The iconic wave, Teahupo'o, is known for massive barrels, heavy drops, and a shallow reef.
18 Olympic Qualifiers Through the WSL Championship Tour:
Men
Filipe Toledo (BRA)
Griffin Colapinto (USA)
Ethan Ewing (AUS)
Joao Chianca (BRA)
Jack Robinson (AUS)
John John Florence (USA)
Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA)
Kanoa Igarashi (JPN)
Jordy Smith (RSA)
Matthew McGillivray (RSA)
Women
Carissa Moore (USA)
Tyler Wright (AUS)
Molly Picklum (AUS)
To be decided at Rip Curl WSL Finals (USA)
Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA)
Johanne Defay (FRA)
Brisa Hennessy (CRC)
Teresa Bonvalot (POR)