Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Cycling at the
2016 Summer Olympics
List of cyclists
Qualification
Road cycling
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

For the cycling competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the following qualification systems are in place.

Summary

Track cycling

An NOC is entitled to enter a single team in each of the four team events. An NOC without a team in the relevant team event may qualify up to two places in sprint and keirin, and one place in omnium; an NOC with a team may enter that number from its team resources, for a total of twenty three quota places, an increase from the 2012 games which had a one rider per event limit in sprint and keirin; however, a limit of 15 riders (8 men, 7 women ) is placed on each NOC, with the possibility of drafting in two further riders from other cycling events. For certain countries, therefore, the number of quota places earned will significantly exceed the numbers of riders qualified; in effect, members of team events will 'double up', for team sprint athletes in sprint and keirin, and team pursuit athletes in omnium.

Road cycling

Similarly, the cyclists who compete in the road time trial must also compete in the road race event; thus an NOC may win 2 quota places, but be allowed to take only one rider.

Nation Road Track MTB BMX Total
Men Women Men Women M W M W Q R
RR TT RR TT TS KE SP TP OM TS KE SP TP OM
Algeria 2 1 3 2
Argentina 3 1 1 1 1 7 6
Australia 4 2 4 2 X 2 2 X X X 2 2 X X 2 1 3 2 34 31
Austria 2 1 1 1 5 4
Azerbaijan 1 1 1 1 4 3
Belarus 2 2 1 1 X 7 4
Belgium 5 2 3 2 X X 2 1 1 18 14
Bolivia 1 1 1
Brazil 2 2 X 2 1 1 1 10 10
Bulgaria 1 1 1
Canada 3 1 3 2 1 X 2 2 X X 2 2 1 22 19
Chile 1 1 2 2
China 1 X X 2 2 X X 1 1 11 14
Colombia 5 1 1 1 1 X 1 1 1 2 1 16 15
Costa Rica 1 1 2 2
Croatia 2 2 2
Cuba 1 1 1 X 4 3
Cyprus 1 1 1
Czech Republic 4 2 1 2 3 1 14 12
Denmark 3 1 X X X 1 1 1 1 11 13
Dominican Republic 1 1 1
Ecuador 1 1 2 2
Egypt 1 1 1
Eritrea 1 1 1
Estonia 2 2 2
Ethiopia 1 1 1
Finland 1 1 1
France 4 2 2 1 X 2 2 X X 2 2 X 3 2 3 1 30 22
Germany 4 2 4 2 X 2 2 X X X 2 2 X X 2 2 1 1 32 29
Great Britain 5 1 3 1 X 2 2 X X 1 2 X X 1 2 24 26
Greece 1 1 1 3 3
Guam 1 1 1
Guatemala 1 1 1
Hong Kong 1 X 1 1 X 1 6 5
Hungary 1 1 1
Indonesia 1 1 1
Iran 3 1 4 3
Ireland 2 1 3 3
Israel 1 1 2 2
Italy 5 2 4 1 1 X X 3 1 19 19
Japan 2 1 1 1 1 X X 1 1 10 9
Kazakhstan 2 1 X 4 3
Kosovo 1 1 1
Laos 1 1 1
Latvia 2 2 4 4
Lesotho 1 1 1
Lithuania 2 1 1 1 5 4
Luxembourg 1 2 1 4 3
Malaysia 1 1 2 2
Mauritius 1 1 1
Mexico 1 1 X 1 4 4
Morocco 3 1 4 3
Namibia 1 1 1 3 3
Netherlands 4 2 4 2 X 2 2 X X X 2 2 X 1 3 2 31 25
New Zealand 2 1 1 1 X 2 2 X X X 2 2 X X 1 1 20 19
Norway 4 1 1 1 1 1 9 7
Poland 4 2 3 2 X 2 2 X X 2 20 17
Portugal 4 1 2 7 6
Puerto Rico 1 1 1
Romania 1 1 1
Russia 3 1 1 1 1 2 X X 2 2 1 1 1 1 19 16
Rwanda 1 1 2 2
Serbia 1 1 2 2
Slovakia 1 1 2 2
Slovenia 4 1 1 2 8 7
South Africa 2 2 1 2 1 8 7
South Korea 2 1 X 2 2 X 1 10 8
Spain 5 2 1 1 X 2 2 3 17 12
Sweden 3 1 4 4
Switzerland 3 1 1 X X 3 2 1 13 15
Chinese Taipei 1 X 2 2
Thailand 1 1 2 2
Timor-Leste 1 1 1
Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 1
Tunisia 1 1 1
Turkey 2 1 3 2
Ukraine 3 1 1 1 1 2 9 7
United Arab Emirates 1 1 1
United States 2 2 4 2 1 X X X 1 2 3 2 22 21
Venezuela 2 1 1 X 2 2 X 1 1 10 9
Total: 80 NOCs 144 40 67 25 9 27 27 9 18 9 27 27 9 18 50 30 32 16 581 520
Legend

