Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics
List of cyclists Qualification
Road cycling
Road race	men	women
Time trial	men	women
Track cycling
Sprint	men	women
Team sprint	men	women
Keirin	men	women
Team pursuit	men	women
Madison	men	women
Omnium	men	women
Mountain biking
Cross-country	men	women
BMX
BMX racing	men	women
BMX freestyle	men	women
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This article details the qualifying phase for cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics. A total of 514 cyclists, with an equal distribution between men and women, will compete in twenty-two medal events across five disciplines (road, track, mountain biking, BMX racing, and BMX freestyle) at these Games.

Qualification summary

Nation	Road				Track												MTB		BMX				Total
	Men		Women		Men						Women						M	W	Men		Women		Places	Riders
	RR	TT	RR	TT	TS	KE	SP	TP	OM	MD	TS	KE	SP	TP	OM	MD			RC	FR	RC	FR
Algeria	1		1																				2	2
Argentina	1																						1	1
Australia	3	2	3	2																1		1	23	20
Austria	2	1	2	2																			9	6
Belgium	4	2	4	1																			18	15
Brazil	1		1																		1		3	3
Burkina Faso			1																				1	1
Canada	2	2	2	1													1						20	19
Chile			1																				1	1
China	1		1	1													1	1				1	13	12
Colombia	2	1	1																1				10	7
Costa Rica	1		1																				2	2
Cuba			1																				1	1
Cyprus			1																				1	1
Czech Republic	1		1																				4	4
Denmark	4	2	2	2																			15	12
Ecuador	1	1																					2	1
Egypt																							4	3
Eritrea	1	1																					2	1
Estonia	1																						1	1
Finland			1	1																			2	1
France	4	1	3	2													2	2	2	1	1	1	31	29
Germany	2	1	3	2																			20	19
Great Britain	4	2	4 [1]	2													1			1	1	1	33	27
Greece	1																						1	1
Hong Kong	1		1																				2	2
Hungary	1		1																				2	2
Individual Neutral Athletes	1	1	2	1																			5	3
Indonesia																							1	1
Iran	1																						1	1
Ireland	2	1	1																				7	7
Israel	1		1																				4	3
Italy	3	2	4	1																			18	16
Japan	1		1																	1	1		16	17
Kazakhstan	2	1																					3	2
Latvia	1		1																				2	2
Lithuania			1																				4	3
Luxembourg	1		1																				2	2
Malaysia			1																				5	4
Mauritius	1		1																				2	2
Mexico			1																				6	6
Mongolia	1	1																					2	1
Morocco	1	1																	1				3	2
Namibia			1																				1	1
Netherlands	3	1	4	2														1			1		22	19
New Zealand	2	1	2	1													1	1					21	18
Nigeria			1																				1	1
Norway	2	2	2	1																			8	5
Panama	1																						1	1
Poland	1		3	2																			14	11
Portugal	2	2	1																				8	6
Rwanda	1		1	1																			3	2
Serbia			1																				1	1
Slovakia	1		1																				2	2
Slovenia	4	1	2	2																			9	6
South Africa	1		2	1													1	1					8	6
South Korea	1		1																				2	2
Spain	3	1	2	1																			9	7
Suriname																							2	1
Sweden	1		1																				2	2
Switzerland	2	2	3	1													1	1					13	10
Thailand	1		1	1															1				6	4
Trinidad and Tobago																							2	1
Turkey	1																						1	1
Uganda	1																						1	1
Ukraine	1		1	1																			3	2
United Arab Emirates			1																				1	1
United States	3	2	2	2														1	1	2		2	20	16
Uruguay	1																						1	1
Uzbekistan	1		2	1																			4	3
Venezuela	1																						1	1
Vietnam			1																				1	1
Total: 72 NOCs	90	35	90	35	8	26	26	10	15	22	8	23	23	10	15	22	6	6	5	6	5	6	284	214

