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    A. EVENTS (3)
    Men's Events (1) Women's Events (1) Mixed Events (1)

    Men's Skeleton

    Women's Skeleton

    Skeleton Mixed Team

    B. QUOTA PLACES
    1.

    Total quota places for discipline:

      Quota places

    Host country quota

    places

    		Total
    Men 25

    1

    		25
    Women 25 1 25
    Total 50 2 50
    2. Maximum number of athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) (per sport/discipline and/or per event):
      Maximum quota places per NOC
    Men 2 NOCs with 3 athletes
    6 NOCs with 2 athletes
    7 NOCs with 1 athlete
    Women 2 NOCs with 3 athletes
    6 NOCs with 2 athletes
    7 NOCs with 1 athlete
    Mixed Team Max. 6 NOCs with 2 Teams (Man and Woman) within the quotas above.
    8 NOCs with 1 Team (Man and Woman) within the quotas above.
    Total 50
    3. Maximum number of NOCs Teams per event (where applicable)
     

    Max. number of athletes per event

    Men's event name

    25

    Women's event name

    25

    Total

    50

    4. Type of allocation of quota places:
    The quota place/s is/are allocated to the NOC. The selection of athletes for its allocated quota places is at the discretion of the NOC subject to eligibility requirements.
    C. ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY

    Compliance with the Olympic Charter and other relevant rules

    All athletes must respect and comply with the provisions of the Olympic Charter currently in force, including but not limited to Rule 41 (Nationality of Competitors) and Rule 43 (World Anti-Doping Code and the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions).

     

    Only those athletes who respect and comply with the Olympic Charter, the World Anti-Doping Code, and the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions, including the conditions of participation estabilisted by the IOC, plus the rules of IBSF, may participate in the Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026.

    C.1

    Age Requirements:

    All athletes participating in the Olympic Winter Games 2026 must fulfil the age requirements as stated in bylaw 8.4 Licenses of the IBSF International Bobsleigh Rules.

    C.2

    Medical Requirements:

    To be eligible to participate in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, all athletes must be medically suitable for practising Skeleton racing and possess appropriate and adequate insurance coverage against accidents and third-party civil liability.

    C.3

    Additional IF Requirements:

    • All athletes must possess a valid IBSF International licence.
    • The chosen athletes must be ranked among the top 70 men or top 55 women of the IBSF Ranking List of the 2025/2026 season by 18 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time).
    • Athletes must have been participating and ranked in a minimum of eight (8) IBSF races on at least three (3) different tracks in the period between of 1 October 2024 and 18 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time). In addition, the athlete must have been ranked in at least five (5) of the eight (8) above mentioned races on a minimum of two (2) different tracks during the ranking period 2025/2026 by 18 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time).
    D. QUALIFICATION PATHWAY

    The qualification process takes place via participation in the Federation's competition activity. Qualification is achieved by the 'athletes' results. Athletes gain a qualification slot for their NOC.

    QUOTA PLACES

    Men/Women/Mixed Team

    Number of quota places

    Qualification events

    D.1:

    Men: 25

    Women: 25

    Mixed Team: 20

    D.1.1 Men and Women IBSF Ranking List

    During the 2025/2026 season until the deadline of 18 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time), the best results of each athlete in all races that he/she had participated in regardless of the race series below in which the results were scored are totalled to form the respective IBSF Ranking List per event:

    a) World Cup

    b) Europe Cup

    c) North American Cup

    d) Asian Cup

    The maximum number of races taken into account for determining the Ranking List per event is the same as the number of World Cup races that are carried out during the World Cup season 2025/26 season by 18th of January 2026.

    The NOC quotas for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 are based on the IBSF Ranking List as of 18 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time). In cases of equal points, the following decision criteria will apply for the IBSF Ranking List to break the tie:

    a) First, the highest points obtained in a single race.

    b) Next, the highest points obtained at the last race before the 

    qualification deadline.

    c) Next, the highest points obtained at the second to last race 

    before the qualification deadline and so on.

