Cycling has a long history in the Olympic Games, and while the cycling events have changed since the first Games held in Athens in 1896, there are still many records to be matched or broken.
Most of the featured cycling disciplines in the modern Olympics are a million miles away from what the original Olympians in Sparta were competing for two thousand or more years ago.
Cycling has become a mainstay of Olympic competition, as both road and track racing grew in popularity in the mid-20th Century and technology vastly altered the sport.
Mountain biking joined the competition in Atlanta in 1996 and BMX made the cut in Beijing in 2008.
However, as the new sports entered, track cycling lost some events, had some rejoin, and the schedule coalesced into the current menu of six medal events for men and women, three each in sprint and endurance events.
Road cycling has two medal events for men and women, the road race and individual time trial, while mountain biking, BMX and BMX Freestyle each have one event for men and women.
Of the current Olympic cycling disciplines, track cycling offers the statisticians the most fertile ground for analysing performances year to year and create official records for both the Olympic Games and the World Championships.
Olympic track cycling records
Men's Olympic track cycling records
Women's Olympic track cycling records
Men's track cycling world records
Women's track cycling world records
Most Olympic track cycling medals won by nation
Most Olympic road cycling medals won by nation
Most Olympic MTB medals won by nation
Most Olympic BMX medals won by nation
Most Olympic BMX Freestyle medals by nation
Overall Olympic cycling medals by nation
Who has won the most Olympic medals in cycling?
Jason Kenny (Great Britain) holds the records for both gold medals won at the Olympics with 7 and total number of medals with 9, including two silver.
Keeping it in the family, his wife Laura Kenny has won five golds and a silver, making her the most successful British athlete in Olympic history with 6 total medals.
