Cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games

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
Cycling pictograms
VenueCircuito BMX (BMX)
Pista de skateboarding (BMX freestyle)
Morro Solar (mountain biking)
Circuito San Miguel (road)
Velodrome (track)
DatesJuly 28 – August 11, 2019
No. of events22 (11 men, 11 women)
Competitors250 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

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The following is the competition schedule for the Cycling competitions:

Q Qualification ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Final
BMX, mountain biking and road cycling
Event↓/Date → Sun 28 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11
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

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Peru)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States7119
2  Colombia53412
3  Mexico34411
4  Canada1315
5  Argentina1236
6  Trinidad and Tobago1203
7  Chile1146
8  Venezuela1124
9  Cuba1113
10  Ecuador1001
11  Brazil0415
12  Peru*0011
Totals (12 entries)22222266

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's racing
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Alfredo Campo
  Ecuador
Anderson Souza Filho
  Brazil
Federico Villegas
  Argentina
Women's racing
details
Mariana Pajón
  Colombia
Paola Reis
  Brazil
Stefany Hernández
  Venezuela

BMX freestyle

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's freestyle
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Daniel Dhers
  Venezuela
José Torres
  Argentina
Justin Dowell
  United States
Women's freestyle
details
Hannah Roberts
  United States
Macarena Perez Grasset
  Chile
Agustina Roth
  Argentina

Mountain biking

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's cross-country
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Gerardo Ulloa
  Mexico
Henrique Avancini
  Brazil
Martín Vidaurre
  Chile
Women's cross-country
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Daniela Campuzano
  Mexico
Sofía Gómez
  Argentina
Jaqueline Mourão
  Brazil

Road cycling

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's road race
details
Maximiliano Richeze
  Argentina
Ignacio Prado
  Mexico
Bryan Gómez
  Colombia
Women's road race
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Arlenis Sierra
  Cuba
Teniel Campbell
  Trinidad and Tobago
Lizbeth Salazar
  Mexico
Men's time trial
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Daniel Martínez
  Colombia
Magno Nazaret
  Brazil
José Luis Rodríguez Aguilar
  Chile
Women's time trial
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Chloé Dygert Owen
  United States
Teniel Campbell
  Trinidad and Tobago
Laurie Jussaume
  Canada

Track cycling

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team pursuit
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  United States
John Croom
Gavin Hoover
Ashton Lambie
Adrian Hegyvary
  Colombia
Juan Esteban Arango
Marvin Angarita
Jordan Parra
Brayan Sánchez
Bryan Gómez
  Chile
Antonio Cabrera
José Luis Rodríguez
Felipe Peñaloza
Pablo Seisdedos
Women's team pursuit
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  United States
Lily Williams
Christina Birch
Kimberly Geist
Chloé Dygert Owen
  Canada
Laurie Jussaume
Maggie Coles-Lyster
Miriam Brouwer
Erin Attwell
  Colombia
Milena Salcedo
Lina Rojas
Jessica Parra
Lina Hernández
Men's individual sprint
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Nicholas Paul
  Trinidad and Tobago
Kevin Quintero
  Colombia
Hersony Canelón
  Venezuela
Women's individual sprint
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Kelsey Mitchell
  Canada
Martha Bayona
  Colombia
Daniela Gaxiola
  Mexico
Men's team sprint
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  Colombia
Rubén Murillo
Kevin Quintero
Santiago Ramírez
  Mexico
Manuel Reséndez
Juan Ruiz
Edgar Verdugo
  Peru
Francis Cachique
Robinson Ruiz
Ruben Salinas
Women's team sprint
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  Mexico
Daniela Gaxiola
Jessica Salazar
  Canada
Kelsey Mitchell
Amelia Walsh
  Colombia
Martha Bayona
Juliana Gaviria
Men's keirin
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Kevin Quintero
  Colombia
Hersony Canelón
  Venezuela
Leandro Bottasso
  Argentina
Women's keirin
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Martha Bayona
  Colombia
Lisandra Guerra
  Cuba
Yuli Verdugo
  Mexico
Men's omnium
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Daniel Holloway
  United States
Ignacio Prado
  Mexico
Felipe Peñaloza
  Chile
Women's omnium
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Jennifer Valente
  United States
Lizbeth Salazar
  Mexico
Arlenis Sierra
  Cuba
Men's madison
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  Chile
Antonio Cabrera
Felipe Peñaloza
  United States
Gavin Hoover
Adrian Hegyvary
  Colombia
Brayan Sánchez
Juan Esteban Arango
Women's madison
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  United States
Christina Birch
Kimberly Geist
  Canada
Maggie Coles-Lyster
Miriam Brouwer
  Mexico
Lizbeth Salazar
Jessica Bonilla
  • 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
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