Cycling at the Summer Olympics

Cycling at the Summer Olympics
Cycling at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	UCI
Events	18 (men: 9; women: 9)
Games
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024; 2028; 2032; 2036; 2040; 2044; 2048;
	Medalists men; women; ; Records;

Cycling has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics, at which a road race and five track events were held. Women's cycling did not enter the Olympic programme until the road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Women have competed in track events as well since 1988. Mountain biking (for men and women) entered the Olympic programme in 1996, followed by BMX in 2008.

The 2012 Summer Olympics were the first at which men and women competed in the same number of events in all cycling disciplines including track cycling, which previously had more men's and fewer women's events than the 2012 programme.^[1]

Events

Track cycling, men

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
Current program
Keirin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	4
Omnium	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	1
Pursuit, team	-	-	-	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	23
Sprint, individual	X	X	-	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	25
Sprint, team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	4
Past events
1⁄4 mile	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
1⁄3 mile	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
1⁄2 mile	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
1 mile	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
2 miles	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
5 miles	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
25 miles	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
660 yards	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
5 kilometres	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
10 kilometres	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
20 kilometres	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
25 kilometres	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
50 kilometres	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
100 kilometres	X	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
12 hours	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Madison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	3
Points race	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	7
Pursuit, individual	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	12
Tandem	-	-	-	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
1 km time trial	X^[a]	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	19
Events	5	2	7	7	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	5

^ The 1896 time trial was the only time the event was held over one-third of a kilometre rather than one kilometre

Track cycling, women

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
Keirin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	1
Omnium	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	1
Pursuit, team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	1
Sprint, individual	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Sprint, team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	1
Points race	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	-	4
Pursuit, individual	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	-	5
500 m time trial	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	-	2
Events	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	4	3	5

Road cycling, men

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
Road race, individual	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	23
Road race, team	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Time trial, individual	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	10
Time trial, team	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	18
Events	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Road cycling, women

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
Road race	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Time trial	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	5
Events	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2

Mountain bike, men

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
Cross country	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	5
Events	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1

Mountain bike, women

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
Cross country	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	5
Events	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1

BMX, men

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
Individual	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	2
Events	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

BMX, women

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
Individual	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	2
Events	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Medal table

As of London 2012

Total		223	223	219	666
1	France (FRA)	41	27	22	89
2	Italy (ITA)	32	16	9	56
3	Great Britain (GBR)	26	26	23	75
4	Netherlands (NED)	16	16	11	43
5	United States (USA)	14	18	20	52
6	Australia (AUS)	14	18	17	48
7	Germany (GER)	13	14	15	41
8	Soviet Union (URS)	11	4	9	24
9	Denmark (DEN)	7	8	8	23
10	Belgium (BEL)	6	8	10	24
11	East Germany (GDR)	6	6	4	16
12	Spain (ESP)	5	5	4	14
13	Russia (RUS)	5	3	8	16
14	West Germany (FRG)	4	5	5	14
15	Switzerland (SUI)	3	8	6	16
16	Sweden (SWE)	3	4	8	15
17	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	2	2	6
18	Norway (NOR)	2	0	2	4
19	Latvia (LAT)	2	0	1	3
20	Canada (CAN)	1	5	6	12
21	South Africa (RSA)	1	4	3	8
22	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	4	2	7
23	Greece (GRE)	1	3	0	4
24	New Zealand (NZL)	1	2	4	7
25	Colombia (COL)	1	1	2	4
26	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	1	0	2
27	Austria (AUT)	1	0	2	3
28	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
	Estonia (EST)	1	0	0	1
31	Poland (POL)	0	6	3	9
32	China (CHN)	0	3	3	6
33	Japan (JPN)	0	1	3	4
34	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	2	3
35	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	1	2
36	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	0	1
40	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1

Medalists

Cyclists who have won 6 or more Olympic medals. Correct as of 7 August, 2012

#	Cyclist	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chris Hoy	Great Britain (GBR)	6	1	0	7
2	Bradley Wiggins	Great Britain (GBR)	4	1	2	7
3	Leontien Van Moorsel	Netherlands (NED)	4	1	1	6
4	Burton Downing	United States (USA)	2	3	1	6

