| Cycling at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |
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| 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 |
Thecycling competitions of the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro were held at four venues scheduled to host eighteen events between 6 and 21 August.
The venues wereFort 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, theRio Olympic Velodrome, also in the Barra Cluster for track cycling,[2] theOlympic BMX Center for BMX and theMountain Bike Centre for mountain biking, both in the Deodoro Cluster.[3]
Cycling competitions had been contested in every Summer Olympics programme since thefirst modern Olympiad in 1896 alongsideathletics,artistic gymnastics,fencing andswimming.
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, theInternational 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 thecycling at the 2012 Olympics.[5]
| 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 |
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)
Timor-Leste (1)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Tunisia (1)
Turkey (2)
Ukraine (7)
United Arab Emirates (1)
United States (21)
Venezuela (9)| H | Heats/preliminaries | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | F | Final |
| 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
At least one record in track cycling was set, thewomen'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.
| 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'sJason Kenny matched compatriateChris Hoy as the most successful male cyclist in Olympic history, with six gold medals and a silver over three Games.
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