Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The cycling competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held at four venues scheduled to host Eighteen events between 6 August and 21 August.

Cycling
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Pictograms from left to right: BMX, Mountain, Road and Track cycling.
VenueOlympic BMX Center (BMX)
Mountain Bike Centre (Mountain)
Fort Copacabana, Pontal (Road)
Rio Olympic Velodrome (Track)
Dates6–21 August 2016
No. of events18
Competitors from 80 nations
Cycling at the
2016 Summer Olympics
List of cyclists
Qualification
Road cycling
Road racemenwomen
Time trialmenwomen
Track cycling
Sprintmenwomen
Team sprintmenwomen
Keirinmenwomen
Team pursuitmenwomen
Omniummenwomen
Mountain biking
Cross-countrymenwomen
BMX
BMXmenwomen

The venues were Fort Copacabana in the Copacabana venues were in Clusters 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 had 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 an 87 km road race from Athens to Marathon and back, Olympic cycling had 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 CopacabanaCopacabana ClusterRoad cycling
(road race)		6–7 August25000 (seating)
Unlimited (standing)[N 1]
Mountain Bike CentreDeodoro ClusterMountain biking20–21 August25000 (seating)
20000 (standing)
Olympic BMX CenterDeodoro ClusterBMX17–19 August25000
PontalBarra ClusterRoad cycling
(time trial)		10 August25000 (seating)
Unlimited (standing)[N 1]
Rio Olympic VelodromeBarra ClusterTrack cycling11–16 August107500
  1. There will be free viewing areas alongside the route.

Qualification
Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Participation

Participating nations

Brazil, as the host country, receives guaranteed quota place in case it would not qualify any qualification places.

Competition schedule
Legend
HHeats/preliminaries¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsFFinal
BMX, mountain biking and road cycling[6]
Event↓/Date →Sat 6Sun 7Wed 10Wed 17Thu 18Fri 19Sat 20Sun 21
Men's BMXH¼½F
Women's BMXH½F
Mountain biking
Men's cross-countryF
Women's cross-countryF
Road cycling
Men's road raceF
Men's time trialF
Women's road raceF
Women's time trialF
Track cycling[6]
Date →Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16
Event ↓EEMEEMEME
Men's KeirinH½F
Men's OmniumSRIPERTTFLPR
Men's sprintH¼½F
Men's team pursuitH½F
Men's team sprintH½F
Women's KeirinH½F
Women's OmniumSRIPERTTFLPR
Women's sprintH¼½F
Women's team pursuitH½F
Women's team sprintH½F
M = Morning session, E = Evening session
FL = Flying lap, PR = Points pace, ER = Elimination race, IP = Individual pursuit, SR = Scratch race, TT = Time trial

Medalists

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain64212
2 Netherlands2316
3 United States2305
4 Switzerland2002
5 Sweden1102
6 Belgium1012
 Colombia1012
 Germany1012
 Italy1012
10 China1001
11 Russia0213
12 Denmark0123
13 Australia0112
 Poland0112
15 Czech Republic0101
 New Zealand0101
17 Canada0022
18 France0011
 Malaysia0011
 Spain0011
 Venezuela0011
Totals (21 nations)18181854

Road cycling
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's road race
 Greg Van Avermaet
 Belgium		 Jakob Fuglsang
 Denmark		 Rafał Majka
 Poland
Men's time trial
 Fabian Cancellara
 Switzerland		 Tom Dumoulin
 Netherlands		 Chris Froome
 Great Britain
Women's road race
 Anna van der Breggen
 Netherlands		 Emma Johansson
 Sweden		 Elisa Longo Borghini
 Italy
Women's time trial
 Kristin Armstrong
 United States		 Olga Zabelinskaya
 Russia		 Anna van der Breggen
 Netherlands

