Cycling Track
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List of Events
- • Individual Pursuit Men
- • Sprint indivual Men
- • Keirin Men
- • Team Pursuit (4000m) Men
- • Madison Men
- • Individual pursuit Women
- • Olympic Sprint Men
- • Points race Women
- • Points Race Men
- • Sprint Women
Competition Venues
Hall of Fame
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Athlete numbers:
188 athletes will be participating in cycling track events at the Laoshan Velodrome, including 35 women and 153 men.
- PRINCIPLES
- SYSTEM
- TIMELINE
- MEN
- WOMEN
TRACK:
ATHLETE NUMBERS:
The overall athlete number across the four cycling disciplines is a target total
of 500 athletes (men and women).
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ATHLETES PER NOC
Individual events:An NOC can enter a maximum of 2 riders per individual event, except for the points race, for which the NOC is limited to only 1 rider per event (1 man and 1 woman). Team events: An NOC can enter 1 team per event The total number of riders per NOC for track events is 11 men and 3 women.
ALLOCATION OF QUALIFICATION
Qualification is allocated to the NOC
Track:
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. If an NOC reaches the maximum quota, the place is allocated to the next NOC in the ranking from the competition in question.
QUALIFICATION TIMELINE
Track
| 26-28 July 2007 | 2007 "B" World Championships, Cape Town (RSA) |
| 15 November 2007 | Deadline for the submission of requests for Tripartite Commission Invitation places by all NOCs |
To be confirmed |
Last round of the 2008 World Cup, venue to be confirmed |
| 27-30 March 2008 | 2008 Elite World Championships, Manchester (GBR) |
| 30 March 2008 | Close of the UCI Final Individual Track Ranking 2007-2008 |
| 14 April 2008 | Confirmation from the UCI to the NOCs of the number of places 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 vacant places by the UCI to Tripartite Commission Invitations and reserve places |
| 23 July 2008 | Deadline for the Beijing 2008 Organising Committee to receive entry forms submitted by NOCs |
MEN:
| Men | |||||||||||||
| Country | TS | KE | SP | MAX | TP | IP | MAX | MA | PR | MAX | |||
| 1 | ARG | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | AUS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 3 | BEL | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | BLR | 1* | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5 | BUL | 1* | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6 | CAN | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 7 | CHN | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 8 | COL | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 9 | CUB | ||||||||||||
| 10 | CZE | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 11 | DEN | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 12 | ESA | ||||||||||||
| 13 | ESP | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 14 | EST | 1* | 1 | ||||||||||
| 15 | FRA | 3 | 2 | 2* | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16 | GBR | 3 | 2* | 2* | 5 | 5 | 2* | 6 | 2 | 1* | 3 | ||
| 17 | GER | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 18 | GRE | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 19 | HKG | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 20 | ITA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 21 | JAM | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 22 | JPN | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 23 | LTU | ||||||||||||
| 24 | MAS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 25 | MDA | 1* | 1 | ||||||||||
| 26 | NED | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 27 | NZL | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 28 | POL | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 29 | RSA | 1* | 1 | ||||||||||
| 30 | RUS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 31 | SUI | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 32 | UKR | 5 | 2* | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 33 | UKU | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 34 | USA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| TOTAL | 36 | 24 | 19 | 56 | 50 | 18 | 58 | 30 | 23 | 39 | |||
| Women | |||||||
| Country | SP | MAX | IP | PR | MAX | ||
| 1 | ARG | ||||||
| 2 | AUS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | BEL | ||||||
| 4 | BLR | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | BUL | ||||||
| 6 | CAN | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | CHN | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | ||
| 8 | COL | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 9 | CUB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | CZE | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 11 | DEN | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | ESA | 1* | 1 | 1 | |||
| 13 | ESP | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | EST | ||||||
| 15 | FRA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16 | GBR | 2* | 2 | 2* | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 | GER | ||||||
| 18 | GRE | ||||||
| 19 | HKG | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 20 | ITA | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 21 | JAM | ||||||
| 22 | JPN | 1* | 1 | 1* | 1 | ||
| 23 | LTU | 1 | 1 | 2* | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 | MAS | ||||||
| 25 | MDA | ||||||
| 26 | NED | 2* | 2 | 1* | 1 | ||
| 27 | NZL | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 28 | POL | ||||||
| 29 | RSA | ||||||
| 30 | RUS | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 31 | SUI | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 32 | UKR | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 33 | URU | ||||||
| 34 | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| TOTAL | 12 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 23 | ||
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