Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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For the cycling competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021[1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic), the following qualification systems are in place.

Qualification summary

Nation Road Track MTB BMX Total
Men Women Men Women M W Men Women Q R
RR TT RR TT TS KE SP TP OM MD TS KE SP TP OM MD RC FR RC FR
 Algeria 2 1 3 2
 Argentina 1 1 1 3 3
 Australia 4 2 4 2 X 2 2 X X X 1 1 X X X 1 1 1 1 2 1 35 29
 Austria 3 1 1 X X 1 1 9 8
 Azerbaijan 1 1 1
 Belarus 1 1 1 X X 5 4
 Belgium 5 2 3 1 X X X X 1 1 1 18 15
 Brazil 2 1 1 1 5 5
 Burkina Faso 1 1 1
 Canada 3 1 3 2 2 2 X X 2 2 X X 1 2 1 1 26 24
 Chile 1 1 1 3 3
 China 1 1 1 1 X 2 2 1 1 11 7
 Colombia 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 12 10
 Costa Rica 1 1 1 3 3
 Croatia 1 1 1
 Cuba 1 1 1
 Cyprus 1 1 1
 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 7
 Denmark 4 1 2 1 X X X X X 1 2 1 17 17
 Ecuador 2 1 1 1 5 4
 Egypt X 1 1
 Eritrea 2 1 1 4 3
 Estonia 2 1 1 4 3
 Ethiopia 1 1 1
 France 5 1 1 1 X 2 2 X X 2 2 X X X 2 2 3 1 2 32 28
 Germany 4 2 4 2 X 2 2 X X X X 2 2 X X 2 2 1 1 33 28
 Great Britain 4 2 2 1 X 2 2 X X X 1 1 X X X 1 1 1 1 1 1 28 26
 Greece 1 X 1 3 3
 Guatemala 1 1 1
 Hong Kong 1 2 2 X X 7 5
 Hungary 1 1 1 3 3
 Iran 1 1 2 1
 Ireland 3 1 X X X X 8 7
 Israel 1 1 1 3 2
 Italy 5 2 4 1 X X X X X X 3 1 1 23 24
 Japan 2 2 1 2 2 X 1 1 X X 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 16
 Kazakhstan 3 1 1 1 X 7 5
 Latvia 2 1 1 1 5 4
 Lithuania 1 1 X 2 2 X 8 5
 Luxembourg 2 1 1 4 3
 Malaysia 2 2 4 2
 Mexico 1 1 1 X 2 2 X 1 1 11 7
 Morocco 1 1 1
 Namibia 1 1 1 1 4 4
 Netherlands 5 1 4 2 X 2 2 X X X 2 2 X X 2 2 3 3 36 28
 New Zealand 2 2 X 2 2 X X X 2 2 X X X 1 1 21 19
 Norway 4 1 2 1 X 1 1 11 9
 Panama 1 1 1
 Paraguay 1 1 1
 Peru 1 1 1
 Poland 3 1 3 1 X 2 2 X X X 2 2 X X 1 1 24 17
 Portugal 2 2 X 1 6 4
 Refugee Olympic Team 1 1 2 2
 Romania 1 1 2 2
 ROC 3 1 1 X 2 2 X 2 2 X X 1 1 1 1 2 1 24 18
 Rwanda 1 1 1
 Slovakia 2 1 3 2
 Slovenia 4 1 1 1 7 6
 South Africa 3 1 2 1 1 1 X 1 1 1 1 1 15 11
 South Korea 1 1 1 3 2
 Spain 5 1 2 1 X X 2 1 14 12
 Suriname 1 1 2 1
 Sweden 1 1 1
 Switzerland 4 2 1 1 X X X 3 3 2 1 1 21 20
 Chinese Taipei 1 1 1
 Thailand 1 1 1
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 2 2 5 3
 Turkey 2 2 2
 Ukraine 1 1 X 2 2 1 8 5
 United States 2 2 4 2 X X 1 1 X X X 1 3 2 2 3 2 30 27
 Uzbekistan 1 1 2 2
 Venezuela 1 1 2 2
Total: 72 NOCs 130 41 67 26 8 30 30 8 20 16 8 30 30 8 21 16 38 38 24 9 24 9 631 530
Legend
  • TS – Team sprint
  • KE – Keirin
  • SP – Sprint
  • TP – Team pursuit
  • OM – Omnium
  • MD – Madison
  • RR – Road race
  • TT – Individual time trial
  • RC – Race
  • FR – Freestyle
  • Q – Quotas
  • R – Riders

