Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country
# Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country

The men's cross-country cycling event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Mountain Bike Centre on 21 August.

The medals were presented by Denis Oswald, IOC member, Switzerland and Brian Cookson, President of the UCI Management Committee.

## Format

The competition began at 12:30 pm with a mass-start. The length of the course was 34.52 km (0.57 km + 7 laps of 4.85 km each).

## Schedule

All times are Brasília time

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 21 August 2016 | 12:30 | Final |

## Start list and result

| No. | Rider | Country | UCI rank | Pos. | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Nino Schurter | Switzerland | 2 | | 1h 33' 28" |
| 1 | Jaroslav Kulhavý | Czech Republic | 8 | | 1h 34' 18" |
| 8 | Carlos Coloma Nicolás | Spain | 12 | | 1h 34' 51" |
| 4 | Maxime Marotte | France | 3 | 4 | 1h 35' 01" |
| 31 | Jhonnatan Botero Villegas | Colombia | 51 | 5 | 1h 35' 44" |
| 13 | Mathias Flückiger | Switzerland | 19 | 6 | 1h 35' 52" |
| 14 | Luca Braidot | Italy | 21 | 7 | 1h 36' 25" |
| 2 | Julien Absalon | France | 1 | 8 | 1h 36' 43" |
| 6 | David Valero | Spain | 9 | 9 | 1h 37' 00" |
| 5 | Victor Koretzky | France | 5 | 10 | 1h 37' 27" |
| 35 | Ruben Scheire | Belgium | 60 | 11 | 1h 37' 36" |
| 18 | Anton Sintsov | Russia | 26 | 12 | 1h 37' 38" |
| 17 | Manuel Fumic | Germany | 25 | 13 | 1h 37' 39" |
| 15 | Ondřej Cink | Czech Republic | 22 | 14 | 1h 38' 18" |
| 16 | José Antonio Hermida | Spain | 24 | 15 | 1h 38' 21" |
| 11 | Daniel McConnell | Australia | 17 | 16 | 1h 38' 42" |
| 32 | Grant Ferguson | Great Britain | 52 | 17 | 1h 39' 10" |
| 40 | Jens Schuermans | Belgium | 84 | 18 | 1h 39' 30" |
| 37 | Andrea Tiberi | Italy | 70 | 19 | 1h 39' 33" |
| 7 | Marco Aurelio Fontana | Italy | 10 | 20 | 1h 40' 25" |
| 22 | Kohei Yamamoto | Japan | 32 | 21 | 1h 40' 34" |
| 25 | Jan Škarnitzl | Czech Republic | 36 | 22 | 1h 41' 11" |
| 10 | Henrique Avancini | Brazil | 16 | 23 | 1h 41' 18" |
| 34 | András Parti | Hungary | 58 | 24 | 1h 41' 20" |
| 9 | Catriel Soto | Argentina | 15 | 25 | 1h 42' 01" |
| 42 | Alan Hatherly | South Africa | 95 | 26 | 1h 42' 03" |
| 36 | Léandre Bouchard | Canada | 65 | 27 | 1h 42' 43" |
| 38 | Moritz Milatz | Germany | 72 | 28 | 1h 43' 14" |
| 28 | Shlomi Haimy | Israel | 48 | 29 | 1h 43' 30" |
| 39 | Rubens Donizete | Brazil | 79 | 30 | 1h 44' 01" |
| 27 | Dimitrios Antoniadis | Greece | 41 | 31 | 1h 44' 17" |
| 46 | Chun Hing Chan | Hong Kong | 267 | 32 | 1h 44' 41" |
| 41 | Andrey Fonseca | Costa Rica | 87 | 33 | 1h 44' 54" |
| 12 | Simon Andreassen | Denmark | 18 | 34 | 1h 47' 44" |
| 50 | Peter Sagan | Slovakia | 900 | 35 | LAP |
| 43 | Scott Bowden | Australia | 101 | 36 | LAP |
| 19 | Sam Gaze | New Zealand | 27 | 37 | LAP |
| 33 | Howard Grotts | United States | 55 | 38 | LAP |
| 24 | Tiago Ferreira | Portugal | 35 | 39 | LAP |
| 30 | Raphaël Gagné | Canada | 50 | 40 | LAP |
| 45 | Nathan Byukusenge | Rwanda | 129 | 41 | LAP |
| 26 | James Reid | South Africa | 40 | 42 | LAP |
| 48 | Wang Zhen | China | 322 | 43 | LAP |
| 20 | David Rosa | Portugal | 29 | 44 | LAP |
| 29 | Lars Forster | Switzerland | 49 | DNF | — |
| 21 | Alexander Gehbauer | Austria | 30 | DNF | — |
| 49 | Peter Lombard II | Guam | 542 | DNF | — |
| 23 | Rudi van Houts | Netherlands | 34 | DNF | — |
| 44 | Phetetso Monese | Lesotho | 112 | DNF | — |
