The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the ski mountaineering events at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Qualification rules A maximum of 36 total athletes will be allowed to compete at the games, 18 male and 18 female. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) will be able to qualify up to 2 male and 2 female competitors. A mixed relay team consists of one male and one female competitor, so a maximum of 18 mixed relay teams are possible. Results from the 2025 World Championship, and the World Cup circuit during the qualification period are used to determine the Olympic Sprint Ranking List and the Olympic Mixed Relay Ranking List.
Event Olympic Mixed Relay Ranking List Olympic Sprint Ranking ListISMF Courchevel World CupISMF Shahdag World CupISMF Arinsal – La Massana World CupISMF Boi Taull World CupISMF Bormio World Cup MiCo2026 Test Event2025 World ChampionshipISMF Schladming World CupISMF Val Martello World CupISMF Villars-sur-Ollon World CupISMF Tromsø World CupISMF Solitude World Cup
To be eligible an athlete must have been in the top 80% during one of the qualifying races, or top 90% in two of them, or placed in the top 6 in an under 18 race from the Olympic Qualification period.
If a NOC fails to confirm or declines their quota, all reallocation of quotas (except for the host) will be gender specific and come from the Olympic Sprint Ranking List. If the host (Italy) does not use their quota, the next best ranked European nation listed on the Olympic Mixed Relay List that did not achieve a quota from the World Championship mixed relay race, will receive that quota.
Allocation of quotas Host First, the host will receive one male and one female quota.
ISMF World Championships 2025 – Mixed Relay Second, the top two ranked teams (excluding the host Italy) from the championships will receive one male and one female quota each.
Continental quota Third, the best ranked NOC from each continent (Africa, Asia, Oceania, Europe, Americas) not already receiving a quota, receive one male and one female quota.
Olympic Mixed Relay Ranking List Fourth, from the above named list each NOC who has not already received a quota receives both a male and a female quota, until there are twelve NOCs listed.
ISMF World Championships 2025 – Sprint Fifth, the top two male and female competitors from the individual sprint races will achieve a quota for their NOC. If the NOC already would go over two quotas in either gender then the quota will be passed on to the next NOC in the applicable race.
Olympic Sprint Ranking List The final four men's and women's quotas go to the highest ranked NOCs on this list, providing that no NOC may exceed two quotas per gender.
Quota allocation NOC's with quotas are assured of Olympic participation. However, provisional standings are not assured and can continue to change up until 21 December 2025.
As of Solitude World Cup (7 December 2025)
Summary Nations Men's Quotas Women's Quotas Athletes 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 4 1 1 2Total: 14 NOCs 18 18 36
Breakdown Rankings from the applicable list or competition appear in parentheses. EventPlacesNationQualification through the Mixed Relay pathwayHost12025 ISMF World Championship2Olympic Mixed Relay Ranking ListContinental quotaAfrica0colspan=2 Americas1Asia1Oceania1Remaining quotas6Total12Qualification through the Sprint pathwayMen'sWomen's2025 ISMF World Championship2 Olympic Sprint Ranking List4Total666Total18
Olympic Mixed Relay Ranking List and Olympic Sprint Ranking List
KeyNation qualified from another pathwayNation qualified through the ranking list
Standings after the Solitude World Cup +Mixed Relay standings Rank Nation Continent Points 1 Europe 570 2 Europe 533 3 Europe 494 4 Europe 446 5 Europe 417 6 Europe 382 7 Europe 342 8 Asia 329 9 Americas 329 10 Europe 305 11 Europe 303 12 Europe 298 13 Americas 290 14 Europe 245 15 Asia 232 16 Europe 216 17 Europe 210 18 Europe 191 19 Europe 191 20 Europe 189 21 Europe 177 22 Europe 138 23 Oceania 125 24 Europe 120 25 Americas 80
Standings after Solitude World Cup. Only the top ten who are eligible to qualify through this path are shown.
+Men's standings Rank Nation Name Points 1 Jon Kistler 605 2 Maximilien Drion 459 3 Nikita Filippov 331 4 Hans-Inge Klette 282 5 Rocco Baldini 261 6 Andreas Mayer 240 7 Finn Hösch 222 8 Oriol Olm Rouppert 200 9 Tokutaro Shima 137 10 Zhang Chenghao 137
+Women's standings Rank Nation Name Points 1 Ana Alonso Rodriguez 498 2 Giulia Murada 468 3 Tatjana Paller 429 4 Marianna Jagerčíková 360 5 Eva Matějovičová 300 6 Emma Cook-Clarke 298 7 Iwona Januszyk 292 8 Johanna Hiemer 290 9 Ida Waldal 270 10 Suolang Quzhen 258
References