Cycling at the Pan American Games explained

Event:Cycling
Games:Pan American Games
Num Events:22 (men: 11; women: 11)

Cycling has been contested at the Pan American Games since the inaugural games in, 1951, without ever leaving the program.[1] [2] [3]

The next edition of the games will take place in 2027 in Barranquilla, Colombia. In 2019, 22 medal events were contested, four in BMX, two in mountain biking, four in road cycling, and 12 in track cycling. A total of 250 cyclists qualified to compete at those games.[4]

In 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made several changes to its sports program, which were subsequently implemented for these games. Included in this was the addition of BMX freestyle events for the first time to the Pan American Games sports program. Also added was the addition of the Madison event in track cycling event for men and women.[5] [6]

Current events

Road cycling

Men's road race

The individual road race has been run every time since 1951.

Buenos Aires 1951
Mexico City 1955
Chicago 1959
São Paulo 1963
Winnipeg 1967
Cali 1971
Mexico City 1975
San Juan 1979
Caracas 1983
Indianapolis 1987
Havana 1991
Mar de Plata 1995
Winnipeg 1999
Guadalajara 2011
Toronto 2015
Lima 2019
Santiago 2023

Women's road race

The individual road race has been run every time since 1987.

Indianapolis 1987
Havana 1991
Mar de Plata 1995
Winnipeg 1999
Guadalajara 2011
Toronto 2015
Lima 2019
Santiago 2023

Men's time trial

The men's individual time trial has been run at every Games since 1951.

Buenos Aires 1951
Mexico City 1955
Chicago 1959
São Paulo 1963
Winnipeg 1967
Cali 1971
Mexico City 1975
San Juan 1979
Caracas 1983
Indianapolis 1987
Havana 1991
Mar de Plata 1995
Winnipeg 1999
Guadalajara 2011
Toronto 2015
Lima 2019
Santiago 2023

Women's time trial

The women's individual time trial was introduced at the 1995 Games, and has been run ever since.

Mar de Plata 1995
Winnipeg 1999
Guadalajara 2011
Toronto 2015
Lima 2019
Santiago 2023

Track cycling

Men's Keirin

Winnipeg 1999
Guadalajara 2011
Toronto 2015
Lima 2019
Santiago 2023

Women's Keirin

Guadalajara 2011
Toronto 2015
Lima 2019
Santiago 2023

Men's omnium

Guadalajara 2011
Toronto 2015
Lima 2019
Santiago 2023

Women's omnium

Guadalajara 2011
Toronto 2015
Lima 2019
Santiago 2023

Mountain biking

Men's cross-country

Cross-country mountain biking was introduced in 1995.

Mar de Plata 1995
Winnipeg 1999
Guadalajara 2011
Toronto 2015
Lima 2019
Santiago 2023

Women's cross-country

Cross-country mountain was introduced in 1995.

Mar de Plata 1995
Winnipeg 1999
Guadalajara 2011
Toronto 2015
Lima 2019
Santiago 2023

BMX

Men's BMX racing

The BMX was introduced in 2007.

Guadalajara 2011
Toronto 2015
Lima 2019
Santiago 2023

Women's BMX racing

The BMX was introduced in 2007.

Guadalajara 2011
Toronto 2015
Lima 2019
Santiago 2023

BMX freestyle

Men's BMX freestyle

The BMX freestyle was introduced in 2019.

Women's BMX freestyle

The BMX freestyle was introduced in 2019.

All-time medal table

Combined total

Updated after the 2023 Pan American Games

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pan American Games Medalists: Mountain Biking . 2012-08-20 . https://archive.today/20130125043932/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panammountainbike.shtml . 2013-01-25 . dead .
  2. Web site: Pan American Games Cycling Medalists . 2012-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150418002150/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panamcycl.shtml . 2015-04-18 . dead .
  3. Web site: Pan American Games BMX Cycling . 2012-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150418002148/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panambmxcycl.shtml . 2015-04-18 . dead .
  4. Web site: Qualification System manual. 25 April 2018. www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 29 May 2018.
  5. Web site: Tokyo 2020 event programme to see major boost for female, youth and urban appeal. 9 June 2017. www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2017.
  6. News: Mather. Victor. 9 June 2017. Olympics Adds 3-on-3 Basketball and Mixed Gender Relays. The New York Times. 20 December 2017.