Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

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Qualification rules

A total quota of 112 athletes are allowed to compete at the Games (56 men and 56 women). Countries are assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup. Each nation is permitted to enter a maximum of four athletes per gender if it qualified a relay team and three if it did not. If, in a specific gender, the NOC has qualified eight individual starting places (i.e. 3 in the 500m, 3 in the 1000m, 2 in the 1500m) then they are allowed a maximum of five. Hosts China are guaranteed a quota of one entry per race for a total of eight athletes. [1] There are a maximum of thirty-two qualifiers for the 500m and 1000m events; thirty-six for the 1500m events; eight for the men's and women's relays; and twelve for the mixed relay.

Additional quota's for the mixed team relay

If there are not twelve NOCs with both two male and two female quotas, and if the maximum allocation limit of 112 has not been reached, then NOCs may receive a maximum of one quota to become eligible for this race. These quotas will be given out in order of the NOCs ranking in the world cup standings until there are twelve qualified teams. [1]

Allocation of remaining quotas

If the maximum of 112 has not been reached after fulfilling all the above qualification than the remaining quotas will be distributed to NOCs qualified in a relay event that have also qualified seven individual starting places in that specific gender. Following that, if there is still remaining quotas, they will be available to any nation that has qualified four athletes in a gender, with priority given to the rankings in the relay standings. [1]

Quota allocation

The ISU announced the complete breakdown of allocations on 9 December 2021, [2] and the final list after reallocations on January 24, 2022. [3]

NationMenWomenMixedAthletes
500m1000m1500mRelay500m1000m1500mRelay
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 111
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1111112
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 323X333XX10
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 333X333XX10
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 111
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 111
Flag of France.svg  France 222222X4
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 211113
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 11
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 333X222X7
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1111
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 223X [lower-alpha 1] 323XX10
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 223X133X7
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 31211X [lower-alpha 2] 5
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1122
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 333X333XX10
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1322XX [lower-alpha 3] 6
Olympic flag.svg  ROC 223X [lower-alpha 1] 333XX10
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 233X233XX10
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 11
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 112
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 122332XX7
Total: 23 NOCs3232368323236812112
(58 men/54 women)
  1. 1 2 The NOC receives an additional male quota according to the D.4.1 on isu communication 2407.
  2. The NOC receives an additional female quota to compete in the mixed relay according to the D.3.2 on isu communication 2407.
  3. The NOC receives an additional male quota to compete in the mixed relay according to the D.3.2 on isu communication 2407.

Relays

Nations could compete in four world cup races, and are ranked by their three best scores. The top eight men's and women's teams qualify while the top twelve mixed teams qualify. [4]

Final standings

Mixed team

CriteriaNOC
2 qualified men and womenFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Receives an extra quota to compete in the mixed team relayFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Needs more than 1 quotaFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium [lower-alpha 2]
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
  1. The NOC receives an additional male quota according to the D.4.1 on isu communication 2407.
  2. The NOC were initially ranked 10th in the Mixed Team Relay SOQC but due to the limitation of extra quota per NOC it has been disqualified. Instead, Kazakhstan and Poland receives an additional female and male quota respectively and are qualified for the event. They were ranked 12th and 13th in the SOQC.

Individual distances

The first placed racer (per NOC) is ranked based on the three best world cup results, out of four, for each race. This means that multiple skaters could have a part in that ranking. The second and third best were ranked in the same way. For the 500m and 1000m the top 32 qualify, and for the 1500m the top 36 qualify. The next best six nations for each race are shown.

    Indicates the second best qualifier for a nation
    Indicates the third best qualifier for a nation

Final standings after four of four races. [5]

Men's

    Women's

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