Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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The cycling competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are to be held at four venues scheduled to host Eighteen events between 6 August and 20 August.
The venues will be Fort Copacabana in the Copacabana venues Cluster for the start and finish of the road cycling road race, [1] Pontal in the Barra Cluster for the road cycling time trial competitions, [2] the Rio Olympic Velodrome, also in the Barra Cluster for track cycling, [3] the Olympic BMX Center for BMX and the Mountain Bike Centre for mountain biking, both in the Deodoro Cluster. [4]
Cycling competitions have 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 a 87 km road race from Athens to Marathon and back, Olympic cycling has gradually evolved to include women's competitions, mountain bike and BMX to arrive at 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 but in August 2013 the IOC stated that the cycling programme will be the same as in 2012. [5] No changes were made to the 2016 Olympic cycling programme compared to the cycling at the 2012 Olympics. [6]
Venues
| 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 2] |
| Rio Olympic Velodrome | Barra Cluster | Track cycling | 11–16 August | 10 | 7500 |
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 (3)
Australia (7)
Austria (2)
Azerbaijan (1)
Belarus (3)
Belgium (6)
Brazil (8)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (4)
Chile (1)
China (2)
Colombia (6)
Costa Rica (1)
Croatia (2)
Czech Republic (5)
Denmark (3)
Dominican Republic (1)
Ecuador (1)
Eritrea (1)
Estonia (2)
Ethiopia (1)
France (4)
Germany (5)
Great Britain (5)
Greece (1)
Guatemala (1)
Hong Kong (1)
Iran (3)
Ireland (2)
Italy (5)
Japan (3)
Kazakhstan (2)
Latvia (2)
Lithuania (2)
Luxembourg (1)
Mauritius (1)
Mexico (2)
Morocco (4)
Namibia (2)
Netherlands (5)
New Zealand (3)
Norway (4)
Poland (4)
Portugal (4)
Puerto Rico (1)
Romania (1)
Russia (3)
Rwanda (1)
Serbia (1)
Slovakia (1)
Slovenia (4)
South Africa (4)
South Korea (2)
Spain (5)
Sweden (2)
Switzerland (4)
Tunisia (1)
Turkey (2)
Ukraine (3)
United Arab Emirates (1)
United States (3)
Venezuela (2)
Participating cyclists
Competition schedule
Template:2016 Olympic Cycling Schedule
Medalists
Road cycling
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| Men's time trial |
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Track cycling
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| Men's team sprint |
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| Men's Keirin |
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| Women's Keirin |
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| Men's team pursuit |
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| Men's Omnium |
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| Women's Omnium |
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Mountain biking
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's cross-country |
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| Women's cross-country |
BMX
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Broken records
At least one record in track cycling will be 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.
| Event | Name | Nation | Score | Date | Record |
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| Women's team pursuit | winners qualification | winning nation qualification | 11 August | OR |
See also
References
- ^ "deodoro Olympic Games Facilities: Copacabana Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ "deodoro Olympic Games Facilities: Barra Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ "deodoro Olympic Games Facilities: Barra Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ "deodoro Olympic Games Facilities: Deodoro Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ "Olympic cycling to remain unchanged for 2016 Rio Games". telegraph.co.uk. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Wielersport – Rio 2016" (in Dutch). olympischespelenrio.nl. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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