The best two of each heat will continue to the next round. Four athletes will compete at any given time. The 2020 Summer Olympics will use a four-person heat structure.

Once the event runs, it will take two days to finish the competition. To ensure quality surf, the contest will feature a waiting period of 16 days. The contest site for the 2020 Games was announced to be Tsurigasaki Beach located about 40 miles (64В km) outside of Tokyo in Ichinomiya, Chiba. The winner from each head-to-head heat qualifies to the next round.In 2018, the International Surfing Association (ISA) announced that surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics would take place in the ocean, and not in an artificial wave pool. The bottom two surfers from each heat are eliminated. The top three surfers from each heat in Round 2 advance to Round 3. The bottom two surfers are seeded into Round 2, the first elimination round. Surfers are seeded into five heats of four surfers each, with the top two surfers advancing straight to Round 3. Due to a tropical storm the inaugural Olympic surfing finals were moved from Thursday 29 July to Tuesday 27 July. Schedule HД¬ompetition took place over 3 days between 25 July and 27 July. Scores are based on the difficulty of manoeuvres performed, innovation and progression, variety, combination, speed, power, and flow of each manoeuvre. Scoring for each wave is from 0 to 10, with the best two waves for each surfer counting. The length of each heat (20 to 35 minutes) and the maximum number of waves each surfer can ride are determined by the technical director ahead of the day of competition. Round 3: Head-to-head competition starts with this round of 16 (8 heats of 2 surfers each winner advances, loser eliminated).

Round 2: 2 heats of 5 surfers each the top 3 in each heat (6 total) advance to round 3 while the other 2 in each heat (4 total) are eliminated.Round 1: 5 heats of 4 surfers each the top 2 in each heat (10 total) advance to round 3 while the other 2 from each heat (10 total) go to round 2 (essentially a repechage).There is a maximum of 2 men and 2 women per NOC. If a NOC or National Olympic Committee qualifies more than the maximum number of athletes, the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games will prevail and any places earned from 2019 will be reawarded to the next highest finishing athlete(s). 2021 ISA World Surfing Games вЂ“ the top 4 men and 6 women will be awarded quota places.2019 Pan American Games вЂ“ the top finisher in men's and women's events will be awarded a quota place.2019 ISA World Surfing Games вЂ“ the top finishers from each continent with the exception of the Americas will be awarded a quota place.2019 World Surf League Championship Tour вЂ“ the 10 highest ranked men and 8 highest ranked women will be awarded quota places.If at least one Japanese surfer has earned a qualification place through other events, the relevant Host Country Place(s) shall be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete at the 2020 World Surfing Games. Host Country: Japan as host country is allocated 1 place in both men's and women's events.Quota places were allocated to the athletes at the following events: Main article: Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics вЂ“ Qualification

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