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. Mountain bike racing entered the Olympic programme at the Atlanta Olympics, followed by BMX racing in 2008. Prior to the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics, all events were speed races, but the 2020 programme will feature BMX freestyle for the first time.
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.
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. However, women have shorter distances for some events.
Video Cycling at the Summer Olympics
Events
Track cycling, men
Track cycling, women
Road cycling, men
Road cycling, women
Mountain bike, men
Mountain bike, women
BMX, men
BMX, women
Maps Cycling at the Summer Olympics
Medal table
- As of the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists
Cyclists who have won 6 or more Olympic medals.
- As of the 2016 Summer Olympics
Nations
See also
- Cycling at the Summer Paralympics
- Cycling at the Youth Olympic Games
- List of Olympic venues in cycling
References
External links
Media related to Cycling at the Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
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