The men's Madison in cycling

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre ....

 at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 was contested by 18 cyclists. The Madison

Madison (cycling)

The madison is a team event in track cycling, named after the first Madison Square Garden in New York, and known as the "American race" in French and in Italian and Spanish as Americana.-History:...

 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.

Medalists

Results

The Australia

Australia

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n team of Stuart O'Grady

Stuart O'Grady

Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...

 and Graeme Brown

Graeme Brown

Graeme Allen Brown OAM is a professional cyclist and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.-Cycling career - road and track:...

 rode consistently to achieve points in seven of the 10 sprints for a total of 22 points and the gold medal

Gold medal

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. The Swiss

Switzerland

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 team of Franco Marvulli

Franco Marvulli

Franco Marvulli is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.-Palmares:20002001Franco Marvulli is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.-Palmares:2000...

 and Bruno Risi

Bruno Risi

Bruno Risi is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.He is the ninth Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics , after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul...

 finished strongly winning the last three sprints for 15 points and the silver medal

Silver medal

A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....

. British

United Kingdom

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 team of Rob Hayles

Rob Hayles

Robert John Hayles is a track and road racing cyclist, riding for Great Britain and England on the track and his professional team Endura Racing on the road. Hayles rides the team pursuit and madison events....

 and Bradley Wiggins

Bradley Wiggins

Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....

 achieved 12 points for the bronze medal

Bronze medal

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, despite being in a fall mid-race.

Final results

Rank	Nation	Cyclist 1	Cyclist 2	Laps	Points
1		Graeme Brown Graeme Brown Graeme Allen Brown OAM is a professional cyclist and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.-Cycling career - road and track:...	Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...		22
2		Franco Marvulli Franco Marvulli Franco Marvulli is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.-Palmares:20002001Franco Marvulli is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.-Palmares:2000...	Bruno Risi Bruno Risi Bruno Risi is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.He is the ninth Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics , after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul...		15
3		Rob Hayles Rob Hayles Robert John Hayles is a track and road racing cyclist, riding for Great Britain and England on the track and his professional team Endura Racing on the road. Hayles rides the team pursuit and madison events....	Bradley Wiggins Bradley Wiggins Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....		12
4		Robert Bartko Robert Bartko Robert Bartko is a road bicycle and track cyclist from Germany, who was born in the former East Germany. He won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia: in the individual and in the team pursuit...	Guido Fulst Guido Fulst Guido Fulst is a German racing cyclist, who competed for the SG Dynamo Wernigerode, SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won many titles during his career.- External links :*...		9
5		Volodymyr Rybin Volodymyr Rybin Volodymyr Ivanovych Rybin is a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist, who has achieved most success on both the track, where he was 2005 world champion in the points race. Rybin also won a silver medal in the Madison in 2006 and has represented Ukraine at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.-...	Vasyl Yakovlev		9
6		Miquel Alzamora	Joan Llaneras Joan Llaneras Joan Llaneras Roselló is a Spanish World and Olympic points race champion track cyclist. He specialises in the madison and points race events....		7
7		Greg Henderson Greg Henderson Gregory Henderson is a professional track and road racing cyclist who rides for , but who will ride for Lotto in 2012. His career includes winning the 15 km scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the 2005 Tour de Georgia. He...	Hayden Roulston Hayden Roulston Hayden Roulston, MNZM is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He won the silver medal in the men's 4000 m individual pursuit and a bronze medal in the men's 4000 m team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.Roulston was a talented junior rider on both road and...		2
8		Roland Garber	Franz Stocher	-1	8
9		Juan Curuchet Juan Curuchet Juan Esteban Curuchet is a road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina.Curuchet represented Argentina at the Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008....	Walter Pérez Walter Pérez Walter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...	-1	5
10		Tomas Margalef	Milton Wynants Milton Wynants Milton Ariel Wynants Vázquez is a racing cyclist from Uruguay, who was affiliated with the Veloz Club Sanducero.Wynants competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country...	-1	3
11		Matthew Gilmore Matthew Gilmore Matthew Gilmore is an Belgian-Australian retired track cyclist, who mostly competed and was most successful on track for Belgium. Although Gilmore was born in and represented Belgium, he is the son of Australian racing cyclist Graeme Gilmore and competed with an Australian licence earlier in his...	Iljo Keisse Iljo Keisse Iljo Keisse is a Belgian racing cyclist, who has had his status altered many times as a result of a doping investigation. He rode part of the 2010 season for UCI ProTour team ....	-1	3
12		Ilya Chernyshov	Yuriy Yuda	-1	2
13		Milan Kadlec Milan Kadlec Milan Kadlec is a Czech racing cyclist, who has ridden both on the road and the track. In 2010, he won the bronze medal in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships points race-Road results:...	Petr Lazar Petr Lazar Petr Lazar is a Czech professional racing cyclist.-Career wins:...	-1	2
14		Robert Slippens Robert Slippens Robertus Michiel Joseph Lucas Maria Jacobus 'Robert' Slippens is a Dutch racing cyclist.Slippens represented the Netherlands at three different Summer Olympics. He made his Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he participated in the four kilometer team pursuit alongside...	Danny Stam Danny Stam Danny Stam is a Dutch racing cyclist, specializing in track cycling Six-day racing. He is nicknamed "De kleine diesel" .-Biography:...	-1	2
15		Martin Liska	Jozef Zabka	-2	5
16		Leonardo Duque Leonardo Duque Leonardo Fabio Duque is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist. After stage 19 of the 2009 Tour de France, Duque was named the most combative rider of the stage after aggressively pacing a breakaway....	Jose Rodolfo Serpa	-2	3
17		Oleg Grishkin	Alexey Shmidt	-2	2
DNF		Jérôme Neuville Jérôme Neuville Jérôme Neuville is a French racing cyclist.He had a break in his track cycling career between 1999 and 2002, during which time he competed on the road as a professional cyclist with the Crédit Agricole team , and Cofidis...	Mathieu Ladagnous Mathieu Ladagnous Mathieu Ladagnous is a French road racing cyclist who rides for . He also competes as a track cyclist.-Career:...