Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1]

Qualification rules

Quotas

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.

A standard

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.

B standard

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.

Allocation of quotas

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).

Quota allocation

Current quotas as of 26 January 2018 (after reallocation).[2]

Summary

Nations Men Women Additional Athletes
 Andorra11
 Argentina112
 Armenia112
 Australia2226
 Austria2237
 Belarus2259
 Belgium11
 Bermuda11
 Bolivia11
 Bosnia and Herzegovina112
 Brazil112
 Bulgaria213
 Canada22711
 Chile112
 China224
 Colombia11
 Croatia224
 Czech Republic22610
 Denmark11
 Ecuador11
 Estonia2237
 Finland221519
 France22913
 Germany221216
 Great Britain1124
 Greece112
 Hungary112
 Iceland213
 India11
 Iran112
 Ireland11
 Italy221115
 Japan112
 Kazakhstan2237
 Kyrgyzstan11
 Latvia123
 Lebanon11
 Liechtenstein11
 Lithuania213
 Macedonia112
 Mexico11
 Moldova11
 Mongolia112
 Montenegro11
 Morocco11
 North Korea1213
 Norway221620
 Pakistan11
 Poland2237
 Portugal11
 Romania213
 Olympic Athletes from Russia22812
 Serbia11
 Slovakia2215
 Slovenia2248
 South Korea224
 Spain22
 Sweden221620
 Switzerland22913
 Thailand112
 Togo11
 Tonga11
 Turkey213
 Ukraine224
 United States221620
Total: 65 NOCs 93 69 151 313
  1. ^ The IOC decided to allow two male and one female competitor from North Korea, which were allocated as three additional places to the existing quotas.[3][4]

Men

Criteria Athletes per NOC Total Athletes Qualified
Top 300, Basic quota 2 58  Australia
 Austria
 Belarus
 Bulgaria
 Canada
 China
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Estonia
 Finland
 France
 Germany
 Iceland
 Italy
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Lithuania
 Norway
 Poland
 Romania
 Olympic Athletes from Russia
 Serbia
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 South Korea
 Spain
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Turkey
 Ukraine
 United States
Basic quota 1 33  Andorra
 Argentina
 Armenia
 Belgium
 Bermuda
 Bolivia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Brazil
 Chile
 Colombia
 Denmark
 Dominica
 Ecuador
 Great Britain
 Greece
 Hungary
 India
 Iran
 Ireland
 Japan
 Kyrgyzstan
 Latvia
 Lebanon
 Liechtenstein
 Luxembourg
 Macedonia
 Mexico
 Moldova
 Mongolia
 Montenegro
 Pakistan
 Portugal
 Serbia
 Thailand
 Tonga
IOC special considerations 2 2  North Korea
Total93

Women

Criteria Athletes per NOC Total Athletes Qualified
Top 300, Basic quota 2 48  Australia
 Austria
 Belarus
 Canada
 China
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Estonia
 Finland
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Italy
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Latvia
 Norway
 Poland
 Olympic Athletes from Russia
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 South Korea
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Ukraine
 United States
Basic quota 1 22  Andorra
 Argentina
 Armenia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Brazil
 Bulgaria
 Chile
 Great Britain
 Greece
 Hungary
 Iceland
 Iran
 Japan
 Liechtenstein
 Lithuania
 Macedonia
 Montenegro
 Mongolia
 Romania
 Serbia
 Spain
 Thailand
 Togo
 Turkey
IOC special considerations 1 1  North Korea
Total70

Remaining quotas

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
TOTAL151
  • Germany rejected three quotas, Austria and Japan one. Reallocated totals have been added in with modified totals reflected in the list.

Next eligible NOC

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.

Next available NOC

References

  1. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  2. "Olympic quota list". Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  3. "North Korea will send 22 athletes to Pyeongchang". BBC.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. "Cross-Country and Alpine Skiers of Democratic People's Republic of Korea to compete in PyeongChang 2018". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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