Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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

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.

Current summary

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

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
TOTAL		104

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
TOTAL		91

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
TOTAL	115

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

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