Cycling at the Youth Olympic Games

Cycling has been included in the Summer Youth Olympic Games since their inauguration at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics,[1] at which one event was held. Unlike the Summer Olympics, track cycling is not included, while the program features BMX racing, road cycling and mountain bike racing.

Cycling at the Youth Olympic Games
Governing bodyUCI
Events4 (boys: 1; girls: 1; mixed: 2)
Games
Medalists

Format

At the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics a combined mixed-gender team event with sub-events in the disciplines of BMX, road cycling and mountain biking was held.[2] At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics instead of competitors competing separately they compete as a team. In the boys' and girls' team events two athletes compete together. Each of the two cyclists must compete in two of the following events, with only one team member competing per event; BMX, Mountain Bike Cross-country Race, Mountain Bike Cross-country Eliminator and Road Time Trial. Both members will also have to compete in the Road Race event. For the mixed team relay, two boys and two girls will form a team. The event will be composed of a Mountain Bike Cross-country Race, performed by one boy and one girl and a Road Race, performed by the other two team members. For NOCs who qualified only two boys or girls lots will be drawn to form combined teams. [3]

Medal table

As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Colombia (COL)2013
2 Italy (ITA)1203
3 Czech Republic (CZE)1113
 Denmark (DEN)1113
5 Argentina (ARG)1001
 Germany (GER)1001
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1001
 Russia (RUS)1001
9 Austria (AUT)0101
 Luxembourg (LUX)0101
 Switzerland (SUI)0101
12 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Hungary (HUN)0011
 Japan (JPN)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
Totals (16 nations)97824

Participating nations

Nation101418Years
 Albania (ALB)21
 Algeria (ALG)41
 Argentina (ARG)4463
 Australia (AUS)41
 Austria (AUT)422
 Belarus (BLR)442
 Belgium (BEL)442
 Belize (BIZ)21
 Bolivia (BOL)4223
 Brazil (BRA)4443
 Canada (CAN)41
 Chile (CHI)442
 China (CHN)222
 Colombia (COL)4483
 Czech Republic (CZE)4463
 Cyprus (CYP)41
 Denmark (DEN)4443
 Ecuador (ECU)422
 Egypt (EGY)222
 Eritrea (ERI)4243
 Estonia (EST)21
 Ethiopia (ETH)21
 Germany (GER)41
 Great Britain (GBR)61
 Greece (GRE)21
 Guatemala (GUA)41
 Hungary (HUN)4443
 Indonesia (INA)41
 Israel (ISR)21
 Italy (ITA)4443
 Japan (JPN)4443
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)4443
 Latvia (LAT)432
 Lesotho (LES)21
 Lithuania (LTU)21
 Luxembourg (LUX)41
 Macedonia (MKD)21
 Mauritius (MRI)21
 Mexico (MEX)4463
 Morocco (MAR)21
 Namibia (NAM)21
 Netherlands (NED)442
 New Zealand (NZL)462
 Poland (POL)4443
 Portugal (POR)442
 Russia (RUS)81
 Rwanda (RWA)21
 Serbia (SRB)442
 Singapore (SIN)41
 Slovakia (SVK)242
 Slovenia (SLO)4423
 South Africa (RSA)442
 Spain (ESP)4223
 Switzerland (SUI)462
 Thailand (THA)422
 Ukraine (UKR)422
 Venezuela (VEN)212
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)41
No. of boys cyclists966464
No. of girls cyclists326462
No. of cyclists128128126
No. of nations324133
No. of new nations32206

See also

References

  1. "Buenos Aires 2018: BMX opens cycling events at the Youth Olympic Games". UCI. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  2. Parent, Houlihan, Vidar Hanstad, Milena M., Barrie, Dag (2014). The Youth Olympic Games. New York, NY, US: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-83987-7.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Cycling - The Nanjing 2014 Sports". International Olympic Committee. 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
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