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The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Quota allocation

A total quota of 210 athletes are allowed at the Games (105 both men and women). The first 93 quota allocations, per gender, will be assigned from the 2024/25 World Cup Nation Cup score. The final 12 spots, per gender, will be allocated using the IBU Qualifying Points List (as of January 18, 2026), to nations who have not qualified any athletes yet, with a maximum of two per nation.

From the 2024/25 world cup final standings, NOCs ranked 1-3 will qualify six athletes, 4-10 five athletes, and 11-20 four athletes, for both male and female competitions. The final twelve spots in each gender are filled individually from the IBU Qualifying points list to a maximum of two for a nation, from nations not already qualified. Two of these spots will be used by the host if not already qualified. The host may only start in the relay competitions that they have enough qualified athletes for. Reallocation of unused quotas will be from the IBU Qualifying points list for nations that have not yet qualified, or only have one qualifier. For each event a maximum of 4 athletes per NOC may compete, except the Mass Start in which it remains possible to qualify up to 6.

Minimum Requirements

During the 2024/25 or 2025/26 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 and have at most an IBU Qualifying point total of 150 or less. 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.

Qualification standings

     Qualifies 6 athletes
     Qualifies 5 athletes
     Qualifies 4 athletes
     Qualifies 2 athletes by IBU qualifying points
     Qualifies 1 athlete by IBU qualifying points

Standings after 13 of 26 events.

Men's standings
Position Country Nations Cup Points
1  France 4551
2  Norway 4396
3  Sweden 3957
4  Germany 3905
5  Switzerland 3306
6  Slovenia 3259
7  Ukraine 3254
8  Czech Republic 3191
9  Italy 3166
10  Finland 3084
11  United States 2956
12  Austria 2919
13  Belgium 2402
14  Poland 2278
15  Latvia 2251
16  Estonia 2197
17  Bulgaria 2140
18  Romania 2136
19  Lithuania 1988
20  Kazakhstan 1631
21  Canada 1631
22  Slovakia 1306
23  Moldova 1165
24  South Korea 667
25  Croatia 338
26  China 317
27  Japan 214
28  Denmark 99
29  Greece 96
30  Spain 30
31  Great Britain 17
32  Mongolia 13


Standings after 13 of 26 events

Women's standings
Position Country Nations Cup Points
1  France 4463
2  Germany 4164
3  Sweden 4056
4  Norway 3851
5  Switzerland 3392
6  Austria 3293
7  Italy 3269
8  Finland 3138
9  Ukraine 3057
10  Czech Republic 2977
11  Poland 2897
12  Slovenia 2655
13  Estonia 2595
14  Canada 2447
15  Bulgaria 2355
16  Slovakia 2302
17  Belgium 2260
18  Latvia 2172
19  United States 1830
20  Lithuania 1745
21  Kazakhstan 1440
22  Moldova 1279
23  Romania 1170
24  South Korea 492
25  China 458
26  Australia 304
27  Croatia 160
28  Japan 126
29  Greece 77
30  Great Britain 41
31  Denmark 0

IBU Qualifying points

As of 19 January, 2025.

Men's standings
Position Athlete Points
1 South Korea Timofei Lapshin 41.75
2 Moldova Maksim Makarov 50.58
3 Canada Adam Runnalls 57.06
4 Moldova Pavel Magazeev 64.89
5 Croatia Matija Legović 71.82
6 Croatia Krešimir Crnković 72.56
7 Slovakia Jakub Borgula 79.88
8 Greenland Sondre Slettemark 80.05
9 China Yan Xingyuan 84.77
10 Japan Mikito Tachizaki 88.32
11 Slovakia Tomáš Sklenárik 89.24
12 Canada Logan Pletz 89.44
13 Japan Masaharu Yamamoto 109.04
14 China Gu Cang 111.18
15 Mongolia Enkhsaikhan Enkhbat 111.19
16 South Korea Aleksei Starodubets 111.48
17 Greece Apostolos Angelis 131.08


Women's standings
Position Country Points
1 Moldova Alina Stremous 42.71
2 Japan Fuyuko Tachizaki 72.15
3 South Korea Ekaterina Avvakumova 78.36
4 Australia Darcie Morton 80.15
5 Moldova Aliona Makarova 82.82
6 Romania Anastasia Tolmacheva 83.86
7 Kazakhstan Galina Vishnevskaya-Sheporenko 97.05
8 Kazakhstan Olga Poltoranina 100.09
9 Croatia Anika Kožica 101.47
10 China Tang Jialin 103.13
11 Greenland Ukaleq Slettemark 105.33
12 Romania Andreea Mezdrea 110.56
13 China Meng Fanqi 113.13
14 Brazil Gaia Brunello 118.12
15 South Korea Ko Eun-jung 122.21
16 United Kingdom Shawna Pendry 128.87
17 Japan Aoi Sato 139.43

  1. ^ Athletes from Greenland qualify for Denmark.
  2. Nation's cup points are only displayed for Greenland because they are the highest ranked National Federation of Denmark's National Olympic Committee.

References

  1. ^ "Qualification System - XXV Olympic Winter Games, Milano-Cortina 2026" (PDF). Olympics.com. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  2. "World Cup Standings 2024/25". Eurosport.com. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  3. "IBU qualifying points men". International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  4. "World Cup Standings 2024/25". Eurosport.com. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  5. ^ "IBU qualifying points men". International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 24 December 2024.

External links

Qualification for the 2026 Winter Olympics (Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy)
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