Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the freestyle skiing events at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[1]

Qualification standard

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An athlete must have placed in the top 30 in at a World Cup event during the qualification period (1 July 2020 to 16 January 2022) in that respective event and also have a minimum number of FIS points; 80 for all aerials, moguls, and ski-cross or 50 for halfpipe, slopestyle, or big air.

A total of 284 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 30 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 16 men or 16 women. If a NOC has qualified enough athletes to enter the mixed team event in aerials then they may extend their total to 32 athletes.

Event Men Women Minimum FIS points
Aerials 25 25 80.00
Big air/Slopestyle 30 30 50.00
Halfpipe 25 25 50.00
Moguls 30 30 80.00
Ski cross 32 32 80.00
284 quotas 142 142
  • Big air and slopestyle have a combined event quota.

Allocation of quotas

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At the end of the qualification period of 16 January 2022 quotas will be awarded using the Olympic Quota Allocation List (which includes all results of the World Cups from July 2020 and the results of the 2021 World Championship). The spots will be awarded to each country per athlete appearing on the list starting at number one per event until a maximum for each event is reached, except for the aerials events which will stop at 22 of 25. Once an NOC has reached the maximum of 4 quota spots in an event, it will no longer be counted for the allocation of quotas. If a nation goes over the total of 16 per sex or 30 (32 if entered in the mixed team aerials) total it is up to that nation to select its team to meet the rules by 18 January 2022. Any vacated spots will be then awarded in that event starting from the first athlete not to be awarded a quota. Freeski Slopestyle and Freeski Big Air are calculated as one event.

Allocation for the mixed team aerials event

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Any nation that has qualified at least three athletes in the aerials competitions, and at least one from each gender, may enter this event. If less than eight teams have the required number of athletes then NOCs that need either one more male or female competitor will be awarded a quota to enable participation in the team event. Once eight teams are formed, and if there is still less than 25 quotas filled in the male or female events, then the allocation process described above will continue.

Additional participation for already qualified athletes

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The halfpipe will have quota limits of 25 athletes in both male and female events. However, athletes who have qualified in slopestyle or big air, and have met the qualification standard in halfpipe, may also compete bringing the event totals up to a maximum of 30 per gender. Similarly the slopestyle and big air events may include athletes who have qualified in halfpipe as long as each event total does not exceed 30 per gender.

Host country places

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If the host China has not earned at least one quota place in each event they will be entitled to one quota within the prescribed maximums, provided the athlete has met the qualification standard.

Current summary

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As of 21 January 2022.[2]

NOC Men Women Mixed Total
AE HP MO SS/BA SX AE HP MO SS/BA SX AT
  Australia 4 3 1 4 1 1 14
  Austria 2 1 2 4 1 2 3 13
  Belarus 4 3 X 7
  Brazil 1 1
  Canada 3 4 3 4 2 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 X 32
  Chile 1 1 1
  China 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 2 X 21
  Czech Republic 2 2
  Estonia 1 1 2
  Finland 1 3 1 1 6
  France 1 2 1 4 2 1 4 2 13
  Germany 4 1 1 2 1 2 9
  Great Britain 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 11
  Ireland 1 1
  Italy 1 1 2 2 6
  Japan 1 4 2 2 1 4 1 12
  Kazakhstan 1 2 2 4 X 9
  Netherlands 1 1
  New Zealand 4 2 2 1 9
  Norway 1 4 2 6
  ROC 4 3 1 2 3 3 2 1 4 2 4 X 23
  South Korea 1 2 3
  Spain 2 2
  Sweden 4 4 4 2 14
  Switzerland 3 2 1 4 4 1 3 2 4 X 21
  Ukraine 3 2 X 5
  United States 3 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 2 0 X 32
Total: 27 NOCs 25 24 30 30 32 25 22 30 30 28 8 276

Next eligible NOC per event

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A country can be eligible for more than one quota spot per event in the reallocation process. Bolded NOCs have accepted quotas while NOCs with a strike through have already passed.

Women
Aerials Halfpipe Moguls Slopestyle/Big Air Ski Cross
  Japan
  Belarus
  Belarus
  Switzerland
  Australia
  ROC
  South Korea
  Switzerland
  Austria
  Great Britain
  Kazakhstan
  ROC
  Australia
  Italy
  ROC
  China
  France
  Austria
  Austria
  Germany
  China
Men
Aerials Halfpipe Moguls Slopestyle/Big Air Ski Cross
  Great Britain
  Switzerland
  United States
  Ukraine
  Canada
  China
  Japan
  France
  ROC
  Great Britain
  South Korea
  ROC
  Germany
  Great Britain
  Finland
  France
  France
  ROC
  Italy
  Germany
  Japan
  Great Britain
  Austria
  ROC
  Italy
  Italy
  Australia
  United States

References

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  1. ^ "Qualification System for Xxiv Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Freestyle Skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  2. ^ "FREESTYLE SKI CROSS QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.