Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Cycling
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venues
BMX Olympic BMX Center
Mountain biking Mountain Bike Centre
Road cycling Fort Copacabana
Pontal (time trial)
Track cycling Rio Olympic Velodrome
Dates 6 August – 21 August
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Cycling at the
2016 Summer Olympics
List of cyclists
Road cycling
Road race   men   women
Time trial men women
Track cycling
Sprint men women
Team sprint men women
Keirin men women
Team pursuit men women
Omnium men women
Mountain biking
Cross-country men women
BMX
BMX men women
Qualification

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 21 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, the Rio Olympic Velodrome, also in the Barra Cluster for track cycling, [2] the Olympic BMX Center for BMX and the Mountain Bike Centre for mountain biking, both in the Deodoro Cluster. [3]

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. [4] No changes were 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 2]
Rio Olympic Velodrome Barra Cluster Track cycling 11–16 August 10 7500
  1. ↑ There will be free viewing areas alongside the route.
  2. ↑ 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.

Participating cyclists

Competition schedule

HHeats/preliminaries ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals FFinal
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 ½F
Women's BMX H ½F
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 ½F
Men's Omnium SR IP ER TT FL PR
Men's sprint H ¼ ½ F
Men's team pursuit H ½F
Men's team sprint H ½F
Women's Keirin H ½F
Women's Omnium SR IP ER TT FL PR
Women's sprint H ¼ ½ F
Women's team pursuit H ½F
Women's team sprint H ½F
M = Morning session, E = Evening session
FL = Flying Lap, PR = Points Race, ER = Elimination Race, IP = Individual Pursuit, SR = Scratch Race, TT = Time Trial

Medalists

Road cycling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's road race
Women's road race
Men's time trial
Women's time trial

Track cycling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Keirin
Women's Keirin
Men's Omnium
Women's Omnium
Men's team pursuit
Women's team pursuit
Men's individual sprint
Women's individual sprint
Men's team sprint
Women's team sprint

Mountain biking

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's cross-country
Women's cross-country

BMX

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women

Broken records

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2016 Summer Olympics and List of Olympic records in cycling

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
Women's team pursuit winners qualification winning nation qualification 11 August OR

References

  1. ↑ "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Copacabana Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Barra Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Deodoro Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Olympic cycling to remain unchanged for 2016 Rio Games". telegraph.co.uk. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Wielersport – Rio 2016" (in Dutch). olympischespelenrio.nl. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Rio 2016: Ticket Guide – Search for Sessions". Rio 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

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