Track cycling

Track cycling is done entirely through UCI nation rankings. The quotas per event are as follows:

  • Team sprint – top 8 teams per gender
  • Team pursuit – top 8 teams per gender
  • Madison – all NOCs with a qualified team pursuit, in addition to the next 8 teams per gender (total of 16 teams)
  • Omnium – NOCs directly qualifying for Madison, in addition to the next 12 (men) or 13 (women) (21 individuals)
  • Sprint – NOCs qualifying in team sprint enter 2 individuals, in addition to the next 7 best-ranked in individual sprint, and the next 7 best-ranked in Keirin (total of 30 individuals)
  • Keirin – NOCs qualifying in team sprint enter 2 individuals, in addition to the next 7 best-ranked in individual sprint, and the next 7 best-ranked in Keirin (total of 30 individuals)

Road cycling

Majority of the places in road cycling are attributed through the UCI nation rankings (122 for men, 62 for women), with special provisions for highly-ranked individuals whose nations do not make it. A small number of additional places are available through individual road race continental championships (2 men and 1 woman each for Africa, Americas, and Asia). Host nation Japan has obtained 2 guaranteed spots per gender in the road race. For the road time trial, the NOC must have qualified for the road race. The top 30 (men) or 15 (women) NOCs in the nation rankings may enter a time trial cyclist. The 2019 World Championships also afford 10 places per gender in the time trial. NOCs can have a maximum of 2 time trial entries if they qualify through each of those two methods.

Mountain biking

For mountain biking, 38 spots per gender are allocated. Thirty places will be allocated through the UCI nation rankings and three through continental championships with one each for Africa, Americas, and Asia. One spot per gender has been reserved for host nation Japan. The remaining four spots will be awarded to the top mountain bikers competing at the 2019 UCI World Championships, with two each in the elite and under-23, respectively.

BMX

In the BMX race, twenty-four spots are available for each gender, with one reserved for host nation Japan. Eighteen places will be awarded to the highest-ranked NOCs through the UCI qualification rankings, three through the UCI individual rankings, and the remaining two through the 2020 UCI World Championships. In the BMX freestyle events, nine spots are available for each gender, with one reserved for host nation Japan, six for the highest-ranked NOCs through the UCI rankings, and the remaining two for those competing at the 2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships.

Timeline

The following is a timeline of the qualification events for the cycling events at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Event Date Venue
Road[2]
2019 African Continental Championships March 15–20, 2019 Ethiopia Ethiopia
2019 Asian Continental Championships April 27–28, 2019 Uzbekistan Tashkent
2019 Pan American Continental Championships May 2–5, 2019 Mexico Mexico
2019 UCI Road World Championships September 22–29, 2019 United Kingdom Harrogate
Establishment of the UCI World Rankings by Nations October 22, 2019
Track[3]
Establishment of the UCI Olympic Track Ranking 2018–2020
(at end of 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships)
March 2, 2020
Mountain biking[4]
2019 Pan American Continental Championships April 3–7, 2019 Mexico Aguascalientes
2019 African Continental Championships April 12–14, 2019 Namibia Windhoek
2019 Asian Continental Championships July 25–28, 2019 Lebanon Kfardebian
2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships August 28 – September 1, 2019 Canada Mont-Sainte-Anne
Establishment of the UCI Olympic qualification ranking May 18, 2021
BMX[5][6]
2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships November 6–10, 2019 China Chengdu
UCI Individual Rankings (BMX race) June 1, 2021
Establishment of the UCI Rankings by Nation (BMX race) June 1, 2021
Establishment of the UCI Rankings by Nation (BMX freestyle) June 8, 2021

