2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Manchester Velodrome in Manchester, United Kingdom from 26 to 30 March 2008. Eighteen events were scheduled; the women's team pursuit being the only addition from the 2007 championships.

2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueManchester, United Kingdom
Date(s) (2008-03-26 - 2008-03-30)2630 March 2008
VelodromeManchester Velodrome
Events18

As in 2007, the domination of the Great Britain team was clear. Breaking three world records en route, they won eleven medals in total. Indeed, half of the eighteen gold medals on offer were won by the British team.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)92011
2 Netherlands (NED)3328
3 Belarus (BLR)2013
4 France (FRA)1337
5 United States (USA)1113
6 Cuba (CUB)1102
7 New Zealand (NZL)1001
8 Denmark (DEN)0213
9 Lithuania (LTU)0202
10 Germany (GER)0145
11 Australia (AUS)0134
12 China (CHN)0101
 Ukraine (UKR)0101
14 Greece (GRE)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (16 nations)18181854

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Events
Men's sprint
Chris Hoy
 Great Britain
Kévin Sireau
 France
Mickaël Bourgain
 France
Men's 1 km time trial
Teun Mulder
 Netherlands
1:01.332 Michaël D'Almeida
 France
1:01.514 François Pervis
 France
1:01.574
Men's individual pursuit
Bradley Wiggins
 Great Britain
4:18.519 Jenning Huizenga
 Netherlands
4:23.474 Alexei Markov
 Russia
4:21.097
Men's team pursuit
Ed Clancy
Geraint Thomas
Paul Manning
Bradley Wiggins

 Great Britain
3:56.322
WR
Michael Færk Christensen
Casper Jørgensen
Jens-Erik Madsen
Alex Rasmussen
 Denmark
3:59.381 Graeme Brown
Mark Jamieson
Bradley McGee
Luke Roberts
 Australia
4:00.089
Men's team sprint
Grégory Baugé
Kévin Sireau
Arnaud Tournant

 France
43.271 Ross Edgar
Chris Hoy
Jamie Staff
 Great Britain
43.777 Theo Bos
Teun Mulder
Tim Veldt
 Netherlands
43.718
Men's keirin
Chris Hoy
 Great Britain
Teun Mulder
 Netherlands
Christos Volikakis
 Greece
Men's scratch
Aliaksandr Lisouski
 Belarus
Wim Stroetinga
 Netherlands
Roger Kluge
 Germany
Men's points race
Vasil Kiryienka
 Belarus
24 Christophe Riblon
 France
23 Peter Schep
 Netherlands
19
Men's madison
Mark Cavendish
Bradley Wiggins
 Great Britain
19 Roger Kluge
Olaf Pollack
 Germany
13 Michael Mørkøv
Alex Rasmussen
 Denmark
11
Men's omnium
Hayden Godfrey
 New Zealand
19 Leigh Howard
 Australia
28 Aliaksandr Lisouski
 Belarus
35
Women's Events
Women's sprint
Victoria Pendleton
 Great Britain
Simona Krupeckaitė
 Lithuania
Jennie Reed
 United States
Women's 500 m time trial
Lisandra Guerra
 Cuba
34.021 Simona Krupeckaitė
 Lithuania
34.066 Sandie Clair
 France
34.253
Women's individual pursuit
Rebecca Romero
 Great Britain
3:30.501 Sarah Hammer
 United States
3:37.006 Katie Mactier
 Australia
3:32.347
Women's team pursuit
Wendy Houvenaghel
Rebecca Romero
Joanna Rowsell

 Great Britain
3:22.415
WR
Svitlana Halyuk
Lesya Kalytovska
Lyubov Shulika
 Ukraine
3:29.744 Charlotte Becker
Verena Joos
Alexandra Sontheimer
 Germany
3:26.960
Women's team sprint
Victoria Pendleton
Shanaze Reade

 Great Britain
33.661 Gong Jinjie
Zheng Lulu
 China
34.223 Dana Glöss
Miriam Welte
 Germany
34.036
Women's keirin
Jennie Reed
 United States
Victoria Pendleton
 Great Britain
Christin Muche
 Germany
Women's scratch
Ellen van Dijk
 Netherlands
Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso
 Cuba
Belinda Goss
 Australia
Women's points race
Marianne Vos
 Netherlands
33 Trine Schmidt
 Denmark
25 Vera Carrara
 Italy
20

See also

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