# Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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
Men's standings :
| Position | Country | Nations Cup Points |
| 1 | France | 8606 |
| 2 | Norway | 8380 |
| 3 | Sweden | 7496 |
| 4 | Germany | 7303 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 6442 |
| 6 | Italy | 6420 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 6146 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 6083 |
| 9 | Slovenia | 6036 |
| 10 | Finland | 5781 |
| 11 | Austria | 5770 |
| 12 | United States | 5248 |
| 13 | Belgium | 4404 |
| 14 | Poland | 4242 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 4167 |
| 16 | Estonia | 4130 |
| 17 | Romania | 4077 |
| 18 | Latvia | 3999 |
| 19 | Lithuania | 3882 |
| 20 | Canada | 3463 |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 3269 |
| 22 | Moldova | 2716 |
| 23 | Slovakia | 2388 |
| 24 | Croatia | 723 |
| 25 | South Korea | 667 |
| 26 | China | 591 |
| 27 | Greece | 304 |
| 28 | Great Britain | 300 |
| 29 | Japan | 300 |
| 30 | Denmark | 240 |
| 31 | Australia | 197 |
| 32 | Spain | 65 |
| 33 | Argentina | 60 |
| 34 | Mongolia | 13 |
Women's standings :
| Position | Country | Nations Cup Points |
| 1 | France | 8638 |
| 2 | Sweden | 7774 |
| 3 | Germany | 7673 |
| 4 | Norway | 7572 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 6661 |
| 6 | Italy | 6435 |
| 7 | Austria | 6200 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 5798 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 5699 |
| 10 | Finland | 5503 |
| 11 | Poland | 5478 |
| 12 | Slovenia | 5045 |
| 13 | Estonia | 4757 |
| 14 | Slovakia | 4590 |
| 15 | Canada | 4531 |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 4507 |
| 17 | Belgium | 4310 |
| 18 | Latvia | 4201 |
| 19 | United States | 3874 |
| 20 | Lithuania | 3377 |
| 21 | Romania | 2739 |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 2634 |
| 23 | Moldova | 2377 |
| 24 | China | 845 |
| 25 | South Korea | 670 |
| 26 | Australia | 539 |
| 27 | Great Britain | 383 |
| 28 | Croatia | 357 |
| 29 | Greece | 186 |
| 30 | Denmark | 159 |
| 31 | Brazil | 152 |
| 32 | Japan | 149 |
| 33 | Hungary | 104 |

### IBU Qualifying points

As of 14 March 2025.
Men's standings :
| Position | Athlete | Points |
| 1 | Maksim Makarov | 44.78 |
| 2 | Timofei Lapshin | 51.62 |
| 3 | Pavel Magazeev | 58.57 |
| 4 | Sondre Slettemark | 59.02 |
| 5 | Krešimir Crnković | 65.73 |
| 6 | Alexandr Mukhin | 67.43 |
| 7 | Tomáš Sklenárik | 68.08 |
| 8 | Matija Legović | 77.90 |
| 9 | Vladislav Kireyev | 78.58 |
| 10 | Jakub Borgula | 79.88 |
| 11 | Yan Xingyuan | 84.77 |
| 12 | Mikito Tachizaki | 99.74 |
| 13 | Masaharu Yamamoto | 109.04 |
| 14 | Gu Cang | 111.18 |
| 15 | Enkhsaikhan Enkhbat | 111.19 |
| 16 | Aleksei Starodubets | 122.57 |
| 17 | Rasmus Schiellerup | 126.15 |
| 18 | Phoenix Sparke | 133.04 |
| 19 | Marcus Bolin Webb | 133.42 |
| 20 | Apostolos Angelis | 135.05 |
Women's standings :
| Position | Country | Points |
| 1 | Alina Stremous | 42.71 |
| 2 | Anastasia Tolmacheva | 73.31 |
| 3 | Ukaleq Slettemark | 79.17 |
| 4 | Darcie Morton | 80.15 |
| 5 | Aliona Makarova | 82.82 |
| 6 | Ekaterina Avvakumova | 83.66 |
| 7 | Anika Kožica | 92.54 |
| 8 | Galina Vishnevskaya-Sheporenko | 97.05 |
| 9 | Andreea Mezdrea | 99.97 |
| 10 | Olga Poltoranina | 102.09 |
| 11 | Tang Jialin | 103.13 |
| 12 | Gaia Brunello | 110.99 |
| 13 | Meng Fanqi | 113.13 |
| 14 | Shawna Pendry | 126.19 |
| 15 | Ko Eun-jung | 135.37 |
| 16 | Chloe Dupont | 135.87 |
| 17 | Aoi Sato | 148.92 |
| 18 | Sara Ponya | 160.31 |
| 19 | Konstantina Charalampidou | 162.44 |
* 1 2 Athletes from Greenland qualify for Denmark.
* ↑ Nation's cup points are only displayed for Denmark because they are the highest ranked National Federation of Denmark's National Olympic Committee.