The men's team sprint at the
2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 15 at the
Laoshan Velodrome
The Laoshan Velodrome () is a velodrome that is located in Laoshan, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China. It was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The venue was tested during the UCI Track World Cup in December 2007.
The velodrome hosted track ...
.
After delivering three superb rides in the process, British trio
Chris Hoy,
Jason Kenny
Sir Jason Francis Kenny, (born 23 March 1988) is an English former track cyclist, specialising in the individual and team sprints. Kenny is the holder of most Olympic gold medals (7) and medals (9) for a British athlete. His wife, Laura Ke ...
, 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.
The French threesome of
Grégory Baugé
Grégory Baugé (born 31 January 1985) is a French professional racing cyclist.
Early life
Bauge first took up sport at the age of eight, playing football. His father enrolled him in the Aubergenville cycling school. At that time he took part ...
,
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.
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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.
Schedule
All times are China standard time
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing T ...
(UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
).
Results
Qualification
First round
Medal round
;Bronze medal final[
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References
External links
NBC Olympics: Cycling
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's team sprint
Track cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint
Men's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics