Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

A maximum of 50 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum 30 men and 20 women could qualify. The qualification was based on the combined rankings (across all four tours) of 14 January 2018 (after the seventh World Cup event of the season, in St. Moritz). Competitors had to have competed in five different races on three different tracks during the 2016/17 season or 2017/18 season. Males had to be in the top 60 of the world rankings, while women needed to be in the top 45, after eliminating non-quota-earning competitors from countries that have earned their maximum quota. Each continent (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) and the hosts were allowed to enter a competitor provided they meet the above standard. If any of these automatic places had gone unfilled, they were reallocated to unrepresented countries with qualified competitors in order of ranking. Thirty men were allowed to compete (maximum of three NOCs with three and six NOCs with two). Twenty women were allowed to compete (maximum of two NOCs with three, four NOCs with two).

Races from October 15, 2017 until January 14, 2018 applied to qualification for the Olympics. In general this meant that the Olympic field is established by using the first seven world cup races of the 2017-18 season, but also includes results from Intercontinental, Europe, and America cup races. Four competitors were then allocated in both competitions, first for the host (if not already qualified), and then for continents not previously represented. If a nation refused a quota it was reallocated. Unused or reallocated spots were filled on January 19, 2018 by nations not previously entered.

The following summary is a break down of Olympic qualification based on the IBSF rankings and adjustments, following reallocation.[2][3] Numbers beside the nation indicate the rank of the sled that establishes the NOC's number of qualifiers.

Final summary

Nations	Men	Women	Athletes
Australia	1	1	2
Austria	1	1	2
Belgium	0	1	1
Canada	3	3	6
China	1	0	1
Germany	3	3	6
Ghana	1	0	1
Great Britain	2	2	4
Israel	1	0	1
Italy	1	0	1
Jamaica	1	0	1
Japan	2	1	3
Latvia	2	1	3
Netherlands	0	1	1
New Zealand	1	0	1
Nigeria	0	1	1
Norway	1	0	1
Olympic Athletes from Russia	2	0	2
Romania	1	1	2
South Korea	2	1	3
Switzerland	0	1	1
Ukraine	1	0	1
United States	2	2	4
Total: 23 NOCs	30	20	50

Men

Final rankings by nation.[4]

Sleds qualified	Countries	Athletes total	Nation
3	2	6	Germany 7  Olympic Athletes from Russia 14  Canada 23
2	6	12	Latvia 4  Olympic Athletes from Russia 93  United States 16  Great Britain 20  South Korea 22  Japan 44  Austria 451
1	11	11	Austria 111  New Zealand 18  China 27  Spain 31  Australia 34  Switzerland 391  Italy 42  Romania 43  Ukraine 46  Norway 601  Israel 611  Jamaica 793  Ghana 992
30	19	30

1. ^ Switzerland and Austria declined one quota each. Norway and Israel accepted reallocations.
2. ^ Qualified as continental representative for Africa.
3. ^ Olympic Athletes From Russia were permitted to enter only 2 spots (Nikita Tregubov and Vladislav Marchenkov) and excluded Alexander Tretiatov. This spot was reallocated to Jamaica.[3]

Women

Final rankings by nation.[5]

Sleds qualified	Countries	Athletes total	Nation
3	2	6	Canada 7  Germany 8
2	2	4	Great Britain 13  Olympic Athletes from Russia 165  United States 18  Netherlands 221
1	10	10	Austria 9  Latvia 11  Belgium 12  Netherlands 141  Switzerland 151  Australia 202  South Korea 323  Japan 365  Romania 415  Nigeria 714
20	12	20

1. ^ Nethelands accepted one quota place but declined the second quota which was accepted by Switzerland
2. ^ Australia qualified as a continental representative.
3. ^ South Korea qualified as the host.
4. ^ Nigeria qualified as a continental representative through the application of IBSF rule 4.1.
5. ^ Olympic Athletes From Russia were not permitted to enter any women. These spots were reallocated to Romania and Japan.[3]