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

Quotas

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

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

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

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 criteria 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

This is the Olympic allocation quota.[2]

Current summary

Nations Men Women Additional Athletes
 Argentina11
 Armenia213
 Australia224
 Austria4228
 Belarus2226
 Bermuda11
 Bosnia and Herzegovina112
 Brazil112
 Bulgaria224
 Canada43613
 Chile11
 China224
 Croatia112
 Czech Republic33410
 Denmark11
 Dominica112
 Estonia2237
 Finland44917
 France34815
 Germany441018
 Great Britain224
 Greece112
 Hungary112
 Iceland11
 Independent Olympic Athletes11
 Iran112
 Ireland11
 Italy44816
 Japan2316
 Kazakhstan42511
 Latvia213
 Liechtenstein11
 Lithuania112
 Luxembourg11
 Macedonia112
 Moldova112
 Mongolia112
 Nepal11
 Norway441220
 Peru11
 Poland23510
 Romania213
 Russia441220
 Slovakia224
 Slovenia415
 South Korea112
 Serbia213
 Spain213
 Sweden441119
 Switzerland43714
 Togo11
 Turkey112
 Ukraine2338
 United States44614
Total: 54 NOCs 104 91 115 310

Men

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
TOTAL104

Women

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
TOTAL91

Remaining Quotas

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
TOTAL115

Next eligible NOC per event

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

  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
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