UCI released mountain bike nation spots for the 2012 Olympic Games
The final list of mountain bike spots given to each country for the 2012 Olympic Games has been released by the UCI.
The list has been finalised after adding the total points earned b y each nation in the past year, from May 23, 2011 to May 23 2012.
In case any two nations have the similar amount of points, the decision is made by calculating the UCI Nations Rankings for the specific time.
The 2012 London Olympics gala will begin on July 28 in London and the event will finally conclude on August 12, 2012 in Essex.
The Olympic mountain bike event is scheduled on August 11 and August 12 at Hadleigh in Essex and the final listing of the riders will be announced later.
A total number of 50 men and 30 women have been allocated for the coming race and the final list of the Men and Women qualifying nations is as under,
Men Olympic qualifying list
1
Switzerland
3
2
France
3
3
Czech Republic
3
4
Spain
3
5
Germany
3
6
Italy
2
7
Netherlands
2
8
South Africa
2
9
United States of America
2
10
Austria
2
11
Canada
2
12
Poland
2
13
Belgium
2
14
Great Britain
1
15
Sweden
1
16
Australia
1
17
Japan
1
18
Brazil
1
19
Ukraine
1
20
Hungary
1
21
Russian Federation
1
22
Argentina
1
23
Greece
1
24
Cyprus
1
25
Namibia (Africa)
1
26
Rwanda (Africa)
1
27
Colombia (America)
1
28
Costa Rica (America)
1
29
Hong Kong, China (Asia)
1
30
People's Republic of China (Asia)
1
31
New Zealand (Oceania)
1
32
Guam
1
Women Olympic qualifying list
1
Canada
2
2
Switzerland
2
3
France
2
4
Poland
2
5
United States of America
2
6
Slovenia
2
7
Germany
2
8
Norway
2
9
Russian Federation
1
10
Czech Republic
1
11
Italy
1
12
Austria
1
13
Netherlands
1
14
New Zealand
1
15
Ukraine
1
16
Great Britain
1
17
Sweden
1
18
Denmark
1
19
South Africa (Africa)
1
20
Colombia (America)
1
21
People's Republic of China (Asia)
1
22
Australia (Oceania)
1
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