2016 Rio Olympics Cycling

Posted by Kitty on Aug 19th 2016

The 2016 Rio Olympics Cycling events have been amazing so far, with two world records broken BOTH in the Track Cycling Team Pursuit events, Great Britain's Mens AND Great Britain's Women's teams shattered the world records for Team Pursuit and took the Gold home. Quite exciting and not quite over, with two events yet to take place as of this post.

Great Britain has completely dominated the Olympics cycling events, medaling in EVERY event, totaling 12 medals so far, and the USA trailing with a total medal count of 5. Cycling has been a very hot event since the Olympics have taken place so closely on the heels of Tour de France just last month. The competitors who took part in Tour de France are still barely recovering from training and competing in the annual race, yet have proven to be in top condition for the Olympic games!

The Events:

Road Cycling - Venue: Fort Copacabana and Pontal (Time Trial)

  • Road Race
    • Men's
      • Greg Van Avermaet - Belgium - Gold Medal
      • Jakob Fuglsang - Denmark - Silver Medal
      • Rafal Majka - Poland - Bronze Medal
    • Women's
      • Anna Van Der Breggen - Netherlands - Gold
      • Emma Johansson - Sweden - Silver
      • Elisa Longo Borghini - Italy - Bronze
  • Time Trial
    • Women's
      • Kristin Armstrong - USA - Gold
      • Olga Zabelinskaya - Russia - Silver
      • Anna Van Der Breggen - Netherlands - Bronze
    • Men's

Mountain Biking - Venue: Mountain Bike Centre

  • Cross Country
    • Women's
      • Jenny Rissveds - Sweden - Gold
      • Maja Wloszczowska Maja - Poland - Silver
      • Catharine Pendrel - Canada - Bronze
    •  Men's
      • Nino Schurter - Switzerland - Gold
      • Jaroslav Kulhavy - Czech Republic - Silver
      • Carlos Coloma Nicolas - Spain - Bronze

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BMX - Venue: Olympic BMX Center

  • BMX 
    • Women's
      • Mariana Pajon - Columbia - Gold
      • Alise Post - USA - Silver
      • Stefany Hernandez - Venezuela - Bronze
    • Men's
      • Connor Fields - USA - Gold
      • Jelle Van Gorkom - Netherlands - Silver
      • Carlos Alberto Ramirez Yepes - Columbia - Bronze

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Track Cycling - Venue: Rio Olympic Velodrome

  • Keirin
    • Men's
      • Jason Kenny - Great Britain - Gold
      • Matthijs Buchli - Netherlands - Silver
      • Azizulhasni Awang - Malaysia - Bronze
    • Women's
      • Elis Ligtlee - Netherlands - Gold
      • Becky James - Great Britain - Silver
      • Anna Meares - Australia - Bronze
  • Omnium
    • Men's
      • Elia Viviani - Italy - Gold
      • Mark Cavendish - Great Britain - Silver
      • Lasse Norman Hansen - Denmark - Bronze
    • Women's
      • Laura Trott - Great Britain - Gold
      • Sarah Hammer - USA - Silver
      • Jolien D'Hoore - Belgium - Bronze
  • Team Pursuit
    • Men's
      • Great Britain - Gold (World Record & Olympic Record!)
      • Australia - Silver
      • Denmark - Bronze
    • Women's
      • Great Britain - Gold (World Record & Olympic Record!)
      • USA - Silver
      • Canada - Bronze
  • Individual Sprint
    • Men's
      • Jason Kenny - Great Britain - Gold
      • Callum Skinner - Great Britain - Silver
      • Denis Dmitriev - Russia - Bronze
    • Women's
      • Kristina Vogel - Germany - Gold
      • Rebecca James - Great Britain - Silver
      • Katy Marchant - Great Britain - Bronze
  • Team Sprint

Top 5 Nations with the most medal counts :

  1. Great Britain: 6 Gold, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze (12 Total)
  2. Netherlands: 2 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze (6 Total)
  3. USA: 2 Gold, 3 Silver (5 Total)
  4. Switzerland: 2 Gold
  5. Sweden: 1 Gold, 1 Silver ( 2 Total)

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