Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Summary

Following publication of full track cycling quotas - 25 April 2012.[1]

Although in theory an NOC is entitled to qualify up to one place per track event for a total of eighteen quota places, a limit of 14 riders (8 men, 6 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 won will significantly exceed the numbers of riders qualified.

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 Track Road MTB BMX Total
Men Women Men Women M W M W Q R
TS KE SP TP OM TS KE SP TP OM RR TT RR TT
Algeria 1 1 1
Argentina X 1 1 1 1 5 4
Australia X X X X X X X X X X 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 36 29
Austria 2 2 1 5 5
Azerbaijan 1 1 2 1
Belarus X X X X 3 1 1 11 10
Belgium X X X 5 1 3 1 2 1 19 17
Brazil 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 11 9
Bulgaria 2 2 2
Canada X X X X X X 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 20 17
Chile X 1 1 3 3
China X X X X X X X X 1 1 1 16 12
Colombia X X X X X X X 3 1 1 1 2 1 20 17
Costa Rica 1 1 2 2
Croatia 2 2 2
Cuba X X X 1 1 5 5
Cyprus 1 1 1
Czech Republic X X 2 3 1 2 10 10
Denmark X X 4 2 1 1 13 11
Ecuador 1 1 2 2
Eritrea 1 1 1
El Salvador 1 1 1
Estonia 1 1 2 2
Finland 1 1 1 3 2
France X X X X X X X X 4 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 30 24
Georgia 1 1 1
Germany X X X X X X X X 5 2 4 2 3 2 2 33 25
Great Britain X X X X X X X X X X 5 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 35 27
Greece X X 1 1 4 4
Guam 1 1 1
Guatemala 1 1 1
Hong Kong X X X 1 1 1 6 6
Hungary 1 1 1 3 3
Iran 3 1 4 3
Ireland X 3 1 5 4
Italy X 5 1 4 2 2 1 1 17 14
Japan X X X X 2 1 1 1 1 12 9
Kazakhstan 2 2 4 2
Latvia 1 3 1 5 5
Lithuania X X 2 1 1 6 4
Luxembourg 1 1 1 3 2
Malaysia X X X 2 5 5
Morocco 3 1 4 3
Mauritius 1 1 1
Mexico 1 1 2 2
Moldova 1 1 1
Namibia 1 1 2 2
Netherlands X X X X X X X X 5 2 4 2 2 3 1 33 25
New Zealand X X X X X X X X X 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 26 22
Norway 4 1 1 1 7 6
Philippines 1 1 1
Poland X X X X 3 1 1 2 2 15 12
Portugal 3 1 1 5 4
Romania 1 1 1
Russia X X X X X X X 3 1 3 2 1 1 23 18
Rwanda 1 1 1
Serbia 2 2 2
Slovakia 1 1 1
Slovenia 3 1 1 2 7 6
South Africa X 1 3 1 2 1 1 10 9
South Korea X X X X X X 1 1 12 10
Spain X X X X X 5 2 3 18 16
Sweden 1 1 3 2 1 8 5
Switzerland 5 2 3 2 1 13 11
Syria 1 1 1
Thailand 1 1 1
Chinese Taipei X 1 2 2
Trinidad and Tobago X X 2 2
Turkey 3 1 4 3
Ukraine X X X X 2 1 1 1 12 10
United States X X X X 5 1 4 2 2 2 3 2 27 24
Uruguay 1 1 1
Uzbekistan 2 2 2
Venezuela X X X X X X X X 3 1 1 1 17 12
Total: 74 NOCs 30 18 18 40 18 20 18 18 30 18 144 40 67 25 50 30 32 16 238 196
Legend

Qualification timeline

The following is a timeline of the qualification events for the cycling events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Event Date Venue
Track[2]
Close of the UCI Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012
(at end of 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships)
April 8, 2012 Australia Melbourne, Australia
Road[3]
2010 African Continental Championship (men qualification) November 10–14, 2010 Rwanda Kigali, Rwanda
2011 Asian Cycling Championships (men qualification) February 9–19, 2011 Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
2011 American Continental Championship (men qualification) May 3–7, 2011 Colombia Medellin, Colombia
2011 UCI Road World Championships September 19–25, 2011 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 UCI World Tour Ranking November 1, 2011
2010-2011 UCI Africa Tour November 1, 2011
2010-2011 UCI America Tour November 1, 2011
2010-2011 UCI Asia Tour November 1, 2011
2010-2011 UCI Europe Tour November 1, 2011
2010-2011 UCI Oceania Tour November 1, 2011
2011 African Continental Championship (women qualification) November 9–13, 2011 Eritrea Asmara, Eritrea [4]
2012 Asian Continental Championships (women qualification) February 14–18, 2012 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[5]
2012 Pan American Continental Championship (women qualification) March 9–11, 2012 Argentina Mar del Plata, Argentina[6]
UCI World Ranking (women) May 31, 2012
Mountain Bike[7]
2011 African Continental Championship February 12–13, 2011 South Africa Cape Town, South Africa
2011 Oceanian Continental Championship March 18–20, 2011 Australia Shepparton, Australia
2011 Pan American Continental Championship April 1–3, 2011 Colombia Chía, Columbia
2011 Asian Cycling Championships June 10–12, 2011 China Suzhou, China
Establishment of the UCI Olympic qualification ranking May 23, 2012
BMX[8]
2012 UCI BMX World Championships May 25–27, 2012 United Kingdom Birmingham, UK
Establishment of the UCI Rankings by Nation May 28, 2012

