Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Pictograms from top: BMX, Mountain, Road and Track cycling.

Venue| Olympic BMX Center (BMX)
Mountain Bike Centre (Mountain)
Fort Copacabana, Pontal (Road)
Rio Olympic Velodrome (Track)
Dates| 6–21 August 2016
No. of events| 18
Competitors|  from 80 nations

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List of cyclists
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Road race| men| women
Time trial| men| women
Track cycling

Sprint| men| women
Team sprint| men| women
Keirin| men| women
Team pursuit| men| women
Omnium| men| women
Mountain biking

Cross-country| men| women
BMX

BMX| men| women

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The cycling competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held at four venues scheduled to host eighteen events between 6 August and 21 August.

The venues were Fort Copacabana in the Copacabana, venues were in Clusters for the start and finish of the road cycling race,[1] Pontal in the Barra Cluster for the road cycling time trial competitions, the Rio Olympic Velodrome, also in the Barra Cluster for track cycling,[2] the Olympic BMX Center for BMX and the Mountain Bike Centre for mountain biking, both in the Deodoro Cluster.[3]

Cycling competitions had been contested in every Summer Olympics programme since the first modern Olympiad in 1896 alongside athletics, artistic gymnastics, fencing and swimming.

Since the 1896 contests, which featured five track events and an 87 km road race from Athens to Marathon and back, Olympic cycling had gradually evolved to include women's competitions, mountain biking and BMX, resulting to the current eighteen events.

In February 2013, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced its intention to petition the IOC to extend the cycling programme by three events for both men and women: the return of the points races (track event), a BMX freestyle event and a mountain bike eliminator. However, in August 2013, the IOC stated that the cycling programme would be the same as in 2012.[4] There were no changes made to the 2016 Olympic cycling programme compared to the cycling at the 2012 Olympics.[5]

## Venues

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Venue  | Cluster  | Sport  | Date  | Medal events  | Capacity

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Fort Copacabana | Copacabana Cluster | Road cycling
(road race) | 6–7 August | 2 | 5000 (seating)
Unlimited (standing)[N 1]
Mountain Bike Centre | Deodoro Cluster | Mountain biking | 20–21 August | 2 | 5000 (seating)
20000 (standing)
Olympic BMX Center | Deodoro Cluster | BMX | 17–19 August | 2 | 5000
Pontal | Barra Cluster | Road cycling
(time trial) | 10 August | 2 | 5000 (seating)
Unlimited (standing)[N 1]
Rio Olympic Velodrome | Barra Cluster | Track cycling | 11–16 August | 10 | 7500

1. ^ a b There will be free viewing areas alongside the route.

## Qualification

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Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

## Participation

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### Participating nations

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Brazil, as the host country, receives guaranteed quota place in case it would not qualify any qualification places.

* Algeria (2)
* Argentina (6)
* Australia (31)
* Austria (4)
* Azerbaijan (3)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (14)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (10)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (19)
* Chile (2)
* China (14)
* Colombia (15)
* Costa Rica (2)
* Croatia (2)
* Cuba (3)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (12)
* Denmark (13)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Ecuador (2)
* Egypt (1)
* Eritrea (1)
* Estonia (2)
* Ethiopia (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (22)
* Germany (29)
* Great Britain (26)
* Greece (3)
* Guam (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Hong Kong (5)
* Hungary (1)
* Indonesia (1)
* Iran (3)
* Ireland (3)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (19)
* Japan (9)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Kosovo (1)
* Laos (1)
* Latvia (4)
* Lesotho (1)
* Lithuania (4)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Malaysia (2)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (4)
* Morocco (4)
* Namibia (3)
* Netherlands (26)
* New Zealand (19)
* Norway (7)
* Poland (17)
* Portugal (6)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (16)
* Rwanda (2)
* Serbia (2)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (7)
* South Africa (7)
* South Korea (8)
* Spain (12)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (15)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Thailand (2)
* East Timor (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (2)
* Ukraine (7)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United States (21)
* Venezuela (9)

## Competition schedule

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Legend  H | Heats/preliminaries | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | F | Final

