Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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
Andorra	1			1
Argentina	1	1		2
Armenia	1	1		2
Australia	2	2	2	6
Austria	2	2	3	7
Belarus	2	2	5	9
Belgium	1			1
Bermuda	1			1
Bolivia	1			1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1		2
Brazil	1	1		2
Bulgaria	2	1		3
Canada	2	2	7	11
Chile	1	1		2
China	2	2		4
Colombia	1			1
Croatia	2	2		4
Czech Republic	2	2	6	10
Denmark	1			1
Ecuador	1			1
Estonia	2	2	3	7
Finland	2	2	15	19
France	2	2	9	13
Germany	2	2	12	16
Great Britain	1	1	2	4
Greece	1	1		2
Hungary	1	1		2
Iceland	2	1		3
India	1			1
Iran	1	1		2
Ireland	1			1
Italy	2	2	11	15
Japan	1	1		2
Kazakhstan	2	2	3	7
Kyrgyzstan	1			1
Latvia	1	2		3
Lebanon	1			1
Liechtenstein	1			1
Lithuania	2	1		3
Macedonia	1	1		2
Mexico	1			1
Moldova	1			1
Mongolia	1	1		2
Montenegro		1		1
Morocco	1			1
North Korea^1	2	1		3
Norway	2	2	16	20
Pakistan	1			1
Poland	2	2	3	7
Portugal	1			1
Romania	2	1		3
Olympic Athletes from Russia	2	2	8	12
Serbia	1			1
Slovakia	2	2	1	5
Slovenia	2	2	4	8
South Korea	2	2		4
Spain	2			2
Sweden	2	2	16	20
Switzerland	2	2	9	13
Thailand	1	1		2
Togo		1		1
Tonga	1			1
Turkey	2	1		3
Ukraine	2	2		4
United States	2	2	16	20
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
Total		93

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
Total		70

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
TOTAL	151

• 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  Estonia  France  Czech Republic  Slovenia  Canada  Belarus  United States  Estonia  France  Australia  Czech Republic  Switzerland  United States  Switzerland  Australia  Switzerland  Finland  Italy  Kazakhstan  Canada  Czech Republic  Czech Republic  Slovakia  Czech Republic  Estonia  Canada  Belarus  Poland  Ukraine  Estonia  China  Canada  Kazakhstan

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.