# Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the cross-country skiing events at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

## Qualification rules
### Basic Quota

A total of 296 athletes will be allowed to compete in cross-country skiing, 148 men and 148 women. For any National Olympic Committee to send at least one male, or one female competitor, they must have an athlete of that gender score less than 300 FIS points in any individual event at either the 2021 World Championships, or the under 23 World Championships.

### 'A' Standard

An athlete who has less than 100 FIS Distance points on the list published on 17 January 2022, can be entered in any event.

### 'B' Standard

An athlete who has not met the 'A' standard, but has less than 300 FIS Distance points may be entered in the 15 km men's or 10 km women's race, as well as in the team relay. Similarly, athletes who have less than 300 FIS Sprint points may be entered in the sprint, or the team sprint.

### Additional Relay eligibility

Athletes who are entered in Nordic Combined or Biathlon, at the 2022 Olympics, may also be used in the relay events. They must have a valid FIS code and have met the appropriate 'B' standard.

## Allocation of Quotas
### Quota per NOC.

A FIS Cross Country Nation Ranking will be used that takes into account results, from each gender, from the 2020-2021 season. Nations ranked one through five will receive four additional quotas, nations six through ten receive three, nations eleven through twenty receive two, and nations twenty-one through thirty receive one.

### Remaining quota places.

In each gender, the remainder of the quota places will be distributed in four rounds using the Nation Ranking proceeding from the highest ranked nation down. Nations from 1 to 5 receive an additional quota in round one. Nations from 1 to 10 receive an additional quota in round two. Nations from 1 to 20 receive an quota in round three. All remaining quotas are distributed in round four.

### Host quota

If the host has not received four quotas, in each gender, and have remaining athletes who have met at least the 'B' standard, they will be allotted up to four athletes per gender.

## Quota Allocation

As of 22 January 2021.

### Current summary

Each NOC listed has qualified one competitor in the gender indicated, numbers higher than one are based on rankings and will change as rankings change.
| Nations | Men | Women | Reallocated men | Reallocated women | Athletes |
| Andorra | 2 1 | 2 1 | | | 2 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| Armenia | 1 | 2 | | | 3 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | | 6 |
| Austria | 3 | 4 2 | | | 5 |
| Belarus | 2 | 2 | | | 4 |
| Belgium | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Bolivia | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| Brazil | 1 | 2 | | | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Canada | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Chile | 1 | | | | 1 |
| China | 4 | 4 | | 1 | 9 |
| Colombia | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Croatia | 1 | 2 | | | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 7 5 | 1 | | 11 |
| Denmark | 1 0 | | | | 0 |
| Estonia | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Finland | 6 | 7 | | | 13 |
| France | 8 | 4 | | 1 | 13 |
| Germany | 6 | 8 | | | 14 |
| Great Britain | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Greece | 1 | 2 | | | 3 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1 | | | 3 |
| Iran | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Ireland | 3 1 | | | | 1 |
| Italy | 6 | 7 6 | | | 12 |
| Japan | 3 | 4 | 1 | | 8 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 4 | | 1 | 7 |
| Latvia | 2 | 4 | | 1 | 7 |
| Lebanon | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Liechtenstein | | 1 | | | 1 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 2 | | | 4 |
| Luxembourg | 1 0 | | | | 0 |
| Mexico | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| Montenegro | 1 | | | | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 0 | | | | 0 |
| Nigeria | 1 | | | | 1 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| Norway | 8 | 8 | | | 16 |
| Poland | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Portugal | 1 | | | | 1 |
| ROC | 8 | 8 | | | 16 |
| Romania | 2 | 1 | | | 3 |
| Serbia | 1 0 | 2 0 | | | 0 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 5 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 6 | 1 | | 10 |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 5 |
| Spain | 3 2 | 1 0 | | | 2 |
| Sweden | 8 | 8 | | | 16 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 6 | | | 14 |
| Thailand | 1 | 2 1 | | | 2 |
| Turkey | 1 | 2 | | | 3 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 4 | | 1 | 7 |
| United States | 5 | 8 | 1 | | 14 |
| Total: 58 NOCs | 140 | 138 | 8 | 10 | 296 |

### Men

| Criteria | Athletes per NOC | Total Athletes | Qualified |
| Basic quota and ranked in the top 5 | 5 | 25 | France Norway ROC Sweden Switzerland |
| Basic quota and ranked 6th through 10th | 4 | 20 | Czech Republic Finland Germany Italy United States |
| Basic quota and ranked 11th through 20th | 3 | 30 | Australia Austria Canada Estonia Great Britain Ireland Japan Poland Slovenia Spain |
| Basic quota and ranked 21st through 30th | 2 | 20 | Andorra Belarus Iceland Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Romania Slovakia South Korea Ukraine |
| Basic quota | 1 | 26 | Argentina Armenia Belgium Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Chile Colombia Croatia Denmark Greece Hungary Iran Lebanon Luxembourg Mexico Mongolia Montenegro New Zealand Nigeria North Macedonia Portugal Serbia Thailand Turkey |
| Host quota | 4 | 4 | China |
| Total | | 125 | 57 |

### Remaining quotas

| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Next available |
| ROC France Norway Switzerland Sweden | ROC France Norway Switzerland Sweden Finland Italy Germany United States Czech Republic | ROC France Norway Switzerland Sweden Finland Italy Germany | United States Czech Republic Great Britain Canada Poland Estonia Austria Japan Australia Slovenia Spain Ireland Finland Italy Germany |
| 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 |

### Women

| Criteria | Athletes per NOC | Total Athletes | Qualified |
| Basic quota and ranked in the top 5 | 5 | 25 | Germany Norway ROC Sweden United States |
| Basic quota and ranked 6th through 10th | 4 | 20 | Czech Republic Finland Italy Switzerland Slovenia |
| Basic quota and ranked 11th through 20th | 3 | 30 | Austria Canada China Estonia France Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Poland Ukraine |
| Basic quota and ranked 21st through 33rd | 2 | 26 | Andorra Armenia Australia Belarus Brazil Croatia Greece Lithuania Serbia Slovakia South Korea Thailand Turkey |
| Basic quota | 1 | 9 | Argentina Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Iceland Liechtenstein Mongolia North Macedonia Romania Spain Thailand |
| Total | | 110 | 42 |
* ↑ a quota will need to be returned due to lack of enough eligible athletes

### Remaining quotas

| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Next available |
| Sweden ROC United States Germany Norway | Sweden ROC United States Germany Norway Finland Czech Republic Italy Switzerland Slovenia | Sweden ROC United States Germany Norway Finland Czech Republic Italy Switzerland Slovenia France Poland Austria Canada Ukraine China Latvia Japan Estonia Kazakhstan | Finland Czech Republic Italy | Switzerland Slovenia France Poland Austria Canada Ukraine China Latvia Japan Estonia Kazakhstan Slovakia Belarus Serbia South Korea Brazil Greece Lithuania Andorra Turkey |
| 5 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 10 |