Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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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
 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 1 3 3
 China 1 X X 2 2 X X 1 1 11 14
 Colombia 5 1 1 1 X 1 1 1 2 1 15 14
 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 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 3 1 X 2 2 X X 2 2 X 3 2 3 1 31 23
 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 2 23 25
 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
 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
 Latvia 2 2 4 4
 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 2 3 2 32 26
 New Zealand 2 1 1 1 X 2 2 X X X 2 2 X X 1 1 1 21 20
 Norway 4 1 1 1 1 8 7
 Poland 4 2 3 1 X 2 2 X X 2 19 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 2 3 2 1 1 9 7
 Switzerland 3 1 1 X X 3 2 1 13 15
 Chinese Taipei 1 X 2 2
 Thailand 1 1 2 2
 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 8
Total: 74 NOCs 143 40 67 25 9 27 27 9 18 9 27 27 9 18 50 30 32 16 580 519
Legend
  • TS – Team Sprint
  • KE – Keirin
  • SP – Sprint
  • TP – Team Pursuit
  • OM – Omnium
  • RR – Road Race
  • TT – Individual Time Trial
  • Q – Quotas
  • R – Riders

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 Continental Championships (men) May 7–10, 2015 Mexico Puebla, 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 Continental 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

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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 4
9th  Germany 4
10th  Norway 1*
11th  Poland 3*
12th  Portugal 4
13th  Czech Republic 3*
14th  Slovenia 3*
15th  Switzerland 4
Individual  Slovakia 1
Individual  Luxembourg 1
UCI Africa Tour 1st  Morocco 3
2nd  Algeria 2
3rd  South Africa 1**
4th  Eritrea 1**
Individual  Tunisia 1
Individual  Rwanda 1
UCI America Tour 1st  Canada 3
2nd  Argentina 3
3rd  Venezuela 2**
4th  United States 1**
5th  Costa Rica 1**
Individual  Ecuador 1
Individual  Guatemala 1
Individual  Chile 1
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  Azerbaijan 1
Individual  Serbia 1
Individual  Greece 1
Individual  Bulgaria 1
Individual  Romania 1
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
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 2
2016 UCI World Ranking 1 to 5



4
6 to 13






3
14 to 22







2
Individual top 100 1
2016 African Championships 1st  Namibia 1
2016 Pan American Championships 1st  Cuba 1
2016 Asian Championships 1st  South Korea 1
Total 67

* As other quota places are awarded to ranked athletes, the quota places for the ranked NOCs will be decreased to keep the total number of athletes constant.

** If, among the riders occupying the qualification places, there are athletes representing an NOC already qualified according to criterion n°1, it is the NOC whose rider who is ranked in the next place in the competition concerned who will benefit from the right to participate.

Women's individual time trial

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
2016 UCI World Ranking 1 to 15













1
2015 UCI World Championships 1 to 10  New Zealand
 Netherlands
 Germany
 Australia
 United States
 Belarus
 Belgium
 Russia
 Czech Republic
 Canada
1
Total 25

Track cycling

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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
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
 Russia
 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

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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 25  Austria
 Slovakia
 United States
 Argentina
 New Zealand
 Denmark
 Sweden
 Greece
 Israel
 Japan
 Hungary
 Russia
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
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 18  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
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

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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 14  Argentina
 Switzerland
 Canada
 New Zealand
 Brazil
 Japan
 Ecuador
1
UCI BMX individual ranking 1 to 4  Russia
 Germany
 Norway
 Denmark
1
2016 UCI BMX World Championships 1 to 3  Venezuela
 South Africa
 Chile
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 8  Colombia
 France
 Venezuela
 Russia
 Denmark
1
UCI BMX individual ranking 1 to 3  Belgium
 Argentina
 Thailand
1
2016 UCI BMX World Championships 1 to 2  Germany
 Brazil
1
Total 16

References

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  6. Agreement between SASCOC and CSA