Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint

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Men's team sprint cycling
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Velopark
Date2 August
Competitors30 from 10 nations
Winning time42.600 WR , OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Grégory Bauge
Michaël D'Almeida
Kévin Sireau
Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg René Enders
Maximilian Levy
Robert Förstemann
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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The men's cycling team sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 2 August. [1]

The Great Britain team consisting of Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny won the gold medal in world record-breaking time. Grégory Bauge, Michaël D'Almeida and Kévin Sireau from France took silver, and the bronze medal was won by Germany's René Enders, Maximilian Levy and Robert Förstemann.

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. [2]

Great Britain's team consisting of Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny won the gold medal with a time of 42.6 seconds, breaking the world record. France won the silver medal and Germany took bronze.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time.

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 2 August 201216:15Qualifications and final

Results

Qualification

Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny Hoy & Kenny.jpg
Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny
RankHeatCountryCyclistsResultNotes
15Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny
43.065Q, OR
24Flag of France.svg  France Grégory Baugé
Michaël D'Almeida
Kévin Sireau
43.097Q
34Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Matthew Glaetzer
Shane Perkins
Scott Sunderland
43.377Q
43Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Sergey Borisov
Denis Dmitriev
Sergey Kucherov
43.681Q, NR
55Flag of Germany.svg  Germany René Enders
Robert Förstemann
Maximilian Levy
43.710Q
62Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Cheng Changsong
Zhang Lei
Zhang Miao
43.751Q
73Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Eddie Dawkins
Ethan Mitchell
Simon van Velthooven
44.175Q
82Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Seiichiro Nakagawa
Yudai Nitta
Kazunari Watanabe
44.324Q
91Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Hersony Canelón
César Marcano
Angel Polgar
44.654 NR
101Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Maciej Bielecki
Damian Zieliński
Kamil Kuczyński
44.712

First round

RankHeatCountryCyclistsResultNotes
14Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny
42.747Q, WR , OR
23Flag of France.svg  France Grégory Baugé
Michaël D'Almeida
Kévin Sireau
42.991Q, NR
31Flag of Germany.svg  Germany René Enders
Robert Förstemann
Maximilian Levy
43.178Q
42Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Matthew Glaetzer
Shane Perkins
Scott Sunderland
43.261Q, OC
53Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Eddie Dawkins
Ethan Mitchell
Simon van Velthooven
43.495 NR
62Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Cheng Changsong
Zhang Lei
Zhang Miao
43.505 AS
71Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Sergey Borisov
Denis Dmitriev
Sergey Kucherov
43.909
84Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Seiichiro Nakagawa
Yudai Nitta
Kazunari Watanabe
43.964 NR

Finals

Bronze medal final

RankCountryCyclistsResultNotes
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany René Enders
Robert Förstemann
Maximilian Levy
43.209
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Matthew Glaetzer
Shane Perkins
Scott Sunderland
43.355

Gold medal final

RankCountryCyclistsResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny
42.600 WR , OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France Grégory Baugé
Michaël D'Almeida
Kévin Sireau
43.013

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