# Short-track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

## Qualification rules

A total quota of 120 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games (60 men and 60 women). Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2017–18 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup. Each nation was permitted to enter a maximum of five athletes per gender if it qualified a relay team and three if it did not. Hosts South Korea were guaranteed the full quota of ten athletes. There were a maximum of thirty-two qualifiers for the 500m and 1000m events; thirty-six for the 1500m events; and eight for the relays.

## Quota allocation

Final quotas were published by the ISU on 23 November 2017. North Korea was allowed to add two entries on 20 January 2018.
| Nations | Men's 500m | Men's 1000m | Men's 1500m | Men's relay | Women's 500m | Women's 1000m | Women's 1500m | Women's relay | Athletes |
| Australia | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Belarus | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| Belgium | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 |
| Canada | 2 | 3 | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 10 |
| China | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Czech Republic | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| France | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 4 |
| Germany | | | 1 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 2 |
| Great Britain | | 2 | 1 | | 3 | 3 | 3 | | 5 |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 3 | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | X | 10 |
| Israel | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 3 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Japan | 2 | 3 | 3 | X | 1 | 2 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 2 | X | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 7 |
| Latvia | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 2 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 2 | X | 3 | 3 | 2 | X | 10 |
| North Korea | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | 2 |
| Poland | 1 | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 3 |
| Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3 | 3 | 3 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Singapore | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Sweden | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 3 | X | 2 | 2 | 3 | | 8 |
| Total: 22 NOCs | 33 | 32 | 37 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 8 | 115 (59 men/56 women) |
Great Britain and Kazakhstan received reallocated spots in the men's 1500m and Kazakhstan received the men's relay spot initially awarded to OAR. Team OAR remained qualified in the women's relay, but only used four of the available five quotas.

## Relays

Nations could compete in four world cup races, and were ranked by their three best scores. Bolded nations are qualified.
| Men's VacanciesAthletes per teamNation 85 Canada South Korea United States China Netherlands Japan Olympic Athletes from Russia Hungary Kazakhstan Belgium France Italy Great Britain Latvia Total840 | Women's VacanciesAthletes per teamNation 85 South Korea China Canada Olympic Athletes from Russia Netherlands Italy Japan Hungary France Germany United States Poland Kazakhstan Great Britain Total840 |

## Individual distances

The first placed racer (per nation) was ranked based on the three best world cup results, out of four, for each race. This means that multiple skaters could have a part in that score, and ranking. The second and third best were ranked in the same way. For the 500m and 1000m the top 32 qualified, and for the 1500m the top 36 qualified. The next best six nations for each race are shown.
* Indicates the second best qualifier for a nation
* Indicates the third best qualifier for a nation
| 500 Meters World cup rank Men's team 1 China 2 Hungary 3 South Korea 4 Canada 5 South Korea 6 Netherlands 7 Hungary 8 China 9 South Korea 10 Kazakhstan 11 United States 12 Japan 13 Canada 14 Netherlands 15 Olympic Athletes from Russia 16 Israel 17 Poland 18 Australia 19 Latvia 20 United States 21 Kazakhstan 22 Japan 23 France 24 Olympic Athletes from Russia 25 China 26 Kazakhstan 27 Netherlands 28 Olympic Athletes from Russia 29 Italy 30 France 31 Hungary 32 United States 33 Canada 34 France 35 Great Britain 36 Japan 37 Germany 38 Belarus | World cup rank Women's team 1 Canada 2 Italy 3 South Korea 4 Canada 5 Great Britain 6 China 7 Netherlands 8 Italy 9 South Korea 10 United States 11 Olympic Athletes from Russia 12 Poland 13 Netherlands 14 Hungary 15 France 16 Italy 17 China 18 Great Britain 19 Canada 20 Netherlands 21 Poland 22 Germany 23 Japan 24 Kazakhstan 25 Hungary 26 South Korea 27 China 28 France 29 United States 30 Olympic Athletes from Russia 31 Germany 32 Great Britain 33 Japan 34 United States 35 Australia 36 Sweden 37 Kazakhstan 38 Hungary |
| 1000 Meters World cup rank Men's team 1 South Korea 2 China 3 Hungary 4 Canada 5 Netherlands 6 South Korea 7 United States 8 China 9 Olympic Athletes from Russia 10 Canada 11 Hungary 12 Israel 13 Italy 14 Japan 15 South Korea 16 Latvia 17 France 18 China 19 Olympic Athletes from Russia 20 United States 21 Canada 22 Japan 23 Olympic Athletes from Russia 24 Great Britain 25 Netherlands 26 Italy 27 France 28 Japan 29 Great Britain 30 Kazakhstan 31 Latvia 32 Netherlands 33 United States 34 Kazakhstan 35 Hungary 36 North Korea 37 Turkey 38 Kazakhstan | World cup rank Women's team 1 South Korea 2 Canada 3 Netherlands 4 South Korea 5 Canada 6 Great Britain 7 Netherlands 8 Italy 9 Olympic Athletes from Russia 10 Netherlands 11 China 12 United States 13 Japan 14 Canada 15 Australia 16 Kazakhstan 17 France 18 Hungary 19 South Korea 20 Olympic Athletes from Russia 21 Poland 22 China 23 Great Britain 24 Great Britain 25 United States 26 Germany 27 Hungary 28 Kazakhstan 29 China 30 Germany 31 Japan 32 Italy 33 Japan 34 France 35 Poland 36 Olympic Athletes from Russia 37 Belgium 38 Lithuania |
| 1500 Meters World cup rank Men's team 1 South Korea 2 Netherlands 3 Canada 4 South Korea 5 Hungary 6 South Korea 7 China 8 United States 9 Hungary 10 Canada 11 France 12 Israel 13 Netherlands 14 France 15 Olympic Athletes from Russia 16 Italy 17 United States 18 Olympic Athletes from Russia 19 Japan 20 China 21 Latvia 22 Canada 23 Japan 24 Kazakhstan 25 Hungary 26 Belgium 27 China 28 Italy 29 Japan 30 Olympic Athletes from Russia 31 United States 32 Australia 33 Belarus 34 Belgium 35 Sweden 36 Germany 37 Great Britain 38 Kazakhstan 39 France 40 Australia 41 Chinese Taipei 42 Turkey | World cup rank Women's team 1 South Korea 2 Canada 3 South Korea 4 Canada 5 South Korea 6 Australia 7 Great Britain 8 Netherlands 9 China 10 Italy 11 Canada 12 Olympic Athletes from Russia 13 Hungary 14 China 15 United States 16 Kazakhstan 17 Netherlands 18 France 19 Great Britain 20 Germany 21 Olympic Athletes from Russia 22 Japan 23 Kazakhstan 24 United States 25 Japan 26 Hungary 27 Poland 28 United States 29 Czech Republic 30 Great Britain 31 Singapore 32 Italy 33 China 34 Japan 35 Germany 36 France 37 Bulgaria 38 Olympic Athletes from Russia 39 Belgium 40 Czech Republic 41 Netherlands 42 Lithuania |