Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

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Summary

Legend

• TS — Team sprint
• KE — Keirin
• SP — Sprint
• TP — Team pursuit
• IP — Individual pursuit
• MA — Madison
• PR — Points race
• RR — Road race
• TT — Individual time trial
• Q — Quotas
• R — Riders

Nation	Track										Road				MTB		BMX		Total
	Men							Women			Men		Women		M	W	M	W	Q	R
	TS	KE	SP	TP	IP	MA	PR	SP	IP	PR	RR	TT	RR	TT
											1								1	1
						X	1				3	1			1		2	2	11	10
	X	2	2	X	2		1	1	1	1	5	2	3	1	1	1	3	2	30	28
											2		2	1	1	1			7	6
							1	1			3	1							6	5
						X	1				5	1	1		3				12	11
											2		1		1	1			5	5
											2								2	2
						X	1			1	3	2	3	1	2	2	1	1	18	15
							1				2				1	1			5	5
	X	1	1					1		1	1		2	2	1	2		1	14	12
							1												1	1
				X	1				1	1	3	1			1		3		12	13
											1				1				2	2
											3	1							4	3
								1		1	1		1						4	4
	X	1	1			X	1		1	1	2				1	1	1	1	13	12
				X		X	1			1	3	2	1	1	2		1	1	15	15
																	1		1	1
									1	1	1								3	2
			1								2	1	1						5	4
	X	2	2	X	1	X	1	1		1	5		3	2	3	1	2	2	29	28
	X	2	2			X	1		1	1	5	2	3	2	3	2			26	20
	X	2	2	X	2	X	1	1	2	1	4	1	3	2	2		1	1	28	25
	X	2	1																4	4
							1			1	1				1				4	4
											2	1			1		1	1	6	5
											3	1							4	3
					1						2				1				4	4
		1	1			X	1			1	5	2	3	1	2	1	1		20	15
		1																	1	1
	X	2	2				1	1		1	2	1	1		1	1	1		15	14
											2	1	1	1					5	3
											2	1					3		6	5
											1								1	1
								1	2	1	2		3	1					10	8
											3	1							4	3
	X	2	1																4	3
													1						1	1
											1		1						2	2
					1						1								2	1
											1				1				2	2
	X	2	2	X	2	X	1	2		1	5	2	3	2	2	1	3	1	32	27
				X	1	X	1		1	1	3		2		1	1	1	1	15	17
											4		1			2	1		8	8
	X	1	1				1				3	1	1		1	2			12	11
											2								2	2
	X	2	1	X	2	X	1	1		1	5	2	3	1	1	2			25	22
											2								2	2
											3	1				1			5	4
											4	1	1			1			7	6
											3	1	2		1	1	1		9	8
										1	1		2						4	4
				X	2	X	1			1	5	2	2	1	3	1			20	19
											3	1	3	2	2				11	8
						X			1		1	1	3	2	3	2	1	1	16	14
													1						1	1
											1								1	1
															1				1	1
		1		X	2	X	1		1	1	4	2	3		1				18	16
	X	1	1		1	X	1	1	1	1	5	2	3	2	2	2	3	1	29	24
							1												1	1
											1								1	1
											1		2				1		4	4
															1				1	1
Total: 65 NOCs	13	25	21	10	18	16	23	12	13	22	143	39	66	25	50	30	32	16	574	511

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
Track
2007 UCI "B" World Championships	26 June – 1 July 2007	Cape Town
	November 2007 – February 2008	-
	26–30 March 2008	Manchester
UCI Track World Ranking	30 March 2008	-
Road
	26 June – 1 July 2007	Cape Town
	25–30 September 2007	Stuttgart
	30 October 2007	-
	30 October 2007	-
	30 October 2007	-
	30 October 2007	-
	30 October 2007	-
	30 October 2007	-
	1 June 2008	-
Mountainbike
	8–11 March 2007	Villa la Angostura
2007 Oceania Championships	23–25 March 2007	Thredbo
2007 African Championships	28–29 July 2007	Windhoek
2007 Asian Championships	4–5 August 2007	Suzhou
UCI ranking by nation	31 December 2007	-
BMX
	29 May – 1 June 2008	Taiyuan
UCI ranking by nation	31 May 2008	-

Track

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to 2 athletes in each individual event, except points race where it can enter only 1 athlete. NOC may also enter up to 1 team in each team event.

