Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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[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

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

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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