Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Qualification rules A total quota of 166 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup in the autumn of 2021. Each nation was permitted to enter a maximum of three athletes per gender for all events apart from the women's 5000m, men's 10000m and mass start events, for which they could enter a maximum of two athletes per event. Additionally, each nation is permitted to send at most 7 speed skating athletes per gender in total, or 8 when the nation is qualified for all events for the gender, or 9 when the nation is qualified with the maximum quota in every event for the gender.

Qualification times The following qualification times were released on July 1, 2021, and were unchanged from 2018. Skaters had the time period of July 1, 2021 – January 16, 2022 to achieve qualification times at valid International Skating Union (ISU) events.

Event Men Women 500 metres 35.70 39.50 1000 metres 1:10.50 1:18.00 1500 metres 1:48.00 1:59.50 3000 metres 4:12.00 5000 metres 6:30.00 7:20.00 or 4:08.00 (3000 m) 10,000 metres 13:30.00 or 6:25.00 (5000 m) Mass start 1:57.50 (1500 m) 2:10.00 (1500 m)

Maximum entries by country per event Event Men Women 500 metres 3 3 1000 metres 3 3 1500 metres 3 3 3000 metres 3 5000 metres 3 2 10,000 metres 2 Mass start 2 2 Team pursuit 1 team 1 team

Maximum quotas per event Men Event By Ranking By time Total 500 metres 20 10 30 1000 metres 20 10 30 1500 metres 20 10 30 5000 metres 14 6 20 10,000 metres 8 4 12 Mass start 24 align=center 24

Women Event By Ranking By time Total 500 metres 20 10 30 1000 metres 20 10 30 1500 metres 20 10 30 3,000 metres 14 6 20 5000 metres 8 4 12 Mass start 24 align=center 24

Qualification timeline Events Date Venue ISU Speed Skating World Cup 1 12–14 November 2021 Tomaszów Mazowiecki ISU Speed Skating World Cup 2 19–21 November 2021 Stavanger ISU Speed Skating World Cup 3 3–5 December 2021 Salt Lake City ISU Speed Skating World Cup 4 10–12 December 2021 Calgary

Qualification summary On 22 December 2021, the ISU published their list of provisional allocations for each race and the total maximum allocation for each NOC. NOCs will inform the ISU how many quotas they will use by 16 January 2022, at which point either withdrawal or reallocation will be done to get to 166 total athletes. The final entries were revealed on January 24, 2022. NOC Men WomenTotal500m 1,000m 1500m 5,000m 10,000m TP 500m 1,000m 1500m 3,000m 5,000m 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 3 11 1 22111X10 5 2 3 3 2 3 12 2 X3 22 322X16 2 22 3 1X2 332 12X14 1 1 1 1 1211 7 2 0 1 2 2 11 2 1 12 1 2 02 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 11 5 0 1 11 0 10 1 3 2 2 11 321 X 1111 12 7 3 3 3 2 11 1 3 2 2222X15 0 11 21 1 1 221 1 9 5 0 1 1 3 33 32 2X33 3322X18 1 1 2 2 33 1 2X 2 12 111X15 12 3 1 2 0 1 2 22 2 1X11 10 3 22 3 3 2 2X3 32 3211X16 0 1 0 1 1 2 21 2 2X1 2 2 10 11 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 11 4 1 222 3 2 2 X 2 3 220 1 2 12Total: 27 NOCs (27)30(28)30(26)30(19)2012248(27)30(27)30(27)30(18)2012248(207)166(87 men/79 women)

Points Ranking Men's 500m The top 20 athletes, with a maximum of 3 per NOC, will earn a quota for their country.

After all 8 races Pos.Racer TOM 1 TOM 2 SOR 1 SOR 2 SLC 1 SLC 2 CGY 1 CGY 2PointsNote1 48 54 60 54 48 48 60 48 420 2 30 48 38 43 54 60 38 40 351 3 54 60 40 60 38 34 32 28 346 4 43 30 32 28 40 36 48 54 311 5 36 43 54 48 25 54 27 21 308 6 38 38 21 40 43 0 43 60 283 7 26 31 29 34 60 43 28 29 2808 40 25 43 31 32 40 31 38 280 9 28 28 30 30 31 38 34 32 251 10 28 40 24 21 23 25 29 43 233 11 23 28 36 24 28 30 24 30 223 12 31 24 31 22 34 28 30 22 222 13 15 24 48 32 24 27 25 26 221 14 34 36 34 25 30 32 191 15 24 22 17 24 26 17 23 31 184 16 27 27 28 38 29 31 180 17 60 34 28 0 54 176 18 22 24 29 13 21 40 27 176 19 32 26 23 36 28 29 174 20 21 29 26 11 10 13 28 34 172 21 24 21 11 15 16 16 21 36 160 22 29 34 27 26 36 0 15223 17 17 15 14 24 26 12 24 14924 25 23 22 16 8 12 17 25 14825 28 27 15 15 15 28 12826 21 0 1 28 22 14 16 24 12627 7 14 13 0 11 24 26 21 11628 16 21 25 12 14 1 11 13 11329 9 16 21 23 0 10 14 15 10830 3 9 9 21 21 7 9 7 86

Men's 1000m The top 20 athletes, with a maximum of 3 per NOC, will earn a quota for their country.

