Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cyclingat the Games of the Olympiad
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Pictograms from top, left to right: BMX freestyle, BMX racing, road, mountain biking, and track cycling.
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| Venue | Pont d'Iéna (road race) Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (track and BMX racing) Élancourt Hill (mountain biking) Invalides (road time trial start) Place de la Concorde (BMX freestyle) Pont Alexandre III (road time trial finish) Polygone de Vincennes (road training) |
| Dates | 27 July – 11 August 2024 |
| No. of events | 22 (11 men, 11 women) |
| Competitors | 514 |
The cycling competitions of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run at four different venues (Pont d'Iéna for road and time trial races; Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines for track cycling and BMX racing; Élancourt Hill for mountain biking; and Place de la Concorde for the BMX freestyle) from 27 July to 11 August, featuring twenty-two events across five disciplines.
Cycling competitions have been contested in every Summer Olympics edition since the modern Olympiad revived in 1896, along with athletics, artistic gymnastics, fencing and swimming.
A total of 514 cyclists will compete at Paris 2024 with an equal split between men and women for the first time in the sport's history, attaining the goal of gender equality as one of the objectives ratified by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Having already been achieved in mountain biking, BMX racing, and BMX freestyle on the Tokyo 2020 program, several significant changes are instituted in the road and track cycling, with some men's quota places transferred to the women's side and with the number of riders in women's team sprint increasing from two to three. Conforming to the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee's 2020 agenda, cycling will have fourteen fewer places at these Games than those in 2020, a reduction that affects road racing and mountain biking. Nonetheless, the distribution of an extra place for track cycling and six in BMX freestyle, with the number of athletes competing in the men's and women's events increasing from nine to twelve, partly counteracts the moderate decrease in the cycling spots offered at these Games.
Despite the modest quota decrease, cycling will feature a total of twenty-two medal events across five disciplines, similar to the 2020 program format. While the sport continues to run on all days between the opening and closing ceremonies, Paris 2024 will witness some scheduling changes contrary to the previous edition; hence, the men's and women's individual time trial medalists will be awarded on the first day of the competition.
For road cycling there was a special training venue, Polygone de Vincennes, so the cyclists were not dependent on the (busy) roads of Paris.
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Qualification
As the host country, France reserves a men's and women's quota place in BMX racing, BMX freestyle, and mountain biking; and two more in the men's and women's road races. 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 October 17, 2023.
About ninety percent of the total quota places will be attributed through the UCI World Ranking lists of their respective disciplines, with some spots offered for the cyclists at the 2023 UCI World Championships and at the continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Asia, and the Americas).
Competition schedule
| H | Heats/preliminaries | ¼ | Quarterfinals | LC | Last chance run | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | ||
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| BMX | |||||||||||
| Men's freestyle | Q | F | |||||||||
| Men's racing | ¼ | LC | ½ | F | |||||||
| Women's freestyle | Q | F | |||||||||
| Women's racing | ¼ | LC | ½ | F | |||||||
| Mountain biking | |||||||||||
| Men's cross-country | F | ||||||||||
| Women's cross-country | F | ||||||||||
| Road cycling | |||||||||||
| Men's road race | F | ||||||||||
| Men's time trial | F | ||||||||||
| Women's road race | F | ||||||||||
| Women's time trial | F | ||||||||||
| Event↓/Date → | Mon 5 | Tue 6 | Wed 7 | Thu 8 | Fri 9 | Sat 10 | Sun 11 | ||||||||||||
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| A | A | M | A | A | M | A | A | A | |||||||||||
| Men's sprint | H | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| Men's team sprint | H | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's keirin | H | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| Men's team pursuit | H | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's omnium | SR | TR | ER | PR | |||||||||||||||