Road cycling

Men's road race

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Host nation  Japan 1
UCI World Ranking 1 to 6  Belgium
 Italy
 Netherlands
 France
 Colombia
 Spain
5
7 to 13  Slovenia
 Germany
 Australia
 Denmark
 Great Britain
 Norway
 Switzerland
4
14 to 21  Austria
 Poland
 Ireland
 ROC
 South Africa
 Kazakhstan
 Canada
 Czech Republic
3
22 to 32  Ecuador
 Portugal
 Slovakia
 Eritrea
 United States
 New Zealand
 Estonia
 Algeria
 Luxembourg
 Latvia
 Turkey
2
33 to 50  Belarus
 Ukraine
 Costa Rica
 Greece
 Romania
 Iran
 Sweden
 Hungary
 Venezuela
 Japan
 Morocco
 Azerbaijan
 Lithuania
 Rwanda
 Mexico
 Guatemala
 Argentina
 China
1
2019 African Championships 1 to 2  Namibia
 Burkina Faso
1
2019 Asian Championships 1 to 2  Chinese Taipei
 Uzbekistan
1
2019 Pan American Championships 1 to 2  Peru
 Panama
1
Reallocation of unused quota  Hong Kong
 Croatia
1
Total 130

* Quota reduced by one to accommodate for the individual qualifiers

Men's individual time trial

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
UCI World Ranking 1 to 30  Belgium
 Italy
 Netherlands
 France
 Colombia
 Spain
 Slovenia
 Germany
 Australia
 Denmark
 Great Britain
 Norway
 Switzerland
 Austria
 Poland
 Ireland
 ROC
 South Africa
 Kazakhstan
 Canada
 Czech Republic
 Ecuador
 Portugal
 Slovakia
 Eritrea
 United States
 New Zealand
 Estonia
 Algeria
 Iran**
1
2019 UCI Road World Championships 1 to 10  Australia
 Belgium
 Italy
 New Zealand
 Great Britain
 United States
 Estonia
 Portugal
 Germany
 Switzerland
1
Invitational place 1  Ahmad Wais (EOR) 1
Reallocation of unused quota  Latvia 1
Total 41

** Qualified as a continental representative

Women's road race

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Host nation  Japan 1
UCI World Ranking 1 to 5  Netherlands
 Italy
 Germany
 United States
 Australia
4
6 to 13  Belgium 3
 Denmark
 Canada
 Poland
 Spain
 Great Britain
 Norway
 South Africa
2*
14 to 22  Luxembourg
 France
 Cuba
 Mexico
 Switzerland
 Slovenia
 Belarus
 Japan
 ROC
1*
Individual top 100  Uzbekistan
 Thailand
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Israel
 Finland
 Cyprus
 China
 Austria
 Sweden
 Colombia
 Ukraine
 Chile
 Costa Rica
 Czech Republic
 Lithuania
 Namibia
 Eritrea
1
2019 African Championships 1  Ethiopia 1
2019 Asian Championships 1  South Korea 1
2019 Pan American Championships 1  Paraguay 1
Reallocation of unused quota  Canada
 Poland
1
Total 67

* Quota reduced by one to accommodate for the individual qualifiers

Women's individual time trial

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
UCI World Ranking 1 to 15  Netherlands
 Italy
 Germany
 United States
 Australia
 Belgium
 Denmark
 Canada
 Poland
 Spain
 Great Britain
 Norway
 South Africa
 Luxembourg
 Japan**
1
2019 UCI Road World Championships 1 to 10  United States
 Netherlands
 Germany
 Switzerland
 Belarus
 Australia
 Canada
 Israel
 Sweden
 France
1
Invitational place 1  Masomah Ali Zada (EOR) 1
Reallocation of unused quota  Mexico 1
Total 26

