[1][2] The six best climbers of the combined event automatically qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where sport climbing will make its debut.

The qualifiers for the 2020 Summer Olympics from the 2019 IFSC Combined Qualifier event were: Adam Ondra (CZE) Bassa Mawem (FRA) Jan Hojer (GER) Yufei Pan (CHN) Alberto Ginés López (ESP) Nathaniel Coleman (USA) Julia Chanourdie (FRA) Mia Krampl (SLO) Iuliia Kaplina (RUS) Kyra Condie (USA) Laura Rogora (ITA) Yiling Song (CHN) In the qualification round each of the twenty competitors competed in speed climbing, bouldering and lead climbing.

In speed climbing, climbers raced against each other's in pairs on a standardized wall of 15m in height.

The final round had 3 boulder problems to top within a 4 minutes time limit.

The IFSC route-setters were Manuel Hassler (chief) from Switzerland and Adam Pustelnik (chief) from Poland, Romain Cabessut from France, Matthias Woitzuck from Austria, Martin Hammerer from Austria, and Remi Samyn from France.