# Ski mountaineering at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the ski mountaineering events at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

## Qualification rules

A maximum of 36 total athletes will be allowed to compete at the games, 18 male and 18 female. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) will be able to qualify up to 2 male and 2 female competitors. A mixed relay team consists of one male and one female competitor, so a maximum of 18 mixed relay teams are possible. Results from the 2025 World Championship, and the World Cup circuit during the qualification period are used to determine the Olympic Sprint Ranking List and the Olympic Mixed Relay Ranking List.
* Event
* ISMF Courchevel World Cup
* ISMF Shahdag World Cup
* ISMF Arinsal – La Massana World Cup
* ISMF Boi Taull World Cup
* ISMF Bormio World Cup MiCo2026 Test Event
* 2025 World Championship
* ISMF Schladming World Cup
* ISMF Val Martello World Cup
* ISMF Villars-sur-Ollon World Cup
* ISMF Tromsø World Cup
* ISMF December 11-14 2025 World Cup
To be eligible an athlete must have been in the top 80% during one of the qualifying races, or top 90% in two of them, or placed in the top 6 in an under 18 race from the Olympic Qualification period.
If a NOC fails to confirm or declines their quota, all reallocation of quotas (except for the host) will be gender specific and come from the Olympic Sprint Ranking List. If the host (Italy) does not use their quota, the next best ranked European nation listed on the Olympic Mixed Relay List that did not achieve a quota from the World Championship mixed relay race, will receive that quota.

## Allocation of quotas
### Host

First, the host will receive one male and one female quota.

### ISMF World Championships 2025 – Mixed Relay

Second, the top two ranked teams (excluding the host Italy) from the championships will receive one male and one female quota each.

### Continental quota

Third, the best ranked NOC from each continent (Africa, Asia, Oceania, Europe, Americas) not already receiving a quota, receive one male and one female quota.

### Olympic Mixed Relay Ranking List

Fourth, from the above named list each NOC who has not already received a quota receives both a male and a female quota, until there are twelve NOCs listed.

### ISMF World Championships 2025 – Sprint

Fifth, the top two male and female competitors from the individual sprint races will achieve a quota for their NOC. If the NOC already would go over two quotas in either gender then the quota will be passed on to the next NOC in the applicable race.

### Olympic Sprint Ranking List

The final four men's and women's quotas go to the highest ranked NOCs on this list, providing that no NOC may exceed two quotas per gender.

## Quota allocation

NOC's with quotas are assured of Olympic participation. However, provisional standings are not assured and can continue to change up until 21 December 2025.
As of Schladming World Cup (17 March 2025)

### Summary

| Nations | Men's Quotas | Women's Quotas | Men's Provisional | Women's Provisional | Athletes |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Individual Neutral Athletes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total: 13 NOCs | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 36 |

### Breakdown

Rankings from the applicable list or competition appear in parentheses. Italics denotes provisionally allocated quotas.
| Event | Event | Event | Places | Nation | Nation |
| Qualification through the Mixed Relay pathway ||||||
| Host | Host | Host | 1 | Italy | Italy |
| 2025 ISMF World Championship | 2025 ISMF World Championship | 2025 ISMF World Championship | 2 | France Spain | France Spain |
| Olympic Mixed Relay Ranking List | Continental quota | Africa | 0 | — | — |
| Olympic Mixed Relay Ranking List | Continental quota | Americas | 1 | United States | United States |
| Olympic Mixed Relay Ranking List | Continental quota | Asia | 1 | China | China |
| Olympic Mixed Relay Ranking List | Continental quota | Oceania | 1 | Australia | Australia |
| Olympic Mixed Relay Ranking List | Remaining quotas | Remaining quotas | 6 | Switzerland Austria Germany Norway Poland Slovakia | Switzerland Austria Germany Norway Poland Slovakia |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | | |
| Qualification through the Singles Sprint pathway | Qualification through the Singles Sprint pathway | Qualification through the Singles Sprint pathway | Qualification through the Singles Sprint pathway | Men's | Women's |
| 2025 ISMF World Championship | 2025 ISMF World Championship | 2025 ISMF World Championship | 2 | Spain France | Switzerland France |
| Olympic Sprint Ranking List | Olympic Sprint Ranking List | Olympic Sprint Ranking List | 4 | Switzerland Belgium Individual Neutral Athletes Norway | Spain Germany Italy Slovakia |
| Total | Total | Total | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | 18 | | |

