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Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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Summary

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Following publication of full track cycling quotas - 25 April 2012.[1]

Although in theory an NOC is entitled to qualify up to one place per track event for a total of eighteen quota places, a limit of 14 riders (8 men, 6 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 won will significantly exceed the numbers of riders qualified.

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.

Nation Track Road MTB BMX Total
Men Women Men Women M W M W Q R
TS KE SP TP OM TS KE SP TP OM RR TT RR TT
 Algeria 1 1 1
 Argentina X 1 1 1 1 5 4
 Australia X X X X X X X X X X 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 36 29
 Austria 2 2 1 5 5
 Azerbaijan 1 1 2 1
 Belarus X X X X 3 1 1 11 10
 Belgium X X X 5 1 3 1 2 1 19 17
 Brazil 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 11 9
 Bulgaria 2 2 2
 Canada X X X X X X 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 20 17
 Chile X 1 1 3 3
 China X X X X X X X X 1 1 1 16 12
 Colombia X X X X X X X 3 1 1 1 2 1 20 17
 Costa Rica 1 1 2 2
 Croatia 2 2 2
 Cuba X X X 1 1 5 5
 Cyprus 1 1 1
 Czech Republic X X 2 3 1 2 10 10
 Denmark X X 4 2 1 1 13 11
 Ecuador 1 1 2 2
 Eritrea 1 1 1
 El Salvador 1 1 1
 Estonia 1 1 2 2
 Finland 1 1 1 3 2
 France X X X X X X X X 4 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 30 24
 Georgia 1 1 1
 Germany X X X X X X X X 5 2 4 2 3 2 2 33 25
 Great Britain X X X X X X X X X X 5 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 35 27
 Greece X X 1 1 4 4
 Guam 1 1 1
 Guatemala 1 1 1
 Hong Kong X X X 1 1 1 6 6
 Hungary 1 1 1 3 3
 Iran 3 1 4 3
 Ireland X 3 1 5 4
 Italy X 5 1 4 2 2 1 1 17 14
 Japan X X X X 2 1 1 1 1 12 9
 Kazakhstan 2 2 4 2
 Latvia 1 3 1 5 5
 Lithuania X X 2 1 1 6 4
 Luxembourg 1 1 1 3 2
 Malaysia X X X 2 5 5
 Morocco 3 1 4 3
 Mauritius 1 1 1
 Mexico 1 1 2 2
 Moldova 1 1 1
 Namibia 1 1 2 2
 Netherlands X X X X X X X X 5 2 4 2 2 3 1 33 25
 New Zealand X X X X X X X X X 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 26 22
 Norway 4 1 1 1 7 6
 Philippines 1 1 1
 Poland X X X X 3 1 1 2 2 15 12
 Portugal 3 1 1 5 4
 Romania 1 1 1
 Russia X X X X X X X 3 1 3 2 1 1 23 18
 Rwanda 1 1 1
 Serbia 2 2 2
 Slovakia 1 1 1
 Slovenia 3 1 1 2 7 6
 South Africa X 1 3 1 2 1 1 10 9
 South Korea X X X X X X 1 1 12 10
 Spain X X X X X 5 2 3 18 16
 Sweden 1 1 3 2 1 8 5
 Switzerland 5 2 3 2 1 13 11
 Syria 1 1 1
 Thailand 1 1 1
 Chinese Taipei X 1 2 2
 Trinidad and Tobago X X 2 2
 Turkey 3 1 4 3
 Ukraine X X X X 2 1 1 1 12 10
 United States X X X X 5 1 4 2 2 2 3 2 27 24
 Uruguay 1 1 1
 Uzbekistan 2 2 2
 Venezuela X X X X X X X X 3 1 1 1 17 12
Total: 74 NOCs 30 18 18 40 18 20 18 18 30 18 144 40 67 25 50 30 32 16 238 196
Legend
  • TS — Team Sprint
  • KE — Keirin
  • SP — Sprint
  • TP — Team Pursuit
  • OM — Omnium
  • RR — Road Race
  • TT — Individual Time Trial
  • Q — Quotas
  • R — Riders

