Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
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For the cycling competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the following qualification systems are in place.
Summary
Track cycling
An NOC is entitled to enter a single team in each of the four team events. An NOC without a team in the relevant team event may qualify up to two places in sprint and keirin, and one place in omnium; an NOC with a team may enter that number from its team resources, for a total of twenty three quota places, an increase from the 2012 games which had a one rider per event limit in sprint and keirin; however, a limit of 15 riders (8 men, 7 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 earned will significantly exceed the numbers of riders qualified; in effect, members of team events will 'double up', for team sprint athletes in sprint and keirin, and team pursuit athletes in omnium.
Road cycling
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.
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- Legend
- TS – Team Sprint
- KE – Keirin
- SP – Sprint
- TP – Team Pursuit
- OM – Omnium
- RR – Road Race
- TT – Individual Time Trial
- Q – Quotas
- R – Riders
Timeline
The following is a timeline of the qualification events for the cycling events at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Road[1] | ||
| 2015 African Continental Championships (men) | February 9–14, 2015 | South Africa Wartburg, South Africa |
| 2015 Asian Cycling Championships (men) | February 10–14, 2015 | Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand |
| 2015 Pan American Road Cycling Championships (men) | May 7–10, 2015 | Mexico León, Mexico |
| 2015 UCI Road World Championships | September 19–27, 2015 | United States Richmond, United States |
| 2015 UCI World Tour | October 4, 2015 | — |
| 2015 UCI Africa Tour | January 1, 2016 | |
| 2015 UCI America Tour | ||
| 2015 UCI Asia Tour | ||
| 2015 UCI Europe Tour | ||
| 2015 UCI Oceania Tour | ||
| 2016 Asian Cycling Championships (women) | January 19–24, 2016 | Japan Tokyo, Japan |
| 2016 African Continental Championships (women) | February 22–26, 2016 | Morocco Casablanca, Morocco |
| 2016 Pan American Road Cycling Championships (women) | May 26–28, 2016 | Venezuela San Cristóbal, Venezuela |
| 2015–2016 UCI World Ranking (women) | May 31, 2016 | — |
| Track[2] | ||
| Close of the UCI Olympic Track Ranking 2014–2016 (at end of 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships) |
March 6, 2016 | United Kingdom London, United Kingdom |
| Mountain biking[3] | ||
| 2015 Oceania Continental Championships | February 26–27, 2015 | Australia Toowoomba, Australia |
| 2015 Pan American Continental Championships | March 27–29, 2015 | Colombia Cota, Colombia |
| 2015 African Continental Championships | May 5–10, 2015 | Rwanda Musanze, Rwanda |
| 2015 Asian Cycling Championships | August 12–16, 2015 | Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia |
| Establishment of the UCI Olympic qualification ranking | May 25, 2016 | — |
| BMX[4] | ||
| 2016 UCI BMX World Championships | May 25–29, 2016 | Colombia Medellín, Colombia[5] |
| Establishment of the UCI Rankings by Nation | May 31, 2016 | — |
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Road cycling
This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules[1] for cycling (road) published by UCI contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia. |
Men's road race
* 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
Women's road race
* Quota reduced by one to accommodate for the individual qualifiers on the same tour
Women's individual time trial
Track cycling
This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules[2] for cycling (track) published by UCI contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia. |
Men's team sprint
Teams must be composed of 3 riders.
| Event | Ranking by Nation | Qualified NOC | Teams per NOC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2016 Olympic track ranking | 1 to 9 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany File:Flag of France.svg France File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
1 |
| Total | 9 |
Men's sprint
Men's Keirin
Men's team pursuit
Teams must be composed of 4 riders.
| Event | Ranking by Nation | Qualified NOC | Teams per NOC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2016 Olympic track ranking | 1 to 9 | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
1 |
| Total | 9 |
Men's Omnium
Women's team sprint
Teams must be composed of 2 riders.
| Event | Ranking by Nation | Qualified NOC | Teams per NOC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2016 Olympic track ranking | 1 to 9 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain File:Flag of France.svg France File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand |
1 |
| Total | 9 |
Women's sprint
Women's Keirin
Women's team pursuit
Teams must be composed of 4 riders.
| Event | Ranking by Nation | Qualified | Teams per NOC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2016 Olympic track ranking | 1 to 9 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China File:Flag of the United States.svg United States File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland |
1 |
| Total | 9 |
Women's Omnium
Mountain biking
This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules[3] for cycling (mountain biking) published by UCI contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia. |
Men's cross-country race
Women's cross-country race
- ^1 – South Africa won the continental quotas in men's and women's mountain bike, but decided not to accept them. South African sports confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and Cycling South Africa (CSA) made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the Continental Qualification route will not be considered.[6]
BMX
This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules[4] for cycling (BMX) published by UCI contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia. |
Men's BMX
Women's BMX
| Event | Ranking by nation | Qualified | Athletes per NOC |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCI Olympic qualification ranking | 1 to 3 | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia File:Flag of the United States.svg United States File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands |
2 |
| 4 to 7 | File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia File:Flag of France.svg France File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
1 | |
| UCI BMX individual ranking | 1 to 3 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina |
1 |
| 2016 UCI BMX World Championships | 1 to 2 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil |
1 |
| Re-allocation of unused host quota | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 1 | |
| Total | 16 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Road Cycling" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Track Cycling" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Mountain Biking" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – BMX" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ "2016 UCI BMX Worlds Goes to Medellin". BMXNews.com. 14 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ "Agreement between SASCOC and CSA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
