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 trac ...
.
After delivering three superb rides in the process, British trio
Chris Hoy
Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy MBE (born 23 March 1976) is a former track cyclist and Racing driver from Scotland who represented Great Britain at the Olympic and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
Hoy is eleven-times a w ...
,
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 Ken ...
, and
Jamie Staff
Jamie Alan Staff MBE (born 30 April 1973) is an English racing cyclist and coach, formerly on BMX and later on the track. A World and Olympic champion, he has also won numerous other medals at World Championships, World Cups and at the Commonwe ...
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 par ...
,
Kévin Sireau, and
Arnaud Tournant
Arnaud Tournant (born 5 April 1978) is a French track cyclist. He has won 14 World Championships (record of men) and won a gold, silver and a bronze at the Summer Olympics.
Biography
Tournant was born in Roubaix, near the border with Belgium, an ...
took home the silver in 43.651, while Germany's
René Enders
René Enders (born 13 February 1987) is a German track cyclist. He won two bronze Olympic medals with the German team in the team sprint: in 2008 and in 2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Co ...
,
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 UTC offset, 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 '' ...
(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[
]
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