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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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