The men's Madison in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested by 18 teams, 36 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.
Patrick Sercu was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the sprint in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx. He also won six stages at the Tour de France and eleven stages at the Giro d'Italia.
Gregor Braun is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989 and who became a multiple Olympic Gold medaillist and track world champion. his profession was a locksmith.
Marco Villa is an Italian former professional road and track cyclist. He won the bronze medal in the men's Madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia alongside Silvio Martinello. He was a professional rider from 1993 to 2004.
Robert Bartko is a German former road and track cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2014. Born in the former East Germany, Bartko won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia: in the individual and in the team pursuit.
Danny Stam is a Dutch former racing cyclist, who specialised in Six-day racing track cycling. He is nicknamed "De kleine diesel". He currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime.
Leif Lampater is a German former professional racing cyclist. He competed in the men's team pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Franco Marvulli is a Swiss former professional racing cyclist. He won a silver medal in the Madison with Bruno Risi at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also a two time world champion in both the Madison, also with Bruno Risi, and in the scratch. He was also a successful six-day racer. He retired in January 2014, with his last race being the Six Days of Berlin.
Roger Kluge is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Rad-Net Oßwald. Kluge left NetApp–Endura at the end of the 2013 season, and joined IAM Cycling for the 2014 season. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's points race.
Anthony Paul Doyle was a British professional cyclist.
Etienne De Wilde is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. De Wilde won races on the road and on the track. He won a silver medal in the madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Kurt Betschart born 25 August 1968 in Erstfeld Switzerland is a former professional cyclist. He was a Six Day Track specialist holding a world record 37 victories with the same partner, Bruno Risi. He had a total of 47 professional victories and represented Switzerland at the Olympic games. After sixteen years in professional cycling Kurt retired on 26 July 2006.
Scott Anthony McGrory is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
Elia Viviani is an Italian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Giro d'Italia, winning stage 2 in a bunch sprint before Moreno Hofland and André Greipel.
Graeme Gilmore is an Australian retired track cyclist. He is the father of Belgian racing cyclist Matthew Gilmore and brother in law of British racing cyclist Tom Simpson.
Andreas Müller is a German-born Austrian professional racing cyclist. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Roman Hermann is a Liechtensteiner former cyclist. He is the brother of fellow cyclists Sigmund und Peter Hermann.
Josef Kristen is a German former professional track cyclist.
Marcel Kalz is a German former road and track cyclist.