** Qualified as a continental representative

Track cycling

Track cycling quotas were released by the UCI in March 2020.[7]

Men's team sprint

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Teams per NOC
2018–2020 Olympic track ranking 1 to 8  Australia
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Poland
 ROC
1
Total 8

Men's sprint

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Athletes per NOC
NOCs qualified for team sprint  Australia
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Poland
 ROC
up to 2
2018–2020 Olympic track ranking 1 to 7  Canada
 China
 Japan
 Malaysia
 South Africa*
 Suriname
 Trinidad and Tobago
1
NOCs qualified for Keirin  Canada
 Colombia
 Czech Republic
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Malaysia
 Trinidad and Tobago
1
Total 30

* Qualified as a continental representative

Men's Keirin

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Athletes per NOC
NOCs qualified for team sprint  Australia
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Poland
 ROC
up to 2
2018–2020 Olympic track ranking 1 to 7  Canada
 Colombia
 Czech Republic
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Malaysia
 Trinidad and Tobago
1
NOCs qualified for sprint  Canada
 China
 Japan
 Malaysia
 South Africa
 Suriname
 Trinidad and Tobago
1
Total 30

Men's team pursuit

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Teams per NOC
2018–2020 Olympic track ranking 1 to 8  Australia
 Canada
 Denmark
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Italy
 New Zealand
 Switzerland
1
Total 8

Men's Madison

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Athletes per NOC
NOCs qualified for team pursuit  Australia
 Canada
 Denmark
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Italy
 New Zealand
 Switzerland
1
2018–2020 Olympic track ranking 1 to 8  Austria
 Belgium
 Spain
 France
 Ireland
 Poland
 Netherlands
 United States
1
Total 16

Men's Omnium

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Athletes per NOC
NOCs directly qualified for Madison  Austria
 Belgium
 Spain
 France
 Ireland
 Poland
 Netherlands
 United States
1
2018–2020 Olympic track ranking 1 to 12  Australia
 Belarus
 Denmark
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Greece
 Italy
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 New Zealand
 South Africa*
 Switzerland
1
Total 20

* Qualified as a continental representative

Women's team sprint

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Teams per NOC
2018–2020 Olympic track ranking 1 to 8  Australia
 China
 Germany
 Lithuania
 Mexico
 Netherlands
 Poland
 ROC
1
Reallocation of unused quota  Ukraine 1
Total 8

Women's sprint

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Athletes per NOC
NOCs qualified for team sprint  China
 Germany
 Lithuania
 Mexico
 Netherlands
 Poland
 ROC
 Ukraine
up to 2
2018–2020 Olympic track ranking 1 to 7  Australia
 Canada
 France
 Great Britain
 Hong Kong
 New Zealand
 South Africa*
1
NOCs qualified for Keirin  Canada
 France
 Hong Kong
 Japan
 New Zealand
 South Korea
 United States
1
Total 30

* Qualified as a continental representative

Women's Keirin

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Athletes per NOC
NOCs qualified for team sprint  China
 Germany
 Lithuania
 Mexico
 Netherlands
 Poland
 ROC
 Ukraine
up to 2
2018–2020 Olympic track ranking 1 to 7  Canada
 France
 Hong Kong
 Japan
 New Zealand
 South Korea
 United States
1
NOCs qualified for sprint  Australia
 Canada
 France
 Great Britain
 Hong Kong
 New Zealand
 South Africa
1
Total 30

Women's team pursuit

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Teams per NOC
2018–2020 Olympic track ranking 1 to 8  Australia
 Canada
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Italy
 New Zealand
 United States
1
Total 8

Women's Madison

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Athletes per NOC
NOCs qualified for team pursuit  Australia
 Canada
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Italy
 New Zealand
 United States
1
2018–2020 Olympic track ranking 1 to 8  Belgium
 Denmark
 Hong Kong
 Ireland
 Japan
 Netherlands
 Poland
 ROC
1
Total 15

