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	The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the ] at the ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Milano-Cortina-2026/qualification-system/Qualification-System-for-Biathlon.pdf \|title=Qualification System - XXV Olympic Winter Games, Milano-Cortina 2026 \|publisher=Olympics.com \|accessdate=December 24, 2024}}</ref>		The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the ] at the ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Milano-Cortina-2026/qualification-system/Qualification-System-for-Biathlon.pdf \|title=Qualification System - XXV Olympic Winter Games, Milano-Cortina 2026 \|publisher=Olympics.com \|accessdate=December 24, 2024}}</ref>
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	===Minimum Requirements===		===Minimum Requirements===
	During the ] or ] 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.		During the ] or ] 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==		==Qualification standings==
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Latest revision as of 17:01, 12 January 2025

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 11 of 26 events.

Men's standings
Position	Country	Nations Cup Points
1	France	3719
2	Norway	3645
3	Sweden	3206
4	Germany	3172
5	Ukraine	2746
6	Italy	2704
7	Switzerland	2704
8	Slovenia	2627
9	Finland	2575
10	Czech Republic	2557
11	United States	2485
12	Austria	2333
13	Belgium	2023
14	Poland	1904
15	Bulgaria	1810
16	Romania	1784
17	Latvia	1749
18	Estonia	1698
19	Lithuania	1557
20	Kazakhstan	1391
21	Canada	1291
22	Slovakia	1081
23	Moldova	912
24	South Korea	667
25	China	317
26	Croatia	248
27	Japan	158
28	Denmark	99
29	Greece	96
30	Spain	30
31	Mongolia	13

Standings after 11 of 26 events

Women's standings
Position	Country	Nations Cup Points
1	France	3674
2	Germany	3355
3	Sweden	3338
4	Norway	3116
5	Italy	2771
6	Switzerland	2663
7	Austria	2645
8	Finland	2590
9	Ukraine	2563
10	Czech Republic	2481
11	Poland	2447
12	Slovenia	2194
13	Estonia	2106
14	Belgium	2062
15	Canada	1902
16	Bulgaria	1882
17	Slovakia	1756
18	Latvia	1744
19	United States	1520
20	Lithuania	1426
21	Kazakhstan	1161
22	Moldova	1100
23	Romania	1048
24	South Korea	492
25	China	458
26	Australia	236
27	Croatia	99
28	Japan	87
29	Greece	77
30	Great Britain	41
31	Denmark	0

IBU Qualifying points

As of 24 December 2024.

Men's standings
Position	Athlete	Points
1	Timofei Lapshin	41.75
2	Maksim Makarov	52.98
3	Adam Runnalls	57.06
4	Pavel Magazeev	64.89
5	Matija Legović	71.82
6	Krešimir Crnković	72.56
7	Jakub Borgula	79.88
8	Yan Xingyuan	84.77
9	Sondre Slettemark	80.05
10	Mikito Tachizaki	88.32
11	Tomáš Sklenárik	89.24
12	Logan Pletz	89.44
13	Kiyomasa Ojima	109.04
14	Gu Cang	111.18
15	Enkhsaikhan Enkhbat	111.19

Women's standings
Position	Country	Points
1	Alina Stremous	42.71
2	Fuyuko Tachizaki	72.15
3	Ekaterina Avvakumova	78.36
4	Darcie Morton	80.15
5	Anastasia Tolmacheva	83.86
6	Aliona Makarova	84.33
7	Galina Vishnevskaya-Sheporenko	97.05
8	Olga Poltoranina	100.09
9	Anika Kožica	101.47
10	Tang Jialin	103.13
11	Ukaleq Slettemark	105.33
12	Andreena Mezdrea	110.56
13	Meng Fanqi	113.13
14	Ko Eun-jung	122.21
15	Gaia Brunello	132.37

^ Athletes from Greenland qualify for Denmark.

References

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

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