Timeline

The following table outlines a timeline of the qualification events for cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Event	Date	Venue
Road [2]
2023 African Continental Championships	February 8–13, 2023	Accra [3]
2023 Pan American Continental Championships	April 16–23, 2023	Panama
2023 Asian Continental Championships	June 7–13, 2023	Rayong
2023 UCI Road World Championships	August 3–13, 2023	Glasgow
Establishment of the UCI World Rankings by Nations	October 17, 2023	—
Track [4]
Establishment of the UCI Olympic Track Ranking 2022–2024	April 15, 2024	—
Mountain biking [5]
2023 Pan American Continental Championships	April 26–29, 2023	Congonhas
2023 African Continental Championships	June 2–4, 2023	Johannesburg
2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships	August 3–13, 2023	Glasgow
2023 Asian Continental Championships	October 26–28, 2023	Panchkula
Establishment of the UCI Olympic qualification ranking	May 28, 2024	—
BMX freestyle [6]
2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships	November 9–13, 2022	Abu Dhabi
2023 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships	August 3–13, 2023	Glasgow
2024 Olympic Qualifier Series	May 16–19, 2024 June 20–23, 2024	Shanghai Budapest [7]
BMX racing [8]
2023 Pan American Continental Championships	May 20, 2023	Riobamba
2023 Asian Continental Championships	July 16, 2023	Tagaytay City [9]
2023 UCI BMX World Championships	August 3–13, 2023	Glasgow
2023 African Continental Championships	November 4–5, 2023	Harare
2024 UCI BMX World Championships	May 12–18, 2024	Rock Hill [10] [11]
Establishment of the UCI Olympic qualification ranking	June 4, 2024	—

Road cycling

This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules [2] for cycling (road) published by UCI contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.

A total of 180 cyclists (90 per gender) will race through the Paris 2024 course. Each NOC could enter a maximum of eight riders (four per gender) in road cycling with specific parameters: a maximum of four in the men's and women's road races and two in the men's and women's road time trial. The majority of the berths will be attributed to a specific number of riders per NOC based on the UCI Road World Ranking list by nations for the 2022–2023 season. ^[12]

As the host country, France reserves a single men's and women's quota place in the road race. If one or two French cyclists qualify directly and regularly, their spare slots will be reallocated to the next highest-ranked eligible NOCs in the aforementioned events based on the national order of the UCI World Ranking list by 17 October 2023. The remainder of the total quota will be offered to the two highest-ranked NOCs (each composed of a single rider) vying for qualification at three of the continental meets (Africa, Asia, and the Americas) and at the 2023 UCI World Championships in and around Glasgow, Scotland. ^{[12] [2]}

For the time trial, thirty-five spots per gender will be awarded to the NOCs ranked 1 to 25 from the UCI World Ranking list, respecting the minimum continental distribution, and the rest with only a single quota place each from the 2023 Worlds. ^[12]

Men's road race

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
Host nation	—	—	0
UCI World Ranking	1 to 5	Belgium   Denmark   Slovenia   Great Britain   France	4
	6 to 10	Spain   Netherlands   Italy   Australia   United States	3
	11 to 20	Switzerland   Portugal   Colombia   Norway   Germany   Austria   Ireland   Canada   Kazakhstan   New Zealand	2
	21 to 45	Eritrea   Individual Neutral Athletes   Ecuador   Poland   Latvia   Morocco   Czech Republic   Hungary   Mongolia   Japan   Algeria   Slovakia   Uzbekistan   Luxembourg   Greece   South Africa   Venezuela   Israel   Estonia   Turkey   Panama   Thailand   Argentina   Ukraine   China	1
2023 UCI Road World Championships	1 to 2	Sweden	1
2023 African Championships	1 to 2	Mauritius   Uganda	1
2023 Asian Championships	1 to 2	Iran   Hong Kong	1
2023 Pan American Championships	1 to 2	Brazil   Costa Rica	1
Reallocation of unused quota	—	Rwanda   Uruguay   South Korea	1
Total			90

* Quota reduced by one to accommodate for the individual qualifiers

Men's individual time trial

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
UCI World Ranking	1 to 25	Belgium   Denmark   Slovenia   Great Britain   France   Spain   Netherlands   Italy   Australia   United States   Switzerland   Portugal   Colombia   Norway   Germany   Austria   Ireland   Canada   Kazakhstan   New Zealand   Eritrea   Ecuador   Individual Neutral Athletes   Morocco**   Mongolia**	1
2023 UCI Road World Championships	1 to 10	Belgium   Italy   Great Britain   United States   Portugal   Australia   Denmark   Norway   Switzerland   Canada	1
Total			35

