Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the alpine skiing events at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Qualification rules

Quotas A maximum of 320 athletes are allowed to compete at the Olympic Games. A maximum of 22 athletes per nation will be allowed to compete with a maximum of 14 males or 14 females from a nation being permitted. Each nation may also enter a maximum of one team in the team event.

A standard The A standard entails a competitor to be ranked within the top 500 in any event on the FIS Points list which will be made public after qualification ends on January 21, 2018. The qualification period began on July 1, 2017.

B standard National Olympic committees (NOC) without athletes meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in only the slalom and/or giant slalom events. These athletes must have only a maximum of 140 FIS points on the FIS Points list on 21 January 2018.

The Points List is calculated by taking the average of five event results for technical events (giant slalom and slalom) and three events for speed events (downhill, super G, and super combined).

Qualification eligibility The Olympic Points List (A Standard)DownhillSuper GSuper CombinedSlalomGiant SlalomRanked <=500 in DH<80 points<80 points<80 points140 points140 pointsRanked <=500 in SG<80 points140 points140 pointsRanked <=500 in SC<80 points140 points140 pointsRanked <=500 in GS, SL140 points140 pointsB Standard140 points140 points

Allocation of quotas Basic Quota Every NOC will be assigned one male and one female quota spot meeting the B standard.

Host nation The host nation (South Korea) is awarded an additional quota per gender, granted all athletes meet the standard above.

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 one additional male and/or female quota in addition to the basic quota. If an athlete is ranked in the top 30 in more than one event a second additional quota for that sex will be given or if two different athletes are in the top 30.

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 320 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 their two best events (including both male and female athletes). These additional quotas can be used to enter either male or female.

An athlete can be counted only once for the above criteria. For example, if a country has only one athlete meeting all three criteria then only one quota will be given (not 3).

Team event The top 16 nations in the overall FIS World Cup Nations standings as of 22 January 2018 will ber permitted to enter a team of two male and two female athletes in the mixed team event. If South Korea is not among the top 16, then the top 15 along with South Korea will qualify. In the event one of these nations have only 3 quota spots earned above then they will be awarded a fourth quota to allow them to participate in the team event. It is unknown if these quotas are in addition to the 320 above.

Qualification summary Nations Men Women Additional Team event Athletes 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 16 X 22 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 8 X 14 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 6 10 1 1 2 3 4 X 9 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 16 X 22 1 1 2 3 3 8 X 14 2 1 1 X 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 X 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 14 X 20 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 3 3 5 X 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 X 5 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 X 7 3 3 5 X 11 1 1 2 2 X 4 1 1 2 3 3 5 X 11 3 3 16 X 22 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 16 X 22 1 1Total: 80 NOCs 105 82 136 16 323

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.

Allocation The following is the quota allocation as of 28 January 2018.

Men CriteriaAthletes per NOCTotal athletesQualifiedBasic quota + 2 spots in top 30333Basic quota + 1 spot in top 3024Basic quota + 1 spot for the team event26Basic quota + Host nation22Basic quota 158IOC special considerations22 Total 76 NOC's 105

Women CriteriaAthletes per NOCTotal athletesQualifiedBasic quota + 2 spots in top 30336Basic quota + 1 spot in top 3024Basic quota + 1 spot for the team event22Basic quota + Host nation22Basic quota137IOC special considerations11 Total 54 NOC's 82

Additional quotas Athletes per NOCTotalQualified16641414816665154426112 Total 136

Canada and Japan rejected one quota; Germany, Italy and Sweden rejected two and Norway rejected ten.

Added totals from reallocation are included in the totals.

Next eligible NOC In total 29 quotas have been made available for reallocation, 1 one of which was given to Hungary to compete in the team event. The following are the next eligible NOC's with those entries removed who either have already returned quotas, or are at the maximum (22) as of 24 January 2018. Bold indicates the acceptance of a quota, while a strike through indicates refusal.

Next available NOC

Team event RankCurrent rankPoints 1 7123 2 5341 3 4436 4 4154 5 3060 6 3002 7 2502 8 1839 9 858 10 601 11 587 12 542 13 230 14 178 15 101 16 97 17 35 18 31 19 18 20 15 21 14 22 12 23 4 Liechtenstein, Croatia, Japan and Serbia declined a spot in the team event.

References

External links FIS Points List