Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games

Cycling
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenuesCentennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre (BMX)
Hardwood Mountain Bike Park (Mountain biking)
Exhibition Place (Road races)
Milton Velodrome (Track
Milton Time Trial Course (Road time trial)
DatesJuly 11–25, 2015
Competitors228 quota limit
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Cycling at the
2015 Pan American Games
BMX
BMX men women
Mountain biking
Cross-country men women
Road cycling
Road race   men   women
Time trial men women
Track cycling
Team pursuit men women
Sprint men women
Team sprint men women
Keirin men women
Omnium men women

Cycling competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 11 to 25 at four different venues.[1] The BMX competitions will take place at the Centennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre in Toronto, the mountain biking competitions will happen at the Hardwood Ski and Bike (Hardwood Mountain Bike Park) in Oro-Medonte, due to naming rights the venue will be known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] The road races will happen in the streets of Downtown Toronto with the start and finish being at Exhibition Place. Finally the track cycling events will happen at the Milton Velodrome in Milton. The road cycling time trials will also happen in the streets surrounding the velodrome (Milton Time Trial Course).[3]

Competition schedule

The Milton Velodrome, in Milton, was the venue for the track cycling competitions, along with the starting/finishing line for the road cycling time trials.

The following is the competition schedule for the cycling competitions:[4]

HHeats/preliminaries ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals FFinal
BMX, mountain biking and road cycling
Event↓/Date → Sat 11 Sun 12 Wed 22 Sat 25
BMX
Men's BMX H ¼ ½F
Women's BMX H ¼ ½F
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
Event↓/Date → Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19
Men's keirin H F
Men's omnium FL PR ER IP SR TT
Men's sprint H ¼ ½F
Men's team pursuit H F
Men's team sprint H F
Women's keirin H F
Women's omnium FL PR ER IP SR TT
Women's sprint H ¼ ½F
Women's team pursuit H F
Women's team sprint H F
FL = Flying Lap, PR = Points Race, ER = Elimination Race, IP = Individual Pursuit, SR = Scratch Race, TT = Time Trial

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Medalists

BMX

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women

Mountain biking

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's cross-country
Women's cross-country

Road cycling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's road race
Women's road race
Men's time trial
Women's time trial

Track cycling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team pursuit
Women's team pursuit
Men's individual sprint
Women's individual sprint
Men's team sprint
Women's team sprint
Men's keirin
Women's keirin
Men's omnium
Women's omnium

Qualification

A total of 228 cyclists can qualify to compete at the games (146 in road and track combined, 36 in mountain biking and 38 in BMX). A nation may enter at most 24 athletes (16 among road and track cycling, four in mountain biking and four in BMX). The host nation (Canada) will automatically enter a full team of 24 athletes (14 male and 10 female).[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org''. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Persaud, Travis (17 July 2014). "Oro-Medonte biking facility ready to host Pan Am Games". Barrie Examiner (Sun Media). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Gregory, Michael (17 June 2014). "Milton to host Pan Am Games cycling time trial events". InsideHalton.com (Metroland Media Group). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org''. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Qualification System – Cycling" (PDF). http://www.copaci.org/''. Pan American Cycling Confederation. Retrieved 7 September 2014.