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BMX, mountain biking and road cycling[6] Event↓/Date → | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Wed 10 |  | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | Sun 21

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Men's BMX |  |  |  | H | ¼ | ½ | F |  |
Women's BMX |  |  |  | H |  | ½ | F |  |
Mountain biking
Men's cross-country |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | F
Women's cross-country |  |  |  |  |  |  | F |
Road cycling
Men's road race | F |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Men's time trial |  |  | F |  |  |  |  |
Women's road race |  | F |  |  |  |  |  |
Women's time trial |  |  | F |  |  |  |  |
Track cycling[6] Date → | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16

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Event ↓ | E | E | M | E | E | M | E | M | E
Men's keirin |  |  |  |  |  | H | ½ | F
Men's omnium |  |  |  | SR | IP | ER | TT | FL | PR |
Men's sprint |  | H | ¼ | ½ | F |  |
Men's team pursuit | H | ½ | F |  |  |  |
Men's team sprint | H | ½ | F |  |  |  |  |
Women's keirin |  |  | H | ½ | F |  |  |
Women's omnium |  |  |  |  | SR | IP | ER | TT | FL | PR
Women's sprint |  |  |  | H | ¼ | ½ | F
Women's team pursuit | H |  | ½ | F |  |  |
Women's team sprint |  | H | ½ | F |  |  |  |

M = Morning session, E = Evening session
FL = Flying lap, PR = Points pace, ER = Elimination race, IP = Individual pursuit, SR = Scratch race, TT = Time trial

## Medalists

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Great Britain| 6| 4| 2| 12
2|  Netherlands| 2| 3| 1| 6
3|  United States| 2| 3| 0| 5
4|  Switzerland| 2| 0| 0| 2
5|  Sweden| 1| 1| 0| 2
6|  Belgium| 1| 0| 1| 2
Colombia| 1| 0| 1| 2
Germany| 1| 0| 1| 2
Italy| 1| 0| 1| 2
10|  China| 1| 0| 0| 1
11|  Russia| 0| 2| 1| 3
12|  Denmark| 0| 1| 2| 3
13|  Australia| 0| 1| 1| 2
Poland| 0| 1| 1| 2
15|  Czech Republic| 0| 1| 0| 1
New Zealand| 0| 1| 0| 1
17|  Canada| 0| 0| 2| 2
18|  France| 0| 0| 1| 1
Malaysia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Spain| 0| 0| 1| 1
Venezuela| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (21 entries)| 18| 18| 18| 54

## Road cycling

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's road race
details | Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium | Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark | Rafał Majka
Poland
Men's time trial
details | Fabian Cancellara
Switzerland | Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands | Chris Froome
Great Britain
Women's road race
details | Anna van der Breggen
Netherlands | Emma Johansson
Sweden | Elisa Longo Borghini
Italy
Women's time trial
details | Kristin Armstrong
United States | Olga Zabelinskaya
Russia | Anna van der Breggen
Netherlands

## Track cycling

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### Men's

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Keirin
details | Jason Kenny
Great Britain | Matthijs Büchli
Netherlands | Azizulhasni Awang
Malaysia
Omnium
details | Elia Viviani
Italy | Mark Cavendish
Great Britain | Lasse Norman Hansen
Denmark
Team pursuit
details |  Great Britain (GBR)
Ed Clancy
Steven Burke
Owain Doull
Bradley Wiggins
|  Australia (AUS)
Alexander Edmondson
Jack Bobridge
Michael Hepburn
Sam Welsford
Callum Scotson |  Denmark (DEN)
Lasse Norman Hansen
Niklas Larsen
Frederik Madsen
Casper von Folsach
Rasmus Quaade
Sprint
details | Jason Kenny
Great Britain | Callum Skinner
Great Britain | Denis Dmitriev
Russia
Team sprint
details |  Great Britain (GBR)
Philip Hindes
Jason Kenny
Callum Skinner |  New Zealand (NZL)
Eddie Dawkins
Ethan Mitchell
Sam Webster |  France (FRA)
Grégory Baugé
Michaël D'Almeida
François Pervis

