Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint

Men's team sprint at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Olympic Track cycling
Venue	Laoshan Velodrome
Dates	August 15
Competitors	39 from 13 nations
Winning time	43.128
Medalists
Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Jamie Staff   Great Britain Grégory Baugé, Kévin Sireau, Arnaud Tournant   France René Enders, Maximilian Levy, Stefan Nimke   Germany
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The men's team sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 15 at the Laoshan Velodrome.

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

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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

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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
	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
	Great Britain	Chris Hoy Jason Kenny Jamie Staff	43.128
	France	Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau Arnaud Tournant	43.651

References

1. "Awesome GB sprint team take gold". BBC Sport. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
2. Williams, Richard (15 August 2008). "Olympics: Britain's cyclists claim sprint gold". The Guardian . Retrieved 15 October 2013.
3. "Track cycling: competition format". Beijing 2008 . NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
4. "Men's Team Sprint Qualification". Beijing 2008 . NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
5. "Men's Team Sprint Semifinals". Beijing 2008 . NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
6. "Men's Team Sprint Final". Beijing 2008 . NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

External links

• NBC 2008 Olympics: Cycling at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2013)