Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Qualification system

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A total of 50 quota spots (25 per gender) will be available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of six athletes (three per gender) can be entered by a NOC.[1][2] In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee moved five men's quotas to the women's event, to achieve gender equality.[3]

The World Ranking list as of January 16, 2022 will be used to distribute the quotas. Athletes will be ranked by their best seven results. At total of two countries in each gender will qualify the maximum of three athletes, while six countries will qualify two men, (four for women), seven countries will qualify one quota in the men's event and 11 for the women's. If the host nation China fails to qualify in an event, the highest ranked sled from the country will take the last qualification slot.[2]

An athlete must be ranked in the top 60 (men) or top 55 (women) to be eligible to compete at the games.[2]

Qualification timeline

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Races from October 15, 2020 until January 16, 2022 applied to qualification for the Olympics. In general this meant that the Olympic field is established by using the world cup races of the 2021-22 season, but also includes results from Intercontinental, Europe, and America cup races. Athletes must have competed in at least eight races across at least three different tracks to be eligible.[2]

Quota allocation

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The following summary is a breakdown of Olympic qualification based on the IBSF rankings and adjustments.

Official standings after all 8 races[4][5][6]

Summary

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Nations Men Women Athletes
  American Samoa 1 0 1
  Australia 1 1 2
  Austria 2 1 3
  Belgium 0 1 1
  Brazil 0 1 1
  Canada 1 2 3
  China 2 2 4
  Czech Republic 0 1 1
  Germany 3 3 6
  Great Britain 2 2 4
  Italy 2 1 3
  Latvia 2 1 3
  Netherlands 0 1 1
  Puerto Rico 0 1 1
  ROC 3 3 6
  South Korea 2 1 3
  Spain 1 0 1
  Switzerland 1 0 1
  Ukraine 1 0 1
  United States 1 2 3
  Virgin Islands 0 1 1
Total: 21 NOCs 25 25 50
Sleds qualified Countries Athletes total Nation
3 2 6   Germany
  ROC
2 6 12   Latvia
  South Korea
  Italy
  China
  Great Britain
  Austria
1 7 7   Ukraine
  United States
  American Samoa
  Australia
  Canada
  Switzerland
  Spain
25 15 25

Women

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Sleds qualified Countries Athletes total Nation
3 2 6   ROC
  Germany
2 4 8   Canada
  United States
  China
  Great Britain
1 11 11   Netherlands
  Austria
  Italy
  Belgium
  Australia
  Czech Republic
  Brazil
  Puerto Rico
  Latvia
  South Korea
  France
  Virgin Islands
25 17 25

Next eligible NOC per event

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Only NOCs not already qualified are eligible.

Men's Women's
  Romania
  Ireland
  Israel
  Japan
  France
  Sweden
  Virgin Islands
  Colombia
  Liechtenstein

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic skeleton at Beijing 2022: Top five things to know". Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation Skeleton" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Event programme and athlete quota" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  4. ^ "IBSF Ranking Men´s Skeleton (2021/2022) OWG Qualification System" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ "IBSF Ranking Women´s Skeleton (2021/2022) OWG Qualification System" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  6. ^ "XXIV Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Skeleton – Participation" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.