Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1]

Qualification Rules

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Quotas

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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

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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

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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 classical event for women/15 km classical event for men. They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on January 20, 2014. The qualification period begins in July 2012.

Allocation of quotas

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Basic Quota

Every NOC will be assigned one male and one female quota spot 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 one additional male and/or female quota in addition to the basic quota top 500 and 100 quota. If an NOC has two or more fitting this criterion it will be given an additional quota.

Remaining quotas

The remaining quotas will be assigned using the Olympic Quota allocation list on January 20, 2014. 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

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This is the Olympic allocation quota.[2]

Current summary

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Nations Men Women Additional Athletes
  Argentina 1 1
  Armenia 2 1 3
  Australia 2 2 4
  Austria 4 2 2 8
  Belarus 2 2 2 6
  Bermuda 1 1
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 2
  Brazil 1 1 2
  Bulgaria 2 2 4
  Canada 4 3 6 13
  Chile 1 1
  China 2 2 4
  Croatia 1 1 2
  Czech Republic 3 3 4 10
  Denmark 1 1
  Dominica 1 1 2
  Estonia 2 2 3 7
  Finland 4 4 9 17
  France 3 4 8 15
  Germany 4 4 10 18
  Great Britain 2 2 4
  Greece 1 1 2
  Hungary 1 1 2
  Iceland 1 1
  Independent Olympic Athletes 1 1
  Iran 1 1 2
  Ireland 1 1
  Italy 4 4 8 16
  Japan 2 3 1 6
  Kazakhstan 4 2 5 11
  Latvia 2 1 3
  Liechtenstein 1 1
  Lithuania 1 1 2
  Luxembourg 1 1
  Macedonia 1 1 2
  Moldova 1 1 2
  Mongolia 1 1 2
  Nepal 1 1
  Norway 4 4 12 20
  Peru 1 1
  Poland 2 3 5 10
  Romania 2 1 3
  Russia 4 4 12 20
  Slovakia 2 2 4
  Slovenia 4 1 5
  South Korea 1 1 2
  Serbia 2 1 3
  Spain 2 1 3
  Sweden 4 4 11 19
  Switzerland 4 3 7 14
  Togo 1 1
  Turkey 1 1 2
  Ukraine 2 3 3 8
  United States 4 4 6 14
Total: 54 NOCs 104 91 115 310
Criteria Athletes per NOC Total Athletes Qualified
Top 300, Basic quota + 2 spots in top 30 4 44   Austria
  Canada
  Finland
  Germany
  Italy
  Kazakhstan
  Norway
  Russia
  Switzerland
  Sweden
  United States
Top 300, Basic quota + 1 spot in top 30 3 6   Czech Republic
  France
Top 300, Basic quota 2 30   Armenia
  Australia
  Belarus
  Bulgaria
  China
  Estonia
  Great Britain
  Japan
  Latvia
  Poland
  Romania
  Serbia
  Slovakia
  Slovenia
  Spain
  Ukraine
Basic quota 1 24   Argentina
  Bermuda
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Brazil
  Chile
  Croatia
  Denmark
  Dominica
  Greece
  Hungary
  Iceland
  Independent Olympic Athletes
  Iran
  Ireland
  Liechtenstein
  Lithuania
  Luxembourg
  Macedonia
  Moldova
  Mongolia
  Nepal
  Peru
  South Korea
  Turkey
  Algeria
  Andorra
  New Zealand
TOTAL 104

Women

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Criteria Athletes per NOC Total Athletes Qualified
Top 300, Basic quota + 2 spots in top 30 4 36   Finland
  France
  Germany
  Italy
  Norway
  Russia
  Slovenia
  Sweden
  United States
Top 300, Basic quota + 1 spot in top 30 3 18   Canada
  Czech Republic
  Japan
  Poland
  Switzerland
  Ukraine
Top 300, Basic quota 2 18   Australia
  Austria
  Belarus
  Bulgaria
  China
  Estonia
  Great Britain
  Kazakhstan
  Slovakia
Basic quota 1 19   Armenia
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Brazil
  Croatia
  Dominica
  Greece
  Hungary
  Iran
  Latvia
  Lithuania
  Macedonia
  Moldova
  Mongolia
  Romania
  Serbia
  South Korea
  Spain
  Togo
  Turkey
  Denmark
  Netherlands
  New Zealand
TOTAL 91

Remaining Quotas

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Athletes per NOC Total Qualified
12 24   Norway
  Russia
11 11   Sweden
10 10   Germany
9 9   Finland
8 16   Italy
  France
7 7   Switzerland
6 6 12   Canada
  United States
5 10   Kazakhstan
  Poland
4 4   Czech Republic
3 6   Ukraine
  Estonia
2 4   Austria
  Belarus
1 2   Japan
  Slovenia
TOTAL 115

Next eligible NOC per event

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If a country rejects a quota spot then additional quotas become available. Countries in bold indicate that country received a rejected quota spot. Here are the top 42 eligible countries per event. Note: a country can be eligible for more than one quota spot in the reallocation process. Countries in bold have gotten a reallocation of a quota spot in the respective event, a country with a strike means they rejected that quota spot.

Country   Italy
  Italy

  France
  Ukraine
  Japan
  Canada
  Japan
  Poland
  Austria
  Italy
  Japan
  Italy
  Austria
  Austria
  Switzerland
  Kazakhstan
  Ukraine
  Canada
  Canada
  Kazakhstan
  United States
  Czech Republic
  France
  Estonia
  Canada
  Switzerland
  France
  Switzerland
  Canada
  France
  Switzerland
  United States
  United States
  Slovenia
  Kazakhstan
  Switzerland
  Austria
  Poland
  China
  Belarus
  Ukraine
  Kazakhstan
  Estonia

References

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  1. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  2. ^ Final allocation list Archived 2014-01-29 at the Wayback Machine