The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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 5 5 10 4 1 5 5 5 10 4 4 8 4 4 8 4 4 8 5 5 10 0 1 1 4 4 8 4 4 8 6 6 12 6 5 11 5 5 10 2 4 6 2 1 3 0 1 1 4 1 5 2 2 4 1 0 1 6 6 12 1 4 5 1 1 2 5 5 10 4 4 8 4 2 6 1 2 3 5 6 11 4 4 8 5 5 10 4 4 8Total: 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 standingsPositionCountryNations Cup Points 1 4832 2 4632 3 4392 4 4343 5 4338 6 3889 7 3811 8 3740 9 3734 10 3359 11 3251 12 3184 13 3123 14 3066 15 3061 16 2574 17 2417 18 2415 19 2285 20 2268 21 2181 22 1980 23 1869 24 1864 25 1740 26 1515 27 1498 28 766 29 585 30 494 31 396 32 281 33 58 34 48 35 46 36 36 37 13
Standings after all 37 events +Women's standingsPositionCountryNations Cup Points 1 4642 2 4600 3 4468 4 4291 5 4275 6 4234 7 3930 8 3807 9 3805 10 3531 11 3451 12 3123 13 2940 14 2887 15 2845 16 2797 17 2417 18 2332 19 2278 20 2178 21 2136 22 1882 23 1869 24 1559 25 1375 26 1364 27 1160 28 1065 29 427 30 337 31 324 32 171
IBU Qualifying points As of 17 January 2021.
+Men's standingsPositionCountryPoints 1 39.99 2 44.02 3 44.94 4 46.66 5 47.37 6 49.31 7 50.85 8 54.87 9 56.54 10 58.53 11 58.65 12 59.59 13 63.9 14 69.77 15 72.59 16 72.63 17 74.67 18 75.74 19 81.69
+Women's standingsPositionCountryPoints 1 34.66 2 43.66 3 48.33 4 53.22 5 57.14 6 57.38 7 58.19 8 61.68 9 63.23 10 65.5 11 65.69 12 66.58 13 68.09 14 69.83 15 72.72 16 77.95 17 81.22 18 120.73 19 122.58 20 130.28 21 136.68
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