Qualification timeline

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The following is a timeline of the qualification events for the cycling events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Event Date Venue
Track[2]
Close of the UCI Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012
(at end of 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships)
April 8, 2012 Australia Melbourne, Australia
Road[3]
2010 African Continental Championship (men qualification) November 10–14, 2010 Rwanda Kigali, Rwanda
2011 Asian Cycling Championships (men qualification) February 9–19, 2011 Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
2011 American Continental Championship (men qualification) May 3–7, 2011 Colombia Medellin, Colombia
2011 UCI Road World Championships September 19–25, 2011 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 UCI World Tour Ranking November 1, 2011
2010-2011 UCI Africa Tour November 1, 2011
2010-2011 UCI America Tour November 1, 2011
2010-2011 UCI Asia Tour November 1, 2011
2010-2011 UCI Europe Tour November 1, 2011
2010-2011 UCI Oceania Tour November 1, 2011
2011 African Continental Championship (women qualification) November 9–13, 2011 Eritrea Asmara, Eritrea [4]
2012 Asian Continental Championships (women qualification) February 14–18, 2012 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[5]
2012 Pan American Continental Championship (women qualification) March 9–11, 2012 Argentina Mar del Plata, Argentina[6]
UCI World Ranking (women) May 31, 2012
Mountain Bike[7]
2011 African Continental Championship February 12–13, 2011 South Africa Cape Town, South Africa
2011 Oceanian Continental Championship March 18–20, 2011 Australia Shepparton, Australia
2011 Pan American Continental Championship April 1–3, 2011 Colombia Chía, Columbia
2011 Asian Cycling Championships June 10–12, 2011 China Suzhou, China
Establishment of the UCI Olympic qualification ranking May 23, 2012
BMX[8]
2012 UCI BMX World Championships May 25–27, 2012 United Kingdom Birmingham, UK
Establishment of the UCI Rankings by Nation May 28, 2012

Track cycling

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Qualification is entirely based on the Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012. NOCs are limited to one rider or team per event, 9 men / 7 women in total. Within these limits, riders who have qualified in one cycling event will have the right to enter others.

Men's Team Sprint

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Teams are of 3 riders

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Teams per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 10  Germany
 Australia
 Great Britain
 France
 New Zealand
 Russia
 China
 Japan
 Poland
 Venezuela
1
Total 10

Men's Sprint

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Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 8  Czech Republic
 Greece
 Malaysia
 Netherlands
 South Africa
 Spain
 Trinidad and Tobago
 United States
1
Individuals qualified for other events 1
1 rider per NOC qualified for Team Sprint  Australia
 China
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Japan
 New Zealand
 Poland
 Russia
 Venezuela
1
Total 18

Men's Keirin

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Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 8  Canada
 Colombia
 Czech Republic
 Greece
 Malaysia
 Netherlands
 Spain
 Trinidad and Tobago
1
Individuals qualified for other events 1
1 rider per NOC qualified for Team Sprint  Australia
 China
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Japan
 New Zealand
 Poland
 Russia
 Venezuela
1
Total 18

Men's Team Pursuit

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Teams are of 4 riders

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Teams per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 10  Australia
 Belgium
 Colombia
 Denmark
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Russia
 South Korea
 Spain
1
Total 10

Men's Omnium

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Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 18  Argentina
 Australia
 Belgium
 Canada
 Chile
 Colombia
 Denmark
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Hong Kong
 Ireland
 Italy
 New Zealand
 South Korea
 Spain
 United States
 Venezuela
1
Individuals qualified for other events 1
Total 18

Women's Team Sprint

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Teams are of 2 riders

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Teams per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 10  Australia
 China
 Colombia
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
 South Korea
 Ukraine
 Venezuela
1
Total 10

Women's Sprint

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Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 8  Belarus
 Canada
 Cuba
 Hong Kong
 Japan
 Lithuania
 New Zealand
 Russia
1
Individuals qualified for other events 1
1 rider per NOC qualified for Team Sprint  Australia
 China
 Colombia
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
 South Korea
 Ukraine
 Venezuela
1
Total 18

