A total of 250 cyclists qualified to compete at those games.

[4] In 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made several changes to its sports program, which were subsequently implemented for these games.

Included in this was the addition of BMX freestyle events for the first time to the Pan American Games sports program.

The men's individual time trial has been run at every Games since 1951.

The women's individual time trial was introduced at the 1995 Games, and has been run ever since.