** Qualified as a continental representative

Women's road race

Quotas as of February 2024. ^[13]

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
Host nation	—	—	0
UCI World Ranking	1 to 5	Netherlands   Italy   Belgium   Switzerland   Great Britain	4
	6 to 10	Poland   France   Australia   Germany   Denmark	3
	11 to 20	United States   Canada   Austria   New Zealand   Spain   South Africa   Uzbekistan   Norway   Slovenia   Individual Neutral Athletes	2
	21 to 45	China   Finland   Ukraine   Thailand   Colombia   Luxembourg   Sweden   Czech Republic   Hong Kong   Cuba   South Korea   Rwanda   Ireland   Individual Neutral Athletes   Serbia   Slovakia   Mauritius   Brazil   Chile   Algeria   Namibia   Cyprus   Japan   Israel   Portugal	1
2023 UCI Road World Championships	1 to 2	Hungary   Latvia	1
2023 African Championships	1 to 2	Nigeria   Burkina Faso	1
2023 Asian Championships	1 to 2	Malaysia   Vietnam	1
2023 Pan American Championships	1 to 2	Mexico   Costa Rica	1
Reallocation of unused quota	—	United Arab Emirates   Lithuania	1
Total			90

* Quota reduced by one to accommodate for the individual qualifiers

Women's individual time trial

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
UCI World Ranking	1 to 25	Netherlands   Italy   Belgium   Switzerland   Poland   Great Britain   Australia   France   Germany   Canada   Denmark   United States   Austria   New Zealand   Spain   South Africa   Uzbekistan   Norway   Slovenia   China   Individual Neutral Athletes   Finland   Ukraine   Thailand   Rwanda**	1
2023 UCI Road World Championships	1 to 10	United States   Australia   Austria   Great Britain   France   Netherlands   Poland   Germany   Slovenia   Denmark	1
Total			35

** Qualified as a continental representative

Track cycling

This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules [4] for cycling (track) published by UCI contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.

A total of 190 track cyclists, with an equal number of men and women, will race around the Paris 2024 velodrome. Each NOC could enter a maximum of fourteen track cyclists with a specific number of riders allotted per event: two per gender in sprint and keirin, a single rider each in the men's and women's omnium, a quartet of riders in the team pursuit, a trio in the team sprint, and a duo in the Madison race. All quota places offered in track cycling will be attributed based on the points obtained in the UCI Track Olympic Ranking period for the 2022 to 2024 season. ^[14] The quota places per event are listed as follows:

• Team sprint – top 8 teams of three riders per gender
• Team pursuit – top 10 teams of four riders per gender
• Madison – all NOCs with a qualified team pursuit, apart from the next five highest-ranked quartets (a total of 15 teams)
• Omnium – NOCs directly qualifying for Madison, apart from the seven riders without a team (a total of 22 individuals)
• Sprint – NOCs qualifying in team sprint enter two individuals, apart from the next seven highest-ranked riders in the individual sprint and the next seven highest-ranked in keirin (a total of 30 individuals)
• Keirin – NOCs qualifying in team sprint enter two individuals, in addition to the next 7 best-ranked in the individual sprint, and the next seven highest-ranked in keirin (a total of 30 individuals)

A NOC could enter qualify a maximum of 14 cyclists (seven per gender).

Men's team sprint

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified NOC	Teams per NOC
2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking	1 to 8	Australia   Netherlands   Japan   France   Great Britain   China   Germany   Canada	1
Total			8

Men's sprint

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
NOCs qualified for team sprint	—	Australia   Netherlands   Japan   France   Great Britain   China   Germany   Canada	up to 2
2022–2024 Olympic track ranking	1 to 7	Trinidad and Tobago   Poland   Israel   Suriname   Malaysia   Lithuania   South Africa*	1
NOCs qualified for Keirin	—	Colombia   New Zealand   Thailand	1
Total			30