After all 4 races Pos.Racer TOM SOR SLC CGYPointsNote1 54 60 60 174 2 48 48 54 150 3 31 27 43 43 144 4 60 34 48 142 5 34 43 60 137 6 40 29 34 34 137 7 36 54 40 1308 30 40 27 23 120 9 29 28 32 31 120 10 28 30 25 36 119 11 24 32 31 32 119 12 16 28 36 38 118 13 43 25 0 48 116 14 13 24 38 40 115 15 32 26 23 29 110 16 21 31 30 28 110 17 26 36 26 21 109 18 38 38 0 30 106 19 27 23 24 24 9820 28 22 29 7921 21 28 27 76 22 25 9 16 26 76 23 21 54 75 24 24 28 22 7425 15 15 10 28 6826 17 17 9 25 6827 14 12 24 5028 21 13 16 5029 2 8 17 13 4030 12 2 14 12 40

Men's 1500m The top 20 athletes, with a maximum of 3 per NOC, will earn a quota for their country.

After all 4 races Pos.Racer TOM SOR SLC CGYPointsNote1 48 54 60 60 222 2 54 60 54 0 168 3 40 28 38 54 160 4 31 43 34 48 156 5 43 31 36 38 148 6 36 27 40 36 139 7 60 48 29 137 8 34 32 32 32 130 9 28 30 31 40 129 10 24 38 27 28 117 11 25 40 48 113 12 32 29 28 23 112 13 28 34 24 24 11014 38 36 30 104 15 13 21 25 43 102 16 16 28 22 34 100 17 27 25 16 30 98 18 26 22 21 26 95 19 29 26 23 78 20 0 15 28 31 74 21 30 23 21 7422 21 24 17 6223 21 11 28 6024 12 16 14 17 59 25 0 5 24 29 5826 14 17 10 15 5627 4 24 26 0 5428 24 9 9 6 4829 22 8 4 12 4630 43 43

Men's 5000m and 10000m The qualification points ranking for the men's 5000m and 10000m are combined. The top 14 athletes, with a maximum of 3 per NOC, will earn a quota for their country in the 5000m. The top 8 athletes, with a maximum of 2 per NOC, will earn a quota for their country in the 10000m.

After all 4 races Pos.Racer TOM SOR SLC CGYPointsNote1 60 60 60 60 240 2 54 48 34 48 184 3 36 38 48 54 176 4 40 30 43 38 151 5 30 36 40 43 149 6 38 40 26 36 140 7 43 54 38 135 8 31 34 36 34 135 9 48 32 54 134 10 28 29 32 32 121 11 34 31 29 26 120 12 26 23 27 31 107 13 21 29 28 29 107 14 32 32 40 104 15 27 24 25 25 10116 20 21 25 30 9617 36 30 27 9318 19 25 15 25 8419 10 16 28 28 8220 25 22 0 32 79

Men's Mass Start The top 24 athletes, with a maximum of 2 per NOC, will earn a quota for their country in the mass start. The next 8 athletes will be on the reserve list. Up to six additional starting positions for the mass start will be made available during the games, given in reserve order, with priority given to countries that do not yet have an entry. However, only skaters that already took part in another event will be eligible.

After all 3 races Pos.Racer TOM SF TOM F SLC SF SLC F CGY SF CGY FPointsNote1 54 76 54 120 60 108 472 2 38 108 43 96 60 80 425 3 48 86 34 80 54 86 388 4 54 72 48 86 40 76 376 5 43 0 60 60 43 60 266 6 60 64 32 48 58 262 7 48 80 54 68 250 8 60 58 60 62 240 9 32 40 72 25 64 233 10 40 62 28 43 56 229 11 43 68 40 76 227 12 25 38 64 38 62 227 13 26 36 56 36 68 222 14 29 32 40 120 221 15 31 48 108 28 215 16 23 43 58 38 50 212 17 38 120 29 187 18 27 25 36 96 184 19 36 96 22 18 172 20 28 30 34 72 164 21 32 38 52 29 151 22 34 60 26 30 150 23 23 34 54 31 142 24 30 36 50 23 139 25 54 54 108 26 48 52 10027 36 0 31 23 90 28 30 30 30 90 29 27 31 32 90 30 40 0 24 25 89 31 29 27 28 84 32 34 48 8233 32 18 31 81 34 28 26 27 81 35 25 28 27 8036 34 0 20 21 7537 24 25 22 7138 22 29 19 7039 21 19 24 6440 19 21 24 64

Men's Team pursuit The top six nations will earn a quota for the Team pursuit.

After all 3 races Pos.ou TOM SLC CGYPointsNote1 72 120 120 312 2 86 108 108 302 3 108 80 96 284 4 120 76 72 268 5 76 96 80 252 6 80 86 76 242 7 72 72 68 2128 63 63 67 1939 67 58 63 18810 58 67 54 17911 96 0 72 16812 52 56 58 16613 0 72 86 15814 0 54 56 11015 56 5616 54 54

Women's 500m The top 20 athletes, with a maximum of 3 per NOC, will earn a quota for their country.

