2012 Mar del Plata
Cycling at the Pan American Games
International sporting event
Cycling competitions at the Pan American Games in Toronto were held July 10 to 25, at four different venues.[1] The BMX competitions took place at the Centennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre in Toronto, the mountain biking competitions happened at the Hardwood Ski and Bike (Hardwood Mountain Bike Park) in Oro-Medonte, due to naming rights the venue was known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] The road races happened in the streets of Downtown Toronto with the start and finish being adjacent to the Ontario Place West Channel.
Finally the track cycling events occurred at the Milton Velodrome in Milton. The road cycling time trials happened in the streets surrounding the velodrome (Milton Time Trial Course).[3]
Competition schedule
The following was the competition schedule for the cycling competitions:[4]
| Q | Qualification | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
FL = Flying Lap, PR = Points Race, ER = Elimination Race, IP = Individual Pursuit, SR = Scratch Race, TT = Time Trial
Medal table
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Medalists
BMX
Mountain biking
Road cycling
Track cycling
Participation
A total of 24 countries qualified athletes.
Njisane phillip biography graphic organizer Njisane Nicholas Phillip (born 29 May ) is a former Trinidadian track cyclist active from until [1] Born in Siparia, he competed for Trinidad and Tobago at the Summer Olympics, where he achieved a fourth place finish in the individual sprint, as well as at the 20Commonwealth Games.The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
Qualification
Main article: Cycling at the Pan American Games – Qualification
A total of cyclists qualified to compete at the games ( in road and track combined, 36 in mountain biking and 38 in BMX). A nation was able to enter at most 24 athletes (16 among road and track cycling, four in mountain biking and four in BMX).
The host nation (Canada) automatically entered a full team of 24 athletes (14 male and 10 female).[5]