The Climbers Already Going to the 2020 Olympics
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will include climbing, it will be the first time the sport has appeared at the summer games. Only one Canadian has qualified so far: Sean McColl.
Below are the climbers who’ve already qualified and the events that remain where climbers still have a chance to make the games. Only two men and two women are allowed from any given country.
| Standard | Places | Men’s | Women’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host place | 1 |  Kai Harada (JPN) |
Miho Nonaka (JPN) |
| World Championship | 7 | Tomoa Narasaki (JPN) Jakob Schubert (AUT) Rishat Khaibullin (KAZ) Mickaël Mawem (FRA) Alex Megos (GER) Ludovico Fossali (ITA) Sean McColl (CAN) |
 Janja Garnbret (SLO) Akiyo Noguchi (JPN)[14] Shauna Coxsey (GBR) Aleksandra Mirosław (POL) Petra Klingler (SUI) Brooke Raboutou (USA) Jessica Pilz (AUT) |
| Olympic Qualifying Event | 6 |  Adam Ondra (CZE) Bassa Mawem (FRA) Jan Hojer (GER) Pan Yufei (CHN) Alberto Ginés López (ESP) Nathaniel Coleman (USA) |
Julia Chanourdie (FRA) Mia Krampl (SLO) Iuliia Kaplina (OAR) Kyra Condie (USA) Laura Rogora (ITA) Song Yiling (CHN) |
| African Championships | 1 | ||
| Pan American Championships | 1 | ||
| Asian Championships | 1 | ||
| European Championships | 1 | ||
| Oceania Championships | 1 | ||
| Tripartite Commission | 1 | ||
| Total | 20 |
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