    (World Cup points are of higher priority than points obtained in the other race series)

    D.1.2 Allocation of quotas for Men's Skeleton
    D.1.2.1 The quotas for the 2 NOCs with 3 athletes will be allocated to the top 2 NOCs with the third best athlete on the Men IBSF Ranking List (as described in D.1.1) as of 18 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time);
    D.1.2.2 The quotas for the 6 NOCs with 2 athletes will be allocated to the top 6 NOCs with the second-best athlete on the Men IBSF Ranking List (as described in D.1.1) as of 18 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time) which has not been allocated a quota place from D.1.2.1;
    D.1.2.3 The remaining 7 quota positions will be allocated to the 7 best eligible NOCs with the best ranked athlete on the Men IBSF Ranking List (as described in D.1.1) as of 18 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time) which has not been allocated a quota place from D.1.2.1 and D.1.2.2.

    D.2:

    Women's

    Monobob:

    25 pilots

    2-woman:

    25 crews

    D.2.1Women's Bobsleigh IBSF Combined Ranking List

    The Women's Bobsleigh IBSF Combined Ranking List will be made by combining the best results of each pilot in both the 2-woman and Women's Monobob events during the 2025/2026 season until the deadline of 18 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time) in all races that she had participated in regardless of the race series below in which the results were scored:

    • World Cup
    • Europe Cup
    • North American Cup
    • Asian Cup

    The maximum number of races taken into account for determining the Women's Bobsleigh IBSF Combined Ranking List is the same as the number of World Cup races by event that are carried out during the World Cup Season 2025/26 until the deadline of 18 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time).

    In cases of equal points, the following decision criteria apply for the Women's Bobsleigh IBSF Combined Ranking List:

    a) First, the highest points obtained in a Women's Monobob single race.

    b) Next, the highest points obtained at the last Women's Monobob race before

    the qualification deadline.

    c) Next, the highest points obtained in a 2-woman race.

    d) Next, the highest points obtained at the last 2-woman race before the qualification deadline.

    (World Cup points are of higher priority than points obtained in the other race series)

    D.2.2Allocation of quotas for 2-woman Bobsleigh

    D.2.2.1The quotas for the 3 NOCs with 3 crews will be allocated to the top 3 eligible

    NOCs with the third best pilot in the Women's Bobsleigh IBSF Combined

    Ranking List (as describred in D.2.1);

    D.2.2.2The quotas for the 5 NOCs with 2 crews will be allocated to the top 5 eligible

    NOCs with the second-best pilot in the Women's Bobsleigh IBSF Combined

    Ranking List (as describred in D.2.1) which have not been allocated a quota

    place from D.2.2.1;

    D.2.2.3The quotas for the 6 NOCs with 1 crew will be allocated to the top 6 eligible

    NOCs with the best pilot in the Women's Bobsleigh IBSF Combined Ranking

    List (as describred in D.2.1) which have not been allocated a quota place in

    D.2.2.1 and D.2.2.2.

    D.2.2.4If the host country is not allocated a quota place from D.2.2.1, D.2.2.2 or

    D.2.2.3, the quota place of the NOC with the lowest ranked pilot on the

    Women's Bobsleigh IBSF Combined Ranking List (as describred in D.2.1) from

    D.2.2.3 will be allocated to the highest ranked pilot from the host country on

    the Women's Bobsleigh IBSF Combined Ranking List (refer to Host Country

    Places).

    D.2.3Women's Monobob IBSF Ranking List

    During the 2025/2026 season until the deadline of 18 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time), the best results of each pilot in all races she participated in regardless of the races series in which the results were scored are totalled to form by name for the respective Women's Monobob IBSF Ranking List.

    The maximum number of races taken into account for determining the Monobob IBSF Ranking List will be the same as the number of World Cup races that are carried out during the World Cup Season 2025/26 by 18 January 2026.

