# How many riders line up at each National Championship?

*By Simon | April 23, 2026*

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## 󠀁[How many riders line up at each National Championship?](https://globalkeirin.com/2026/04/how-many-riders-line-up-at-each-national-championship/)󠁿

23 April 2026

In several _Global Keirin_ articles lately, we have reflected on the relative
strengths and weaknesses of different countries. Some boast dozens of
international-class riders; some literally only have one. So we wondered… how
many riders show up at each country’s National Championships?

The necessary data is – or certainly should be – published in Dataride, the
UCI’s database of riders and results. But the UCI website only offers certain
views of the data. If you wanted to analyse it from another angle, you’d have to
draw it down and do it yourself. _So we did._ 😇

A few things jump out:

- The strength of **Great Britain**: it had the largest total combined entry
  across the 4 events, with 49 men in the sprint, and 22 women in keirin, both
  the biggest entries in the world for those races last year. Second is
  **China**, and third is **India**, two countries with populations well over a
  billion – and approximately 22x more than GB.
- **India**, **Brazil**, **Iran** and **Pakistan** all show high total turnouts,
  without yet translating that participation into global success.
- Based on the Dataride information, only one woman showed up for the national
  sprint championships in **Barbados** (
  [Amber Joseph](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/amber-joseph/)),
  **South Africa** (
  [Amber Hindmarch](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/amber-hindmarch/)) and
  **Suriname** ([Tachana Dalger](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/tachana-dalger/)
  ). Joseph and Dalger were also unopposed in keirin.
- There seem to have been four national keirin titles – **Israel** men, and
  women in **Serbia**, **Norway** and **Uzbekistan** – where only two riders
  participated. The dynamics of those races must have been a little odd. And of
  course: if anyone else had shown up, they would have taken home a medal.
- There are a _remarkable_ number of zeroes in this table – where a country
  literally has no men, or no women sprinters, or perhaps no championship event.
  **Bulgaria**, **Denmark**, **Israel**, **Jamaica**, **Slovenia**,
  **Switzerland** and **Uruguay** don’t seem to have had either a sprint or
  keirin competition for women. **Barbados**, **Serbia** and **Suriname** have
  no male sprint or keirin champions. **Belgium** didn’t hold a keirin event?
- And then there are the countries who aren’t listed at all. Apart from South
  Africa, there are no African results listed. Quite a few countries held
  national championships for endurance events, but no sprints. **Mexico** and
  **Egypt** have submitted 2026 championship results, so maybe it was a data
  entry issue.

<table><thead><tr><th>Country</th><th>M Sprint</th><th>M Keirin</th><th>F Sprint</th><th>F Keirin</th><th>UCI pages</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>🇦🇺 Australia</td><td>18</td><td>16</td><td>13</td><td>13</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74492?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇧🇧 Barbados</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/75477?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇧🇪 Belgium</td><td>12</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74485?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇧🇷 Brazil</td><td>28</td><td>11</td><td>9</td><td>7</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/75748?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇧🇬 Bulgaria</td><td>20</td><td>12</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/75482?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇨🇦 Canada</td><td>20</td><td>14</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74483?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇨🇱 Chile</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76047?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇨🇳 China</td><td>27</td><td>23</td><td>25</td><td>19</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76211?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇨🇴 Colombia</td><td>18</td><td>18</td><td>11</td><td>11</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76628?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇨🇿 Czechia</td><td>9</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76319?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇩🇰 Denmark</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/78037?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇪🇸 Spain</td><td>16</td><td>13</td><td>5</td><td>9</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76094?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇫🇷 France</td><td>21</td><td>21</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74481?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇬🇧 Great Britain</td><td>49</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>22</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74487?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇩🇪 Germany</td><td>14</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76586?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a>, <a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76437?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇬🇷 Greece</td><td>23</td><td>14</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76045?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇭🇰 Hong Kong</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76252?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇭🇺 Hungary</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76471?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇮🇳 India</td><td>25</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>15</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/77016?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇮🇷 Iran</td><td>11</td><td>12</td><td>17</td><td>9</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76574?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇮🇪 Ireland</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74504?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇮🇱 Israel</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74489?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇯🇲 Jamaica</td><td>8</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76535?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇯🇵 Japan</td><td>24</td><td>17</td><td>9</td><td>6</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74503?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇰🇿 Kazakhstan</td><td>9</td><td>10</td><td>6</td><td>11</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/75437?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇰🇷 Korea</td><td>24</td><td>23</td><td>11</td><td>13</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/75959?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇲🇾 Malaysia</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74497?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇳🇱 Netherlands</td><td>9</td><td>10</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/78286?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇳🇴 Norway</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76321?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇳🇿 New Zealand</td><td>11</td><td>11</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74488?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇵🇰 Pakistan</td><td>17</td><td>9</td><td>10</td><td>5</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/75932?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇵🇾 Paraguay</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74499?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇵🇪 Peru</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>10</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/75556?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇵🇱 Poland</td><td>13</td><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>11</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76129?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇷🇴 Romania</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/75680?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇿🇦 South Africa</td><td>11</td><td>7</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74493?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇸🇮 Slovenia</td><td>8</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/75476?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇷🇸 Serbia</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/75718?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇨🇭 Switzerland</td><td>13</td><td>12</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76254?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a>, <a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76255?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇸🇷 Suriname</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/75957?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇹🇭 Thailand</td><td>4</td><td>11</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/75307?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76146?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago</td><td>9</td><td>10</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/75478?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇺🇦 Ukraine</td><td>10</td><td>14</td><td>7</td><td>11</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74502?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇺🇾 Uruguay</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76675?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇺🇸 United States</td><td>24</td><td>18</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76210?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇺🇿 Uzbekistan</td><td>5</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/76164?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr><tr><td>🇻🇪 Venezuela</td><td>12</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td><a href="https://dataride.uci.ch//iframe/competitionresults/74505?disciplineid=9"><u>Link</u></a></td></tr></tbody></table>

_Entries to 2025 sprint & keirin national championships (CN). Data from dataride.uci.ch_

This analysis has been produced and published in good faith by _Global Keirin_,
based on data published online by the UCI. We can’t rule out the possibility of
human error in our processing: please let us know if you see an issue. Incorrect
uploading of individual events, or omissions from the Dataride database are
beyond our control.

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