Cycling Canada declined to enter a team in the women's madison due to a lack of competitive experience in the event, and the event being prior to the omnium in the Olympic program.[8]

Women's Omnium

Event Ranking by Nation Qualified NOC Athletes per NOC
NOCs qualified for Madison  Belgium
 Denmark
 Hong Kong
 Ireland
 Japan
 Netherlands
 Poland
 ROC
1
2018–2020 Olympic track ranking 1 to 13  Australia
 Belarus
 Canada
 China
 Egypt*
 France
 Great Britain
 Italy
 Mexico
 New Zealand
 Norway
 Portugal
 United States
1
Rellocation 14  Lithuania[9] 1
Total 21

* Qualified as a continental representative

Mountain biking

Quotas were released in May 2021.[10][11]

Men's cross-country race

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Host nation  Japan 1
2020 UCI Olympic qualification ranking 1 to 2  Switzerland
 Italy
3
3 to 7  France
 Brazil
 Netherlands
 Spain
 Germany
2
8 to 21  Czech Republic
 Austria
 Canada
 Denmark
 United States
 Belgium
 ROC
 South Africa
 New Zealand
 Poland
 Norway
 Greece
 Hungary
 Romania
1
2019 African Championships 1  Namibia 1
2019 Pan American Championships 1  Mexico 1
2019 Asian Championships 1  China 1
2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (elite) 1 to 2  Australia
 Israel
1
2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (under-23) 1 to 2  Chile
 Great Britain
1
Total 38

Women's cross-country race

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Host nation  Japan 1
2020 UCI Olympic qualification ranking 1 to 2  Switzerland
 United States
3
3 to 7  Netherlands
 Canada
 France
 Denmark
 Germany
2
8 to 21  Great Britain
 Italy
 South Africa
 Poland
 Ukraine
 Czech Republic
 Belgium
 Austria
 Argentina
 Estonia
 Brazil
 Hungary
 Spain
 Australia
1
2019 African Championships 1  Namibia 1
2019 Pan American Championships 1  Mexico 1
2019 Asian Championships 1  China 1
2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (elite) 1 to 2  Slovenia
 Sweden
1
2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (under-23) 1 to 2  Portugal
 ROC
1
Total 38

BMX

Racing quotas were released on June 4, 2021.[12][13]

Men's BMX race

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Host nation  Japan 1
UCI Olympic qualification ranking 1 to 2  France
 Netherlands
3
3 to 5  United States
 Switzerland
 Colombia
2
6 to 11  Australia
 Great Britain
 Argentina
 Brazil
 Ecuador
 South Africa**
1
UCI BMX individual ranking 1 to 3  Norway
 Canada
 ROC
1
World Championship Re-Allocation 1 to 2  Italy
 Latvia
1
Total 24

** Qualified as a continental representative

Women's BMX race

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Host nation  Japan 1
UCI Olympic qualification ranking 1 to 2  Netherlands
 United States
3
3 to 5  France
 ROC
 Australia
2
6 to 11  Colombia
 Brazil
 New Zealand
 Denmark
 Switzerland
 Canada
1
UCI BMX individual ranking 1 to 3  Great Britain
 Ecuador
 Latvia
1
World Championship Re-Allocation 1 to 2  Belgium
 Germany
1
Total 24

** Qualified as a continental representative

Men's BMX freestyle

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Host nation  Japan 1
UCI Olympic qualification ranking 1  United States 2
2 to 5  Australia
 ROC
 Great Britain
 France
1
2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships 1 to 2  Venezuela
 Costa Rica
1
Total 9

Women's BMX freestyle

Event Ranking by nation Qualified Athletes per NOC
Host nation  Japan 1
UCI Olympic qualification ranking 1  United States 2
2 to 5  Germany
 Great Britain
 Switzerland
 ROC
1
2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championship 1 to 2  Chile
 Australia
1
Total 9

References

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