Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint
The men's team sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 15 at the Laoshan Velodrome.
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| Venue | Laoshan Velodrome | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 15 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 43.128 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Road race | men | women |
| Time trial | men | women |
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| Individual pursuit | men | women |
| Team pursuit | men | |
| Sprint | men | women |
| Team sprint | men | |
| Points race | men | women |
| Keirin | men | |
| Madison | men | |
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| Cross-country | men | women |
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| BMX | men | women |
After delivering three superb rides in the process, British trio Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, and Jamie Staff defeated France by a 0.523-second margin to dominate the team sprint final with a gold-medal time in 43.128.[1][2] The French threesome of Grégory Baugé, Kévin Sireau, and Arnaud Tournant took home the silver in 43.651, while Germany's René Enders, Maximilian Levy, and Stefan Nimke edged out the Aussies by eight hundredths of a second for the bronze in 44.014.[1]
Competition format
A men's team sprint race consists of a three-lap race between two teams of three cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. Each member of the team must lead for one of the laps.
The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top eight teams advanced to the first round. The first round comprised head-to-head races based on seeding (1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, etc.). The winners of those four heats advanced to the medal round, with the two fastest winners competing in the gold medal final and the two slower winners facing off for bronze.[3]
Schedule
All times are China standard time (UTC+8).
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, August 15, 2008 | 16:15 | Qualifications and final |
Results
Qualification
| Rank | Heat | Country | Cyclists | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |  Great Britain |
Chris Hoy Jason Kenny Jamie Staff |
42.950 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 7 |  France |
Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau Arnaud Tournant |
43.541 | Q |
| 3 | 6 |  Germany |
René Enders Maximilian Levy Stefan Nimke |
44.197 | Q |
| 4 | 7 |  Netherlands |
Theo Bos Teun Mulder Tim Veldt |
44.213 | Q |
| 5 | 5 |  Australia |
Daniel Ellis Mark French Shane Kelly |
44.335 | Q |
| 6 | 1 |  Japan |
Kiyofumi Nagai Tomohiro Nagatsuka Kazunari Watanabe |
44.454 | Q |
| 7 | 3 |  Malaysia |
Azizulhasni Awang Josiah Ng Mohd Rizal Tisin |
44.752 | Q |
| 8 | 2 |  United States |
Michael Blatchford Adam Duvendeck Giddeon Massie |
45.346 | Q |
| 9 | 4 |  China |
Feng Yong Li Wenhao Zhang Lei |
45.556 | |
| 10 | 3 |  Greece |
Athanasios Mantzouranis Vasileios Reppas Panagiotis Voukelatos |
45.645 | |
| 11 | 2 |  Czech Republic |
Tomáš Bábek Adam Ptáčník Denis Špička |
45.678 | |
| 12 | 5 |  Russia |
Sergey Polynskiy Denis Dmitriev Sergey Kucherov |
45.964 | |
| 13 | 1 |  Poland |
Maciej Bielecki Kamil Kuczyński Łukasz Kwiatkowski |
45.266 |
First round
| Rank | Heat | Country | Cyclists | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Great Britain |
Chris Hoy Jason Kenny Jamie Staff |
43.034 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | France |
Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau Arnaud Tournant |
43.656 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Germany |
René Enders Maximilian Levy Stefan Nimke |
43.699 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Australia |
Daniel Ellis Mark French Shane Kelly |
44.090 | Q, OC |
| 5 | 1 | Netherlands |
Theo Bos Teun Mulder Tim Veldt |
44.212 | |
| 6 | 2 | Japan |
Kiyofumi Nagai Tomohiro Nagatsuka Kazunari Watanabe |
44.437 | NR |
| 7 | 3 | Malaysia |
Azizulhasni Awang Josiah Ng Mohd Rizal Tisin |
44.822 | |
| 8 | 4 | United States |
Michael Blatchford Adam Duvendeck Giddeon Massie |
45.423 |
Medal round
- Bronze medal final[6]
| Rank | Country | Cyclists | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Germany |
René Enders Maximilian Levy Stefan Nimke |
44.014 | |
| 4 | Australia |
Daniel Ellis Mark French Shane Kelly |
44.022 | OC |
- Gold medal final[6]
| Rank | Country | Cyclists | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Great Britain |
Chris Hoy Jason Kenny Jamie Staff |
43.128 | |
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France |
Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau Arnaud Tournant |
43.651 |
References
- "Awesome GB sprint team take gold". BBC Sport. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- Williams, Richard (15 August 2008). "Olympics: Britain's cyclists claim sprint gold". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- "Track cycling: competition format". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- "Men's Team Sprint Qualification". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- "Men's Team Sprint Semifinals". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- "Men's Team Sprint Final". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.