Rio Olympic Places - What Nations?

2016 Rio Olympics – Are these the 48 riders going?

31 MAY 2016

Based on the UCI points released today, 31st May 2016, and the results from Medellín, Colombia at the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships, we think these are the Nations that have secured places for the Rio Olympics this August. The 48 riders (32 Men & 16 Women) listed below are our guess at who each country will send … it is of course up to individual Nations to select any rider they wish, once they have the minimum 10 UCI points required.

See UCI BMX Rider Rankings & Olympic Nation Rankings HERE (released 31st May 2016).

Download the UCI Olympic Qualification Rules HERE.

PLEASE NOTE: These places have not yet been confirmed by the UCI. Official announcement of Olympic places should be announced by the UCI on June 7th 2016.

Elite Men (32)

HOST NATION

01 | BRAZIL | Rezende

QUALIFICATION BY NATION RANKING

02 | USA | Fields
03 | USA | Long
04 | USA | Sharrah
05 | HOLLAND | Kimmann
06 | HOLLAND | Van Gendt
07 | HOLLAND | Van Gorkom
08 | AUSTRAILA | Willoughby
09 | AUSTRAILA | Dean
10 | AUSTRAILA | Turner
11 | FRANCE | Daudet
12 | FRANCE | Mir
13 | FRANCE | Andre
14 | GREAT BRITAIN | Phillips
15 | GREAT BRITAIN | Evans
16 | LATVIA | Stromburgs
17 | LATVIA | Treimanis
18 | COLOMBIA | Oquendo
19 | COLOMBIA | Ramirez
20 | ARGENTINA | Molina
21 | SWITZERLAND | Graf
22 | CANADA | Nyhaug
23 | NEW ZEALAND | Jones
24 | JAPAN | Nagasako

REALLOCATED PLACE FROM BRAZIL (next highest ranked nation)

25 | EQUADOR | Campo

QUALIFICATION BY INDIVIDUAL RANKING (4 Places)

26 | RUSSIA | Komarov
27 | GERMANY | Brethauer
28 | NORWAY | Navrestad
29 | DENMARK | Laustsen

QUALIFICATION AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (3 Places)

30 | VENEZUELA | Milano (8th in quarter final)
31 | SOUTH AFRICA | Dodd (5th in eight final)
32 | CHILE | Palominos (7th in eight final)

NOTE: These places are based on how we assume the reallocation of Brazil’s qualification spot will be reallocated. If the host spot is reallocated at the end of the process, Chile would lose out to Indonesia as they would be the next highest ranked NOC.

Elite Women (16)

HOST NATION

01 | BRAZIL | Stevaux

QUALIFICATION BY NATION RANKING

02 | AUSTRAILA | Buchanan
03 | AUSTRAILA | Reynolds
04 | USA | Post
05 | USA | Crain
06 | HOLLAND | Smulders
07 | HOLLAND | Van Benthem
08 | COLOMBIA | Pajon
09 | FRANCE | Valentino
10 | VENEZUELA | Hernandez
11 | RUSSIA | Bondarenko

QUALIFICATION BY INDIVIDUAL RANKING (3 Places)

12 | BELGIUM | Vanhoof
13 | DENMARK | Christensen
14 | ARGENTINA | Diaz

QUALIFICATION AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (2 Places)

15 | GERMANY | Pries (6th in semi final)
16 | LITHUANIA | Rimsaite (5th in quarter final)

NOTE: If Brazil’s qualified spot at the Worlds (Stevaux 8th in semi) is counted, even though Brazil would have previously qualified, and that place is redistributed to the next highest ranked NOC it would go to Thailand, meaning Lithuania would lose out.