Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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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 Vacancies Athletes per team Nation 8 5  Canada  South Korea  United States  China  Netherlands  Japan  Olympic Athletes from Russia  Hungary  Kazakhstan  Belgium  France  Italy  Great Britain  Latvia Total 8 40	Women's Vacancies Athletes per team Nation 8 5  South Korea  China  Canada  Olympic Athletes from Russia  Netherlands  Italy  Japan  Hungary  France  Germany  United States  Poland  Kazakhstan  Great Britain Total 8 40

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