Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
Summary
Following publication of full track cycling quotas - 25 April 2012.Although in theory an NOC is entitled to qualify up to one place per track event for a total of eighteen quota places, a limit of 14 riders is placed on each NOC, with the possibility of drafting in two further riders from other cycling events. For certain countries, therefore, the number of quota places won will significantly exceed the numbers of riders qualified.
Similarly, the cyclists who compete in the road time trial must also compete in the road race event; thus an NOC may win 2 quota places, but be allowed to take only one rider.
;Legend
- TS — Team Sprint
- KE — Keirin
- SP — Sprint
- TP — Team Pursuit
- OM — Omnium
- RR — Road Race
- TT — Individual Time Trial
- Q — Quotas
- R — Riders
Qualification timeline
Track cycling
Qualification is entirely based on the Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012. NOCs are limited to one rider or team per event, 9 men / 7 women in total. Within these limits, riders who have qualified in one cycling event will have the right to enter others.Men's Team Sprint
Teams are of 3 riders| Event | Ranking by Nation | Qualified | Teams per NOC |
| Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 | 1 to 10 | | 1 |
| Total | 10 |
Men's Sprint
Men's Keirin
Men's Team Pursuit
Teams are of 4 riders| Event | Ranking by Nation | Qualified | Teams per NOC |
| Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 | 1 to 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 10 |
Men's Omnium
Women's Team Sprint
Teams are of 2 riders| Event | Ranking by Nation | Qualified | Teams per NOC |
| Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 | 1 to 10 | | 1 |
| Total | 10 |
Women's Sprint
Women's Keirin
Women's Team Pursuit
Teams are of 3 riders| Event | Ranking by Nation | Qualified | Teams per NOC |
| Olympic Track Ranking 2010–2012 | 1 to 10 | | 1 |
| Total | 10 |
Women's Omnium
Road cycling
Men's road race
Men's Individual Time Trial
Women's Road Race
* As other quota places are awarded to ranked athletes, the quota places for the ranked NOCs will be decreased to keep the total number of athletes constant.**If, among the riders occupying the qualification places, there are athletes representing an NOC
already qualified according to criterion n°1, it is the NOC whose rider who is ranked in the next place
in the competition concerned who will benefit from the right to participate.