Cycling Mountain Bike
Bicycles were first developed in 1817 and have long since been used as a form of transport. Originally, the front wheel was much larger than the rear wheel, and the rider was elevated a great deal, making them difficult to control and very dangerous. [Full story]
List of Events
- • cross-country Men
- • cross-country Women
Competition Venues
Hall of Fame
Paola Pezzo The decision to add mountain biking to the Olympic programme was taken in 1993, less than twenty years after it was created as a sport and only six years after the staging of the first world championships.[Full story]
Athlete numbers:
30 women and 50 men will be competing in Mountain Biking at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
- PRINCIPLES
- SYSTEM
- TIMELINE
- MEN
- WOMEN
MOUNTAIN BIKE
ATHLETE NUMBERS
The overall athlete number across the four cycling disciplines is a target total of 500 athletes (men and women).
MAXIMUM PER NOC
An NOC can enter a maximum of 3 men and 2 women
ALLOCATION OF QUALIFICATION
Qualification is allocated to the NOC
Mountain Bike
Each athlete who meets the selection criteria in an individual event qualifies his/her NOC for a place in this event. Within the target athlete number of 500 athletes, all of the athletes who have qualified and whose participation in one of the cycling disciplines has been confirmed will have the right to enter other cycling events provided that the limits for participation per NOC and per event are not exceeded.
QUALIFICATION TIMELINE
Mountain Bike
| 8 – 11 March 2007 | Continental championships, America, Villa la Angostura (ARG) |
| 23 – 25 March 2007 | Continental championships, Oceania, Thredbo NSW (AUS) |
28 – 29 July 2007 |
Continental championships, Africa, Windhoek (NAM) |
| 2 – 6 August 2007 | Continental championships, Asia, Zaarour (LIB) |
| 15 November 2007 | Deadline for the submission of requests for Tripartite Commission Invitation places by all NOCs |
| 31 December 2007 | UCI ranking by nation |
| 11 January 2008 | Confirmation by the UCI to the NOCs of the number of qualifications obtained |
| 20 June 2008 | Confirmation from the NOCs to the UCI that they will be taking up the places obtained |
| 7 July 2008 | Reallocation of unused places by the UCI as Tripartite Commission invitations and reserve places |
| 23 July 2008 | Deadline for the Beijing 2008 Organising Committee to receive entry forms submitted by the NOCs |
| Code | UCI Rankings by Nation | Athletes qualified | Places taken |
| FRA | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| SUI | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| ESP | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| BEL | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| GER | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| USA | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| NED | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| SWE | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| CAN | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| AUT | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| DEN | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| ITA | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| GBR | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| CZE | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| NZL | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| AUS | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| POL | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| AUS | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| COL | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| UKR | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| BRA | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| CHI | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| RSA | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| IRL | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| Code | Continental Championship | Athletes qualified | Places taken |
| NAM | Africa | 1 | 1 |
| ZIM | 1 | 1 | |
| ARG | America | 1 | 1 |
| CRC | 1 | 1 | |
| CHN | Asia | 1 | 1 |
| HKG | 1 | 1 | |
| Oceania** | 0 | ||
| 0 |
| Code | UCI Ranking by Nation | Athletes qualified | Places taken |
| HUN | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| TUR | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| JPN | 28 | 1 | 1 |
| Code | UCI Rankings by Nation | Athletes qualified | Places taken |
| CHN | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| GER | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| USA | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| CAN | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| NOR | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| POL | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| RUS | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| SUI | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| FRA | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| CZE | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| ESP | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| SLO | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| NED | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| AUT | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| NZL | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| ITA | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| SWE | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| BRA | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| Code | Continental Championship | Athletes qualified | Places taken |
| RSA | Africa | 1 | 1 |
| CHI | America | 1 | 1 |
| JPN | Asia | 1 | 1 |
| AUS | Oceania | 1 | 1 |
| Code | Reserve | Athletes qualified | Places taken |
| SVK | 1st Reserve | 1 | To be confirmed |
| TUR | 2nd Reserve | 1 | To be confirmed |
| GBR | 3rd Reserve | 1 | To be confirmed |
