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May 24/12 9:28 am - Final MTB Olympic Rankings Released


Posted by Editoress on 05/24/12
 

The UCI has released the final Nation Rankings for the Olympic qualifying period. There has been no change to the number of spots each qualified nation will receive from our previous report after the May 15th rankings (See Daily News - Canada Set for Two Olympic Spots Each for Men & Women in MTB). However, some nations have swapped positions in the standings, based on how they performed in the final World Cup last weekend, in La Bresse, France.

For example, the USA dropped one spot in the men's ranking, while South Africa moved up two. Both nations will still receive two spots. Similarly for the women, the Netherlands moved a spot ahead of New Zealand, but both still have qualified one spot. The full list of nation rankings for women and men is below, with the number of Olympic spots each receives.

Just a reminder that the final ranking is based on the combined total points for each nation over two periods - May 23, 2010 to May 22, 2011 AND May 23, 2011 to May 22, 2012.

Countries have also obtained spots through the 2011 Continental Championships - the winning nation in the women's Championship and the top two nations in the men's receive a spot. However, if the nation has already qualified through nation ranking, then the spot goes to the nation of the next rider at the Championship. It should also be noted that this qualification is for the non-European Continental Championships - Americas, Oceania, Asian and African. A list of which nations have qualified through this process is given here:

 

2011 Continental Championship Women Men
Americas Colombia Colombia, Costa Rica
Asian China China, Hong Kong
African South Africa Namibia, Rwanda
Oceania Australia New Zealand, ?



There is one interesting note - At the 2011 Oceania Championships, only Australia and New Zealand competed, with Australia qualifying through nation rankings, and New Zealand getting the first of the two Continental spots. There is no provision for an automatic nominee for the second spot if none is available through the Continental Championships, so we cannot determine exactly how this will be awarded; the spot could go to the next highest Oceania country in the nations ranking (there isn't one, that we can tell), or to the next highest country in the nations ranking that has not already received a spot (which appears to be Portugal).

In total, this adds up to 30 spots for women and 50 for men. The UCI will confirm to each nation the number of spots it receives by June 1st, and each nation has to confirm whether it intends to use those spots back to the UCI by June 15th. Unused spots will go to a Tripartite Commission, which will reallocate by June 29th.

 

Women Total as of May 23, 2012       Men Total as of May 23, 2012    
Rank Country Points Olympic Spots   Rank Country Points Olympic Spots
1 Canada 7975 2   1 Switzerland 10128 3
2 Switzerland 7561 2   2 France 8298 3
3 France 6963 2   3 Czech Republic 7863 3
4 Poland 6225 2   4 Spain 6339 3
5 United States 6160 2   5 Germany 5999 3
6 Slovenia 5673 2   6 Italy 4873 2
7 Germany 5568 2   7 Netherlands 4420 2
8 Norway 5163 2   8 South Africa 4050 2
9 Russia 4582 1   9 United States 3954 2
10 Czech Republic 4334 1   10 Austria 3910 2
11 Italy 4175 1   11 Canada 3606 2
12 Austria 4065 1   12 Poland 3392 2
13 Netherlands 3541 1   13 Belgium 3249 2
14 New Zealand 3533 1   14 Great Britain 2860 1
15 Ukraine 3373 1   15 Sweden 2590 1
16 Great Britain 3296 1   16 Australia 2541 1
17 Sweden 3151 1   17 Japan 2361 1
18 Denmark 2927 1   18 Brazil 2057 1
19 Hungary 2809 0   19 Ukraine 2048 1
20 Spain 2266 0   20 Hungary 1906 1
21 Australia 2196 1*   21 Russia 1904 1
22 Japan 2135 0   22 Argentina 1841 1
23 Turkey 2114 0   23 Greece 1779 1
24 Slovakia 1932 0   24 Cyprus 1687 1
25 South Africa 1791 1*   25 Portugal 1588 0
26 China 1730 1*   26 Denmark 1544 0
27 Brazil 1644 0   27 New Zealand 1460 1*
28 Israel 1425 0   28 Turkey 1449 0
29 Estonia 1293 0   29 Namibia 1290 1*
30 Argentina 1291 0   30 Finland 1184 0
31 Mexico 1259 0   31 Chile 1156 0
32 Belgium 1163 0   32 Norway 1142 0
33 Colombia 1162 1*   33 Slovakia 1098 0
34 Portugal 987 0   34 Colombia 1067 1*
35 Chile 968 0   35 Estonia 1035 0
36 Costa Rica 863 0   36 Israel 951 0
37 Serbia 846 0   37 Serbia 941 0
38 Venezuela 782 0   38 Costa Rica 805 1*
39 Latvia 732 0   39 Iran 763 0
40 Ireland 685 0   40 Venezuela 746 0
41 Finland 681 0   41 Mexico 743 0
42 Greece 639 0   42 Hong Kong, China 680 1*
43 Puerto Rico 634 0   43 Slovenia 678 0
44 Croatia 564 0   44 China 675 1*
45 El Salvador 540 0   45 Puerto Rico 671 0
46 Cyprus 504 0   46 Kazakhstan 625 0
47 Malaysia 475 0   47 Ireland 612 0
48 Namibia 415 0   48 Croatia 609 0
49 Korea 365 0   49 Latvia 568 0
50 Ecuador 261 0   50 Georgia 557 0
51 San Marino 254 0   51 Romania 556 0
52 Romania 233 0   52 El Salvador 550 0
53 Vietnam 165 0   53 Lesotho 543 0
54 Mauritius 150 0   54 Malaysia 367 0
55 Bulgaria 110 0   55 Zimbabwe 318 0
56 Lesotho 110 0   56 Rwanda 302 1*
57 Zimbabwe 110 0   57 Korea 283 0
58 Dominican Republic 101 0   58 Indonesia 260 0
59 Chinese Taipei 75 0   59 Thailand 260 0
60 Thailand 60 0   60 Mauritius 245 0
61 Nepal 45 0   61 Bulgaria 238 0
62 Malta 36 0   62 Chinese Taipei 77 0
63 Peru 20 0   63 Nepal 74 0
64 Lithuania 12 0   64 Ecuador 68 0
          65 Brunei Darussalam 60 0
          66 Guam 55 0
          67 Philippines 55 0
          68 Guatemala 47 0
          69 Montenegro 46 0
          70 Vietnam 40 0
          71 Luxembourg 32 0
          72 Bolivia 22 0
          73 Singapore 21 0
          74 Honduras 18 0
          75 Lebanon 12 0
          76 Dominican Republic 10 0
          77 Cuba 6 0
          78 Mongolia 2 0
          79 Belarus 1 0



*  Qualifed through Continental Championship

 

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