| Men's madison | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's sprint | H | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| Women's team sprint | H | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's keirin | H | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| Women's team pursuit | H | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's omnium | SR | TR | ER | PR | |||||||||||||||
| Women's madison | F | ||||||||||||||||||
SR = Scratch race, TR = Tempo race, ER = Elimination race, PR = Points race
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (France)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  France* |
3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 |  Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 |  Australia |
3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 |  United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 |  Great Britain |
2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 |  New Zealand |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 |  Belgium |
2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 |  Italy |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 |  Portugal |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Argentina |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 China |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Germany |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Poland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Denmark |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 South Africa |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 NOCs) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 | |
Road cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's road race |
Remco Evenepoel Belgium |
Valentin Madouas France |
Christophe Laporte France |
| Men's time trial |
Remco Evenepoel Belgium |
Filippo Ganna Italy |
Wout van Aert Belgium |
| Women's road race |
Kristen Faulkner United States |
Marianne Vos Netherlands |
Lotte Kopecky Belgium |
| Women's time trial |
Grace Brown Australia |
Anna Henderson Great Britain |
Chloé Dygert United States |
Track cycling
Men's
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint |
Harrie Lavreysen Netherlands |
Matthew Richardson Australia |
Jack Carlin Great Britain |
| Team sprint |
Netherlands Roy van den Berg Harrie Lavreysen Jeffrey Hoogland |
Great Britain Ed Lowe Hamish Turnbull Jack Carlin |
Australia Leigh Hoffman Matthew Richardson Matthew Glaetzer |
| Keirin |
Harrie Lavreysen Netherlands |
Matthew Richardson Australia |
Matthew Glaetzer Australia |
| Madison |
Portugal Iúri Leitão Rui Oliveira |
Italy Simone Consonni Elia Viviani |
Denmark Niklas Larsen Michael Mørkøv |
| Omnium |
Benjamin Thomas France |
Iúri Leitão Portugal |
Fabio Van den Bossche Belgium |
| Team pursuit |
Australia Oliver Bleddyn Sam Welsford Conor Leahy Kelland O'Brien |
Great Britain Ethan Hayter Daniel Bigham Charlie Tanfield Ethan Vernon Oliver Wood |
Italy Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan |
Women's
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint |
Ellesse Andrews New Zealand |
Lea Friedrich Germany |
Emma Finucane Great Britain |
| Team sprint |
Great Britain Katy Marchant Sophie Capewell Emma Finucane |
New Zealand Rebecca Petch Shaane Fulton Ellesse Andrews |
Germany Pauline Grabosch Emma Hinze Lea Sophie Friedrich |
| Keirin |
Ellesse Andrews New Zealand |
Hetty van de Wouw Netherlands |
Emma Finucane Great Britain |
| Madison |
Italy Chiara Consonni Vittoria Guazzini |
Great Britain Elinor Barker Neah Evans |
Netherlands Maike van der Duin Lisa van Belle |
| Omnium |
Jennifer Valente United States |
Daria Pikulik Poland |
Ally Wollaston New Zealand |
| Team pursuit |
United States Jennifer Valente Lily Williams Chloé Dygert Kristen Faulkner |
New Zealand Ally Wollaston Bryony Botha Emily Shearman Nicole Shields |
Great Britain Elinor Barker Josie Knight Anna Morris Jessica Roberts |
Mountain biking
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's cross-country |
Tom Pidcock Great Britain |
Victor Koretzky France |
Alan Hatherly South Africa |
| Women's cross-country |
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot France |
Haley Batten United States |
Jenny Rissveds Sweden |
BMX
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's race |
Joris Daudet France |
Sylvain André France |
Romain Mahieu France |
| Women's race |
Saya Sakakibara Australia |
Manon Veenstra Netherlands |
Zoé Claessens Switzerland |
| Men's freestyle |
José Torres Gil Argentina |
Kieran Reilly Great Britain |
Anthony Jeanjean France |
| Women's freestyle |
Deng Yawen China |
Perris Benegas United States |
Natalya Diehm Australia |
See also
- Cycling at the 2023 European Games
- Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