### Next eligible NOC per stage

| Continental | Continental | Mixed relay list | Sprint list men | Sprint list women |
| Africa | — | Canada Sweden Slovenia | Austria Italy Germany | Poland Czech Republic Austria |
| Americas | Canada | Canada Sweden Slovenia | Austria Italy Germany | Poland Czech Republic Austria |
| Asia | Japan | Canada Sweden Slovenia | Austria Italy Germany | Poland Czech Republic Austria |
| Oceania | — | Canada Sweden Slovenia | Austria Italy Germany | Poland Czech Republic Austria |

### Olympic Mixed Relay Ranking List and Olympic Sprint Ranking List

Key :
* Nation Qualified from other pathway
* Nation Provisionally Qualifies through Ranking List
Standings after 2025 World Championship.
Mixed Relay standings :
| Rank | Nation | Continent | Points |
| 1 | Spain | Europe | 380 |
| 2 | France | Europe | 353 |
| 3 | Switzerland | Europe | 343 |
| 4 | Austria | Europe | 300 |
| 5 | Germany | Europe | 252 |
| 6 | Italy | Europe | 246 |
| 7 | China | Asia | 215 |
| 8 | Norway | Europe | 204 |
| 9 | Poland | Europe | 201 |
| 10 | Slovakia | Europe | 184 |
| 11 | United States | Americas | 181 |
| 12 | Canada | Americas | 178 |
| 13 | Sweden | Europe | 177 |
| 14 | Slovenia | Europe | 163 |
| 15 | Japan | Asia | 145 |
| 16 | Andorra | Europe | 144 |
| 17 | Great Britain | Europe | 139 |
| 18 | Australia | Oceania | 125 |
| 19 | Azerbaijan | Europe | 124 |
| 20 | Bulgaria | Europe | 120 |
| 21 | Greece | Europe | 118 |
| 22 | Romania | Europe | 117 |
| 23 | Netherlands | Europe | 113 |
| 24 | Czech Republic | Europe | 106 |
| 25 | Chile | Americas | 80 |
Top 30 standings after Schladming World Cup. Only the top ten who are eligible to qualify through this path are shown.
Men's standings :
| Rank | Nation | Name | Points |
| 1 | Switzerland | Arno Lietha | 425 |
| 2 | Belgium | Maximilien Drion Du Chapois | 238 |
| 3 | Individual Neutral Athletes | Nikita Filippov | 211 |
| 4 | Norway | Hans-Inge Klette | 192 |
| 5 | Austria | Andreas Mayer | 188 |
| 6 | Italy | Rocco Baldini | 161 |
| 7 | Germany | Finn Hösch | 152 |
| 8 | China | Zhang Chenghao | 115 |
| 9 | Japan | Tokutaro Shima | 110 |
| 10 | Andorra | Oriol Olm Rouppert | 103 |
Women's standings :
| Rank | Nation | Name | Points |
| 1 | Spain | Ana Alonso Rodriguez | 359 |
| 2 | Germany | Tatjana Paller | 314 |
| 3 | Italy | Giulia Murada | 272 |
| 4 | Slovakia | Marianna Jagerčíková | 227 |
| 5 | Poland | Iwona Januszyk | 210 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | Eva Matějovičová | 206 |
| 7 | Austria | Johanna Hiemer | 204 |
| 8 | Canada | Emma Cook-Clarke | 185 |
| 9 | China | Suolangquz Suolangquzhen | 180 |
| 10 | Norway | Ida Waldal | 177 |