Women's Keirin

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Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 8  Belarus
 Canada
 Cuba
 Hong Kong
 Lithuania
 Malaysia
 New Zealand
 Russia
1
Individuals qualified for other events 1
1 rider per NOC qualified for Team Sprint  Australia
 China
 Colombia
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
 South Korea
 Ukraine
 Venezuela
1
Total 18

Women's Team Pursuit

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Teams are of 3 riders

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Teams per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 10  Australia
 Belarus
 Canada
 China
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Ukraine
 United States
1
Total 10

Women's Omnium

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Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 1 to 18  Australia
 Belarus
 Belgium
 Canada
 China
 Colombia
 Cuba
 France
 Great Britain
 South Korea
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Poland
 Russia
 Spain
 Chinese Taipei
 United States
 Venezuela
1
Individuals qualified for other events 1
Total 18

Road cycling

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Men's road race

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Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
2011 UCI World Tour 1st  Spain 5
2nd  Belgium 5
3rd  Italy 5
4th  Australia 5
5th  Great Britain 5
6th  Germany 5
7th  Netherlands 5
8th  United States 5
9th  Luxembourg 1*
10th  Switzerland 5
11th  France 4
12th  Norway 3*
13th  Ireland 3*
14th  Denmark 4
15th  Kazakhstan 2*
Individual  Slovakia 1
Individual  Costa Rica 1
Individual  Latvia 1
UCI Africa Tour 1st  Morocco 3
2nd  Eritrea 1**
Individual  Algeria 1
UCI America Tour 1st  Colombia 3
2nd  Venezuela 3
3rd  Brazil 3
4th  Argentina 1**
5th  Canada 1**
6th  Uruguay 1**
Individual  Chile 1
Individual  Cuba 1
Individual  Ecuador 1
UCI Asia Tour 1st  Iran 3
2nd  Japan 2
3rd  Uzbekistan 2
4th  Malaysia 2
UCI Europe Tour[9] 1st  Slovenia 3
2nd  Russia 3
3rd  Portugal 3
4th  Poland 3
5th  Turkey 3
6th  Belarus 3
7th  Lithuania 2
8th  Ukraine 2
9th  Croatia 2
10th  Czech Republic 2
11th  Serbia 2
12th  Bulgaria 2
13th  Austria 2
14th  Estonia 1**
15th  Norway 1***
16th  Sweden 1**
Individual  Romania 1
Individual  Hungary 1
Individual  Greece 1
UCI Oceania Tour 1st  New Zealand 2
2010 African Championship* 1st  Namibia 1
2nd  South Africa 1
2011 American Championship[10] 1st  Mexico 1
2nd  Guatemala 1
2011 Asian Championship[11] 1st  South Korea 1
2nd  Hong Kong 1
Re-allocated Quota  Finland 1
 Georgia 1
 Moldova 1
 Syria 1
Total 144

* 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

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Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
2011 UCI World Tour 1st  Spain 1
2nd  Belgium 1
3rd  Italy 1
4th  Australia 1
5th  Great Britain 1
6th  Germany 1
7th  Netherlands 1
8th  United States 1
9th  Luxembourg 1
10th  Switzerland 1
11th  France 1
12th  Norway 1
13th  Ireland 1
14th  Denmark 1
15th  Kazakhstan 1
UCI Africa Tour 1st  Morocco 1
UCI America Tour 1st  Colombia 1
2nd  Venezuela 1
3rd  Brazil 1
4th  Argentina 1
UCI Asia Tour 1st  Iran 1
2nd  Japan 1
UCI Europe Tour[9] 1st  Slovenia 1
2nd  Russia 1
3rd  Portugal 1
4th  Poland 1
5th  Turkey 1
6th  Belarus 1
7th  Lithuania 1
UCI Oceania Tour 1st  New Zealand 1
2011 World Championship individual event 1st  Germany 1
2nd  Great Britain 1
3rd  Switzerland 1
4th  Australia 1
5th  Netherlands 1
6th  Kazakhstan 1
7th  Denmark 1
8th  Spain 1
9th  Sweden 1
10th  Canada 1
Total 40