Champions in the World Championship, World Cup, and "B" World Championship automatically qualify (Nontransferable place), as do several of the athletes with the highest UCI rankings in their event on 30 March 2008. Additionally, the tripartite commission (made up of the IOC, UCI and ANOC) may issue invitational places.

Men's sprint

Event	Team sprint	Keirin	Sprint
World Championships			Chris Hoy
World Cup	-*	-*	Kévin Sireau
"B" World Championships	–	Gadi Chait	Daniel Novikov
UCI ranking		Arnaud Tournant Teun Mulder Christos Volikakis Ryan Bayley Roberto Chiappa Toshiaki Fushimi Carsten Bergemann Josiah Ng Onn Lam Ricardo Lynch Sergey Borisov* Andriy Vynokurov**	Roberto Chiappa Ryan Bayley Kazunari Watanabe Theo Bos Maximilian Levy
1 rider from each qualified sprint team	–
Total	13	25	21

• Since World Cup leader qualified through World Championships, the next competitor from the world rankings qualify.

• • South Africa replaced by the next competitor from the world rankings

Men's pursuit

Event	Team pursuit	Individual pursuit
World Championships		Bradley Wiggins
World Cup	-*	Volodymyr Dyudya
"B" World Championships	–	Alexandre Pliușchin
UCI ranking		Jenning Huizenga Taylor Phinney Phillip Thuaux Sergi Escobar Roure Alexander Serov David O'Loughlin
1 rider from each qualified pursuit team	–
Total	10	18

• Since World Cup leader qualified through World Championships, the next competitor from the world rankings qualify.

Men's points

Event	Madison	Points race
World Championships		Vasil Kiryienka
World Cup		Chris Newton
"B" World Championships	–	Radoslav Konstantinov*
UCI ranking		Cameron Meyer Rafał Ratajczyk Makoto Iijima Wong Kam-po Milton Wynants Vazquez Marco Arriagada Feng Chun-kai*
1 rider from each qualified madison team	–
Total	16	23

• Bulgaria replaced by the next competitor from the world rankings

Women

Event	Sprint	Individual pursuit	Points race
World Championships			Marianne Vos
World Cup			Li Yan
"B" World Championships			Satomi Wadami
UCI ranking			Vera Carrara Yoanka González Wong Wan Yiu Leire Olaberria Trine Schmidt Olga Slyusareva Pascale Jeuland Gina Grain Lee Min-Hye Belem Guerrero
all individual pursuit competitors	–	–	Rebecca Romero Vilija Sereikaitė Evelyn García Sarah Hammer Lesya Kalytovska Katie Mactier María Luisa Calle Alison Shanks Lada Kozlíková Verena Joos Karin Thürig
Total	12	13	22

Road

An NOC may enter up to 5 men and 3 women if qualified through the UCI ranking. Otherwise it may enter up to 2 men and 2 women.Each NOC will receive athlete quota places according to the UCI ranking by nations in the tours. Also, each NOC with a rider in individual ranking in the Pro Tour and in the corresponding top places in continental tours will receive 1 place if not qualified through Nations Ranking.Places for the time trial event are included in the total quota for cycling disciplines. Only riders involved in the road, track or mountain biking or BMX can take part in the individual time trial race.

