Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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

Quota allocation

A total quota of 220 athletes are allowed at the Games (113 men and 107 women). Countries are assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions at the 2012 in Ruhpolding, Germany and 2013 World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic.

An athlete also must meet requirements before competing: During the 2012/13 or 2013/14 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete must have two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual that at a maximum is 20% behind the average time of the top three athletes. Or, two placings in the top half at the Junior World Championships. They also can have a combination of both criteria (one of each). All relay members must meet this requirement as well.

If a nation rejects a quota spot, it will go to nations 28 (for women) and 29 (for men) and so on until all quotas have been distributed. A country qualifying more the four athletes must lower their teams to three or less athletes to have redistribution had effect, considering countries that reject a quota spot from five to four athletes can still start the maximum of four athletes in any event (with 88 for men and 87 for women being the maximum number of starters an event can have).

Qualification table by country

Nations Men's Women's Total
 Andorra – 1 1
 Australia 1 1 2
 Austria 6 3 95
 Belarus 5 5 10
 Bosnia and Herzegovina – 1 1
 Brazil – 1 1
 Bulgaria 5 1 6
 Canada 4 4 81
 China 1 4 5
 Czech Republic 5 5 10
 Estonia 5 4 9
 Finland 2 2 42
 France 6 6 12
 Germany 6 6 12
 Great Britain 1 1 2
 Greece – 1 1
 Hungary – 1 1
 Italy 5 5 10
 Japan 1 4 5
 Kazakhstan 5 5 10
 Latvia 1 1 2
 Lithuania 1 1 2
 Moldova – 1 1
 Norway 6 6 12
 Poland 5 5 10
 Romania 1 1 2
 Russia 6 6 12
 Serbia 1 – 1
 Slovakia 4 4 83
 Slovenia 5 1 6
 South Korea 1 1 2
 Spain 1 1 2
 Sweden 5 – 54
 Switzerland 5 4 9
 Ukraine 5 6 11
 United States 5 5 10
Total: 36 NOCs 111 105 216
  1. ^ Canada qualified five athletes per gender, but elected to only send four.[2]
  2. ^ Finland qualified five athletes per gender, but elected to only send two.[3]
  3. ^ Slovakia qualified five athletes per gender, but elected to only send four.
  4. ^ Sweden qualified five female athletes, but elected to send none.
  5. ^ Austria qualified four women but decided to send only three.

Qualification standings

Below are the final official standings. Countries not qualified can still qualify pending reallocation.

Qualified through World Championships
Qualified through reallocation
Men
Ranking NOC 2012 points[4] 2013 points[5] Total Athletes
1  France 1204 1229 2433 6
2  Norway 1177 1223 2400 6
3  Germany 1131 1086 2217 6
4  Russia 1011 1065 2076 6
5  Austria 1038 997 2035 6
6  Czech Republic 982 983 1965 5
7  Italy 1004 940 1944 5
8  Sweden 894 953 1847 5
9  United States 848 904 1752 5
10  Slovenia 916 826 1742 5
11  Ukraine 898 816 1714 5
12  Switzerland 884 753 1637 5
13  Canada 752 882 1634 5 4
14  Bulgaria 776 757 1533 5
15  Slovakia 752 780 1532 5 4
16  Belarus 796 717 1513 5
17  Estonia 666 664 1330 5
18  Kazakhstan 670 595 1265 5
19  Poland 570 467 1037 5
20  Finland 508 524 1032 5 2
21  Latvia 524 486 1010 1
22  Japan 598 366 964 1
23  Lithuania 395 522 917 1
24  China 369 529 898 1
25  Romania 164 577 741 1
26  Great Britain 289 370 659 1
27  Serbia 292 357 649 1
28  South Korea 271 329 600 1
29  Spain 258 219 477 1
30  Belgium 241 141 382 1 0
31  Australia 134 155 289 1
32  Hungary 134 115 249 1
33  Turkey 136 100 236
34  Netherlands 66 154 220
35  Macedonia 77 97 174
36  Croatia 87 82 169
37  Bosnia and Herzegovina 73 69 142
38  Moldova 40 62 102
39  Denmark* 76 16 92
40  Greece 36 20 56
41  Uzbekistan 32
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 32
Total
Women
Ranking NOC 2012 points[6] 2013 points[5] Total Athletes
1  Norway 1104 1175 2279 6
2  Ukraine 1013 1235 2248 6
3  Russia 1073 1174 2247 6
4  Germany 1155 1057 2212 6
5  France 1195 1009 2204 6
6  Belarus 1042 930 1972 5
7  Poland 928 972 1900 5
8  Slovakia 902 906 1808 5
9  Italy 796 991 1787 5
10  Sweden 994 726 1740 5 0
11  Czech Republic 749 929 1678 5
12  United States 814 817 1631 5
13  Canada 812 722 1534 5 4
14  Kazakhstan 702 649 1351 5
15  Finland 705 630 1335 5 2
16  Switzerland 572 753 1325 4
17  Austria 679 636 1315 4 3
18  Estonia 739 560 1299 4
19  Japan 699 535 1234 4
20  China 421 750 1171 4
21  Slovenia 518 652 1170 1
22  Bulgaria 595 568 1163 1
23  Romania 553 514 1067 1
24  Lithuania 484 408 892 1
25  Great Britain 450 318 768 1
26  South Korea 356 371 727 1
27  Latvia 343 233 576 1
28  Andorra 182 174 356 1
29  Spain 114 165 279 1
30  New Zealand 119 100 219 1 0
30  Hungary 111 108 219 1
32  Brazil 86 72 158 1
33  Moldova 79 61 140 1
34  Australia 62 66 128 1
35  Bosnia and Herzegovina 64 52 116 1
36  Turkey 52 56 108
37  Greece 26 68 94 1
38  Netherlands 77 0 77
39  Denmark* 65
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 65
Total

References

  1. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Biathlon Union. December 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  2. ^ Brisbane, Justin (24 December 2013). "Green light to Sochi". Rocky Mountain Outlook. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Finland sends 4 biathletes to Sochi and gives quota to smaller nations". Biathlon news. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 24 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. ^ Men's standings National Federation Quota for OWG 2014 (men) Preliminary Standing After World Championships 2012
  5. ^ a b "2014 Winter Olympics Biathlon NOC quota". Real Biathlon. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  6. ^ Women's standings Women's standings National Federation Quota for OWG 2014 (women) Preliminary Standing After World Championships 2012
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