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The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the biathlon at the 2022 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 using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in their best six sprints, one individual, three relays, one mixed relay, and one single mixed relay. These results will come during the 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup and 2021–22 Biathlon World Cups seasons, up until 16 January 2022. The final 12 spots, per gender, will be allocated using the IBU Qualifying Points List, to nations who have not qualified any athletes yet, with a maximum of two per nation.

On 16 January 2022, 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 2020/21 or 2021/22 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 summary

Nations	Men's	Women's	Total
Austria	5	5	10
Belgium	4	1	5
Belarus	5	5	10
Bulgaria	4	4	8
Canada	4	4	8
China	4	4	8
Czech Republic	5	5	10
Denmark	0	1	1
Estonia	4	4	8
Finland	4	4	8
France	6	6	12
Germany	6	5	11
Italy	5	5	10
Japan	2	4	6
Kazakhstan	2	1	3
Latvia	0	1	1
Lithuania	4	1	5
Moldova	2	2	4
New Zealand	1	0	1
Norway	6	6	12
Poland	1	4	5
Romania	1	1	2
ROC	5	5	10
Slovakia	4	4	8
Slovenia	4	2	6
South Korea	1	2	3
Sweden	5	6	11
Switzerland	4	4	8
Ukraine	5	5	10
United States	4	4	8
Total: 30 NOCs	107	105	212

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 all 37 events.

Men's standings^[2]^[3]
Position	Country	Nations Cup Points
1	Norway	4832
2	France	4632
3	Germany	4392
4	ROC	4343
5	Sweden	4338
6	Italy	3889
7	Belarus	3811
8	Austria	3740
9	Ukraine	3734
10	Czech Republic	3359
11	Slovenia	3251
12	Canada	3184
13	Switzerland	3123
14	United States	3066
15	Finland	3061
16	Lithuania	2574
17	Bulgaria	2417
18	Belgium	2415
19	Estonia	2285
20	Slovakia	2268
21	Japan	2181
22	Latvia	1980
23	Romania	1869
24	Poland	1864
25	Kazakhstan	1740
26	China^[a]	1515
27	Moldova	1498
28	South Korea	766
29	Croatia	585
30	New Zealand	494
31	Serbia	396
32	Greece	281
33	Mongolia	58
34	Spain	48
35	Great Britain	46
36	Hungary	36
37	North Macedonia	13

Standings after all 37 events

Women's standings^[5]^[6]
Position	Country	Nations Cup Points
1	Sweden	4642
2	Norway	4600
3	France	4468
4	Germany	4291
5	Belarus	4275
6	ROC	4234
7	Ukraine	3930
8	Austria	3807
9	Italy	3805
10	Czech Republic	3531
11	Switzerland	3451
12	United States	3123
13	Poland	2940
14	Canada	2887
15	Finland	2845
16	Estonia	2797
17	China	2417
18	Slovakia	2332
19	Japan	2278
20	Bulgaria	2178
21	Kazakhstan	2136
22	Slovenia	1882
23	South Korea	1869
24	Latvia	1559
25	Moldova	1375
26	Romania	1364
27	Lithuania	1160
28	Belgium	1065
29	Great Britain	427
30	Croatia	337
31	Denmark^[b]	324
32	Australia	171

IBU Qualifying points

As of 17 January 2021.^[3]^[6]

Men's standings
Position	Country	Points
1	South Korea	39.99
2	Moldova	44.02
3	New Zealand	44.94
4	China	46.66
5	Japan	47.37
6	Kazakhstan	49.31
7	Moldova	50.85
8	Romania	54.87
9	Japan	56.54
10	Poland	58.53
11	Kazakhstan	58.65
12	Croatia	59.59
13	Romania	63.9
14	Latvia	69.77
15	Serbia	72.59
16	Poland	72.63
17^[a]	China	74.67
18	Latvia	75.74
19	South Korea	81.69

Women's standings
Position	Country	Points
1	Latvia	34.66
2	Moldova	43.66
3	Belgium	48.33
4	Kazakhstan	53.22
5	Slovenia	57.14
6	Slovenia	57.38
7	South Korea	58.19
8	Denmark^[b]	61.68
9	Moldova	63.23
10	Romania	65.5
11	Lithuania	65.69
12	South Korea	66.58
13	Lithuania	68.09
14	Kazakhstan	69.83
15	Great Britain	72.72
16	Latvia	77.95
17	Romania	81.22
18	Australia	120.73
19	Croatia	122.58
20	Belgium	130.28
21	Australia	136.68

^ ^a ^b China receives one male quota via the IBU Qualifying Points list and one by status as host. China receives 2 additional male quotas for having athletes meeting the minimum requirement criteria.^[4]
^ ^a ^b Athletes from Greenland qualify for Denmark.