* Qualified as a continental representative

Men's keirin

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
NOCs qualified for team sprint	—	Australia   Netherlands   Japan   France   Great Britain   China   Germany   Canada	up to 2
2022–2024 Olympic track ranking	1 to 7	Malaysia   Colombia   New Zealand   Trinidad and Tobago   Suriname   Israel   Thailand	1
NOCs qualified for sprint	—	Poland   Lithuania   South Africa	1
Total			30

* Qualified as a continental representative

Men's team pursuit

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified NOC	Teams per NOC
2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking	1 to 10	Denmark   New Zealand   Australia   Italy   France   Great Britain   Japan   Canada   Germany   Belgium	1
Total			10

Men's Madison

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
NOCs qualified for team pursuit	—	Denmark   New Zealand   Australia   Italy   France   Great Britain   Japan   Canada   Germany   Belgium	1
2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking	1 to 5	Netherlands   Portugal   Spain   Czech Republic   Austria	1
Total			15

Men's omnium

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
NOCs directly qualified for Madison	—	Denmark   New Zealand   Australia   Italy   France   Great Britain   Japan   Canada   Germany   Belgium   Netherlands   Portugal   Spain   Czech Republic   Austria	1
2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking	1 to 7	United States   Poland   Switzerland   Colombia   Mexico   Indonesia   Egypt*	1
Total			22

* Qualified as a continental representative

Women's team sprint

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified NOC	Teams per NOC
2023–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking	1 to 8	Germany   Great Britain   China   Netherlands   Mexico   Poland   New Zealand   Canada	1
Total			8

Women's sprint

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
NOCs qualified for team sprint	—	Germany   Great Britain   China   Netherlands   Mexico   Poland   New Zealand   Canada	up to 2
2022–2024 Olympic track ranking	1 to 7	France   Japan   Colombia   Italy   Australia   Belgium   Egypt*	1
NOCs qualified for Keirin	—	Malaysia	1
Total			30

* Qualified as a continental representative

Women's keirin

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
NOCs qualified for team sprint	—	Germany   Great Britain   China   Netherlands   Mexico   Poland   New Zealand   Canada	up to 2
2022–2024 Olympic track ranking	1 to 7	Colombia   Japan   France   Belgium   Australia   Italy   Malaysia	1
NOCs qualified for sprint	—	Egypt	1
Total			30

* Qualified as a continental representative

Women's team pursuit

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified NOC	Teams per NOC
2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking	1 to 10	New Zealand   Great Britain   Italy   Australia   Canada   United States   France   Germany   Ireland   Japan	1
Total			10

Women's Madison

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
NOCs qualified for team pursuit	—	New Zealand   Great Britain   Italy   Australia   Canada   United States   France   Germany   Ireland   Japan	1
2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking	1 to 5	Denmark   Poland   Netherlands   Switzerland   Belgium	1
Total			15

Women's omnium

Event	Ranking by Nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
NOCs directly qualified for Madison	—	New Zealand   Great Britain   Italy   Australia   Canada   United States   France   Germany   Ireland   Japan   Denmark   Poland   Netherlands   Switzerland   Belgium	1
2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking	1 to 7	Norway   Portugal   Lithuania   China   Hong Kong   Mexico   Egypt*	1
Total			22

* Qualified as a continental representative

Mountain biking

This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules [5] for cycling (mountain biking) published by UCI contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.

A total of 72 mountain bikers (36 per gender) will race through the Paris 2024 cross-country course, a slight reduction from those competing in Tokyo 2020 by four athletes. Each NOC could enter a maximum of four bikers (two per gender) in the men's and women's cross-country races. Host country France reserves one men's and women's quota place if unqualified, while two more spots are entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have their mountain bikers compete for Paris 2024, as granted by the Universality principle. ^[15]

The majority of the berths will be awarded to the nineteen highest-ranked NOCs with a specific number of qualified bikers (a duo of riders for NOCs ranked 1 to 8 and a single rider for NOCs ranked 9 to 19) based on the points acquired throughout the biennial UCI Mountain Bike Olympic Qualification period (running from May 7, 2022, to May 26, 2024). Outside Europe and Oceania, the highest-ranked NOC per gender will secure a single quota place at the cross-country continental championships for Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The remaining four spots will be allocated to the top mountain bikers competing at the 2023 UCI World Championships in Glasgow and its outlying areas across Scotland, with two each in the elite and under-23, respectively. ^{[15] [5]}