Track cycling

Qualification is entirely based on the Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012. NOCs are limited to one rider or team per event, 9 men / 7 women in total. Within these limits, riders who have qualified in one cycling event will have the right to enter others.

Men's Team Sprint

Teams are of 3 riders

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Teams per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 10 Germany
Australia
Great Britain
France
New Zealand
Russia
China
Japan
Poland
Venezuela
1
Total 10

Men's Sprint

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 8 Czech Republic
Greece
Malaysia
Netherlands
South Africa
Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
1
Individuals qualified for other events 1
1 rider per NOC qualified for Team Sprint Australia
China
France
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
New Zealand
Poland
Russia
Venezuela
1
Total 18

Men's Keirin

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 8 Canada
Colombia
Czech Republic
Greece
Malaysia
Netherlands
Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
1
Individuals qualified for other events 1
1 rider per NOC qualified for Team Sprint Australia
China
France
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
New Zealand
Poland
Russia
Venezuela
1
Total 18

Men's Team Pursuit

Teams are of 4 riders

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Teams per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 10 Australia
Belgium
Colombia
Denmark
Great Britain
Netherlands
New Zealand
Russia
South Korea
Spain
1
Total 10

Men's Omnium

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 18 Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Denmark
France
Germany
Great Britain
Hong Kong
Ireland
Italy
New Zealand
South Korea
Spain
United States
Venezuela
1
Individuals qualified for other events 1
Total 18

Women's Team Sprint

Teams are of 2 riders

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Teams per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 10 Australia
China
Colombia
France
Germany
Great Britain
Netherlands
South Korea
Ukraine
Venezuela
1
Total 10

Women's Sprint

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 8 Belarus
Canada
Cuba
Hong Kong
Japan
Lithuania
New Zealand
Russia
1
Individuals qualified for other events 1
1 rider per NOC qualified for Team Sprint Australia
China
Colombia
France
Germany
Great Britain
Netherlands
South Korea
Ukraine
Venezuela
1
Total 18

Women's Keirin

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 8 Belarus
Canada
Cuba
Hong Kong
Lithuania
Malaysia
New Zealand
Russia
1
Individuals qualified for other events 1
1 rider per NOC qualified for Team Sprint Australia
China
Colombia
France
Germany
Great Britain
Netherlands
South Korea
Ukraine
Venezuela
1
Total 18

Women's Team Pursuit

Teams are of 3 riders

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Teams per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 10 Australia
Belarus
Canada
China
Germany
Great Britain
Netherlands
New Zealand
Ukraine
United States
1
Total 10

Women's Omnium

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 18 Australia
Belarus
Belgium
Canada
China
Colombia
Cuba
France
Great Britain
South Korea
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
Russia
Spain
Chinese Taipei
United States
Venezuela
1
Individuals qualified for other events 1
Total 18

Road cycling

Men's road race

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
2011 UCI World Tour 1st Spain5
2nd Belgium5
3rd Italy5
4th Australia5
5th Great Britain5
6th Germany5
7th Netherlands5
8th United States5
9th Luxembourg1*
10th Switzerland5
11th France4
12th Norway3*
13th Ireland3*
14th Denmark4
15th Kazakhstan2*
Individual Slovakia1
Individual Costa Rica 1
Individual Latvia 1
UCI Africa Tour 1st Morocco 3
2nd Eritrea 1**
Individual Algeria 1
UCI America Tour 1st Colombia 3
2nd Venezuela 3
3rd Brazil 3
4th Argentina 1**
5th Canada 1**
6th Uruguay 1**
Individual Chile 1
Individual Cuba 1
Individual Ecuador 1
UCI Asia Tour 1st Iran 3
2nd Japan 2
3rd Uzbekistan 2
4th Malaysia 2
UCI Europe Tour[9] 1st Slovenia 3
2nd Russia3
3rd Portugal3
4th Poland3
5th Turkey3
6th Belarus3
7th Lithuania2
8th Ukraine2
9th Croatia2
10th Czech Republic2
11th Serbia2
12th Bulgaria2
13th Austria2
14th Estonia1**
15th Norway1***
16th Sweden1**
Individual Romania1
Individual Hungary1
Individual Greece1
UCI Oceania Tour 1st New Zealand 2
2010 African Championship* 1st Namibia 1
2nd South Africa1
2011 American Championship[10] 1st Mexico 1
2nd Guatemala1
2011 Asian Championship[11] 1st South Korea 1
2nd Hong Kong1
Re-allocated Quota Finland1
Georgia1
Moldova1
Syria1
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
2011 UCI World Tour 1st Spain1
2nd Belgium1
3rd Italy1
4th Australia1
5th Great Britain1
6th Germany1
7th Netherlands1
8th United States1
9th Luxembourg1
10th Switzerland1
11th France1
12th Norway1
13th Ireland1
14th Denmark1
15th Kazakhstan1
UCI Africa Tour 1st Morocco 1
UCI America Tour 1st Colombia 1
2nd Venezuela 1
3rd Brazil 1
4th Argentina 1
UCI Asia Tour 1st Iran 1
2nd Japan 1
UCI Europe Tour[9] 1st Slovenia 1
2nd Russia1
3rd Portugal1
4th Poland1
5th Turkey1
6th Belarus1
7th Lithuania1
UCI Oceania Tour 1st New Zealand 1
2011 World Championship individual event 1st Germany1
2nd Great Britain1
3rd Switzerland1
4th Australia1
5th Netherlands1
6th Kazakhstan1
7th Denmark1
8th Spain1
9th Sweden1
10th Canada1
Total 40

