Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

A maximum of 170 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum 130 men and 40 women may qualify. The qualification is based on the world rankings of January 20, 2014. Pilots must compete in five different races on three different tracks during the 2012/13 season or 2013/14 season. Men pilots must be in the top 50 of the world rankings, while women need to be in the top 40. Each continent (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) and the hosts are allowed to enter a sled provided they meet the above standard. For each men's event 30 sleds will be allowed to compete (maximum of three NOCs with three sleds and six NOCs with two sleds). For the women's event there will be a total of 20 sleds allowed to compete (maximum of two NOCs with three sleds, four NOCs with two sleds).

Races from October 1, 2013 until January 19th will apply to qualification for the Olympics. In general this means that the Olympic field is established by using the first seven world cup races of the 2013-14 season, but also includes results from intercontinental, Europe, and America cup races. Four sleds will then be allocated in both men's categories, and three in the women's, to either host or continental representation. Unused or reallocated spots will be filled by January 27, 2014.

The following summary is not indicative of assurance of Olympic qualification, but of how the allocations would be represented based on the current FIBT rankings.

Current summary

Nations	Two-man	Four-man	Two-woman	Athletes
Australia	1	1	1	6
Austria	1	1	1	6
Belgium			1	2
Brazil		1	1	6
Canada	3	3	2	16
Czech Republic	1	1		4
France	1	2		8
Germany	3	3	3	18
Great Britain	1	2	1	8
Italy	1	1	1	4
Jamaica	1			2
Japan	1	1		4
Latvia	2	2		8
Monaco	1			2
Netherlands	2 1	1	1	6
Poland	1	1		4
Romania	1	1	1	8
Russia	2	3	2	16
Serbia	1			2
Slovakia	1	1		4
South Korea	2	2	1	10
Switzerland	2	2 1	2	9
United States	3	2	3	16
Total: 23 NOCs	30	30	20	169

• Most countries have athletes that crossover between the two-men and four-men events. Romania and the United States are the only two countries which have some turnover between the two-men and four-man teams.

Two man

Final ranking by nation (as of January 18, 2013).[2]

Sleds qualified	Athletes total	Rank of applicable sled
3	18	United States 6  Canada 11  Germany 12
2	18	Russia 13  Latvia 14  Switzerland 15  South Korea 22  Netherlands 291
1	24	Italy 19  France 20  Netherlands 21  Monaco 23  Austria 24  Romania 26  Japan 27  Great Britain 28  Australia 322  Poland 35  Jamaica 39  Serbia 41  Slovakia 48  Czech Republic 523
30	60	19

1. ^ Netherlands qualified two sleds, but elected to send only one.
2. ^ The final four sleds are given to fulfill continental representation (Australia), and then to the top nations not previously qualified (Poland, Jamaica, Serbia).
3. ^ Czech Republic received the unused quota spot from the Netherlands. Slovakia was ranked higher, but also declined the spot.

Four man

Final ranking by nation (as of January 19, 2014).[2]

Sleds qualified	Athletes total	Rank of applicable sled
3	36	Germany 8  Canada 10  Russia 13
2	40	United States 14  Latvia 15  Great Britain 20  Switzerland 271  South Korea 44  France 46
1	44	Switzerland 11  Netherlands 16  Italy 17  Japan 23  Czech Republic 24  Australia 30  Romania 32  Austria 35  Brazil 362  Poland 37  Slovakia 383
30	120

1. ^ Switzerland rejected one of its two qualified sleds.
2. ^ The final four sleds (Brazil, Poland, Slovakia, Serbia) are allocated at the end to the top nations not previously qualified.
3. ^ Slovakia received the unused quota spot from Switzerland.

Two women

Final ranking by nation (as of January 19, 2014).[2]

Sleds qualified	Athletes total	Rank of applicable sled
3	12	Germany 6  United States 7
2	12	Switzerland 12  Canada 14  Russia 18
1	16	Belgium 9  Netherlands 11  Great Britain 13  Australia 19  Austria 20  Brazil 23  Italy 271  South Korea 292  Romania 283
20	40	12

1. ^ Italy rejected using its quota it qualified.
2. ^ The final three sleds are given to fulfill continental representation (South Korea), and then to the top nations not previously qualified (Brazil and Italy).
3. ^ Romania received the unused quota spot from Italy.