Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Quota allocation list women" (PDF). International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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