Men's cross-country race

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
Host nation	—	France	1
2024 UCI Olympic Qualification Ranking	1 to 8		2
	9 to 19		1
2023 African Championships	1	South Africa	1
2023 Pan American Championships	1	Canada	1
2023 Asian Championships	1	China	1
2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (elite)	1 to 2	Great Britain   New Zealand	1
2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (under-23)	1 to 2	France   Switzerland [16]	1
Total			36

Women's cross-country race

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
Host nation	—	France	1
2024 UCI Olympic Qualification Ranking	1 to 8		2
	9 to 19		1
2023 African Championships	1	South Africa	1
2023 Pan American Championships	1	United States	1
2023 Asian Championships	1	China	1
2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (elite)	1 to 2	France   Netherlands	1
2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (under-23)	1 to 2	New Zealand   Switzerland	1
Total			36

BMX

BMX freestyle

This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules [6] for cycling (BMX freestyle) published by UCI contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.

Twenty-four quota places (12 per gender) are available to the BMX freestyle riders competing in Paris 2024, augmenting their roster size from the previous edition by six athletes. Each NOC could enter a maximum of two riders per gender in the men's and women's freestyle park. Host country France reserves one men's and women's quota place if unqualified. ^[17]

The initial half of the total quota will be distributed to the highest-ranked BMX freestyle riders (by name) through a two-month-long Olympic Qualifier Series (May to June 2024), while the remaining five spots per gender are offered to the highest-ranked NOCs competing at either the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (two) or the 2023 UCI World Championships in Glasgow (three). ^[17]

Men's freestyle

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified NOC	Selected rider
Host nation	—	France
Olympic Qualifier Series	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships	1	Japan
	2	United States
2023 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships	1	Great Britain
	2	Australia
	3	United States
Total	12

Women's freestyle

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified NOC	Selected rider
Host nation	—	France
Olympic Qualifier Series	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships	1	United States
	2	Australia
2023 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships	1	United States
	2	China
	3	Great Britain
Total	12

BMX racing

This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules [8] for cycling (BMX) published by UCI contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.

A total of 48 BMX riders (24 per gender) will race through the Paris 2024 course. Each NOC could enter a maximum of three spots per gender. Host country France reserves one men's and women's quota place if unqualified, while a further spot is entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have their BMX racers compete for Paris 2024, as granted by the Universality principle. ^[18]

The remainder of the total quota will be allocated to the eligible NOCs across four qualification routes. Seventeen of them with a specific number of qualified riders (a trio for the top two NOCs, a duo for NOCs ranked 3 to 5, and a single rider for NOCs ranked 6 to 10) will receive a coveted spot based on the points accumulated throughout the biennial UCI BMX Olympic Qualification period (running from August 1, 2022, to June 4, 2024). Outside Europe and Oceania, the highest-ranked NOC per gender will secure a single quota place at the BMX continental championships for Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The remaining four spots will be allocated to the top BMX riders competing at the 2023 UCI World Championships in Glasgow and at the 2024 Worlds in Rock Hill, South Carolina. ^{[18] [8]}

Men's race

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
Host nation	—	France	1
2024 UCI Olympic Qualification Ranking	1 to 2		3
	3 to 5		2
	6 to 10		1
2023 African Championships	1	Morocco	1
2023 Pan American Championships	1	United States	1
2023 Asian Championships	1	Thailand	1
2023 UCI BMX World Championships	1	France	1
2024 UCI BMX World Championships	1		1
Universality Places	—		1
Total			24

** Qualified as a continental representative

Women's race

Event	Ranking by nation	Qualified NOC	Riders per NOC
Host nation	—	France	1
2024 UCI Olympic Qualification Ranking	1 to 2		3
	3 to 5		2
	6 to 10		1
2023 African Championships	0	—	1
2023 Pan American Championships	1	Brazil	1
2023 Asian Championships	1	Japan	1
2023 UCI BMX World Championships	1	Great Britain	1
2024 UCI BMX World Championships	1		1
Universality Places	—		1
Total			24

** Qualified as a continental representative

References