### Women's

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Keirin
details | Elis Ligtlee
Netherlands | Becky James
Great Britain | Anna Meares
Australia
Omnium
details | Laura Trott
Great Britain | Sarah Hammer
United States | Jolien D'Hoore
Belgium
Team pursuit
details |  Great Britain (GBR)
Katie Archibald
Laura Trott
Elinor Barker
Joanna Rowsell Shand
|  United States (USA)
Sarah Hammer
Kelly Catlin
Chloé Dygert
Jennifer Valente
|  Canada (CAN)
Allison Beveridge
Jasmin Glaesser
Kirsti Lay
Georgia Simmerling
Laura Brown
Sprint
details | Kristina Vogel
Germany | Becky James
Great Britain | Katy Marchant
Great Britain
Team sprint
details |  China (CHN)
Gong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi |  Russia (RUS)
Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova |  Germany (GER)
Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel

## Mountain biking

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's
details | Nino Schurter
Switzerland | Jaroslav Kulhavý
Czech Republic | Carlos Coloma Nicolás
Spain
Women's
details | Jenny Rissveds
Sweden | Maja Włoszczowska
Poland | Catharine Pendrel
Canada

## BMX

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's
details | Connor Fields
United States | Jelle van Gorkom
Netherlands | Carlos Ramírez
Colombia
Women's
details | Mariana Pajón
Colombia | Alise Willoughby
United States | Stefany Hernández
Venezuela

## Broken records

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See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2016 Summer Olympics and List of Olympic records in cycling

At least one record in track cycling was set, the women's team pursuit Olympic record. After the 2012–13 track cycling season the UCI changed the women's 3000 metre team pursuit discipline for 3 riders into a format of 4000 metre with 4 riders.

### Cycling track

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See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2016 Summer Olympics and List of Olympic Games records in track cycling

Event  | Round  | Name  | Nation  | Time  | Date  | Record

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Women's Team Pursuit | Qualifying | Great Britain |  Great Britain | 4:13.260 | 11 August | OR, WR
Men's Team Sprint | Qualifying | Great Britain |  Great Britain | 42.562 | 11 August | OR
Men's Team Sprint | First Round | New Zealand |  New Zealand | 42.535 | 11 August | OR
Men's Team Sprint | Finals | Great Britain |  Great Britain | 42.440 | 11 August | OR
Men's Sprint | Qualifying | Jason Kenny |  Great Britain | 9.551 | 12 August | OR
Women's Team Sprint | Qualifying | China |  China | 32.305 | 12 August | OR
Women's Team Sprint | First Round | China |  China | 31.928 | 12 August | OR, WR
Men's Team Pursuit | First Round | Great Britain |  Great Britain | 3:50.570 | 12 August | OR, WR
Men's Team Pursuit | Finals | Great Britain |  Great Britain | 3:50.265 | 12 August | OR, WR
Women's Team Pursuit | 1st Round | United States |  United States | 4:12.282 | 13 August | OR, WR
Women's Team Pursuit | 1st Round | Great Britain |  Great Britain | 4:12.152 | 13 August | OR, WR
Women's Team Pursuit | Finals | Great Britain |  Great Britain | 4:10.236 | 13 August | OR, WR
Omnium Individual Pursuit | Finals | Lasse Norman Hansen |  Denmark | 4:14.982 | 13 August | OR

In addition to the event records, Great Britain's Jason Kenny matched compatriate Chris Hoy as the most successful male cyclist in Olympic history, with six gold medals and a silver over three Games.

## See also

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* Olympics portal

* Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

## References

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1. ^ "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Copacabana Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
2. ^ "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Barra Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
3. ^ "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Deodoro Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
4. ^ "Olympic cycling to remain unchanged for 2016 Rio Games". The Daily Telegraph. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
5. ^ "Wielersport – Rio 2016" (in Dutch). olympischespelenrio.nl. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
6. ^ a b "Rio 2016: Ticket Guide – Search for Sessions". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

* Cycling BMX at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2016)
* Cycling Mountain Bike at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2016)
* Cycling Road at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2016)
* Cycling Track at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2016)
* Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
* Results Book – Cycling BMX
* Results Book – Cycling Mountain Bike
* Results Book – Cycling Road
* Results Book – Cycling Track

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