The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Qualification rules
A maximum of 170 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum 114 men and 56 women may qualify. Qualification will be based primarily on the combined ranking list of the 2025/2026 season until the deadline of 18 January 2026. Pilots must compete in eight different races on three different tracks between 1 October 2024 and 18 January 2026, and must be ranked in at least five of those races. Additionally, the pilot must be ranked among the top 50 for the man's events or top 40 for the women's events.
For the women's races the IBSF combined ranking will be used for the all but the final six individual quotas in monobob. Those final six quotas will be determined by using the women's monobob IBSF ranking list. For the men's events the IBSF combined ranking list will determine all twenty-eight sleds for both two-man and four-man.
NOC's per event
| Number of sleds | Men | Women's monobob | 2-women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
| 28 | 25 | 25 |
Quota allocation
There will be seven world cup races during the qualification period, so sleds will be ranked in their respective combined ranking list, or women's monobob ranking list, by their best seven results during the qualification period.
Current summary
Provisional standings as of 19 December 2025. Quotas will continue to change until qualification ends on 18 January 2026.
| NOC | Men | Women | Athletes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Monobob | Two woman | ||
| Australia | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Austria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | ||
| Brazil | 1 | 4 | ||
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| China | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| Great Britain | 2 | 8 | ||
| Israel | 1 | 4 | ||
| Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Latvia | 2 | 8 | ||
| Netherlands | 1 | 4 | ||
| Nigeria | 1 | 1 | ||
| Poland | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Romania | 1 | 4 | ||
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | ||
| South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 4 | ||
| United States | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| Total: 24 NOCs | 28 | 25 | 25 | 165 |
Men
- Number in parenthises indicates rank of relevant pilot.
| Sleds qualified | Countries | Athletes total | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 24 | Germany (3rd) Canada (21st) |
| 2 | 7 | 56 | Switzerland (11th) United States (15th) South Korea (22nd) Great Britain (29th) Latvia (32nd) China (34th) Austria (38th) |
| 1 | 8 | 32 | Italy (5th) France (10th) Jamaica (14th) Netherlands (16th) Trinidad and Tobago (23rd) Israel (24th) Romania (25th) Brazil (30th) |
| 28 | 17 | 112 |
Women's monobob
| Sleds qualified | Countries | Athletes total | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Germany (8th) United States (10th) |
| 2 | 4 | 8 | Switzerland (11th) Canada (13th) Italy (28th) China (30th) |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Austria (6th) Australia (9th) France (12th) Denmark (20th) South Korea (21st) |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | Chinese Taipei (19th) Belgium (21st) Poland (23rd) Jamaica (24th) Slovakia (28th) Nigeria (33rd) |
| 25 | 17 | 25 |
- qualifies through combined ranking
- qualifies through monobob ranking
Two woman
| Sleds qualified | Countries | Athletes total | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 18 | Germany (8th) United States (10th) Canada (15th) |
| 2 | 5 | 20 | Switzerland (11th) Italy (28th) China (30th) Jamaica (33rd) Australia (37th) |
| 1 | 6 | 12 | Austria (6th) France (12th) Denmark (20th) South Korea (21st) Chinese Taipei (22nd) Poland (26th) |
| 25 | 14 | 50 |
Next eligible NOC per event
Only NOCs not already qualified are considered. Bolded nations accepted a reallocated quota.
| Men | Women's monobob | Two woman |
|---|---|---|
| Liechtenstein (33rd) Australia (35th) Croatia (36th) Thailand (43rd) Czech Republic (45th) | Latvia (34th) Spain (35th) Great Britain (36th) Thailand (41st) Czech Republic (42nd) | Slovakia (27th) Great Britain (29th) Thailand (32nd) Belgium (34th) Latvia (35th) |
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