After more than two months without competitions that would grant direct places for Paris 2024 that could be accessed by Spanish athletes, June appears to be quite an exciting month. The European Games will be the main focus of attention, but also the European Under-21 Soccer Cup, the World Surf Games or the Final of the Modern Pentathlon World Cup.
It will be the starting signal for a summer full of competitions that will grant direct places or that will be very important in the face of the different rankings that are already open: taekwondo —this week the World Cup is taking place—, tennis, table tennis, volleyball, MTB, triathlon, archery, golf, skateboarding, judo, track cycling, BMX Racing, weightlifting, shooting, road cycling, 3×3 basketball —also in the middle of the World Cup—, horse riding, beach volleyball, fencing and badminton. As of June 17, the modern pentathlon will begin.
The two places obtained so far by Spain were obtained by Fátima Gálvez in trap (shooting) and the rhythmic gymnastics group, made up of Inés Bergua, Mireia Martínez, Ana Arnau, Salma Solaun, Valeria Márquez and Patricia Pérez. It must be remembered that none of the aforementioned is guaranteed its presence in Paris 2024, since said places are granted to the country and not to the athlete, although everything indicates that, except for injury, practically all of them will be in the French capital. Not all because the rhythmic group will have to discard.
The events or sports that grant direct places for Paris 2024 during the month of June are the following:
Athletics
The Olympic qualification period has already begun in some tests: marathon, since last November 1, and march, combined and 10,000 meters since last December 31. This means that the athletes who compete in these tests can already obtain minimums. It must be remembered that the maximum number of athletes per country and event is three and that these places are nominal, unless a country has more than three minimums in a test. In that case, you can choose your three representatives among the athletes who have that minimum and designate a reserve. In addition, the results in these tests already count towards the Olympic ranking. This period ends on June 30, 2024 —two months earlier in the marathon, which on December 31, 2023 will grant places to the 64 best brands with a minimum and respecting the maximum of three athletes per country— and the minimum can be seen at the image below.
Swimming
Since last January 1 you can already obtain minimums in swimming. It must be remembered that the maximum number of swimmers per country and event is two and that these places are nominal, unless a country has more than two minimum A’s in a test. In that case, you can choose your two representatives among the swimmers who have that minimum. In addition, each country can compete in Paris 2024 with a maximum of 28 male and 28 female swimmers and a swimmer who has obtained the minimum A in an event can compete in any other in which his country has not obtained any minimum A. In the case of the minimum B, the maximum is one swimmer per country and test, provided that in said test they have not obtained a minimum A. Those places with a minimum B will be assigned through the Olympic ranking on June 23, 2024, the maximum date for achieve the minimum, which can be seen in the image below.
World Surf Games
They are held until June 7 in El Sunzal and La Bocana in El Salvador. They award a place to the best European surfer by gender, to which those who have already obtained the ticket through the World Surf League or whose country has already obtained two places cannot aspire. It is necessary for said surfer to finish the competition in the top 30. These places are nominal. The Spanish team is made up of Aritz Aranburu, Adur Amatriaín, Gonzalo Gutiérrez, Nadia Erostarbe, Ariane Ochoa and Garazi Sánchez.
Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final
It takes place in Ankara (Türkiye) until June 4. It grants one place per gender and this is nominal. The Spanish representatives are Laura Heredia and Andrea Medina.
European Under-21 Soccer Cup
It takes place from June 21 to July 8 in Georgia and Romania and grants three places without counting France or England. Spain is drawn in group B and will face Romania (Wednesday 21), Croatia (Saturday 24) and Ukraine (Tuesday 27). In case of being first or second, they will meet in the quarterfinals (July 1 or 2) with those classified from group D: Italy, Norway, Switzerland or France. Santi Denia will offer the squad list this Friday, June 2, starting at 12:00 p.m.
European Games
They are held from June 20 to July 2 in Krakow (Poland) and there are several sports that grant direct places to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
artistic swimming. Award a place to the best duo. France does not choose nor those couples from the countries that qualify the team in the 2024 World Cup, so it will not be known until then who the place really goes to, which is not nominal. The duos competition will take place between June 21 and 24.
Olympic shot. It grants one place per test, which those shooters who have previously obtained the ticket do not opt for. The places are not nominal. The Spaniards qualified for this competition, which will take place from June 22 to 30, are Fátima Gálvez, Mar Molné, Alberto Fernández and Adriá Martínez (pit), Sonia Franquet, Irlanda Mira-Perceval and Martín Freije (10-meter pistol), Paula Grande and Jesús Oviedo (10 meter rifle), Mercedes Soto and Carmen Ceballos (25 meter pistol) and Jorge Llames (25 meter rapid pistol).
Table tennis. Grants a place in mixed doubles, a test that will take place between June 23 and 26. This is nominal. The Spanish couple will be made up of María Xiao and Álvaro Robles.
Trampoline jumps. It grants a non-nominal place to the champion of each of the individual tests, which will be held from June 23 to 26. If the champion got a place in the 2023 World Cup or his country got two tickets in said competition, this place would remain vacant and would be reallocated in the 2024 World Cup.
Boxing. It grants two places in the 51 kg, 92 kg and +92 kg masculine and in the 75 kg feminine and four in the rest of the weights. The competition will take place between June 23 and July 2 and places are nominal. The Spanish team will be made up of Martín Molina (51 kg), José Quiles (57 kg), Adrián Thiam (63.5 kg), Youba Sissokho (71 kg), Gazi Jalidov (80 kg), Emmanuel Reyes (92 kg), Ayoub Ghadfa (+92 kg), Laura Fuentes (50 kg), Mari Carmen Romero (54 kg), Jennifer Fernández (57 kg) and Nayara Arroyo (60 kg).
Archery. It grants from June 23 to 29 three individual places by gender. One through the mixed competition (one ticket for men and one for women) and two through the individual test, the first one having priority. It must be taken into account that these places, which are not nominal, will not be known for sure who they are for until the qualifying period ends, since they are not eligible for goalkeepers from countries that have qualified for the team or that obtain a individual place in the World Cup next July. The maximum is one place per country per gender and you can only aspire to it if you rank in the top eight. The Spanish team will be made up of Elia Canales, Miguel Alvariño, Pablo Acha and Andrés Temiño.
Rugby 7. They grant one place per gender from June 25 to 27. He also distributes two tickets for the World Pre-Olympic. Not achieving that place or those tickets would be saying goodbye to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Modern pentathlon. It grants eight nominal places per gender, with a maximum of one per country. The champions of the World Cup Final do not qualify for it if they are European. The competition will take place from June 25 to July 1.
Break dance. It grants a nominal place by gender. Spain will be represented by Juan de la Torre ‘Xak’ and Ana María Ortega ‘Furia’. The competition will take place on June 26 and 27. A ticket for the Olympic Qualifications Series is also at stake, which those who already achieved it in the last European Championship do not opt for.
Slalom canoeing. It grants one non-nominal place per test (K1 and C1), with a limit of a maximum of one per country in each gender. It will not be known for sure who they are for until September, since paddlers who achieve a place in the World Cup or whose country has already obtained one in said test do not opt for it. The competition will take place between June 29 and July 2. The team will be made up of Maialen Chourraut, Laia Sorribes, Olatz Arregui, David Llorente and Pau Echaniz in K1, Miquel Travé in K1 and C1 and Nuria Vilarrubla, Ainhoa Lameiro, Miren Lazkano, Luis Fernández and Daniel Pérez in C1.