Women's Road Race

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
2012 UCI ranking [12] 1 to 5 Netherlands
Germany
United States
Italy
Great Britain
4
6 to 13 Sweden
Australia
Russia
Belgium
Canada
France
Brazil
South Africa
3
14 to 23 Lithuania[13]
New Zealand
Venezuela
Cuba
Luxembourg
Ukraine
China
El Salvador
Belarus
Norway
1*
individual top 100Thailand Jutatip Maneephan
Mexico Mayra del Rocio Rocha
Finland Pia Sundstedt
Chinese Taipei Mei Yu Hsiao
Estonia Grete Treier
Azerbaijan Elena Tchalykh
Japan Mayuko Hagiwara
Poland Sylwia Kapusta
South Korea Ah Reum Na
Slovenia Polona Batagelj
1*
2011 African Championship 1st Mauritius 1**
2012 American Championship 1st Chile 1**
2012 Asian Championship 1st Hong Kong 1**
Total 66

* 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
2011 UCI World Tour Ranking 1 to 15 Netherlands
Germany
United States
Italy
Great Britain
Sweden
Australia
Russia
Belgium
Canada
France
Brazil
South Africa
Lithuania[13]
New Zealand
1
2011 World Championship individual event 1 to 10 Germany
Great Britain
Canada
Netherlands
United States
Sweden
Australia
Azerbaijan
Russia
Italy
Finland
1
Total 25

Mountain biking

A nation can enter a maximum of 3 men and 2 women.[7]

Men

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
UCI Olympic qualification ranking[12] 1 to 5 Switzerland
France
Czech Republic
Spain
Germany
3
6 to 13 Italy
Netherlands
South Africa
United States
Austria
Canada
Poland
Belgium
2
14 to 24 Great Britain
Sweden
Australia
Japan
Brazil
Ukraine
Hungary
Russia
Argentina
Greece
Cyprus
Portugal
1
African Championship[14] 1 to 2 Namibia
Rwanda
1
American Championship[15] 1 to 2 Colombia
Costa Rica
1
Asian Championship[16] 1 to 2 China
Hong Kong
1
Oceanian Championship[17] 1 New Zealand 1
Additional Place for Oceania Guam 1
Total 50

Women

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
UCI Olympic qualification ranking[12] 1 to 8 Canada
Switzerland
France
Poland
United States
Slovenia
Germany
Norway*
2
9 to 18 Russia
Czech Republic
Italy
Austria
Netherlands
New Zealand
Ukraine
Great Britain
Sweden
Denmark
Hungary
Japan
Slovakia
1
African Championship[18] 1 South Africa 1
American Championship[19] 1 Colombia 1
Asian Championship[20] 1 China 1
Oceanian Championship[21] 1 Australia 1
Total 30

* Norway used only 1 spot.

BMX

Men

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
UCI Ranking by Nation of 28/05/2012 1 to 5 Australia
United States
France
Latvia
Netherlands
3
6 to 8 Colombia
New Zealand
Germany
2
9 to 11 Canada
Italy
Argentina
1
2012 UCI BMX World Championships 1 to 6 South Africa
Switzerland
Belgium
Philippines
Brazil
Denmark
1
Host Nation 1 Great Britain 1
Re-allocation of Unused Quota 1 Ecuador 1
Total 32

Women

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
UCI Ranking by Nation of 28/05/2012 1 to 4 Australia
United States
France
Czech Republic
2
5 to 7 Colombia
Netherlands
New Zealand
1
2012 UCI BMX World Championships 1 to 3 Brazil
Lithuania
Venezuela
1
Host Nation 1 Great Britain 1
Re-allocation of Unused Quota 1 Latvia 1
Total 16

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