Women's Road Race

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Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
2012 UCI ranking [12] 1 to 5  Netherlands
 Germany
 United States
 Italy
 Great Britain
4
6 to 13  Sweden
 Australia
 Russia
 Belgium
 Canada
 France
 Brazil
 South Africa
3
14 to 23  Lithuania[13]
 New Zealand
 Venezuela
 Cuba
 Luxembourg
 Ukraine
 China
 El Salvador
 Belarus
 Norway
1*
individual top 100 Thailand Jutatip Maneephan
Mexico Mayra del Rocio Rocha
Finland Pia Sundstedt
Chinese Taipei Mei Yu Hsiao
Estonia Grete Treier
Azerbaijan Elena Tchalykh
Japan Mayuko Hagiwara
Poland Sylwia Kapusta
South Korea Ah Reum Na
Slovenia Polona Batagelj
1*
2011 African Championship 1st  Mauritius 1**
2012 American Championship 1st  Chile 1**
2012 Asian Championship 1st  Hong Kong 1**
Total 66

* As other quota places are awarded to ranked athletes, the quota places for the ranked NOCs will be decreased to keep the total number of athletes constant.

**If, among the riders occupying the qualification places, there are athletes representing an NOC already qualified according to criterion n°1, it is the NOC whose rider who is ranked in the next place in the competition concerned who will benefit from the right to participate.

Women's Individual Time Trial

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Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
2011 UCI World Tour Ranking 1 to 15  Netherlands
 Germany
 United States
 Italy
 Great Britain
 Sweden
 Australia
 Russia
 Belgium
 Canada
 France
 Brazil
 South Africa
 Lithuania[13]
 New Zealand
1
2011 World Championship individual event 1 to 10  Germany
 Great Britain
 Canada
 Netherlands
 United States
 Sweden
 Australia
 Azerbaijan
 Russia
 Italy
 Finland
1
Total 25

Mountain biking

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A nation can enter a maximum of 3 men and 2 women.[7]

Men

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Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
UCI Olympic qualification ranking[14] 1 to 5  Switzerland
 France
 Czech Republic
 Spain
 Germany
3
6 to 13  Italy
 Netherlands
 South Africa
 United States
 Austria
 Canada
 Poland
 Belgium
2
14 to 24  Great Britain
 Sweden
 Australia
 Japan
 Brazil
 Ukraine
 Hungary
 Russia
 Argentina
 Greece
 Cyprus
 Portugal
1
African Championship[15] 1 to 2  Namibia
 Rwanda
1
American Championship[16] 1 to 2  Colombia
 Costa Rica
1
Asian Championship[17] 1 to 2  China
 Hong Kong
1
Oceanian Championship[18] 1  New Zealand 1
Additional Place for Oceania  Guam 1
Total 50

Women

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Event Ranking by Nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
UCI Olympic qualification ranking[14] 1 to 8  Canada
 Switzerland
 France
 Poland
 United States
 Slovenia
 Germany
 Norway*
2
9 to 18  Russia
 Czech Republic
 Italy
 Austria
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Ukraine
 Great Britain
 Sweden
 Denmark
 Hungary
 Japan
 Slovakia
1
African Championship[19] 1  South Africa 1
American Championship[20] 1  Colombia 1
Asian Championship[21] 1  China 1
Oceanian Championship[22] 1  Australia 1
Total 30

* Norway used only 1 spot.

BMX

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Men

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Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
UCI Ranking by Nation of 28/05/2012 1 to 5  Australia
 United States
 France
 Latvia
 Netherlands
3
6 to 8  Colombia
 New Zealand
 Germany
2
9 to 11  Canada
 Italy
 Argentina
1
2012 UCI BMX World Championships 1 to 6  South Africa
 Switzerland
 Belgium
 Philippines
 Brazil
 Denmark
1
Host Nation 1  Great Britain 1
Re-allocation of Unused Quota 1  Ecuador 1
Total 32

Women

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Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
UCI Ranking by Nation of 28/05/2012 1 to 4  Australia
 United States
 France
 Czech Republic
2
5 to 7  Colombia
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
1
2012 UCI BMX World Championships 1 to 3  Brazil
 Lithuania
 Venezuela
1
Host Nation 1  Great Britain 1
Re-allocation of Unused Quota 1  Latvia 1
Total 16

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