Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics


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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 top: 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

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The venues were Fort Copacabana in the Copacabana, venues were in Clusters for the start and finish of the road cycling 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 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.[4] There were no changes made to the 2016 Olympic cycling programme compared to the cycling at the 2012 Olympics.[5]

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 1]
Rio Olympic Velodrome Barra Cluster Track cycling 11–16 August 10 7500
  1. ^ a b There will be free viewing areas alongside the route.

Participating nations

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

Competition schedule

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Legend
H Heats/preliminaries ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals F Final
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 ½ F
Women's BMX H ½ F
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 ½ F
Men's omnium SR IP ER TT FL PR
Men's sprint H ¼ ½ F
Men's team pursuit H ½ F
Men's team sprint H ½ F
Women's keirin H ½ F
Women's omnium SR IP ER TT FL PR
Women's sprint H ¼ ½ F
Women's team pursuit H ½ F
Women's team sprint H ½ F

M = Morning session, E = Evening session
FL = Flying lap, PR = Points pace, ER = Elimination race, IP = Individual pursuit, SR = Scratch race, TT = Time trial

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.

Event Round Name Nation Time Date Record
Women's Team Pursuit Qualifying Great Britain   Great Britain 4:13.260 11 August OR, WR
Men's Team Sprint Qualifying Great Britain   Great Britain 42.562 11 August OR
Men's Team Sprint First Round New Zealand   New Zealand 42.535 11 August OR
Men's Team Sprint Finals Great Britain   Great Britain 42.440 11 August OR
Men's Sprint Qualifying Jason Kenny   Great Britain 9.551 12 August OR
Women's Team Sprint Qualifying China   China 32.305 12 August OR
Women's Team Sprint First Round China   China 31.928 12 August OR, WR
Men's Team Pursuit First Round Great Britain   Great Britain 3:50.570 12 August OR, WR
Men's Team Pursuit Finals Great Britain   Great Britain 3:50.265 12 August OR, WR
Women's Team Pursuit 1st Round United States   United States 4:12.282 13 August OR, WR
Women's Team Pursuit 1st Round Great Britain   Great Britain 4:12.152 13 August OR, WR
Women's Team Pursuit Finals Great Britain   Great Britain 4:10.236 13 August OR, WR
Omnium Individual Pursuit Finals Lasse Norman Hansen   Denmark 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.

  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. ^ a b "Rio 2016: Ticket Guide – Search for Sessions". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.