Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

A total quota of 230 athletes are allowed at the Games (115 both men and women). The first 218 quota allocations will be assigned using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions, during the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup season. The final 12 spots will be allocated during the 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup season to nations who have not qualified any athletes yet, with a maximum of two per nation.

An athlete also must meet requirements before competing: During the 2016/17 or 2017/18 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete must have two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual that at a maximum is 20% behind the average time of the top three athletes. Or, two placings in the top half at the Junior World Championships. They also can have a combination of both criteria (one of each). All relay members must meet this requirement as well.

Nations ranked 1-5 in the 2016–17 season will qualify six athletes, 6-20 five athletes, and 21-22 two athletes, for both male and female competitions. The final six spots in each gender are filled individually in the 2017–18 season from the IBU Qualifying points list to a maximum of two for a nation, from nations not already qualified. One of these spots will be used by the host if not already qualified. Additionally, the host will be allowed to enter enough additional athletes to compete in each of the relay races. There will be no reallocation of unused spots.

Final standings after 22 events Men's standings[2] Position Country 2016–2017 Nations Cup Points 1  Germany 7448 2  France 7416 3  Olympic Athletes from Russia 7192 4  Norway 7181 5  Austria 6926 6  Ukraine 6270 7  Czech Republic 6223 8  Italy 5556 9  Switzerland 5395 10  United States 5290 11  Bulgaria 5098 12  Sweden 4885 13  Canada 4625 14  Belarus 4483 15  Kazakhstan 4322 16  Slovakia 4203 17  Slovenia 4069 18  Romania 3408 19  Estonia 3393 20  Finland 3202 21  Latvia 3152 22  Lithuania 2988 23  Poland 2739 24  Japan 2586 25  South Korea 1715 26  Belgium 1242 27  Great Britain 492 28  Croatia 467 29  Serbia 162 30  Greece 161 31  Hungary 70 32  Australia 47

Final standings after 22 events Women's standings[3] Position Country 2016–2017 Nations Cup Points 1  Germany 7951 2  France 7646 3  Ukraine 6605 4  Czech Republic 6547 5  Italy 6481 6  Norway 6265 7  Olympic Athletes from Russia 6139 8  Sweden 6034 9  Belarus 5683 10  Kazakhstan 5193 11  Switzerland 5101 12  Poland 5035 13  Austria 4954 14  United States 4743 15  Canada 4619 15  Finland 4619 17  Slovakia 4498 18  Japan 3608 19  Bulgaria 3142 20  South Korea 3051 21  Slovenia 2969 22  Lithuania 2737 23  Estonia 2692 24  Romania 2086 25  China 1584 26  Latvia 1228 27  Great Britain 642 28  Spain 459 29  Hungary 339 30  Bosnia and Herzegovina 144 31  Moldova 104 32  Greece 64

• Note that there is a limit of four athletes per nation able to enter each specific event regardless of quota.

• Full breakdown of Nations Cup standings including how the points are tabulated and which athletes have contributed to their nation's total