Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics. ^[1]

Quota allocation

A total quota of 210 athletes are allowed at the Games (105 both men and women). The first 93 quota allocations, per gender, will be assigned using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in their best six sprints, one individual, three relays, one mixed relay, and one single mixed relay. These results will come during the 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup and 2021–22 Biathlon World Cups seasons, up until 16 January 2022. The final 12 spots, per gender, will be allocated using the IBU Qualifying Points List, to nations who have not qualified any athletes yet, with a maximum of two per nation.

On 16 January 2022, NOCs ranked 1-3 will qualify six athletes, 4-10 five athletes, and 11-20 four athletes, for both male and female competitions. The final twelve spots in each gender are filled individually from the IBU Qualifying points list to a maximum of two for a nation, from nations not already qualified. Two of these spots will be used by the host if not already qualified. The host may only start in the relay competitions that they have enough qualified athletes for. Reallocation of unused quotas will be from the IBU Qualifying points list for nations that have not yet qualified, or only have one qualifier. For each event a maximum of 4 athletes per NOC may compete, except the Mass Start in which it remains possible to qualify up to 6.

Minimum Requirements

During the 2020/21 or 2021/22 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete must have two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual and have at most an IBU Qualifying point total of 150 or less. Or, two placings in the top half at the Junior World Championships. They also can have a combination of both criteria (one of each). All relay members must meet this requirement as well.

Qualification summary

Nations	Men's	Women's	Total
Austria	5	5	10
Belgium	4	1	5
Belarus	5	5	10
Bulgaria	4	4	8
Canada	4	4	8
China	4	4	8
Czech Republic	5	5	10
Denmark	0	1	1
Estonia	4	4	8
Finland	4	4	8
France	6	6	12
Germany	6	5	11
Italy	5	5	10
Japan	2	4	6
Kazakhstan	2	1	3
Latvia	0	1	1
Lithuania	4	1	5
Moldova	2	2	4
New Zealand	1	0	1
Norway	6	6	12
Poland	1	4	5
Romania	1	1	2
ROC	5	5	10
Slovakia	4	4	8
Slovenia	4	2	6
South Korea	1	2	3
Sweden	5	6	11
Switzerland	4	4	8
Ukraine	5	5	10
United States	4	4	8
Total: 30 NOCs	107	105	212

Qualification standings

	Qualifies 6 athletes
	Qualifies 5 athletes
	Qualifies 4 athletes
	Qualifies 2 athletes by IBU qualifying points
	Qualifies 1 athlete by IBU qualifying points

Standings after all 37 events. Men's standings [2] [3] Position Country Nations Cup Points 1   Norway 4832 2   France 4632 3   Germany 4392 4   ROC 4343 5   Sweden 4338 6   Italy 3889 7   Belarus 3811 8   Austria 3740 9   Ukraine 3734 10   Czech Republic 3359 11   Slovenia 3251 12   Canada 3184 13   Switzerland 3123 14   United States 3066 15   Finland 3061 16   Lithuania 2574 17   Bulgaria 2417 18   Belgium 2415 19   Estonia 2285 20   Slovakia 2268 21   Japan 2181 22   Latvia 1980 23   Romania 1869 24   Poland 1864 25   Kazakhstan 1740 26   China [a] 1515 27   Moldova 1498 28   South Korea 766 29   Croatia 585 30   New Zealand 494 31   Serbia 396 32   Greece 281 33   Mongolia 58 34   Spain 48 35   Great Britain 46 36   Hungary 36 37   North Macedonia 13

Standings after all 37 events Women's standings [5] [6] Position Country Nations Cup Points 1   Sweden 4642 2   Norway 4600 3   France 4468 4   Germany 4291 5   Belarus 4275 6   ROC 4234 7   Ukraine 3930 8   Austria 3807 9   Italy 3805 10   Czech Republic 3531 11   Switzerland 3451 12   United States 3123 13   Poland 2940 14   Canada 2887 15   Finland 2845 16   Estonia 2797 17   China 2417 18   Slovakia 2332 19   Japan 2278 20   Bulgaria 2178 21   Kazakhstan 2136 22   Slovenia 1882 23   South Korea 1869 24   Latvia 1559 25   Moldova 1375 26   Romania 1364 27   Lithuania 1160 28   Belgium 1065 29   Great Britain 427 30   Croatia 337 31   Denmark [b] 324 32   Australia 171

IBU Qualifying points

As of 17 January 2021. ^{[3] [6]}

Men's standings Position Country Points 1   South Korea 39.99 2   Moldova 44.02 3   New Zealand 44.94 4   China 46.66 5   Japan 47.37 6   Kazakhstan 49.31 7   Moldova 50.85 8   Romania 54.87 9   Japan 56.54 10   Poland 58.53 11   Kazakhstan 58.65 12   Croatia 59.59 13   Romania 63.9 14   Latvia 69.77 15   Serbia 72.59 16   Poland 72.63 17 [a]   China 74.67 18   Latvia 75.74 19   South Korea 81.69

Women's standings Position Country Points 1   Latvia 34.66 2   Moldova 43.66 3   Belgium 48.33 4   Kazakhstan 53.22 5   Slovenia 57.14 6   Slovenia 57.38 7   South Korea 58.19 8   Denmark [b] 61.68 9   Moldova 63.23 10   Romania 65.5 11   Lithuania 65.69 12   South Korea 66.58 13   Lithuania 68.09 14   Kazakhstan 69.83 15   Great Britain 72.72 16   Latvia 77.95 17   Romania 81.22 18   Australia 120.73 19   Croatia 122.58 20   Belgium 130.28 21   Australia 136.68

1. China receives one male quota via the IBU Qualifying Points list and one by status as host. China receives 2 additional male quotas for having athletes meeting the minimum requirement criteria. ^[4]
2. Athletes from Greenland qualify for Denmark.

References

1. "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM FOR XXIV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, BEIJING 2022" (PDF). International Biathlon Union . Retrieved December 4, 2021.
2. "NOC Quota list men" (PDF). International Biathlon Union . Retrieved 17 January 2022.
3. "Quota allocation list men" (PDF). International Biathlon Union . Retrieved 17 January 2022.
4. "Target Beijing: Olympic Qualifying Update". International Biathlon Union . Retrieved 17 January 2022.
5. "NOC Quota list women" (PDF). International Biathlon Union . Retrieved 17 January 2022.
6. "Quota allocation list women" (PDF). International Biathlon Union . Retrieved 17 January 2022.