After all 8 races Pos.Racer TOM 1 TOM 2 SOR 1 SOR 2 SLC 1 SLC 2 CGY 1 CGY 2PointsNote1 60 60 60 54 60 38 40 48 420 2 43 54 43 48 54 54 48 60 404 3 54 48 54 60 38 34 54 54 396 4 48 32 40 40 40 48 60 308 5 28 30 32 27 43 60 43 43 306 6 40 28 48 38 25 29 32 40 280 7 36 40 27 30 34 36 38 38 279 8 31 38 38 36 31 40 34 248 9 25 24 28 31 30 28 36 34 236 10 32 43 30 24 22 27 29 27 234 11 28 36 25 22 27 30 31 32 231 12 24 26 28 28 34 32 25 30 227 13 30 34 29 32 48 43 216 14 12 28 26 34 28 25 30 29 212 15 21 27 24 23 28 26 28 28 205 16 29 29 36 43 36 21 19417 38 25 31 29 26 31 180 18 26 23 21 21 15 21 27 23 177 19 24 21 13 28 23 22 21 22 174 20 13 21 23 14 14 24 24 36 16921 27 22 24 26 10 12 15 24 160 22 22 17 21 25 24 24 23 0 156 23 34 31 34 24 31 15424 17 24 22 16 13 17 16 26 15125 15 16 11 0 16 28 26 28 14026 21 12 15 21 24 13 24 13027 11 14 14 24 21 16 12 16 12828 16 13 9 9 21 23 17 17 12529 14 15 12 15 11 11 21 25 12430 7 8 8 11 13 14 10 13 84

Women's 1000m The top 20 athletes, with a maximum of 3 per NOC, will earn a quota for their country.

After all 4 races Pos.Racer TOM SOR SLC CGYPointsNote1 60 60 48 54 222 2 48 48 36 60 192 3 54 54 60 168 4 43 25 43 43 154 5 30 38 38 36 142 6 34 36 29 40 139 7 32 40 28 38 138 8 40 43 54 137 9 29 34 34 34 131 10 28 28 30 32 118 11 27 30 26 29 112 12 0 31 28 48 10713 38 32 32 102 14 28 22 24 28 102 15 24 26 23 26 99 16 15 21 31 31 98 17 21 23 22 30 96 18 31 24 40 95 19 24 29 21 21 95 20 28 27 27 8221 25 27 25 77 22 17 14 17 24 72 23 14 13 16 28 7124 26 21 23 7025 13 16 11 24 6426 15 24 22 6127 12 11 14 12 4928 23 6 12 6 4729 17 6 21 4430 22 3 3 13 41

Women's 1500m The top 20 athletes, with a maximum of 3 per NOC, will earn a quota for their country.

After all 4 races Pos.Racer TOM SOR SLC CGYPointsNote1 38 48 54 48 188 2 54 36 34 60 184 3 60 60 60 180 4 31 38 40 40 149 5 40 32 36 38 146 6 29 40 30 43 142 7 43 54 43 140 8 48 31 32 29 140 9 36 43 48 127 10 32 30 27 36 125 11 30 27 28 34 119 12 28 31 54 113 13 28 28 26 30 112 14 27 29 29 27 11215 34 34 38 106 16 21 26 24 32 103 17 28 25 24 25 102 18 26 24 23 23 96 19 23 12 21 31 87 20 24 22 10 26 82 21 16 17 17 28 78 22 25 23 8 21 7723 24 21 22 6724 15 10 14 24 6325 17 24 22 6326 25 28 5327 13 15 11 11 5028 14 5 12 15 4629 12 14 16 4230 11 9 7 12 39

Women's 3000m and 5000m The qualification points ranking for the women's 3000m and 5000m are combined. The top 14 athletes, with a maximum of 3 per NOC, will earn a quota for their country in the 3000m. The top 8 athletes, with a maximum of 2 per NOC, will earn a quota for their country in the 5000m.

After all 4 races Pos.Racer TOM SOR SLC CGYPointsNote1 54 54 43 54 205 2 43 48 48 43 182 3 60 60 60 180 4 48 38 34 60 180 5 38 43 40 48 169 6 40 30 36 36 142 7 34 40 38 27 139 8 32 34 32 34 132 9 29 29 31 38 127 10 36 36 54 126 11 30 31 30 32 123 12 32 32 26 31 121 13 31 29 28 30 118 14 26 36 27 28 11715 25 24 28 29 106 16 28 21 29 25 10317 20 32 25 21 9818 27 25 40 9219 28 19 8 28 8320 25 22 12 20 79

Women's Mass Start The top 24 athletes, with a maximum of 2 per NOC, will earn a quota for their country in the mass start. The next 8 athletes will be on the reserve list. Up to six additional starting positions for the mass start will be made available during the games, given in reserve order, with priority given to countries that do not yet have an entry. However, only skaters that already took part if another event will be eligible.

After all 3 races