Timeline

The following is a timeline of the qualification events for the cycling events at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Event Date Venue
Road[1]
2015 African Continental Championships (men) February 9–14, 2015 South Africa Wartburg, South Africa
2015 Asian Cycling Championships (men) February 10–14, 2015 Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
2015 Pan American Road Cycling Championships (men) May 7–10, 2015 Mexico León, Mexico
2015 UCI Road World Championships September 19–27, 2015 United States Richmond, United States
2015 UCI World Tour October 4, 2015 N/A
2015 UCI Africa Tour January 1, 2016
2015 UCI America Tour
2015 UCI Asia Tour
2015 UCI Europe Tour
2015 UCI Oceania Tour
2016 Asian Cycling Championships (women) January 19–24, 2016 Japan Tokyo, Japan
2016 African Continental Championships (women) February 22–26, 2016 Morocco Casablanca, Morocco
2016 Pan American Road Cycling Championships (women) May 26–28, 2016 Venezuela San Cristóbal, Venezuela
2015–2016 UCI World Ranking (women) May 31, 2016 N/A
Track[2]
Close of the UCI Olympic Track Ranking 2014–2016
(at end of 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships)
March 6, 2016 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
Mountain biking[3]
2015 Oceania Continental Championships February 26–27, 2015 Australia Toowoomba, Australia
2015 Pan American Continental Championships March 27–29, 2015 Colombia Cota, Colombia
2015 African Continental Championships May 5–10, 2015 Rwanda Musanze, Rwanda
2015 Asian Cycling Championships August 12–16, 2015 Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Establishment of the UCI Olympic qualification ranking May 25, 2016 N/A
BMX[4]
2016 UCI BMX World Championships May 25–29, 2016 Colombia Medellín, Colombia[5]
Establishment of the UCI Rankings by Nation May 31, 2016 N/A

Road cycling

Men's road race

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Host nation N/A Brazil 2
2015 UCI World Tour 1st Spain 5
2nd Italy 5
3rd Colombia 5
4th Great Britain 5
5th Belgium 5
6th France 4
7th Netherlands 4
8th Australia 3*
9th Germany 4
10th Norway 1*
11th Poland 3*
12th Portugal 4
13th Czech Republic 3*
14th Slovenia 3*
15th Switzerland 4
Individual Slovakia1
Individual Luxembourg1
UCI Africa Tour 1st Morocco 3
2nd Algeria 2
3rd South Africa 1**
4th Eritrea 1**
Individual Tunisia1
Individual Rwanda1
UCI America Tour 1st Canada 3
2nd Argentina 3
3rd Venezuela 2**
4th United States 1**
5th Costa Rica 1**
Individual Ecuador1
Individual Guatemala1
Individual Chile1
UCI Asia Tour 1st Iran 3
2nd Kazakhstan 2
3rd Japan 2
4th South Korea 2
UCI Europe Tour 1st Ukraine 3
2nd Slovenia 1***
3rd Russia 3
4th Denmark 3
5th Norway 3***
6th Poland 1***
7th Austria 2
8th Belarus 2
9th Turkey 2
10th Czech Republic 1***
11th Lithuania 2
12th Estonia 2
13th Ireland 2
14th Latvia 2
15th Croatia 2
16th Sweden 2
Individual Azerbaijan1
Individual Serbia1
Individual Greece1
Individual Bulgaria1
Individual Romania1
UCI Oceania Tour 1st New Zealand 2
2015 African Championships 1st Ethiopia 1
2nd Namibia 1
2015 Asian Championships 1st United Arab Emirates 1
2nd Hong Kong 1
2015 Pan American Championships 1st Mexico 1
2nd Dominican Republic 1
Re-allocation of unused quota Puerto Rico 1
South Africa 1
United States 1
Tripartite Commission Invitation Bolivia 1
Kosovo 1
Laos 1
Total 144

