Olympic Summer Games 2020 / Cycling / Qualification

Cycling competitions at the 2020 Olympics
qualification
Road cycling
Road racing	Women	Men
Individual time trial	Women	Men
Track cycling
sprint	Women	Men
Team sprint	Women	Men
Keirin	Women	Men
Omnium	Women	Men
Madison	Women	Men
Team pursuit	Women	Men
Mountain bike
run	Women	Men
BMX
Freestyle	Women	Men
run	Women	Men

For the 2020 Summer Olympics , the following qualification criteria apply to cycling competitions.

In road cycling, qualification for the road races took place via the 2019 American, Asian and American Championships as well as the UCI Nations Cup, which was published on October 27, 2019. In addition, the Japanese delegation as hosts were entitled to two quota places for both men and women. The 15 best nations of this nation ranking and the best 10 nations of the UCI Road World Championships 2019 qualified for the two individual time trials . A maximum of two athletes per nation are allowed to compete in the individual time trial.

In track cycling, qualification also took place via a national ranking. This will be announced on March 2, 2020 after the UCI Track World Championships 2020 , based on the period from 2018 to 2020.

The quota places for the mountain bike competitions are also awarded via a nation ranking, which should be published on May 28, 2020. However, the qualification period has changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . A new date has not yet been set. In addition, a few places will still be awarded at the 2019 Africa, America and Asia Championships and the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships . As with the road races, Japan is also entitled to a starting place here.

In BMX competitions, too, qualifications are largely based on a nation ranking and the corresponding world championships. Here, too, Japan receives one quota place per competition.

Overview

nation	Street				train												Mountain bike		BMX				total
	Men		Women		Men						Women								Men		Women
	StR	Ezf	StR	Ezf	Spr	Tsp	Kei	Om	Mad	Mvf	Spr	Tsp	Kei	Om	Mad	Mvf	Men	Women	Free	Run	Free	Run
Egypt														1									1
Algeria	2	1																					3
Argentina	1																						1
Azerbaijan	1																						1
Ethiopia			1																				1
Australia	4th	2	4th	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1			1				29
Belgium	5	2	3	1				1	1					1	1								15th
Burkina Faso	1																						1
Chile			1														1				1		3
China	1		1		1		1				2	1	2	1			1	1					12
Chinese Taipei	1																						1
Costa Rica	1		1																				2
Denmark	4th	1	2	1				1	1	1				1	1	1							14th
Germany	4th	2	4th	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2		1	1							27
Ecuador	2	1																					3
Eritrea	2	1	1																				4th
Estonia	2	2																					4th
Finland			1																				1
France	5	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1		2		2	1	1		1	1					23
Greece	1							1															2
Great Britain	4th	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1		1					23
Guatemala	1																						1
Hong Kong	1										2		2										5
Iran	1	1																					2
Ireland	3	1						1	1					1	1								8th
Israel			1	1																			2
Italy	5	2	4th	1				1	1	1				1	1	1							18th
Japan	2		2	1	2		2	1			1		1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	20th
Canada	3	1	2	2	2		2		1	1	2		2	1	1	1	1						22nd
Kazakhstan	3	1			1		1	1															7th
Colombia	5	1	1		1		1																9
Cuba			1																				1
Latvia	2																						2
Lithuania	1		1								2	1	2										7th
Luxembourg	2		1	1																			4th
Malaysia					2		2																4th
Morocco	1																						1
Mexico	1		1								2	1	2	1									8th
Namibia	1		1																				2
New Zealand	2	2			2	1	2	1	1	1	2		2	1	1	1							19th
Netherlands	5	1	4th	2	2	1	2	1	1		2	1	2	1	1								26th
Norway	4th	1	2	1										1									9
Austria	3	1	1					1	1									1					8th
Panama	1																						1
Paraguay			1																				1
Peru	1																						1
Poland	3	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1		2	1	2	1	1								21st
Portugal	2	2												1									5
Rwanda	1																						1
Romania	1																1						2
Russia	3	1	1		2	1	2				2	1	2	1	1								17th
Sweden	1		1	1																			3
Switzerland	4th	2	1	1				1	1	1					1	1	1	1					15th
Slovakia	2	1																					3
Slovenia	4th	1	1																				6th
Spain	5	1	2	1				1	1														11
South Africa	3	1	2	1	1		1	1			1		1				1	1					14th
South Korea			1								1		1										3
Suriname					1		1																2
Thailand			1																				1
Trinidad and Tobago			1		2		2																5
Czech Republic	3	1	1		1		1																7th
Turkey	2																						2
Ukraine	1		1								1		1	1	1								6th
Hungary	1																						1
Uzbekistan	1		1																				2
Venezuela	1																						1
United States	2	2	4th	2				1	1		1		1	1				1	1		1		18th
Belarus	1		1	1				1						1									5
Cyprus			1																				1
Total: NOK 70	130	40	67	25th	30th	8th	30th	20th	16	8th	30th	8th	30th	21st	16	8th	8th	8th	3	1	3	1	511

