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Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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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 8 of 26 events.

Men's standings
Position Country Nations Cup Points
1  Norway 2932
2  France 2867
3  Sweden 2529
4  Germany 2490
5  Ukraine 2162
6  Italy 2161
7  Slovenia 2070
8  Finland 2060
9  United States 2027
10  Switzerland 2008
11  Czech Republic 1959
12  Austria 1770
13  Belgium 1607
14  Poland 1604
15  Bulgaria 1436
16  Romania 1397
17  Estonia 1311
18  Latvia 1303
19  Lithuania 1198
20  Kazakhstan 068
21  Canada 994
22  Slovakia 850
23  South Korea 667
24  Moldova 657
25  China 317
26  Croatia 248
27  Greece 35
28  Spain 30
29  Denmark 23
30  Mongolia 13
31  Japan 0


Standings after 8 of 26 events

Women's standings
Position Country Nations Cup Points
1  France 2843
2  Sweden 2755
3  Germany 2644
4  Norway 2411
5  Italy 2202
6  Ukraine 2040
7  Austria 2035
8  Czech Republic 2012
9  Poland 2008
10  Switzerland 1986
11  Finland 1928
12  Slovenia 1623
13  Estonia 1608
14  Belgium 1600
15  Canada 1486
16  Bulgaria 1474
17  Latvia 1343
18  Slovakia 1335
19  United States 1208
20  Lithuania 1007
21  Kazakhstan 915
22  Moldova 802
23  Romania 730
24  South Korea 492
25  China 458
26  Australia 173
27  Croatia 99
28  Great Britain 41
29  Japan 0
30  Denmark 0

IBU Qualifying points

As of 24 December 2024.

Men's standings
Position Athlete Points
1 South Korea Timofei Lapshin 41.75
2 Moldova Maksim Makarov 52.98
3 Canada Adam Runnalls 57.06
4 Moldova Pavel Magazeev 64.89
5 Croatia Matija Legović 71.82
6 Croatia Krešimir Crnković 74.58
7 Slovakia Jakub Borgula 79.88
8 China Yan Xingyuan 84.77
9 Greenland Sondre Slettemark 85.66
10 Japan Mikito Tachizaki 88.32
11 Slovakia Tomáš Sklenárik 89.24
12 Canada Logan Pletz 89.44
13 China Gu Cang 111.18
14 Mongolia Enkhsaikhan Enkhbat 111.19
15 South Korea Aleksei Starodubets 111.48


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 Romania Anastasia Tolmacheva 83.86
6 Moldova Aliona Makarova 84.33
7 Kazakhstan Galina Vishnevskaya-Sheporenko 97.05
8 Kazakhstan Olga Poltoranina 100.09
9 China Tang Jialin 103.13
10 Croatia Anika Kožica 105.17
11 Greenland Ukaleq Slettemark 105.33
12 Romania Andreena Mezdrea 110.60
13 China Meng Fanqi 113.13
14 South Korea Ko Eun-jung 122.21
15 Japan Aoi Sato 139.43

  1. ^ Athletes from Greenland qualify for Denmark.

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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