Cycling at the Pan American Games

Cycling at the Pan American Games
No. of events22 (men: 11; women: 11)

Cycling has been contested at the Pan American Games since the inaugural games in, 1951, without ever leaving the program.[1][2][3]

The next edition of the games will take place in 2027 in Barranquilla, Colombia. In 2019, 22 medal events were contested, four in BMX, two in mountain biking, four in road cycling, and 12 in track cycling. A total of 250 cyclists qualified to compete at those games.[4]

In 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made several changes to its sports program, which were subsequently implemented for these games. Included in this was the addition of BMX freestyle events for the first time to the Pan American Games sports program. Also added was the addition of the Madison event in track cycling event for men and women.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Pan American Games Medalists: Mountain Biking". Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  2. ^ "Pan American Games Cycling Medalists". Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  3. ^ "Pan American Games BMX Cycling". Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  4. ^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Tokyo 2020 event programme to see major boost for female, youth and urban appeal". www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  6. ^ Mather, Victor (9 June 2017). "Olympics Adds 3-on-3 Basketball and Mixed Gender Relays". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 December 2017.