Time schedule

The athletes have the opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Games via the following competitions

Qualifying competition	date	place
Street
African Championships 2019	15-20 March 2019	Ethiopia
Asian Championships 2019	27.-28. April 2019	Tashkent
American Championships 2019	2nd to 5th May 2019	Mexico
UCI Road World Championships 2019	22-29 September 2019	Harrogate
Announcement of the UCI nations ranking	October 27, 2019	-
train
Announcement of the UCI Nations Cup 2018–2020 (after the UCI Track World Championships 2020 )	March 2nd 2020	-
Mountain bike
American Championships 2019	3rd-7th April, 2019	Aguascalientes
African Championships 2019	12-14 April 2019	Windhoek
Asian Championships 2019	25.-28. July 2019	Kfardebian
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2019	August 28 - September 1, 2019	Mont Sainte-Anne
Announcement of the UCI nations ranking	still open 1	-
BMX
UCI Urban Cycling World Championships 2019	6-10 November 2019	Cheng you
UCI BMX World Championships 2020	still open 1	Houston
Announcement of the UCI Nations Cup (BMX Freestyle)		-
Announcement of the UCI Nations Cup (BMX race)		-

¹This qualifying competition has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Road cycling

Men

Road racing

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
host	-	Japan	1
UCI Nations Cup	1 to 6	Belgium Italy Netherlands France Colombia Spain	5
	7 to 13	Slovenia Germany Australia Denmark Great Britain Norway Switzerland	4th
	14 to 21	Austria Poland Ireland Russia 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
Redistribution of unused quota places	-	Hong Kong	1
African Championships 2019	1 to 2	Namibia Burkina Faso	1
Asian Championships 2019	1 to 2	Chinese Taipei Uzbekistan	1
American Championships 2019	1 to 2	Peru Panama	1
total		7th	130

Individual time trial

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
UCI Nations Cup	1 to 30	Belgium Italy Netherlands France Colombia Spain Slovenia Germany Australia Denmark Great Britain Norway Switzerland Austria Poland Ireland Russia South Africa Kazakhstan Canada Czech Republic Ecuador Portugal Slovakia Eritrea United States New Zealand Estonia Algeria Iran 1)	1
UCI Road World Championships 2019	1 to 10	Australia Belgium Italy New Zealand Great Britain United States Estonia Portugal Germany Switzerland	1
total		30th	40

¹⁾ Qualified as a continental representative for Asia.

Women

Road racing

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
host	-	Japan	2
UCI Nations Cup	1 to 5	Netherlands Italy Germany United States Australia	4th
	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 Russia	1
	Best athletes from the individual ranking whose nation is not qualified	Uzbekistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Israel Finland Cyprus China Austria Sweden Colombia Ukraine Chile Costa Rica Czech Republic Lithuania Namibia Eritrea	1
African Championships 2019	1	Ethiopia	1
Asian Championships 2019	1	South Korea	1
American Championships 2019	1	Paraguay	1
total		4th	67

Individual time trial

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
UCI Nations Cup	1 to 15	Netherlands Italy Germany United States Australia Belgium Denmark Canada Poland Spain Great Britain Norway South Africa Luxembourg Japan 1)	1
UCI Road World Championships 2019	1 to 10	United States Netherlands Germany Switzerland Belarus Australia Canada Israel Sweden France	1
total		10	25th

¹⁾ Qualified as a continental representative for Asia.

Track cycling

Men

Team sprint

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
UCI Nations Cup 2018-2020	1 to 8	Australia France Germany Great Britain Netherlands New Zealand Poland Russia	1
total		8th	8th

sprint

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
Nations from the team sprint	-	Australia France Germany Great Britain Netherlands New Zealand Poland Russia	2
UCI Nations Cup 2018-2020	1 to 7	Canada China Japan Malaysia South Africa Suriname Trinidad and Tobago	1
Nations from the Keirin	-	Canada Colombia Czech Republic Japan Kazakhstan Malaysia Trinidad and Tobago	1
total		30th	30th

