Cycling competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held at five venues across Lima. The Circuito BMX held the BMX racing competitions, the Pista de skateboarding held the freestyle BMX events. Morro Solar staged the mountain biking competitions, and the Circuito San Miguel staged the road competitions. Finally the velodrome staged the track cycling competitions.[1]
| Cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games | |
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| Venue | Circuito BMX (BMX) Pista de skateboarding (BMX freestyle) Morro Solar (mountain biking) Circuito San Miguel (road) Velodrome (track) |
| Dates | July 28 – August 11, 2019 |
| No. of events | 22 (11 men, 11 women) |
| Competitors | 250 from 24 nations |
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The BMX competitions started on August 7 and finished on the 11th (the last of the games), while mountain biking started on the 28th of July. Road cycling competitions started on the 7th and 10th of August. Track cycling competitions were held between August 1st and 4th.
In 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made several changes to its sports program, which were subsequently implemented for these games. Included in this was the addition of the BMX freestyle event for the first time to the Pan American Games sports program. Also added was the addition of the Madison event in track cycling for men and women.[2][3]
22 medal events were contested, four in BMX, two in mountain biking and four in road cycling and 12 in track cycling. Each discipline was gender neutral in terms of events. A total of 250 cyclists qualified to compete at the games.[4]
Competition schedule edit
The following is the competition schedule for the Cycling competitions:
| Q | Qualification | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 28 | Wed 7 | Thu 8 | Fri 9 | Sat 10 | Sun 11 | |||
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| BMX | |||||||||
| Men's BMX racing | Q | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
| Women's BMX racing | Q | ½ | F | ||||||
| BMX freestyle | |||||||||
| Men's BMX freestyle | Q | F | |||||||
| Women's BMX freestyle | Q | 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 | ||||||||
Medal table edit
Medal table edit
* Host nation (Peru)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 |  Colombia | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 |  Mexico | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 |  Canada | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 |  Argentina | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Chile | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 |  Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 |  Cuba | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Brazil | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 |  Peru* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 | |
Medalists edit
BMX edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's racing |
Alfredo Campo Ecuador
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Anderson Souza Filho Brazil
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Federico Villegas Argentina
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| Women's racing |
Mariana Pajón Colombia
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Paola Reis Brazil
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Stefany Hernández Venezuela
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BMX freestyle edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's freestyle |
Daniel Dhers Venezuela
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José Torres Argentina
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Justin Dowell United States
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| Women's freestyle |
Hannah Roberts United States
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Macarena Pérez Chile
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Agustina Roth Argentina
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Mountain biking edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's cross-country |
Gerardo Ulloa Mexico
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Henrique Avancini Brazil
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Martín Vidaurre Chile
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| Women's cross-country |
Daniela Campuzano Mexico
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Sofía Gómez Argentina
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Jaqueline Mourão Brazil
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Road cycling edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's road race |
Maximiliano Richeze Argentina
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Ignacio Prado Mexico
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Bryan Gómez Colombia
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| Women's road race |
Arlenis Sierra Cuba
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Teniel Campbell Trinidad and Tobago
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Lizbeth Salazar Mexico
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| Men's time trial |
Daniel Martínez Colombia
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Magno Nazaret Brazil
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José Luis Rodríguez Aguilar Chile
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| Women's time trial |
Chloé Dygert Owen United States
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Teniel Campbell Trinidad and Tobago
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Laurie Jussaume Canada
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Track cycling edit
- Men's sprint Njisane Phillip of Trinidad and Tobago originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified for doping.
- Men's team sprint Trinidad and Tobago team originally won gold medals but was disqualified due to anti-doping rules violation by Njisane Phillip. Brazilian team originally won bronze medals but was disqualified due to anti-doping rules violation by Kacio Fonseca.
Qualification edit
A total of 250 (143 men and 107 women) cyclists will qualify to compete. 160 will qualify in road/track, 34 in mountain biking and 56 in BMX. Various events and rankings were used to determine the qualifiers. A nation could enter a maximum of 26 athletes, four in mountain biking (two per gender), six in BMX (three per gender) and a combined 16 for road and track (ten men and six women). Peru as host nation, was automatically awarded the maximum quota of 26 spots.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Pan American Schedule" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 13 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 event programme to see major boost for female, youth and urban appeal". www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ Mather, Victor (9 June 2017). "Olympics Adds 3-on-3 Basketball and Mixed Gender Relays". The New York Times. New York City, New York. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.