# Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification

* There is maximum allocation of 220 athletes distributed through qualification events in 2010 and 2011.
* Quota Allocation per gender can vary depending on number of entries.
| Event | Men | Women | Total |
| Track | 49 | 34 | 83 |
| Road | 20 | 15 | 35 |
| Mountain Biking | 24 26 | 14 11 | 38 37 |
| BMX | 22 20 | 14 16 | 36 |
| Host Country | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| Caribbean Championships | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Total athletes | 133 | 87 | 220 |

## Qualification timeline

| Event | Date | Location |
| 2010 Caribbean Cycling Championships | October 24–26, 2010 | Basse-Terre |
| 2011 Pan American Mountain Biking Championships | April 1–3, 2011 | Chía |
| 2011 Elite Pan American Track Cycling Championships | May 1–8, 2011 | Medellin |
| 2011 Elite Pan American Road Cycling Championships | May 1–8, 2011 | Medellin |
* BMX qualification was with the end of the 2010 BMX rankings, with the athletes unknown as of January 2011.

## Track cycling
### Men
#### Team Sprint

| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host | 1 | Mexico |
| Pan American Championship | 5 | Argentina Brazil Chile Canada Venezuela |
| TOTAL | 6 | |

#### Individual Sprint

| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Pan American Championship | 6 | El Salvador Brazil Chile Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago Ecuador |
| TOTAL | 6 | |

## Road cycling

Each NOC can enter a maximum of 4 male and 3 female.

### Men

| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Pan American Championship | 15 | Brazil Chile Colombia Colombia Mexico Brazil Colombia Cuba Ecuador Mexico Guatemala Brazil Dominican Republic Guatemala Costa Rica |
| Pan American Championship Individual time trial | 5 | Argentina Colombia Venezuela Panama Canada |
| Caribbean Cycling championship | 3 | Trinidad and Tobago Dominican Republic Antigua and Barbuda Netherlands Antilles |
| TOTAL | 24 | |
* The Caribbean championship was to qualify 4 male athletes in any discipline, but all four were qualified in the road competition. This however does not take away from the quota for the road discipline for males.

### Women

| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Pan American Championship | 10 | Canada El Salvador United States Venezuela Brazil Venezuela Cuba Chile Mexico Chile |
| Pan American Championship Individual time trial | 5 | Canada United States United States Argentina Canada |
| TOTAL | 15 | |

## Mountain biking

Each NOC may enter up to 2 athletes each.

### Men

| Event | Athletes per NOC | Qualified |
| Pan American Championship | 2 | Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador Mexico Puerto Rico United States Venezuela |
| Pan American Championship | 1 | El Salvador Aruba |
| TOTAL | 26 | |

### Women

| Event | Athletes per NOC | Qualified |
| Pan American Championship | 1 | Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Mexico Puerto Rico United States Venezuela |
| TOTAL | 11 | |

## BMX
### Men

| Event | Athletes per NOC | Qualified |
| BMX Ranking | 2 | Argentina Brazil Bolivia Canada Chile Colombia Ecuador Mexico United States Venezuela |
| TOTAL | 20 | |

### Women

| Event | Athletes per NOC | Qualified |
| BMX Ranking | 2 | Argentina Brazil Canada Colombia Mexico United States Venezuela |
| BMX Ranking | 1 | Chile Ecuador |
| TOTAL | 16 | |