Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

A total of 310 athletes are allowed to compete at the Games. A maximum of 20 athletes per nation will be allowed to compete with a maximum of 12 males or 12 females from a nation being permitted.

An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points will be allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points will be allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points does not exceed 300 FIS points.

NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in the sprint event or 10 km freestyle event for women/15 km freestyle event for men. They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on January 22, 2018. The qualification period began in July 2016.

Basic Quota

Every NOC will be assigned one male and one female quota spot by meeting the B standard.

Top 300 on Points list

Every NOC with at least one male and/or female in the top 300 of any event will be allocated one additional male and/or female quota in addition to the basic quota.

Top 30 on Points list

Every NOC with at least one male and/or female in the top 30 of any event will be allocated additional male and/or female quotas up to a maximum of 4.

Remaining quotas

The remaining quotas will be assigned using the Olympic Quota allocation list on 22 January 2018. The spots will be assigned until a maximum of 310 quotas are reached including the above. When a nation reaches its maximum, remaining athletes from that country will be skipped over. The list is a table of athletes in the top 500 in both events (distance and sprint).

An athlete can be counted only once for the above three criteria. For example, if a country has only one athlete meeting all three criteria then only one quota will be given (not 3).

Athletes per NOC	Total	Qualified
16	48	Norway  Sweden  United States
15	15	Finland
12	12	Germany
11	11	Italy
9	18	France  Switzerland
8	8	Olympic Athletes from Russia
7	7	Canada
6	6	Czech Republic
5	5	Belarus
4	4	Slovenia
3	12	Austria  Estonia  Kazakhstan  Poland
2	4	Australia  Great Britain
1	1	Japan  Slovakia
TOTAL	151

• Germany rejected three quotas, Austria and Japan one. Reallocated totals have been added in with modified totals reflected in the list.

Fifteen quota spots were made available for reallocation. After reallocation, team OAR reduced their team by an additional eight athletes. Bold indicates the acceptance of a quota, while a strike through indicates refusal.