Nations

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	Years
Albania (ALB)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–		1				1
Algeria (ALG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–												1	1
Argentina (ARG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	5																			10
Australia (AUS)	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	28	23
Austria (AUT)	1	-	-	-	6	-	–	2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6	21
Belarus (BLR)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																			5
Belgium (BEL)	-	1	-	6	1	15	9	8	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	11	24
Bohemia (BOH)	-	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		2
Bulgaria (BUL)	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–																		2
Canada (CAN)	-	-	-	5	2	5	1	7	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	-	•	•	•	•	•	•	15	22
Chile (CHI)	-	-	-	-	4	–	3	5	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5	21
China (CHN)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		12
Chinese Taipei (TPE)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		1
Colombia (COL)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		13
Costa Rica (CRC)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		2
Croatia (CRO)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		3
Cuba (CUB)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		4
Czech Republic (CZE)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		12
Czechoslovakia (TCH)	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	4
Denmark (DEN)	-	-	-	-	8	6	6	5	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15	22
Ecuador (ECU)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		1
Egypt (EGY)	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–
El Salvador (ESA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		2
Estonia (EST)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	5	6	4	5
Finland (FIN)	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		21
France (FRA)	2	59	-	23	12	13	11	8	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	28	25
Germany (GER)	5	3	-	9	11	-	–	10	•	•	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	•	•	•	•	20	12
Great Britain (GBR)	2	-	-	36	26	13	12	12	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	25	24
Greece (GRE)	9	-	-	1	-	-	–	–	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4	22
Hong Kong (HKG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		4
Hungary (HUN)	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	-	•	•	•	•	•	5	21
Iran (IRI)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		3
Ireland (IRL)								2																		4
Israel (ISR)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Italy (ITA)	-	7	-	4	-	12	10	12	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15	23
Jamaica (JAM)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		1
Japan (JPN)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	-	•	•	•	•	•	•	14	14
Kazakhstan (KAZ)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		3
Latvia (LAT)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	•	•	9	2	5	6
Libya (LBA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		1
Liechtenstein (LIE)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1		2		1			1				3	2					6
Lithuania (LTU)	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4														5	13	8	11	8	7
Luxembourg (LUX)	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	4																		3
Malaysia (MAS)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		3
Mauritius (MRI)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		1
Mexico (MEX)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		2
Moldova (MDA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		1
Namibia (NAM)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		2
Netherlands (NED)	-	-	-	5	-	10	10	11	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	27	22
Norway (NOR)	-	-	-	-	6	4	–	4	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8	21
New Zealand (NZL)	-	-	-	-	-	-	–	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17	20
Poland (POL)	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	11																		11
Portugal (POR)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		2
Russia (RUS)	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	•	•	•	•	22	6
Serbia (SRB)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1
Slovakia (SVK)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		4
Slovenia (SLO)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		6
South Africa (RSA)	-	-	-	4	1	5	1	1	•	•	•	•	•	•	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	•	•	•	•	8	16
South Korea (KOR)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		4
Spain (ESP)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1																		19
Sweden (SWE)	-	-	-	2	12	4	4	4	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8	23
Switzerland (SUI)	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	9																		14
Thailand (THA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–							8	7	7	6								1	5
Tunisia (TUN)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		1
Turkey (TUR)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4																		1
Ukraine (UKR)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		16
United States (USA)	-	1	18	2	9	9	5	4	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	-	•	•	•	•	•	•	24	24
Uruguay (URU)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		1
Uzbekistan (UZB)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		1
Venezuela (VEN)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		4
Yugoslavia (YUG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4
Zimbabwe (ZIM)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–																		1

No. of nations	5	6	1	11	16	14	24	27																		66
No. of cyclists	19	72	18	97	123	103	139	149																		508

References

^ McQuaid, Pat (February 2012). "The equal opportunities: How to make it happen". UCI.

External links

[2] The 1896 time trial was the only time the event was held over one-third of a kilometre rather than one kilometre

[1] McQuaid, Pat (February 2012). "The equal opportunities: How to make it happen". UCI.

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v t e International cycling
Africa	CAC UCI Africa Tour African Games African Championships Road Track Mountain bike
Asia	ACC UCI Asia Tour Asian Games Asian Championships Road Track Mountain bike
America	COPACI UCI America Tour Pan American Games Pan-American Cycling Championships Road Track Cyclo-cross Mountain bike
Europe	UEC UCI Europe Tour European Championships: BMX Cyclo-cross Mountain bike Road Track
Oceania	OCC UCI Oceania Tour Oceania Championships Road Track Mountain bike
World	UCI UCI World Tour UCI ProSeries UCI Women's World Tour UCI Women's ProSeries World Championships UCI World Cups: Men's road Women's road Mountain bike Track Cyclo-cross BMX Olympics Youth Olympics Paralympics Arab Games Commonwealth Games Mediterranean Games World University Cycling Championship
Cyclists Teams Competitions Federations Achievements by nation

Cycling at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	UCI
Events	18 (men: 9; women: 9)
Games
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Medalists men women Records