    D.2.4Allocation of quotas for Women's Monobob

    D.2.4.1The quotas for the 2 NOCs with 3 pilots will be allocated to the best 2 eligible

    NOCs already qualified for the 2-woman bobsleigh event and determined by

    the third-best ranked pilots in the Women's Bobsleigh IBSF Combined

    Ranking List (as described in D.2.1).

    D.2.4.2The quotas for the 4 NOCs with 2 pilot will be allocated to the top 4 eligible

    NOCs already qualified for the 2-woman bobsleigh event which have not

    been allocated a quota place from D.2.4.1 as of 18 January 2026 (23:59

    Lausanne time).

    D.2.4.3The quotas for 5 NOCs of the remaining 11 quota places with 1 pilot will be

    allocated to next best 5 eligible NOCs which have not been allocated a quota

    place from D.2.4.1 and D.2.4.2 as of 18 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time).

    The remaining 6 quota places with 1 pilot in Women's Monobob will be

    allocated to the top 6 eligible NOCs with the highest ranked pilot on the IBSF

    Women's Monobob Ranking List (as described in D.2.3) as of 18 January

    2026 (23:59 Lausanne time) which have not been allocated a quota place

    IBSF Ranking List from D.2.4.1, D.2.4.2 and D.2.4.3.

    D.2.4.4If the host country is not allocated a quota place from D.2.4.1, D.2.4.2 or

    D.2.4.3, the quota place of the NOC with the lowest ranked pilot on the IBSF

    Women's Monobob Ranking List (as describred in D.2.3) from D.2.4.3 will be

    allocated to the highest ranked pilot from the host country on the IBSF

    Women's Monobob Ranking List (refer to Host Country Places).

    HOST COUNTRY PLACES

    If the male and female pilots of the Host Country do not qualify via the qualification process set out above, it will still have the right to take part in the following events with:

    • one (1) 2-man Bobsleigh crew;
    • one (1) 4-man Bobsleigh crew;
    • one (1) 2-woman Bobsleigh crew;
    • one (1) Women's Monobob.

    Only pilots and crew members meeting the eligibility requirements defined in Section C. can be entered. If not pilot can achieve these conditions, the Host Country will have no representative.

    E. CONFIRMATION PROCESS FOR QUOTA PLACES
    CONFIRMATION OF QUOTA PLACES

    On 18 January 2026, the IBSF will publish the results on its website (http://www.ibsf.org) and inform the respective NOCS of their allocated quota places on 19 January 2026. The NOCs will then have to confirm if they wish to use these quota places by 21 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time), as detailed in section G. Qualification Timeline.

    CONFIRMATION OF HOST COUNTRY PLACES

    The Host Country must confirm in writing to the IBSF by 21 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne time) the use of its Host Country Places

    F. REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUOTA PLACES
    REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUOTA PLACES

    General rules:

    1. Exceeding the total amount of quota places for 2-man and 4-man Bobsleigh is not allowed

    under any circumstances.

    2. Exceeding the total amount of quota places for Women's Monobob and 2-woman Bobsleigh is

    not allowed under any circumstances.

    3. Unused quota places in an event cannot be reallocated to another event. For example, unused

    quota places in the 2-man Bobsleigh cannot be reallocated to the 4-man or 2-woman

    Bobsleigh cannot be reallocated to the Women's Monobob.

    Unused quota places for NOCs can be exceptionally reallocated to an NOC which has not yet received a quota spot. In case this is not possible due to eligibility criteria, the unused quota spot will be assigned to the 1st NOC already qualified whereas the maximum number of 3 (three) teams per NOC may not be exceeded.

    If there are places still available for reallocation, only eligible NOCs which do not already have a qualified team by the end of the qualification period will be considered.

    Among the potential candidates for reallocation, only the highest ranked pilot in the respective IBSF Ranking List will enable his/her NOC to send a crew to fill a reallocation position.

