Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Qualification
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The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the cross-country skiing events at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. ^[1]

Qualification rules

Basic Quota

A total of 296 athletes will be allowed to compete in cross-country skiing, 148 men and 148 women. For any National Olympic Committee to send at least one male, or one female competitor, they must have an athlete of that gender score less than 300 FIS points in any individual event at either the 2021 World Championships, or the under 23 World Championships. ^[1]

'A' Standard

An athlete who has less than 100 FIS Distance points on the list published on 17 January 2022, can be entered in any event.

'B' Standard

An athlete who has not met the 'A' standard, but has less than 300 FIS Distance points may be entered in the 15 km men's or 10 km women's race, as well as in the team relay. Similarly, athletes who have less than 300 FIS Sprint points may be entered in the sprint, or the team sprint.

Additional Relay eligibility

Athletes who are entered in Nordic Combined or Biathlon, at the 2022 Olympics, may also be used in the relay events. They must have a valid FIS code and have met the appropriate 'B' standard.

Allocation of Quotas

Quota per NOC.

A FIS Cross Country Nation Ranking will be used that takes into account results, from each gender, from the 2020-2021 season. Nations ranked one through five will receive four additional quotas, nations six through ten receive three, nations eleven through twenty receive two, and nations twenty-one through thirty receive one. ^[1]

Remaining quota places.

In each gender, the remainder of the quota places will be distributed in four rounds using the Nation Ranking proceeding from the highest ranked nation down. Nations from 1 to 5 receive an additional quota in round one. Nations from 1 to 10 receive an additional quota in round two. Nations from 1 to 20 receive an quota in round three. All remaining quotas are distributed in round four.

Host quota

If the host has not received four quotas, in each gender, and have remaining athletes who have met at least the 'B' standard, they will be allotted up to four athletes per gender.

Quota Allocation

As of 22 January 2021. ^[2]

Current summary

Each NOC listed has qualified one competitor in the gender indicated, numbers higher than one are based on rankings and will change as rankings change.

Nations	Men	Women	Reallocated men	Reallocated women	Athletes
Andorra	2 1	2 1			2
Argentina	1	1			2
Armenia	1	2			3
Australia	3	2	1		6
Austria	3	4 2			5
Belarus	2	2			4
Belgium	1				1
Bolivia	1				1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1			2
Brazil	1	2			3
Bulgaria	1				1
Canada	3	4	1	1	9
Chile	1				1
China	4	4		1	9
Colombia	1				1
Croatia	1	2			3
Czech Republic	5	7 5	1		11
Denmark	1 0				0
Estonia	3	4	1	1	9
Finland	6	7			13
France	8	4		1	13
Germany	6	8			14
Great Britain	3				3
Greece	1	2			3
Hungary	1	1			2
Iceland	2	1			3
Iran	1				1
Ireland	3 1				1
Italy	6	7 6			12
Japan	3	4	1		8
Kazakhstan	2	4		1	7
Latvia	2	4		1	7
Lebanon	1				1
Liechtenstein		1			1
Lithuania	2	2			4
Luxembourg	1 0				0
Mexico	1				1
Mongolia	1	1			2
Montenegro	1				1
New Zealand	1 0				0
Nigeria	1				1
North Macedonia	1	1			2
Norway	8	8			16
Poland	3	4	1	1	9
Portugal	1				1
ROC	8	8			16
Romania	2	1			3
Serbia	1 0	2 0			0
Slovakia	2	2		1	5
Slovenia	3	6	1		10
South Korea	2	2		1	5
Spain	3 2	1 0			2
Sweden	8	8			16
Switzerland	8	6			14
Thailand	1	2 1			2
Turkey	1	2			3
Ukraine	2	4		1	7
United States	5	8	1		14
Total: 58 NOCs	140	138	8	10	296

Men

Criteria	Athletes per NOC	Total Athletes	Qualified
Basic quota and ranked in the top 5	5	25	France   Norway   ROC   Sweden   Switzerland
Basic quota and ranked 6th through 10th	4	20	Czech Republic   Finland   Germany   Italy   United States
Basic quota and ranked 11th through 20th	3	30	Australia   Austria   Canada   Estonia   Great Britain   Ireland   Japan   Poland   Slovenia   Spain
Basic quota and ranked 21st through 30th	2	20	Andorra   Belarus   Iceland   Kazakhstan   Latvia   Lithuania   Romania   Slovakia   South Korea   Ukraine
Basic quota	1	26	Argentina   Armenia   Belgium   Bolivia   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Brazil   Bulgaria   Chile   Colombia   Croatia   Denmark   Greece   Hungary   Iran   Lebanon   Luxembourg   Mexico   Mongolia   Montenegro   New Zealand   Nigeria   North Macedonia   Portugal   Serbia   Thailand   Turkey
Host quota	4	4	China
Total		125	57

Remaining quotas

Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Next available
ROC   France   Norway   Switzerland   Sweden	ROC   France   Norway   Switzerland   Sweden   Finland   Italy   Germany   United States   Czech Republic	ROC   France   Norway   Switzerland   Sweden   Finland   Italy   Germany	United States   Czech Republic   Great Britain   Canada   Poland   Estonia   Austria   Japan   Australia   Slovenia   Spain   Ireland   Finland   Italy   Germany
5	10	8	8

Women

Criteria	Athletes per NOC	Total Athletes	Qualified
Basic quota and ranked in the top 5	5	25	Germany   Norway   ROC   Sweden   United States
Basic quota and ranked 6th through 10th	4	20	Czech Republic   Finland   Italy   Switzerland   Slovenia
Basic quota and ranked 11th through 20th	3	30	Austria   Canada   China   Estonia   France   Japan   Kazakhstan   Latvia   Poland   Ukraine
Basic quota and ranked 21st through 33rd	2	26	Andorra   Armenia   Australia   Belarus   Brazil   Croatia   Greece   Lithuania   Serbia   Slovakia   South Korea   Thailand [a]   Turkey
Basic quota	1	9	Argentina   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Hungary   Iceland   Liechtenstein   Mongolia   North Macedonia   Romania   Spain   Thailand
Total		110	42

Remaining quotas

Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Next available
Sweden   ROC   United States   Germany   Norway	Sweden   ROC   United States   Germany   Norway   Finland   Czech Republic   Italy   Switzerland   Slovenia	Sweden   ROC   United States   Germany   Norway   Finland   Czech Republic   Italy   Switzerland   Slovenia   France   Poland   Austria   Canada   Ukraine   China   Latvia   Japan   Estonia   Kazakhstan	Finland   Czech Republic   Italy	Switzerland   Slovenia   France   Poland   Austria   Canada   Ukraine   China   Latvia   Japan   Estonia   Kazakhstan   Slovakia   Belarus   Serbia   South Korea   Brazil   Greece   Lithuania   Andorra   Turkey
5	10	20	3	10

References

External links

• FIS official Olympic qualification tables Archived 2021-06-18 at the Wayback Machine.