Cycling competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile will be held at five venues across Santiago. The BMX racing competitions will be held in the BMX Track in Peñalolén, while the Esplanade of urban sports will feature freestyle BMX events. San Cristobal Metropolitan Park will stage the mountain biking competitions, and the Streets of Isla de Maipo and Santiago will stage the road competitions. Finally the velodrome will stage the track cycling competitions.[1]
| Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games | |
|---|---|
     Cycling pictograms | |
| Venue | Circuito BMX (BMX) Esplanade of Urban Sports (BMX freestyle) Morro Solar (mountain biking) Circuito San Miguel (road) Velódromo Peñalolén (track) |
| Start date | October 21, 2023 |
| End date | November 5, 2023 |
| No. of events | 22 (11 men, 11 women) |
| Competitors | 283 from 26 nations |
«2019 2027» | |
22 medal events will contested, four in BMX, two in mountain biking and four in road cycling and 12 in track cycling. Each discipline is gender neutral in terms of events. A total of 250 cyclists qualified to compete at the games.[2]
Qualification
editA total of 283 cyclists (142 men and 141 women) will qualify to compete. 187 will qualify in road/track, 36 in mountain biking and 60 in BMX. Various events and rankings were used to determine the qualifiers. A nation could enter a maximum of 34 athletes, four in mountain biking (two per gender), six in BMX (three per gender) 18 in track (nine per gender) and six in road (three per gender). Chile as host nation, was automatically awarded the maximum quota of 34 spots.[2]
Medal summary
editMedal table
edit* Host nation (Chile)
| Rank | NOC's | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Colombia | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 |  Canada | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 |  United States | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 |  Mexico | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 |  Ecuador | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 |  Peru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Chile* | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 |  Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Suriname | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Brazil | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 |  Bermuda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 | |
Medalists
editBMX
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's racing |
Kamren Larsen United States
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Cameron Wood United States
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Carlos Ramírez Colombia
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| Women's racing |
Mariana Pajón Colombia
|
Molly Simpson Canada
|
Gabriela Bolle Colombia
|
BMX freestyle
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's freestyle |
José Torres Argentina
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José Manuel Cedano Chile
|
Gustavo Oliveira Brazil
|
| Women's freestyle |
Hannah Roberts United States
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Macarena Perez Grasset Chile
|
Katherine Díaz Venezuela
|
Mountain biking
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's cross-country |
Gunnar Holmgren Canada
|
Martín Vidaurre Chile
|
José Gabriel Marques Brazil
|
| Women's cross-country |
Jennifer Jackson Canada
|
Catalina Vidaurre Chile
|
Raiza Goulão Brazil
|
Road cycling
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's road race |
Jhonatan Narváez Ecuador
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Eduardo Sepúlveda Argentina
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Eric Fagúndez Uruguay
| |||
| Women's road race |
Lauren Stephens United States
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Miryam Núñez Ecuador
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Agua Marina Espínola Paraguay
| |||
| Men's time trial |
Walter Vargas Colombia
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Richard Carapaz Ecuador
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Conor White Bermuda
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| Women's time trial |
Kristen Faulkner United States
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Arlenis Sierra Cuba
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Aranza Villalón Chile
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Track cycling
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Venues". www.santiago2023.org. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.