Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Cycling
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Cycling; at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
	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
	← 2012 2020 →

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

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

Venue	Cluster	Sport	Date	Medal events	Capacity
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

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

Qualification

Participation

Participating nations

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

Legend
H	Heats/preliminaries	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	F	Final

**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
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
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

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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
13	Poland	0	1	1	2
15	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
15	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

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

Men's

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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	Alexander Edmondson Jack Bobridge Michael Hepburn Sam Welsford Callum Scotson	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

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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	Joanna Rowsell Shand	United States (USA) Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Jennifer Valente	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

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's details	Connor Fields United States	Jelle van Gorkom Netherlands	Carlos Ramírez Colombia
Women's details	Mariana Pajón Colombia	Alise Post United States	Stefany Hernández Venezuela

Broken records

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

Event	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Date	Record
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.

References

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

External links

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

[Free-6] There will be free viewing areas alongside the route.

[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.

[olympischespelenrio-5] "Wielersport – Rio 2016" (in Dutch). olympischespelenrio.nl. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[cyclingsched-7] 
Rio 2016. Archived from the original
on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

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