# Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.
The venues were Fort Copacabana in the Copacabana, venues were in Clusters for the start and finish of the road cycling race, Pontal in the Barra Cluster for the road cycling time trial competitions, the Rio Olympic Velodrome, also in the Barra Cluster for track cycling, the Olympic BMX Center for BMX and the Mountain Bike Centre for mountain biking, both in the Deodoro Cluster.
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. There were no changes made to the 2016 Olympic cycling programme compared to the cycling at the 2012 Olympics.

## Venues

| Venue | Cluster | Sport | Date | Medal events | Capacity |
| Fort Copacabana | Copacabana Cluster | Road cycling (road race) | 6–7 August | 2 | 5000 (seating) Unlimited (standing) |
| 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) |
| Rio Olympic Velodrome | Barra Cluster | Track cycling | 11–16 August | 10 | 7500 |
* 1 2 There will be free viewing areas alongside the route.

## Participation
### Participating nations

Brazil, as the host country, receives guaranteed quota place in case it would not qualify any qualification places.
* Algeria (2)
* Argentina (6)
* Australia (31)
* Austria (4)
* Azerbaijan (3)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (14)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (10)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (19)
* Chile (2)
* China (14)
* Colombia (15)
* Costa Rica (2)
* Croatia (2)
* Cuba (3)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (12)
* Denmark (13)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Ecuador (2)
* Egypt (1)
* Eritrea (1)
* Estonia (2)
* Ethiopia (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (22)
* Germany (29)
* Great Britain (26)
* Greece (3)
* Guam (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Hong Kong (5)
* Hungary (1)
* Indonesia (1)
* Iran (3)
* Ireland (3)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (19)
* Japan (9)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Kosovo (1)
* Laos (1)
* Latvia (4)
* Lesotho (1)
* Lithuania (4)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Malaysia (2)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (4)
* Morocco (4)
* Namibia (3)
* Netherlands (26)
* New Zealand (19)
* Norway (7)
* Poland (17)
* Portugal (6)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (16)
* Rwanda (2)
* Serbia (2)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (7)
* South Africa (7)
* South Korea (8)
* Spain (12)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (15)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Thailand (2)
* East Timor (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (2)
* Ukraine (7)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United States (21)
* Venezuela (9)

## Competition schedule

BMX, mountain biking and road cycling :
| Event↓/Date → | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Wed 10 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | Sun 21 |
| Men's BMX | | | | H | ¼ | ½ | F | | |
| Women's BMX | | | | H | | ½ | F | | |
| Men's cross-country | | | | | | | | | F |
| Women's cross-country | | | | | | | | F | |
| Men's road race | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's time trial | | | F | | | | | | |
| Women's road race | | F | | | | | | | |
| Women's time trial | | | F | | | | | | |
Track cycling :
| Date → | Thu 11 | Thu 11 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Fri 12 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sat 13 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Sun 14 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Mon 15 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Tue 16 | Tue 16 |
| Event ↓ | E | E | E | E | E | E | M | E | E | E | E | E | M | E | E | M | E | E |
| Men's keirin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | F |
| Men's omnium | | | | | | | | | | SR | IP | ER | TT | FL | PR | | | |
| Men's sprint | | | | H | H | H | ¼ | ½ | ½ | F | F | F | | | | | | |
| Men's team pursuit | H | H | H | ½ | 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 | H | H | H | H | H | ¼ | ½ | F | F | F |
| Women's team pursuit | H | H | H | | | | ½ | F | F | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's team sprint | | | | H | ½ | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Medalists
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | United States | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |

## Road cycling

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's road race details | Greg Van Avermaet Belgium | Jakob Fuglsang Denmark | Rafał Majka Poland |
| Men's time trial details | Fabian Cancellara Switzerland | Tom Dumoulin Netherlands | Chris Froome Great Britain |
| Women's road race details | Anna van der Breggen Netherlands | Emma Johansson Sweden | Elisa Longo Borghini Italy |
| Women's time trial details | Kristin Armstrong United States | Olga Zabelinskaya Russia | Anna van der Breggen Netherlands |

## Track cycling
### Men's

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Keirin details | Jason Kenny Great Britain | Matthijs Büchli Netherlands | Azizulhasni Awang Malaysia |
| Omnium details | Elia Viviani Italy | Mark Cavendish Great Britain | Lasse Norman Hansen Denmark |
| Team pursuit details | Great Britain (GBR) Ed Clancy Steven Burke Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins | Australia (AUS) Alexander Edmondson Jack Bobridge Michael Hepburn Sam Welsford Callum Scotson | Denmark (DEN) Lasse Norman Hansen Niklas Larsen Frederik Madsen Casper von Folsach Rasmus Quaade |
| Sprint details | Jason Kenny Great Britain | Callum Skinner Great Britain | Denis Dmitriev Russia |
| Team sprint details | Great Britain (GBR) Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Callum Skinner | New Zealand (NZL) Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster | France (FRA) Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida François Pervis |

### Women's

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Keirin details | Elis Ligtlee Netherlands | Becky James Great Britain | Anna Meares Australia |
| Omnium details | Laura Trott Great Britain | Sarah Hammer United States | Jolien D'Hoore Belgium |
| Team pursuit details | Great Britain (GBR) Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell Shand | United States (USA) Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Jennifer Valente | Canada (CAN) Allison Beveridge Jasmin Glaesser Kirsti Lay Georgia Simmerling Laura Brown |
| Sprint details | Kristina Vogel Germany | Becky James Great Britain | Katy Marchant Great Britain |
| Team sprint details | China (CHN) Gong Jinjie Zhong Tianshi | Russia (RUS) Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova | Germany (GER) Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel |

## Mountain biking

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's details | Nino Schurter Switzerland | Jaroslav Kulhavý Czech Republic | Carlos Coloma Nicolás Spain |
| Women's details | Jenny Rissveds Sweden | Maja Włoszczowska Poland | Catharine Pendrel Canada |

## BMX

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's details | Connor Fields United States | Jelle van Gorkom Netherlands | Carlos Ramírez Colombia |
| Women's details | Mariana Pajón Colombia | Alise Willoughby United States | Stefany Hernández Venezuela |

## Broken records

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.

### Cycling track

| 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.