Men's cross-country at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Izu MTB Course | ||||||||||||
Date | 26 July 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 38 from 29 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:24:14 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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List of cyclists Qualification | ||
Road cycling | ||
Road race | men | women |
Time trial | men | women |
Track cycling | ||
Sprint | men | women |
Team sprint | men | women |
Keirin | men | women |
Team pursuit | men | women |
Madison | men | women |
Omnium | men | women |
Mountain biking | ||
Cross-country | men | women |
BMX | ||
BMX racing | men | women |
BMX freestyle | men | women |
The men's cross-country mountain biking event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July 2021 at the Izu MTB Course, Izu, Shizuoka. [1] 38 cyclists from 29 nations competed. [2]
This was the 7th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since mountain bike cycling was added to the programme in 1996.
The reigning Olympic champion was Nino Schurter of Switzerland, and the reigning (2020) World Champion was Jordan Sarrou of France.
A preview by Olympics.com noted Schurter (bronze in 2008, silver in 2012, and gold in 2016, along with 8 World Championships) as a favourite. Other contenders include Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands, Victor Koretzky of France, and Luca Braidot of Italy. [3]
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified cyclists in the cross-country. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. Qualification is primarily through the UCI nation rankings, with 30 of the 38 quota places available through that pathway. The top 2 NOCs earned 3 quota places. NOCs ranked 3rd through 7th earned 2 quota places. NOCs ranked 8th through 21st earned 1 quota places. The second path to qualification was continental tournaments for Africa, the Americas, and Asia; the top NOC at each tournament (which had not already earned a quota place) received 1 place. The third path was the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. The top 2 NOCs (without a quota place yet) in the Elite category earned a place; the top 2 NOCs in the U-23 category (without a quota, including through the Elite category) also earned a place. The host nation was reserved one place, to be reallocated through the rankings if Japan earned a place normally. [2] Because qualification was complete by the end of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on 1 March 2020 (the last event that contributed to the 2018–20 rankings), qualification was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The competition is a mass-start, seven-lap race. There is only one round of competition. The mountain bike course is 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) long, with sudden changes in elevation, narrow dirt trails, and rocky sections. The vertical height is 150 metres (490 ft). Riders with times 80% slower than the leader's first lap are eliminated. [4] [5]
The cycling competitions of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will feature 22 events in five disciplines. The 2020 Olympics was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the cycling competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the following qualification systems are in place.
For the cycling competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the following qualification systems are in place.
The women's cross-country mountain biking event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July 2021 at the Izu MTB Course, Izu, Shizuoka. 38 cyclists from 29 nations were expected to compete, but only 37 did. The race ended in all three medals won by Swiss athletes, resulting in Switzerland's first female entry in the list of medal sweeps in Olympic athletics.
The men's road time trial event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July 2021 around the Fuji Speedway in the Shizuoka Prefecture. 39 cyclists from 31 nations competed in the race, with everyone bar one rider eventually finishing.
The men's BMX freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. 9 cyclists from 8 nations competed.
The women's BMX freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. 9 cyclists from 8 nations competed.
The women's sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place from 6 to 8 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 30 cyclists from 18 nations are expected to compete.
The men's team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 3 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 24 cyclists from 8 nations are expected to compete.
The women's team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 2 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 16 cyclists from 8 nations competed.
The men's Keirin event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place on 7–8 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 30 cyclists from 18 nations are expected to compete.
The women's Keirin event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 5 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 29 cyclists from 18 nations competed.
The men's team pursuit event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 2 to 4 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 32 cyclists from 8 nations competed.
The women's team pursuit event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 2–3 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 32 cyclists from 8 nations are expected to compete.
The men's madison event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place on 7 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 32 cyclists from 16 nations are expected to compete.
The women's Madison event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place on 6 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 32 cyclists from 16 nations are expected to compete.
The men's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 5 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 20 cyclists from 20 nations competed.
The women's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place on 8 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 21 cyclists from 21 nations are expected to compete.
The women's BMX racing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 29 and 30 July 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. 24 cyclists from 17 nations competed in the event.
The men's BMX racing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 29 and 30 July 2021 at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. 24 cyclists from 17 nations competed in the event.