Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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

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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

NationsMenWomenAdditionalAthletes
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 11
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 112
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 112
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2226
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2237
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2259
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 11
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 11
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 11
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 112
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 112
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 213
Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 22711
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 112
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 224
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 11
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 224
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 22610
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 11
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 11
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2237
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 221519
Flag of France.svg  France 22913
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 221216
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1124
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 112
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 112
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 213
Flag of India.svg  India 11
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 112
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 11
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 221115
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 112
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2237
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 11
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 123
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 11
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 11
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 213
Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 112
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 11
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 11
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 112
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 11
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 11
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 1 213
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 221620
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 11
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2237
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 11
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 213
Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 22812
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 11
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2215
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2248
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 224
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 22
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 221620
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 22913
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 112
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 11
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 11
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 213
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 224
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 221620
Total: 65 NOCs9369151313
  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

CriteriaAthletes per NOCTotal AthletesQualified
Top 300, Basic quota258Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Basic quota133Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
IOC special considerations22Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Total93

Women

CriteriaAthletes per NOCTotal AthletesQualified
Top 300, Basic quota248Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Basic quota122Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
IOC special considerations11Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Total70

Remaining quotas

Athletes per NOCTotalQualified
1648Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1515Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
1212Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1111Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
918Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
88Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
77Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
66Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
55Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
44Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
312Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
24Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
11Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
TOTAL151

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

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