Track cycling

Men's
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Keirin
 Jason Kenny
 Great Britain		 Matthijs Buchli
 Netherlands		 Azizulhasni Awang
 Malaysia
Omnium
 Elia Viviani
 Italy		 Mark Cavendish
 Great Britain		 Lasse Norman Hansen
 Denmark
team pursuit
  Great Britain (GBR) WR
Ed Clancy
Steven Burke
Owain Doull
Bradley Wiggins
 		  Australia (AUS)
Alexander Edmondson
Jack Bobridge
Michael Hepburn
Sam Welsford
Callum Scotson		  Denmark (DEN)
Lasse Norman Hansen
Niklas Larsen
Frederik Madsen
Casper von Folsach
Rasmus Quaade
sprint
 Jason Kenny
 Great Britain		 Callum Skinner
 Great Britain		 Denis Dmitriev
 Russia
team sprint
  Great Britain (GBR) OR
Philip Hindes
Jason Kenny
Callum Skinner		  New Zealand (NZL)
Eddie Dawkins
Ethan Mitchell
Sam Webster		  France (FRA)
Grégory Baugé
Michaël D'Almeida
François Pervis

Women's
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Keirin
 Elis Ligtlee
 Netherlands		 Becky James
 Great Britain		 Anna Meares
 Australia
Omnium
 Laura Trott
 Great Britain		 Sarah Hammer
 United States		 Jolien D'Hoore
 Belgium
team pursuit
  Great Britain (GBR) WR
Katie Archibald
Laura Trott
Elinor Barker
Joanna Rowsell Shand
 		  United States (USA)
Sarah Hammer
Kelly Catlin
Chloe Dygert
Jennifer Valente
 		  Canada (CAN)
Allison Beveridge
Jasmin Glaesser
Kirsti Lay
Georgia Simmerling
Laura Brown
sprint
 Kristina Vogel
 Germany		 Becky James
 Great Britain		 Katy Marchant
 Great Britain
team sprint
  China (CHN)
Gong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi		  Russia (RUS)
Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova		  Germany (GER)
Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel

Mountain biking
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
Nino Schurter
 Switzerland		 Jaroslav Kulhavý
 Czech Republic		 Carlos Coloma Nicolás
 Spain
Women's
Jenny Rissveds
 Sweden		 Maja Włoszczowska
 Poland		 Catharine Pendrel
 Canada

BMX
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
 Connor Fields
 United States		 Jelle van Gorkom
 Netherlands		 Carlos Ramírez
 Colombia
Women's
 Mariana Pajón
 Colombia		 Alise Post
 United States		 Stefany Hernández
 Venezuela

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 was 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.

Cycling track
See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2016 Summer Olympics and List of Olympic Games records in track cycling
Event Round Name Nation Time Date Record
Women's Team PursuitQualifyingGreat Britain Great Britain4:13.26011 AugustOR, WR
Men's Team SprintQualifyingGreat Britain Great Britain42.56211 AugustOR
Men's Team SprintFirst RoundNew Zealand New Zealand42.53511 AugustOR
Men's Team SprintFinalsGreat Britain Great Britain42.44011 AugustOR
Men's SprintQualifyingJason Kenny Great Britain9.55112 AugustOR
Women's Team SprintQualifyingChina China32.30512 AugustOR
Women's Team SprintFirst RoundChina China31.92812 AugustOR, WR
Men's Team PursuitFirst RoundGreat Britain Great Britain3:50.57012 AugustOR, WR
Men's Team PursuitFinalsGreat Britain Great Britain3:50.26512 AugustOR, WR
Women's Team Pursuit1st RoundUnited States United States4:12.28213 AugustOR, WR
Women's Team Pursuit1st RoundGreat Britain Great Britain4:12.15213 AugustOR, WR
Women's Team PursuitFinalsGreat Britain Great Britain4:10.23613 AugustOR, WR
Omnium Individual PursuitFinalsLasse Norman Hansen Denmark4:14.98213 AugustOR

In addition to the event records, Great Britain's Jason Kenny matched compatriate Chris Hoy as the most successful male cyclist in Olympic history, with six gold medals and a silver over three Games.

See also

References
  1. "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Copacabana Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Barra Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  3. "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Deodoro Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  4. "Olympic cycling to remain unchanged for 2016 Rio Games". The Daily Telegraph. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. "Wielersport – Rio 2016" (in Dutch). olympischespelenrio.nl. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  6. "Rio 2016: Ticket Guide – Search for Sessions". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
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