Keirin

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
Nations from the team sprint	-	Australia France Germany Great Britain Netherlands New Zealand Poland Russia	2
UCI Nations Cup 2018-2020	1 to 7	Canada Colombia Czech Republic Japan Kazakhstan Malaysia Trinidad and Tobago	1
Nations from the sprint	-	Canada China Japan Malaysia South Africa Suriname Trinidad and Tobago	1
total		30th	30th

Team pursuit

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
UCI Nations Cup 2018-2020	1 to 8	Australia Canada Denmark Germany Great Britain Italy New Zealand Switzerland	1
total		8th	8th

Madison

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
Nations from the team pursuit	-	Australia Canada Denmark Germany Great Britain Italy New Zealand Switzerland	1
UCI Nations Cup 2018-2020	1 to 8	Austria Belgium Spain France Ireland Poland Netherlands United States	1
total		16	16

Omnium

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
Nations from the Madison	-	Austria Belgium Spain France Ireland Poland Netherlands United States	1
UCI Nations Cup 2018-2020	1 to 12	Australia Denmark Germany Great Britain Greece Italy Japan Kazakhstan New Zealand South Africa Switzerland Belarus	1
total		20th	20th

Women

Team sprint

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
UCI Nations Cup 2018-2020	1 to 8	Australia China Germany Lithuania Mexico Netherlands Poland Russia	1
total		8th	8th

sprint

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
Nations from the team sprint	-	Australia China Germany Lithuania Mexico Netherlands Poland Russia	2
UCI Nations Cup 2018-2020	1 to 7	Canada France Great Britain Hong Kong New Zealand South Africa Ukraine	1
Nations from the Keirin	-	Canada France Japan Hong Kong New Zealand South Korea United States	1
total		30th	30th

Keirin

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
Nations from the team sprint	-	Australia China Germany Lithuania Mexico Netherlands Poland Russia	2
UCI Nations Cup 2018-2020	1 to 7	Canada France Japan Hong Kong New Zealand South Korea United States	1
Nations from the sprint	-	Canada France Great Britain Hong Kong New Zealand South Africa Ukraine	1
total		30th	30th

Team pursuit

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
UCI Nations Cup 2018-2020	1 to 8	Australia Canada France Germany Great Britain Italy New Zealand United States	1
total		8th	8th

Madison

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
Nations from the team pursuit	-	Australia Canada France Germany Great Britain Italy New Zealand United States	1
UCI Nations Cup 2018-2020	1 to 8	Belgium Denmark Ireland Japan Netherlands Poland Russia Ukraine	1
total		16	16

Omnium

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
Nations from the Madison	-	Belgium Denmark Ireland Japan Netherlands Poland Russia Ukraine	1
UCI Nations Cup 2018-2020	1 to 13	Egypt Australia China France Great Britain Italy Canada Mexico New Zealand Norway Portugal United States Belarus	1
total		21st	21st

Mountain bike

Men

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
host	-	Japan	1
UCI Nations Cup	1 to 2		3
	3 to 7		2
	8 to 21		1
African Championships 2019	1	South Africa	1
American Championships 2019	1	Canada	1
Asian Championships 2019	1	China	1
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2019	1 to 2	Switzerland France	1
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2019 (U23)	1 to 2	Romania Chile	1
total			38

Women

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
host	-	Japan	1
UCI Nations Cup	1 to 2		3
	3 to 7		2
	8 to 21		1
African Championships 2019	1	South Africa	1
American Championships 2019	1	United States	1
Asian Championships 2019	1	China	1
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2019	1 to 2	France Switzerland	1
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2019 (U23)	1 to 2	Austria Great Britain	1
total			38

BMX racing

Men

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
host	-	Japan	1
UCI Nations Cup	1 to 2		3
	3 to 5		2
	6 to 11		1
UCI BMX individual ranking	1 to 3		1
UCI BMX World Championships 2020	1 to 2		1
total		1	24

Women

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
host	-	Japan	1
UCI Nations Cup	1 to 2		3
	3 to 5		2
	6 to 11		1
UCI BMX individual ranking	1 to 3		1
UCI BMX World Championships 2020	1 to 2		1
total		1	24

BMX freestyle

Men

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
host	-	Japan	1
UCI Nations Cup	1		2
	2 to 5		1
UCI Urban World Championships 2019	1 to 2	Australia United States	1
total		3	9

Women

Qualifying competition	rank	Qualified nations	Places
host	-	Japan	1
UCI Nations Cup	1		2
	2 to 5		1
UCI Urban World Championships 2019	1 to 2	United States of Chile	1
total		3	9

Web links

• Road cycling qualification process (English)
• Qualification procedure track cycling (English)
• Qualification procedure mountain bike (English)
• Qualification procedure BMX (English)