Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Main article: Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Qualification system

A total of 50 quota spots (25 per gender) will be available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of six athletes (three per gender) can be entered by a NOC. ^{[1] [2]} In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee moved five men's quotas to the women's event, to achieve gender equality. ^[3]

The World Ranking list as of January 16, 2022 will be used to distribute the quotas. Athletes will be ranked by their best seven results. At total of two countries in each gender will qualify the maximum of three athletes, while six countries will qualify two men, (four for women), seven countries will qualify one quota in the men's event and 11 for the women's. If the host nation China fails to qualify in an event, the highest ranked sled from the country will take the last qualification slot. ^[2]

An athlete must be ranked in the top 60 (men) or top 55 (women) to be eligible to compete at the games. ^[2]

Qualification timeline

Races from October 15, 2020 until January 16, 2022 applied to qualification for the Olympics. In general this meant that the Olympic field is established by using the world cup races of the 2021-22 season, but also includes results from Intercontinental, Europe, and America cup races. Athletes must have competed in at least eight races across at least three different tracks to be eligible. ^[2]

Quota allocation

The following summary is a breakdown of Olympic qualification based on the IBSF rankings and adjustments.

Official standings after all 8 races ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Summary

Nations	Men	Women	Athletes
American Samoa	1	0	1
Australia	1	1	2
Austria	2	1	3
Belgium	0	1	1
Brazil	0	1	1
Canada	1	2	3
China	2	2	4
Czech Republic	0	1	1
Germany	3	3	6
Great Britain	2	2	4
Italy	2	1	3
Latvia	2	1	3
Netherlands	0	1	1
Puerto Rico	0	1	1
ROC	3	3	6
South Korea	2	1	3
Spain	1	0	1
Switzerland	1	0	1
Ukraine	1	0	1
United States	1	2	3
Virgin Islands	0	1	1
Total: 21 NOCs	25	25	50

Men

Sleds qualified	Countries	Athletes total	Nation
3	2	6	Germany   ROC
2	6	12	Latvia   South Korea   Italy   China   Great Britain   Austria
1	7	7	Ukraine   United States   American Samoa   Australia   Canada   Switzerland   Spain
25	15	25

Women

Sleds qualified	Countries	Athletes total	Nation
3	2	6	ROC   Germany
2	4	8	Canada   United States   China   Great Britain
1	11	11	Netherlands   Austria   Italy   Belgium   Australia   Czech Republic   Brazil   Puerto Rico   Latvia   South Korea   France   Virgin Islands
25	17	25

Next eligible NOC per event

Only NOCs not already qualified are eligible.

Men's	Women's
Romania   Ireland   Israel   Japan   France	Sweden   Virgin Islands   Colombia   Liechtenstein

References

1. "Olympic skeleton at Beijing 2022: Top five things to know". Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
2. "Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation Skeleton" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
3. "Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Event programme and athlete quota" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
4. "IBSF Ranking Men´s Skeleton (2021/2022) OWG Qualification System" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
5. "IBSF Ranking Women´s Skeleton (2021/2022) OWG Qualification System" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
6. "XXIV Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Skeleton – Participation" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.