Men's road race

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
UCI ProTour	1 to 10		5
			3*
	11 to 15		4
			3**
	all ranked individuals		1**
UCI Africa Tour	1st		3
	2nd		1**
	individual top 5		1**
UCI America Tour	1 to 3		3
	4 to 6		2
			1**
	individual top 20		1**
UCI Asia Tour	1st		3
	2 to 4		2
			1**
	individual top 5		1**
UCI Europe Tour	1 to 6		3
	7 to 16		2
UCI Oceania Tour	1st		3
"B" World Championships	individual top 5	Erik Hoffmann Alexandre Pliușchin Hichem Chaabane Richard Rodríguez Vladimir Tuychiev Francisco Cabrera* Mario Contreras*	Up to 2
Total			143

• Teams could qualify only the number of riders that they have in the corresponding tour. Luxembourg only qualified 3 riders in the pro tour. The left over places were taken by teams from the "B" World Championships.

• • In tours where individual riders qualified, the teams that qualified more than one athlete lost quota places in order to maintain the overall quotas. Sweden, Tunisia, Venezuela, Mexico and Hong Kong all lost 1 quota place to China, Libya, Costa Rica, Cuba and South Korea respectively.

• • • Portugal had 3 quota places, but chose to use only two.

• • • • Switzerland had 2 quota places, but chose to use only one.

Men's individual time trial

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
UCI ProTour	1 to 10		1
UCI Africa Tour	1st		1
UCI America Tour	1 to 4		1
UCI Asia Tour	1st and 2nd		1
UCI Europe Tour	1 to 7		1
UCI Oceania Tour	1st		1
World Championships	individual top 15		1
Total			39

Women's road race

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
World Tour Rankings	1 to 16		3
	17 to 24		2
			1*
	individual top 100		1*
"B" World Championships	individual top 3	Sung Eun-Go Hae Ok-Jeong Thatsani Wichana	Up to 2
Invitation places	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.

• • Austria, China and Spain had 3 quota places, but chose to use only two.

Women's individual time trial

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
World Tour Rankings	1 to 15		1
World Championships	individual top 10		1
Total			25

Mountainbike

An NOC may enter up to 3 men and 2 women athletes.

Men

Mountainbike men	Ranking by nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
UCI ranking by nation	1 to 5		3
	6 to 13	**	2
	14 to 24	* * **	1
African Championships	individual top 2	Mannie Heymans Antipas Kwari	1
American Championships	individual top 2		1
Asian Championships	individual top 2		1
Oceania Championships	individual top 2*		1
Total			50

• Since both Australia and New Zealand (the only competitors in the Oceania continental championships) qualified through world rankings, the next two competitors from the world rankings (Hungary and Turkey) qualified a single rider.

• • Austria had 2 quota places, but chose to use only one and the next competitor from the world rankings (Japan) qualified a single rider

Women

Mountainbike women	Ranking by nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
UCI ranking by nation	1 to 8		2
	9 to 18		1
African Championships	individual 1st		1
American Championship	individual 1st		1
Asian Championship	individual 1st	Rie Katayama	1
Oceania Championship	individual 1st		1
Total			30

BMX

An NOC may enter up to 3 men and 2 women if qualified through the UCI ranking. Otherwise it may enter up to 1 man and 1 woman.

Men

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
UCI ranking by nation	1 to 5		3
	6 to 8		2
	9 to 11		1
UCI World Championship	1 to 6		1
Invitation places	2	align=left	-	1
Total			32

• New Zealand had 2 quota places, but chose to use only one.

• • The left over places were taken by teams from the World Championships.

Women

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
UCI ranking by nation	1 to 4		2
	5 to 8		1
UCI World Championship	1 to 3		1
Invitation places	1		1
Total			16

• New Zealand had 2 quota places, but chose to use only one.

• • The left over places were taken by teams from the World Championships.

References

• Qualifications for Men's Road events at the Olympic Games
• 2008 Olympic Games road cycling: distribution of places for Elite Women
• Mountain bike: publication of rankings by nation and qualification for the Olympic Games
• Qualification for track events at the Olympic Games
• BMX: Qualifying places awarded for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games