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Cycling at the Summer Olympics

 
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Cycling at the Summer Olympics
Cycling
Governing body UCI
Events 19 (men: 12; women: 7)
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
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.

Contents

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 Years
Current program
Keirin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X X 3
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
Pursuit, Team - - - X - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22
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 24
Sprint, Team - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X X 3
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
Tandem - - - X - X X X X X X X X X X X X - - - - - - - - - 14
Time Trial X - - - - - - 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

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 Years
Points Race - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X 4
Pursuit - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X X 5
Sprint - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X X X 6
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 2 3 3 4 4 3

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 Years
Road race, Individual X - - - - - - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22
Road race, Team - - - - - - - - - X X X X - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8
Time Trial, Individual - - - - X X X X X - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X 5
Time Trial, Team - - - - X X X X X - - - - X X X X X X X X X - - - - 10
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

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 Years
Road Race - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X X X X 7
Time Trial - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X 4
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

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 Years
Cross Country - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X 4
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

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 Years
Cross Country - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X 4
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

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 Years
Individual - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X 1
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

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 Years
Individual - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X 1
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

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  France (FRA) 40 24 22 86
2  Italy (ITA) 32 18 9 59
3  Great Britain (GBR) 19 25 21 65
4  Netherlands (NED) 15 16 9 40
5  United States (USA) 14 14 19 47
6  Australia (AUS) 13 16 13 42
7  Germany (GER) 11 9 13 33
8  Soviet Union (URS) 11 4 9 24
9  Belgium (BEL) 6 8 10 24
10  Denmark (DEN) 6 8 8 22
11  East Germany (GDR) 6 6 4 16
12  Spain (ESP) 6 5 4 15
13  Switzerland (SUI) 4 6 9 19
14  West Germany (FRG) 4 5 5 14
15  Russia (RUS) 4 4 5 13
16  Sweden (SWE) 3 6 8 17
17  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 2 2 2 6
18  Norway (NOR) 2 0 1 3
19  Canada (CAN) 1 5 5 11
20  South Africa (RSA) 1 4 3 8
21  Germany (EUA) 1 4 2 7
22  Greece (GRE) 1 3 0 4
23  New Zealand (NZL) 1 1 2 4
24  Austria (AUT) 1 0 2 3
25  Latvia (LAT) 1 0 1 2
26  Argentina (ARG) 1 0 0 1
 Estonia (EST) 1 0 0 1
28  Poland (POL) 0 6 3 9
29  Japan (JPN) 0 1 3 4
30  China (CHN) 0 1 2 3
 Ukraine (UKR) 0 1 2 3
32  Mexico (MEX) 0 1 1 2
33  Cuba (CUB) 0 1 0 1
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 0 1 0 1
 Portugal (POR) 0 1 0 1
 Uruguay (URU) 0 1 0 1
37  Belarus (BLR) 0 0 1 1
 Colombia (COL) 0 0 1 1
 Jamaica (JAM) 0 0 1 1
 Lithuania (LTU) 0 0 1 1
Total 209 209 205 623

Nations

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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 Years
 Argentina (ARG) – – – – – – 5
 Australia (AUS) - - - - - 2 4 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 22
 Austria (AUT) 1 - - - 6 - – • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20
 Belgium (BEL) - 1 - 6 1 15 9 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 23
 Bohemia (BOH) - 1 - - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
 Bulgaria (BUL) – – – – – – 7
 Canada (CAN) - - - 5 2 5 1 • • • • • • • • • • • - • • • • • • 21
 Chile (CHI) - - - - 4 – 3 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) - - - - - 4 8
 Denmark (DEN) - - - - 8 6 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21
 Egypt (EGY) – – – – – – 3
 Estonia (EST) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • • • • 4
 Finland (FIN) - - - - 5 - 4 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21
 France (FRA) 2 59 - 23 12 13 11 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 24
 Germany (GER) 5 3 - 9 11 - – • • • - - - - - - - - - - - • • • • 11
 Great Britain (GBR) 2 - - 36 26 13 12 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 23
 Greece (GRE) 9 - - 1 - - – • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21
 Hungary (HUN) - - - - 5 - 4 • • • • • • • • • • • • - • • • • • 20
 Israel (ISR) - - - - - - - - - - - - - • - - - - - - - - - - - 1
 Italy (ITA) - 7 - 4 - 12 10 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 22
 Japan (JPN) - - - - - - - - - - - • • • • • • • - • • • • • • 13
 Latvia (LAT) - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • • • • 5
 Lithuania (LTU) – – – – – – 2
 Luxembourg (LUX) - - - - - 1 5
 Netherlands (NED) - - - 5 - 10 10 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21
 Norway (NOR) - - - - 6 4 – • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20
 New Zealand (NZL) - - - - - - – • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 19
 Poland (POL) – – – – – – 8
 Russia (RUS) - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • • • • 5
 South Africa (RSA) - - - 4 1 5 1 • • • • • • • - - - - - - - • • • • 15
 Sweden (SWE) - - - 2 12 4 4 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 22
 Switzerland (SUI) – – – – – – 9
 United States (USA) - 1 18 2 9 9 5 • • • • • • • • • • • - • • • • • • 23
 Yugoslavia (YUG) – – – – – – 4
No. of nations 5 6 1 11 16 14 24
No. of cyclists 19 72 18 97 123 103 139
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