Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Madison

The men's Madison in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested by 18 cyclists. The Madison race consisted of 200 laps of the track, or 50 kilometres. It was a two-person team event, with a tag-team format used to allow one cyclist to rest while his teammate raced.[1]

Cycling at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road racemenwomen
Time trialmenwomen
Track cycling
Track time trialmenwomen
Individual pursuitmenwomen
Team pursuitmen
Sprintmenwomen
Team sprintmen
Points racemenwomen
Keirinmen
Madisonmen
Mountain biking
Cross-countrymenwomen

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Graeme Brown
and Stuart O'Grady (AUS)		  Franco Marvulli
and Bruno Risi (SUI)		  Rob Hayles
and Bradley Wiggins (GBR)

Results

The Australian team of Stuart O'Grady and Graeme Brown rode consistently to achieve points in seven of the 10 sprints for a total of 22 points and the gold medal. The Swiss team of Franco Marvulli and Bruno Risi finished strongly winning the last three sprints for 15 points and the silver medal. British team of Rob Hayles and Bradley Wiggins achieved 12 points for the bronze medal, despite being in a fall mid-race.

Final results[1]
RankNationCyclist 1Cyclist 2LapsPoints
1 AustraliaGraeme BrownStuart O'Grady22
2  SwitzerlandFranco MarvulliBruno Risi15
3 United KingdomRob HaylesBradley Wiggins12
4 GermanyRobert BartkoGuido Fulst9
5 UkraineVolodymyr RybinVasyl Yakovlev9
6 SpainMiguel AlzamoraJoan Llaneras7
7 New ZealandGreg HendersonHayden Roulston2
8 AustriaRoland GarberFranz Stocher-18
9 ArgentinaJuan CuruchetWalter Pérez-15
10 UruguayTomás MargalefMilton Wynants-13
11 BelgiumMatthew GilmoreIljo Keisse-13
12 KazakhstanIlya ChernyshovYuriy Yuda-12
13 Czech RepublicMilan KadlecPetr Lazar-12
14 NetherlandsRobert SlippensDanny Stam-12
15 SlovakiaMartin LiskaJozef Zabka-25
16 ColombiaLeonardo DuqueJosé Rodolfo Serpa-23
17 RussiaOleg GrishkinAlexey Shmidt-22
DNF FranceJérôme NeuvilleMathieu Ladagnous

References
  1. "Cycling at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Madison". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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