Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

See 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
											1								1	1
					X						1	1			1		1		5	4
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	5	2	3	1	1	1	3	2	36	29
											2				2	1			5	5
													1	1					2	1
							X	X	X	X	3	1	1						11	10
				X	X					X	5	1	3	1	2		1		19	17
											3	1	3	1	1		1	1	11	9
											2								2	2
		X			X		X	X	X	X	1	1	3	2	2	2	1		20	17
					X						1		1						3	3
	X	X	X			X	X	X	X	X			1		1	1			16	12
		X		X	X	X	X	X		X	3	1			1	1	2	1	20	17
											1				1				2	2
											2								2	2
							X	X		X	1		1						5	5
															1				1	1
		X	X								2				3	1		2	10	10
				X	X						4	2				1	1		13	11
											1						1		2	2
											1								1	1
													1						1	1
											1		1						2	2
											1		1	1					3	2
	X	X	X		X	X	X	X		X	4	1	3	1	3	2	3	2	30	24
											1								1	1
	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		5	2	4	2	3	2	2		33	25
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	5	2	4	2	1	1	1	1	35	27
		X	X								1				1				4	4
															1				1	1
											1								1	1
					X		X	X			1		1		1				6	6
											1				1	1			3	3
											3	1							4	3
					X						3	1							5	4
					X						5	1	4	2	2	1	1		17	14
	X	X	X					X			2	1	1		1	1			12	9
											2	2							4	2
											1						3	1	5	5
							X	X			2	1						1	6	4
											1	1	1						3	2
		X	X				X				2								5	5
											3	1							4	3
													1						1	1
											1		1						2	2
											1								1	1
											1				1				2	2
		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	5	2	4	2	2		3	1	33	25
	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	26	22
											4	1	1			1			7	6
																	1		1	1
	X	X	X							X	3	1	1		2	2			15	12
											3	1			1				5	4
											1								1	1
	X	X	X	X			X	X		X	3	1	3	2	1	1			23	18
															1				1	1
											2								2	2
											1								1	1
											3	1	1			2			7	6
			X								1		3	1	2	1	1		10	9
				X	X	X	X	X		X	1		1						12	10
		X	X	X	X					X	5	2			3				18	16
											1	1	3	2		1			8	5
											5	2			3	2	1		13	11
											1								1	1
													1						1	1
										X			1						2	2
		X	X																2	2
											3	1							4	3
						X	X	X	X		2		1		1	1			12	10
			X		X				X	X	5	1	4	2	2	2	3	2	27	24
											1								1	1
											2								2	2
	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
Close of the UCI Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 (at end of 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships)	April 8, 2012	Melbourne, Australia
Road
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
	September 19–25, 2011	Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 UCI World Tour Ranking	November 1, 2011	–
	November 1, 2011	–
	November 1, 2011	–
	November 1, 2011	–
	November 1, 2011	–
	November 1, 2011	–
2011 African Continental Championship (women qualification)	November 9–13, 2011	Asmara, Eritrea
2012 Asian Continental Championships (women qualification)	February 14–18, 2012	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2012 Pan American Continental Championship (women qualification)	March 9–11, 2012	Mar del Plata, Argentina^[2]
	May 31, 2012	–
Mountain Bike
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
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

Men's Sprint

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012	1 to 8		1
Individuals qualified for other events			1
1 rider per NOC qualified for Team Sprint			1
Total			18

Men's Keirin

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012	1 to 8		1
Individuals qualified for other events			1
1 rider per NOC qualified for Team Sprint			1
Total			18

Men's Team Pursuit

Teams are of 4 riders

Men's Omnium

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012	1 to 18		1
Individuals qualified for other events			1
Total			18

Women's Team Sprint

Teams are of 2 riders

Women's Sprint

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012	1 to 8		1
Individuals qualified for other events			1
1 rider per NOC qualified for Team Sprint			1
Total			18

Women's Keirin

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012	1 to 8		1
Individuals qualified for other events			1
1 rider per NOC qualified for Team Sprint			1
Total			18

Women's Team Pursuit

Teams are of 3 riders

Women's Omnium

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012	1 to 18		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		5
	2nd		5
	3rd		5
	4th		5
	5th		5
	6th		5
	7th		5
	8th		5
	9th		1*
	10th		5
	11th		4
	12th		3*
	13th		3*
	14th		4
	15th		2*
	Individual		1
	Individual		1
	Individual		1
UCI Africa Tour	1st		3
	2nd		1**
	Individual		1
UCI America Tour	1st		3
	2nd		3
	3rd		3
	4th		1**
	5th		1**
	6th		1**
	Individual		1
	Individual		1
	Individual		1
UCI Asia Tour	1st		3
	2nd		2
	3rd		2
	4th		2
UCI Europe Tour^[3]	1st		3
	2nd		3
	3rd		3
	4th		3
	5th		3
	6th		3
	7th		2
	8th		2
	9th		2
	10th		2
	11th		2
	12th		2
	13th		2
	14th		1**
	15th		1***
	16th		1**
	Individual		1
	Individual		1
	Individual		1
UCI Oceania Tour	1st		2
2010 African Championship*	1st		1
	2nd		1
2011 American Championship^[4]	1st		1
	2nd		1
2011 Asian Championship^[5]	1st		1
	2nd		1
Re-allocated Quota			1
			1
			1
			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		1
	2nd		1
	3rd		1
	4th		1
	5th		1
	6th		1
	7th		1
	8th		1
	9th		1
	10th		1
	11th		1
	12th		1
	13th		1
	14th		1
	15th		1
UCI Africa Tour	1st		1
UCI America Tour	1st		1
	2nd		1
	3rd		1
	4th		1
UCI Asia Tour	1st		1
	2nd		1
UCI Europe Tour	1st		1
	2nd		1
	3rd		1
	4th		1
	5th		1
	6th		1
	7th		1
UCI Oceania Tour	1st		1
2011 World Championship individual event	1st		1
	2nd		1
	3rd		1
	4th		1
	5th		1
	6th		1
	7th		1
	8th		1
	9th		1
	10th		1
Total			40

Women's Road Race

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
2012 UCI ranking ^[6]	1 to 5		4
	6 to 13		3
	14 to 23	^[7]	1*
	individual top 100		1*
2011 African Championship	1st		1**
2012 American Championship	1st		1**
2012 Asian Championship	1st		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		1
2011 World Championship individual event	1 to 10		1
Total			25

Mountain biking

A nation can enter a maximum of 3 men and 2 women.

