The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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 – 1 1 1 1 2 6 3 9 5 5 10 – 1 1 – 1 1 5 1 6 4 4 8 1 4 5 5 5 10 5 4 9 2 2 4 6 6 12 6 6 12 1 1 2 – 1 1 – 1 1 5 5 10 1 4 5 5 5 10 1 1 2 1 1 2 – 1 1 6 6 12 5 5 10 1 1 2 6 6 12 1 – 1 4 4 8 5 1 6 1 1 2 1 1 2 5 – 5 5 4 9 5 6 11 5 5 10Total: 36 NOCs 111 105 216
Canada qualified five athletes per gender, but elected to only send four. Finland qualified five athletes per gender, but elected to only send two. Slovakia qualified five athletes per gender, but elected to only send four. Sweden qualified five female athletes, but elected to send none. 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 pointsMen's standings National Federation Quota for OWG 2014 (men) Preliminary Standing After World Championships 2012 2013 points Total Athletes 1 1204 1229 2433 6 2 1177 1223 2400 6 3 1131 1086 2217 6 4 1011 1065 2076 6 5 1038 997 2035 6 6 982 983 1965 5 7 1004 940 1944 5 8 894 953 1847 5 9 848 904 1752 5 10 916 826 1742 5 11 898 816 1714 5 12 884 753 1637 5 13 752 882 1634 5 4 14 776 757 1533 5 15 752 780 1532 5 4 16 796 717 1513 5 17 666 664 1330 5 18 670 595 1265 5 19 570 467 1037 5 20 508 524 1032 5 2 21 524 486 1010 1 22 598 366 964 1 23 395 522 917 1 24 369 529 898 1 25 164 577 741 1 26 289 370 659 1 27 292 357 649 1 28 271 329 600 1 29 258 219 477 1 30 241 141 382 1 0 31 134 155 289 1 32 134 115 249 1 33 136 100 236 34 66 154 220 35 77 97 174 36 87 82 169 37 73 69 142 38 40 62 102 39 * 76 16 92 40 36 20 56 41 32 32 Total
Women Ranking NOC 2012 pointsWomen's standings Women's standings National Federation Quota for OWG 2014 (women) Preliminary Standing After World Championships 2012 2013 points Total Athletes 1 1104 1175 2279 6 2 1013 1235 2248 6 3 1073 1174 2247 6 4 1155 1057 2212 6 5 1195 1009 2204 6 6 1042 930 1972 5 7 928 972 1900 5 8 902 906 1808 5 9 796 991 1787 5 10 994 726 1740 5 0 11 749 929 1678 5 12 814 817 1631 5 13 812 722 1534 5 4 14 702 649 1351 5 15 705 630 1335 5 2 16 572 753 1325 4 17 679 636 1315 4 3 18 739 560 1299 4 19 699 535 1234 4 20 421 750 1171 4 21 518 652 1170 1 22 595 568 1163 1 23 553 514 1067 1 24 484 408 892 1 25 450 318 768 1 26 356 371 727 1 27 343 233 576 1 28 182 174 356 1 29 114 165 279 1 30 119 100 219 1 0 30 111 108 219 1 32 86 72 158 1 33 79 61 140 1 34 62 66 128 1 35 64 52 116 1 36 52 56 108 37 26 68 94 1 38 77 0 77 39 * 65 65 Total
Denmark's points consists of athletes from Greenland, an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark.
References
External links World Championships results + Nations cup scores