* Quota reduced to the number of riders in the ranking of the respective tour

** Quota reduced by one to accommodate for the individual qualifiers on the same tour

*** Additional quota places earned on the continental tour for countries with quota reduction due to lack of ranked riders on the world tour

Men's individual time trial

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
2015 UCI World Tour 1st Spain 1
2nd Italy 1
3rd Colombia 1
4th Great Britain 1
5th Belgium 1
6th France 1
7th Netherlands 1
8th Australia 1
9th Germany 1
10th Norway 1
11th Poland 1
12th Portugal 1
13th Czech Republic 1
14th Slovenia 1
15th Switzerland 1
UCI Africa Tour 1st Morocco 1
2nd Algeria 1
UCI America Tour 1st Canada 1
2nd Argentina 1
3rd Venezuela 1
4th United States 1
UCI Asia Tour 1st Iran 1
2nd Kazakhstan 1
UCI Europe Tour 1st Ukraine 1
2nd Russia 1
3rd Denmark 1
4th Austria 1
5th Belarus 1
6th Turkey 1
UCI Oceania Tour 1st New Zealand 1
2015 UCI World Championships 1st Belarus 1
2nd Italy 1
3rd France 1
4th Spain 1
5th Netherlands 1
6th Australia 1
7th Germany 1
8th Poland 1
9th Czech Republic 1
10th United States 1
Total 40

Women's road race

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Host nation N/A Brazil 1
2016 UCI World Ranking 1 to 5 Netherlands
United States
Italy
Australia
Germany
4
6 to 13 Poland
Sweden
Great Britain
Canada
Belgium
3
France
South Africa
Luxembourg
2*
14 to 22 Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Finland
Cuba
New Zealand
Mexico
Switzerland
Spain
1*
Individual top 100 Chinese Taipei
Norway
Brazil
Azerbaijan
Thailand
Austria
Slovenia
Lithuania
Cyprus
Israel
Japan
Chile
1
2016 African Championships 1st Namibia 1
2016 Pan American Championships 1st Venezuela 1
2016 Asian Championships 1st South Korea 1
Re-allocation of unused host quota Colombia 1
Total 68

* Quota reduced by one to accommodate for the individual qualifiers

Women's individual time trial

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
2016 UCI World Ranking 1 to 15 Netherlands
United States
Italy
Australia
Germany
Poland
Sweden
Great Britain
Canada
Belgium
France
South Africa
Luxembourg
Russia
Ukraine
1
2015 UCI World Championships 1 to 10 New Zealand
Netherlands
Germany
Australia
United States
Belarus
Belgium
Canada
Sweden
Japan
Poland
Norway
1
Total 25

Track cycling

Men's team sprint

Teams must be composed of 3 riders.

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Teams per NOC
2014–2016 Olympic track ranking 1 to 9 Germany
France
Netherlands
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Poland
Venezuela
South Korea
1
Total 9

Men's sprint

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Athletes per NOC
2014–2016 Olympic track ranking 1 to 9 Russia
Colombia
China
Czech Republic
Trinidad and Tobago
Japan
Spain
Russia
Czech Republic
1
NOCs qualified for Team Sprint Germany
France
Netherlands
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Poland
Venezuela
South Korea
up to 2
Total 27

Men's Keirin

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Athletes per NOC
2014–2016 Olympic track ranking 1 to 9 Colombia
United States
Malaysia
Russia
Canada
Japan
Greece
Czech Republic
Italy
Japan
1
NOCs qualified for Team Sprint Germany
France
Netherlands
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Poland
Venezuela
South Korea
2
Total 27

Men's team pursuit

Teams must be composed of 4 riders.

