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The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics.^[1]

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 8 of 26 events.

Men's standings^[2]^[3]
Position	Country	Nations Cup Points
1	Norway	2932
2	France	2867
3	Sweden	2529
4	Germany	2490
5	Ukraine	2162
6	Italy	2161
7	Slovenia	2070
8	Finland	2060
9	United States	2027
10	Switzerland	2008
11	Czech Republic	1959
12	Austria	1770
13	Belgium	1607
14	Poland	1604
15	Bulgaria	1436
16	Romania	1397
17	Estonia	1311
18	Latvia	1303
19	Lithuania	1198
20	Kazakhstan	068
21	Canada	994
22	Slovakia	850
23	South Korea	667
24	Moldova	657
25	China	317
26	Croatia	248
27	Greece	35
28	Spain	30
29	Denmark^[a]	23
30	Mongolia	13
31	Japan	0

Standings after 8 of 26 events

Women's standings^[4]^[5]
Position	Country	Nations Cup Points
1	France	2843
2	Sweden	2755
3	Germany	2644
4	Norway	2411
5	Italy	2202
6	Ukraine	2040
7	Austria	2035
8	Czech Republic	2012
9	Poland	2008
10	Switzerland	1986
11	Finland	1928
12	Slovenia	1623
13	Estonia	1608
14	Belgium	1600
15	Canada	1486
16	Bulgaria	1474
17	Latvia	1343
18	Slovakia	1335
19	United States	1208
20	Lithuania	1007
21	Kazakhstan	915
22	Moldova	802
23	Romania	730
24	South Korea	492
25	China	458
26	Australia	173
27	Croatia	99
28	Great Britain	41
29	Japan	0
30	Denmark^[a]	0

IBU Qualifying points

As of 24 December 2024.^[5]

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	74.58
7	Jakub Borgula	79.88
8	Yan Xingyuan	84.77
9	Sondre Slettemark	85.66
10	Mikito Tachizaki	88.32
11	Tomáš Sklenárik	89.24
12	Logan Pletz	89.44
13	Gu Cang	111.18
14	Enkhsaikhan Enkhbat	111.19
15	Aleksei Starodubets	111.48

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	Tang Jialin	103.13
10	Anika Kožica	105.17
11	Ukaleq Slettemark	105.33
12	Andreena Mezdrea	110.60
13	Meng Fanqi	113.13
14	Ko Eun-jung	122.21
15	Aoi Sato	139.43