Men

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
UCI Olympic qualification ranking^[8]	1 to 5		3
	6 to 13		2
	14 to 24		1
African Championship^[9]	1 to 2		1
American Championship^[10]	1 to 2		1
Asian Championship^[11]	1 to 2		1
Oceanian Championship^[12]	1		1
Additional Place for Oceania			1
Total			50

Women

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
UCI Olympic qualification ranking	1 to 8		2
	9 to 18		1
African Championship^[13]	1		1
American Championship^[14]	1		1
Asian Championship^[15]	1		1
Oceanian Championship^[16]	1		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		3
	6 to 8		2
	9 to 11		1
2012 UCI BMX World Championships	1 to 6		1
Host Nation	1		1
Re-allocation of Unused Quota	1		1
Total			32

Women

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
UCI Ranking by Nation of 28/05/2012	1 to 4		2
	5 to 7		1
2012 UCI BMX World Championships	1 to 3		1
Host Nation	1		1
Re-allocation of Unused Quota	1		1
Total			16

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Sports Result . 2012-03-15 . https://archive.today/20120914153759/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/redirect/uci.asp?Page=result&SportID=102&CompetitionID=22242&CompetitionCodeInv=1&EditionID=726502&SeasonID=482&EventID=10635&EventPhaseID=726904&GenderID=2&ClassID=1&Phase1ID=-1&Detail=1&DerivedEventPhaseID=-1&Ranking=0 . 2012-09-14 . dead .
3. Web site: Union Cycliste Internationale . Uci.ch . 2012-07-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100724043126/http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template3/layout.asp?MenuId=MjExMw&LangId=1 . 2010-07-24 .
4. Web site: UCI America Tour: a lot at stake during Pan-American Championships . 27 May 2011 . UCI . 27 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402195710/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NzM1Ng&MenuId=MTI2Mjc&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI7%2Flayout.asp%3FMenuId%3DMTI2Mjc&LangId=1 . 2 April 2012 .
5. Web site: Asian Cycling Championships 2011 – Individual Road Race – Men Elite – Final Results. 19 Feb 2010. UCI. 26 May 2011.
6. Web site: Qualifying Places Women Road . 29 May 2012 . UCI . 29 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120527032946/http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template3/layout.asp?MenuId=MTYzMzc&LangId=1 . 27 May 2012 .
7. Web site: TOK neleido R.Leleivytės pakeisti I.Čilvinaite: Lietuvos olimpiečių sumažėjo iki 62-iejų - DELFI Žinios . Sportas.delfi.lt . 2012-07-27.
8. Web site: Qualifying Places Mountain Bike. 23 May 2012. UCI. 23 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120525185900/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTYzMDQ&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NzgxNTY&LangId=1. 25 May 2012. dead.
9. Web site: Men Elite African Championships (RSA/CC) Cross Country 2011. 12 Feb 2011. UCI. 26 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007115201/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=304&CompetitionID=19382&EditionID=641639&SeasonID=480&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=9549&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 7 October 2011. dead.
10. Web site: Men Elite American Continental MTB Championships (COL/CC) Cross Country 2011. 4 Apr 2011. UCI. 26 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007115507/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=304&CompetitionID=19202&EditionID=641643&SeasonID=480&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=9549&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 7 October 2011. dead.
11. Web site: Men Elite Asian Championships (CHN/CC) Cross Country 2011. 12 Jun 2011. UCI. 13 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007115654/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=304&CompetitionID=15697&EditionID=641645&SeasonID=480&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=9549&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 7 October 2011. dead.
12. Web site: Men Elite Oceania Continental Championships (AUS/CC) Cross Country 2011. 18 Mar 2011. UCI. 26 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007114925/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=304&CompetitionID=19383&EditionID=641640&SeasonID=480&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=9549&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 7 October 2011. dead.
13. Web site: Women Elite African Championships (RSA/CC) Cross Country 2011 . 12 Feb 2011 . UCI . 26 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007115552/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=304&CompetitionID=19382&EditionID=641639&SeasonID=480&ClassID=1&GenderID=2&EventID=9549&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8 . 7 October 2011 .
14. Web site: Women Elite American Continental MTB Championships (COL/CC) Cross Country 2011. 3 Apr 2011. UCI. 26 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007115620/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=304&CompetitionID=19202&EditionID=641643&SeasonID=480&ClassID=1&GenderID=2&EventID=9549&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 7 October 2011. dead.
15. Web site: Women Elite Asian Championships (CHN/CC) Cross Country 2011 . 12 Jun 2011 . UCI . 13 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007115842/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=304&CompetitionID=15697&EditionID=641645&SeasonID=480&ClassID=1&GenderID=2&EventID=9549&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8 . 7 October 2011 .
16. Web site: Women Elite Oceania Continental Championships (AUS/CC) Cross Country 2011. 18 Mar 2011. UCI. 26 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007115111/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=304&CompetitionID=19383&EditionID=641640&SeasonID=480&ClassID=1&GenderID=2&EventID=9549&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 7 October 2011. dead.