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Teams per NOC
2014–2016 Olympic track ranking 1 to 9 Australia
Great Britain
New Zealand
Germany
Denmark
Switzerland
Italy
Netherlands
China
1
Total 9

Men's Omnium

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Athletes per NOC
2014–2016 Olympic track ranking 1 to 18 Australia
Colombia
Germany
Italy
Denmark
Great Britain
New Zealand
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
United States
Japan
Brazil
Hong Kong
Kazakhstan
Mexico
South Korea
1
Total 18

Women's team sprint

Teams must be composed of 2 riders.

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Teams per NOC
2014–2016 Olympic track ranking 1 to 9 China
Russia
Australia
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
France
Canada
New Zealand
1
Total 9

Women's sprint

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Athletes per NOC
2014–2016 Olympic track ranking 1 to 9 Hong Kong
Lithuania
Cuba
Great Britain
Azerbaijan
Great Britain
Malaysia
Colombia
Egypt
1
NOCs qualified for Team Sprint China
Russia
Australia
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
France
Canada
New Zealand
up to 2
Total 27

Women's Keirin

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Athletes per NOC
2014–2016 Olympic track ranking 1 to 9 Hong Kong
South Korea
Lithuania
Cuba
Ukraine
Colombia
Ireland
Great Britain
Azerbaijan
1
NOCs qualified for Team Sprint China
Russia
Australia
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
France
Canada
New Zealand
up to 2
Total 27

Women's team pursuit

Teams must be composed of 4 riders.

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Teams per NOC
2014–2016 Olympic track ranking 1 to 9 Great Britain
Canada
Australia
China
United States
New Zealand
Italy
Germany
Poland
1
Total 9

Women's Omnium

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
2014–2016 Olympic track ranking 1 to 18 Great Britain
Netherlands
United States
Belgium
Australia
France
Cuba
Belarus
Denmark
Poland
Germany
Canada
New Zealand
China
Hong Kong
Chinese Taipei
Venezuela
Japan
1
Total 18

Mountain biking

Men's cross-country race

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
2016 UCI Olympic qualification ranking 1 to 5 Switzerland
France
Spain
Czech Republic
Italy
3
6 to 13 Germany
Netherlands*
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Portugal
South Africa
Brazil
2
14 to 26 Austria
Slovakia
United States
Argentina
New Zealand
Denmark
Sweden
Greece
Israel
Japan
Hungary
Russia
Great Britain
1
2015 African Championships 1 to 2 Mauritius
Rwanda
1
2015 Pan American Championships 1 to 2 Colombia
Costa Rica
1
2015 Asian Championships 1 to 2 China
Hong Kong
1
Oceania 1 Guam 1
Tripartite Commission Invitation 1 Lesotho 1
Total 50

Women's cross-country race

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
2016 UCI Olympic qualification ranking 1 to 8 Switzerland
Germany
Canada
France
United States
Slovenia
Poland
Ukraine
2
9 to 19 Russia
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Brazil
Italy
Australia
Sweden
Serbia
Czech Republic
1
2015 African Championships 1 South Africa1
Namibia
1
2015 Pan American Championships 1 Mexico 1
2015 Asian Championships 1 China 1
2015 Oceania Championships 1 New Zealand 1
Tripartite Commission Invitation 1 Timor-Leste 1
Total 30
^1 – South Africa won the continental quotas in men's and women's mountain bike, but decided not to accept them. South African sports confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and Cycling South Africa (CSA) made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the Continental Qualification route will not be considered.[6]

BMX

Men's BMX

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
UCI Olympic qualification ranking 1 to 4 United States
Netherlands
Australia
France
3
5 to 7 Great Britain
Latvia
Colombia
2
8 to 13 Argentina
Switzerland
Canada
New Zealand
Brazil
Japan
1
UCI BMX individual ranking 1 to 4 Ecuador
Russia
Germany
Norway
1
2016 UCI BMX World Championships 1 to 3 Venezuela
South Africa
Denmark
1
Re-allocation of unused host quota Indonesia 1
Total 32

Women's BMX

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
UCI Olympic qualification ranking 1 to 3 Australia
United States
Netherlands
2
4 to 7 Colombia
France
Venezuela
Russia
1
UCI BMX individual ranking 1 to 3 Belgium
Denmark
Argentina
1
2016 UCI BMX World Championships 1 to 2 Germany
Brazil
1
Re-allocation of unused host quota Thailand 1
Total 16

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