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Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| Field | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | Cycling | ||||
| games | 2016 Summer | ||||
| image | [[File:Cycling (BMX), Rio 2016.png | 140px]] [[File:Cycling (Mountain), Rio 2016.png | 140px]] [[File:Cycling (Road), Rio 2016.png | 140px]] [[File:Cycling (Sprint), Rio 2016.png | 140px]] |
| caption | Pictograms from top: BMX, Mountain, Road and Track cycling. | ||||
| venue | Olympic BMX Center (BMX) | ||||
| Mountain Bike Centre (Mountain) | |||||
| Fort Copacabana, Pontal (Road) | |||||
| Rio Olympic Velodrome (Track) | |||||
| dates | 6–21 August 2016 | ||||
| nations | 80 | ||||
| num_events | 18 | ||||
| prev | 2012 | ||||
| next | 2020 |
Mountain Bike Centre (Mountain) Fort Copacabana, Pontal (Road) Rio Olympic Velodrome (Track)
The cycling competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held at four venues scheduled to host eighteen events between 6 and 21 August.
The venues were Fort Copacabana in the Copacabana, venues were in Clusters for the start and finish of the road cycling race, Pontal in the Barra Cluster for the road cycling time trial competitions, the Rio Olympic Velodrome, also in the Barra Cluster for track cycling, the Olympic BMX Center for BMX and the Mountain Bike Centre for mountain biking, both in the Deodoro Cluster.
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 biking and BMX, resulting to 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. However, in August 2013, the IOC stated that the cycling programme would be the same as in 2012. There were no changes made to the 2016 Olympic cycling programme compared to the cycling at the 2012 Olympics.
Venues
| Venue | Cluster | Sport | Date | Medal events | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Copacabana | Copacabana Cluster | Road cycling | |||
| (road race) | 6–7 August | 2 | 5000 (seating) | ||
| Unlimited (standing) | |||||
| 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) | |||||
| Rio Olympic Velodrome | Barra Cluster | Track cycling | 11–16 August | 10 | 7500 |
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.
- ALG
- ARG
- AUS
- AUT
- AZE
- BLR
- BEL
- BOL
- BRA
- BUL
- CAN
- CHI
- CHN
- COL
- CRC
- CRO
- CUB
- CYP
- CZE
- DEN
- DOM
- ECU
- EGY
- ERI
- EST
- ETH
- FIN
- FRA
- GER
- GBR
- GRE
- GUM
- GUA
- HKG
- HUN
- INA
- IRI
- IRL
- ISR
- ITA
- JPN
- KAZ
- KOS
- LAO
- LAT
- LES
- LTU
- LUX
- MAS
- MRI
- MEX
- MAR
- NAM
- NED
- NZL
- NOR
- POL
- POR
- PUR
- ROU
- RUS
- RWA
- SRB
- SVK
- SLO
- RSA
- KOR
- ESP
- SWE
- SUI
- TPE
- THA
- TLS
- TTO
- TUN
- TUR
- UKR
- UAE
- USA
- VEN
Competition schedule
| Event↓/Date → | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Wed 10 | rowspan=11 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | colspan="2" | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | Sun 21 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's BMX | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's BMX | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mountain biking | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's cross-country | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's cross-country | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Road cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's road race | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's time trial | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's road race | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's time trial |
| Date → | colspan="3" | Thu 11 | colspan="3" | Fri 12 | colspan="3" | Sat 13 | colspan="3" | Sun 14 | colspan="3" | Mon 15 | colspan="3" | Tue 16 | Event ↓ | colspan="3" | E | colspan="3" | E | M | colspan="2" | E | colspan="3" | E | M | colspan="2" | E | M | colspan="2" | E | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's keirin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's omnium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's team pursuit | H | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's team sprint | H | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's keirin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's omnium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's team pursuit | H | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's team sprint |
Medalists
Medal table
Road cycling
| Women's time trial | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kristin Armstrong | Olga Zabelinskaya | Anna van der Breggen |
Track cycling
Men's
| Team sprint | |
|---|---|
| GBR | |
| Philip Hindes | |
| Jason Kenny | |
| Callum Skinner | NZL |
| Eddie Dawkins | |
| Ethan Mitchell | |
| Sam Webster | FRA |
| Grégory Baugé | |
| Michaël D'Almeida | |
| François Pervis |
Women's
Mountain biking
| Women's | ||
|---|---|---|
| Jenny Rissveds | Maja Włoszczowska | Catharine Pendrel |
BMX
| Women's | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mariana Pajón | Alise Willoughby | Stefany Hernández |
Broken records
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
| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Team Pursuit | Qualifying | Great Britain | GBR | 4:13.260 | 11 August | OR, WR |
| Men's Team Sprint | Qualifying | Great Britain | GBR | 42.562 | 11 August | OR |
| Men's Team Sprint | First Round | New Zealand | NZL | 42.535 | 11 August | OR |
| Men's Team Sprint | Finals | Great Britain | GBR | 42.440 | 11 August | OR |
| Men's Sprint | Qualifying | Jason Kenny | GBR | 9.551 | 12 August | OR |
| Women's Team Sprint | Qualifying | China | CHN | 32.305 | 12 August | OR |
| Women's Team Sprint | First Round | China | CHN | 31.928 | 12 August | OR, WR |
| Men's Team Pursuit | First Round | Great Britain | GBR | 3:50.570 | 12 August | OR, WR |
| Men's Team Pursuit | Finals | Great Britain | GBR | 3:50.265 | 12 August | OR, WR |
| Women's Team Pursuit | 1st Round | United States | USA | 4:12.282 | 13 August | OR, WR |
| Women's Team Pursuit | 1st Round | Great Britain | GBR | 4:12.152 | 13 August | OR, WR |
| Women's Team Pursuit | Finals | Great Britain | GBR | 4:10.236 | 13 August | OR, WR |
| Omnium Individual Pursuit | Finals | Lasse Norman Hansen | DEN | 4:14.982 | 13 August | OR |
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.
References
References
- "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Copacabana Region". brasil2016.gov.br.
- "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Barra Region". brasil2016.gov.br.
- "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Deodoro Region". brasil2016.gov.br.
- (21 August 2013). "Olympic cycling to remain unchanged for 2016 Rio Games". The Daily Telegraph.
- "Wielersport – Rio 2016". olympischespelenrio.nl.
- "Rio 2016: Ticket Guide – Search for Sessions". [[Rio 2016]].
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