    In cases of equal points, the following decision criteria will be applied:

    a) First, the highest points obtained in a single race.

    b) Next, the highest points obtained in the last race before the qualification deadline.

    (World Cup points are of higher priority than points obtained in the other race series)

    REALLOCATION OF UNUSED HOST COUNTRY PLACES

    Unused Host Country Place(s) will be reallocated to the next highest ranked pilot on the respective IBSF Ranking List as of 18 January 2026.

    G. QUALIFICATION TIMELINE
    Date Milestone
    Qualification Period  

    1 October 2024 – 18 January 2026

    (23:59 Lausanne time)

    Period to reach athlete eligibility criteria as per section C

    Publication of the 2024/2025 IBSF Calendar that will determine the qualification events for the 2024/2025 season will be made by 15 August 2024.

    Publication of the 2025/2026 IBSF Calendar that will determine the qualification events for the 2025/2026 season will be made by 15 August 2025.

    Accreditation deadline  

    26 September 2025

    Milano Cortina 2026 Accreditation deadline

    Inform and confirm  

    18 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne

    time)

    Publication of IBSF Ranking List

    19 January 2026

    IBSF to inform NOCs/NFs of their allocated quota places

    21 January 2026 (23:59 Lausanne

    time)

    NOCs to confirm use of allocated quota places to IBSF (Within 48 hours of receiving the quota)

    Deadline for NOCs that want to be considered for reallocation places to inform the IBSF of their request in writing.

    Reallocation  

    22 – 25 January 2026 (23:59

    Lausanne time)

    IBSF to reallocate all unused quota places and NOCs to confirm within 24 hours

    Sport Entries deadline  

    26 January 2026

    Milano Cortina 2026 Sport Entries deadline

    Delegation Registration Meetings  

    23 January – 5 February 2025

    Milano Cortina 2026 Delegation Registration Meetings

    6 – 22 February 2026

    Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026

    H. AP ATHLETES
    AP ATHLETES

    AP alternate athletes are non-competing athletes and are not included within the athlete's quota as descrivred in section B. Athletes Quota. More detailed information about access rights and entitlements can be found in the 'Acceditation at the Olympic Games – Detailed Specification. Ap alternate athletes can only become competing athletes as per the conditions outlined in the 'IOC/Milano Cortina 2026 Late Athlete Repacement policy'.

     

    In Bobsleigh competitions, "Ap" alternate athletes (according to the distribution table below) may be part of the crew as a substitute. In principle, the same crew must take part in each run. However, in the event of injury or illness the IOC Late Athlete Replacement Policy is applicable and will be implemented (to be released March 2025). It is possible to apply for a replacement of the members of the crew - except for the pilot - with the approval of the Jury and the IOC.

     

    Eligibility: Ap alternate athletes must comply with the same eligibility rules as competing athletes as described in above section C. Athlete Eligibility.

    Quota:

    2-man and 4-man Bobsleigh

    Number of crews qualified per NOC Athletes' quota per NOC Ap alternate athletes' quota
    Two-man Bobsleigh Four-man Bobsleigh
    1 0 2 1
    2 0 4 1
    3 0 6 2
    0 1 4 1
    0 2 8 1
    0 3 12 2
    1 1 4 1
    2 1 5 1
    3 1 6 2
    1 2 8 1
    2 2 8 1
    3 2 9 2
    1 3 12 2
    2 3 12 2
    3 3 12 2

     

    Women's Monobob and 2-woman Bobsleigh

    Number of crews qualified per NOC Athletes' quota per NOC Ap alternate athletes' quota
    2-woman Bobsleigh Monobob
    1 0 2 1
    2 0 4 1
    3 0 6 2
    0 1 1 0
    0 2 2 0
    1 1 2 1
    2 1 4 1
    3 1 6 2
    1 2 2 1
    2 2 4 1
    3 2 6 2
    3 3 6 2
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