The men's

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event at the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

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took place at the

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on 21 August. The medals were presented by Denis Oswald, IOC

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, Switzerland and

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, 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

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Start list and result

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's cross-country Men's cross-country Cycling at the Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country 2016 in mountain biking Men's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics