Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1]

Qualification Rules

A maximum of 170 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum 130 men and 40 women may qualify. The qualification is based on the world rankings of January 20, 2014. Pilots must compete in five different races on three different tracks during the 2012/13 season or 2013/14 season. Men pilots must be in the top 50 of the world rankings, while women need to be in the top 40. Each continent (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) and the hosts are allowed to enter a sled provided they meet the above standard. For each men's event 30 sleds will be allowed to compete (maximum of three NOCs with three sleds and six NOCs with two sleds). For the women's event there will be a total of 20 sleds allowed to compete (maximum of two NOCs with three sleds, four NOCs with two sleds).

Qualification timeline

Races from October 1, 2013 until January 19th will apply to qualification for the Olympics. In general this means that the Olympic field is established by using the first seven world cup races of the 2013-14 season, but also includes results from intercontinental, Europe, and America cup races. Four sleds will then be allocated in both men's categories, and three in the women's, to either host or continental representation. Unused or realocated spots will be filled by January 27, 2014.

Quota allocation

The following summary is not indicative of assurance of Olympic qualification, but of how the allocations would be represented based on the current FIBT rankings.

Current summary

Nations Two-man Four-man Two-woman Athletes
 Australia1116
 Austria1116
 Belgium12
 Brazil116
 Canada33216
 Czech Republic114
 France128
 Germany33318
 Great Britain1218
 Italy1114
 Jamaica12
 Japan114
 Latvia228
 Monaco12
 Netherlands2 1116
 Poland114
 Romania1118
 Russia23216
 Serbia12
 Slovakia114
 South Korea22110
 Switzerland22 129
 United States32316
Total: 23 NOCs 30 30 20 169
  • Most countries have athletes that crossover between the two-men and four-men events. Romania and the United States are the only two countries which have some turnover between the two-men and four-man teams.

Two man

Final ranking by nation (as of January 18, 2013).[2]

Sleds qualified Athletes total Rank of applicable sled
3 18  United States 6
 Canada 11
 Germany 12
2 18  Russia 13
 Latvia 14
 Switzerland 15
 South Korea 22
 Netherlands 291
1 24  Italy 19
 France 20
 Netherlands 21
 Monaco 23
 Austria 24
 Romania 26
 Japan 27
 Great Britain 28
 Australia 322
 Poland 35
 Jamaica 39
 Serbia 41
 Slovakia 48
 Czech Republic 523
306019

  1. ^ Netherlands qualified two sleds, but elected to send only one.
  2. ^ The final four sleds are given to fulfill continental representation (Australia), and then to the top nations not previously qualified (Poland, Jamaica, Serbia).
  3. ^ Czech Republic received the unused quota spot from the Netherlands. Slovakia was ranked higher, but also declined the spot.

Four man

Final ranking by nation (as of January 19, 2014).[2]

Sleds qualified Athletes total Rank of applicable sled
3 36  Germany 8
 Canada 10
 Russia 13
2 40  United States 14
 Latvia 15
 Great Britain 20
 Switzerland 271
 South Korea 44
 France 46
1 44  Switzerland 11
 Netherlands 16
 Italy 17
 Japan 23
 Czech Republic 24
 Australia 30
 Romania 32
 Austria 35
 Brazil 362
 Poland 37
 Slovakia 383
30120

  1. ^ Switzerland rejected one of its two qualified sleds.
  2. ^ The final four sleds (Brazil, Poland, Slovakia, Serbia) are allocated at the end to the top nations not previously qualified.
  3. ^ Slovakia received the unused quota spot from Switzerland.

Two women

Final ranking by nation (as of January 19, 2014).[2]

Sleds qualified Athletes total Rank of applicable sled
3 12  Germany 6
 United States 7
2 12  Switzerland 12
 Canada 14
 Russia 18
1 16  Belgium 9
 Netherlands 11
 Great Britain 13
 Australia 19
 Austria 20
 Brazil 23
 Italy 271
 South Korea 292
 Romania 283
204012

  1. ^ Italy rejected using its quota it qualified.
  2. ^ The final three sleds are given to fulfill continental representation (South Korea), and then to the top nations not previously qualified (Brazil and Italy).
  3. ^ Romania received the unused quota spot from Italy.

References

  1. ↑ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. December 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 FIBT ranking Archived 2014-02-14 at the Wayback Machine.
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