Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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

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).

Summary Nations Men Women Additional Athletes 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 6 2 2 3 7 2 2 5 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 7 11 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 6 10 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 7 2 2 15 19 2 2 9 13 2 2 12 16 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 11 15 1 1 2 2 2 3 7 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 16 20 1 1 2 2 3 7 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 8 12 1 1 2 2 1 5 2 2 4 8 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 16 20 2 2 9 13 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 4 2 2 16 20Total: 65 NOCs 93 69 151 313

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.

Men CriteriaAthletes per NOCTotal AthletesQualifiedTop 300, Basic quota 258Basic quota133IOC special considerations22 Total 93

Women CriteriaAthletes per NOCTotal AthletesQualifiedTop 300, Basic quota 248Basic quota122IOC special considerations11 Total 70

Remaining quotas Athletes per NOCTotalQualified164815151212111191888776655443122411 TOTAL 151 Germany rejected three quotas, Austria and Japan one. Reallocated totals have been added in with modified totals reflected in the list.

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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