Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Summary

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

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

Track cycling

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Men's road race

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

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

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	Jutatip Maneephan Mayra del Rocio Rocha Pia Sundstedt Mei Yu Hsiao Grete Treier Elena Tchalykh Mayuko Hagiwara Sylwia Kapusta Ah Reum Na 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

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

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

Men

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
UCI Olympic qualification ranking[12]	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[14]	1 to 2	Namibia Rwanda	1
American Championship[15]	1 to 2	Colombia Costa Rica	1
Asian Championship[16]	1 to 2	China Hong Kong	1
Oceanian Championship[17]	1	New Zealand	1
Additional Place for Oceania		Guam	1
Total			50

Women

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
UCI Olympic qualification ranking[12]	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[18]	1	South Africa	1
American Championship[19]	1	Colombia	1
Asian Championship[20]	1	China	1
Oceanian Championship[21]	1	Australia	1
Total			30

* Norway used only 1 spot.

BMX

Men

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

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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