Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Cycling
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

competitions at the Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

were held from August 9 to August 23 at the Laoshan Velodrome
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....

 (track events), Laoshan Mountain Bike Course
Laoshan Mountain Bike Course
The Laoshan Mountain Bike Course is a mountain bike cycling venue located in western Beijing, China adjacent to the Laoshan Velodrome. It began its renovation and expansion program in May 2006....

, Laoshan BMX Field and the Beijing Cycling Road Course. The event was widely perceived as being dominated by the British team
Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Great Britain competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The United Kingdom was represented by the British Olympic Association , and the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. Britain is one of only five NOCs to have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1896...

, who claimed 14 medals in total, including eight golds.

Events

Eighteen sets of medals were awarded in four disciplines: track cycling
Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....

, road cycling
Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

, mountain bike
Mountain bike racing
The Union Cycliste Internationale recognised the sport of mountain bike racing relatively late in 1990, when it sanctioned the world championships in Purgatory, Colorado. The first mountain biking world cup series took place in 1991. Its nine-race circuit covered two continents—Europe and North...

, and, new for 2008, BMX
BMX
Bicycle motocross or BMX refers to the sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles, and it is also the term that refers to the bicycle itself that is designed for dirt and motocross cycling.- History :BMX started...

. The following events were contested:

Track cycling

  • Team sprint Men
  • Sprint
    Sprint (cycling)
    The sprint or match sprint is a track cycling event involving between 2 and 4 riders, though they are usually run as a one-on-one match race between opponents who, unlike in the individual pursuit, start next to each other.- Racing style :...

     Men
  • Keirin
    Keirin
    is a track cycling event in which racing cyclists sprint for victory. Keirin originated in Japan in 1948; the first Olympic competitions in the sport occurred in 2000....

     Men
  • 4000 m Team pursuit
    Team pursuit
    The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, start on opposite sides of the velodrome.- Race format :...

     Men
  • 4000 m Individual pursuit
    Individual pursuit
    The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.The event is held over 4 km for men and 3 km for women. The two riders start at the same time and set off to complete the race distance in the...

     Men
  • 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:...

     50 km Men
  • Points race
    Points race
    A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men between 1984–2008 and for women 1996-2008....

     40 km Men
  • Sprint women
  • 3000 m Individual pursuit women
  • Points race 25 km women

Road cycling

  • Road bicycle race
    Road bicycle racing
    Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

     men—239 km
  • Road time trial
    Time trial
    In many racing sports an athlete will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. In cycling, for example, a time trial  can be a single track cycling event, or an individual or team time trial on the road, and either or both of the latter may form components of...

     men—46.8 km
  • Road bicycle race
    Road bicycle racing
    Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

     women—120 km
  • Road time trial
    Time trial
    In many racing sports an athlete will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. In cycling, for example, a time trial  can be a single track cycling event, or an individual or team time trial on the road, and either or both of the latter may form components of...

     women—31.2 km

Medal table

1 8 4 2 14
2 2 3 1 6
3 2 1 1 4
4 1 1 3 5
5 1 1 2 4
6 1 1 1 3
7 1 0 0 1
8 1 0 0 1
9 1 0 0 1
10 0 2 0 2
11 0 1 1 2
12 0 1 0 1
13 0 1 0 1
14 0 1 0 1
15 0 1 0 1
16 0 0 3 3
17 0 0 1 1
18 0 0 1 1
19 0 0 1 1
20 0 0 1 1
Total 18 18 18 54

Road cycling

Men's road race
Women's road race
Men's time trial
Women's time trial

Track cycling

Men's individual pursuit
Women's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit

Ed Clancy
Ed Clancy
Edward Clancy MBE is an English professional track and road bicycle racer who rides for the team. On the track his specialist discipline is the pursuit. He won the first stage of the 2005 Tour of Berlin. He also won 2007 team pursuit world championship...


Paul Manning
Paul Manning (cyclist)
Paul Christian Manning MBE is a former English professional track and road bicycle racer who rode for the UCI Professional Continental team Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner in 2007 and 2008...


Geraint Thomas
Geraint Thomas
Geraint Howell Thomas, MBE is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who rides for the UCI ProTour team . A track cycling world champion and Olympic gold medalist in the team pursuit, Thomas has also enjoyed success on the road, winning the Junior Paris-Roubaix in 2004, the British National...


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....


Alex Nicki Rasmussen
Michael Moerkoev
Casper Jørgensen
Casper Jørgensen
Casper Jørgensen is a Danish professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:# 2002: 2º in National Championship, Track, 1 km, Elite, Denmark # 2002: 2º in National Championship, Track, 1 km, Juniors, Denmark...


Jens-Erik Madsen
Jens-Erik Madsen
Jens-Erik Madsen is a Danish professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:# 1999: 1º in National Championship, Road, Juniors, Denmark # 2000: 3º in National Championship, Track, Pursuit, U23, Denmark...


Michael Færk Christensen
Michael Færk Christensen
Michael Færk Christensen is a Danish professional racing cyclist.- Palmarès :- External links :...

*

Sam Bewley
Sam Bewley
Sam Bewley is a New Zealand racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam .At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Bewley won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Hayden Roulston, Marc Ryan, and Jesse Sergent...


Jesse Sergent
Jesse Sergent
Jesse Sergent is a New Zealand racing cyclist for .At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Sergent won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, and Marc Ryan....


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...


Marc Ryan
Marc Ryan
Marc Ryan is a New Zealand racing cyclist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ryan won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, and Jesse Sergent....


Westley Gough
Westley Gough
Westley Gough is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist. In 2011 he won the New Zealand National Road Championships ITT....

*
Men's individual sprint
Women's individual sprint
Men's team sprint

Jamie Staff
Jamie Staff
Jamie Alan Staff MBE 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 Commonwealth Games....


Jason Kenny
Jason Kenny
Jason Francis Kenny MBE is an English track cyclist, specialising in the individual and team sprints. After winning multiple World and European Junior titles in 2006 and achieving medals in the under 23 European championships in 2007, Kenny was selected ahead of Ross Edgar to compete for Great...


Chris Hoy
Chris Hoy
Sir Christopher Andrew "Chris" Hoy, MBE is a Scottish track cyclist representing Great Britain and Scotland. He is a multiple world champion and Olympic Games gold medal winner...


Grégory Baugé
Grégory Baugé
Grégory Baugé is a French professional racing cyclist. He is an eight-time world champion in track cycling.-Career highlights:20022003...


Kévin Sireau
Kévin Sireau
Kévin Sireau is a French professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:200320042005Kévin Sireau is a French professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:...


Arnaud Tournant
Arnaud Tournant
Arnaud Tournant is a French track cyclist. He has won 14 World Championships and won a gold, silver and a bronze at the Summer Olympics.-Biography:...


René Enders
René Enders
René Enders is a track cyclist from Germany. He won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games.- References :...


Maximillian Levy
Stefan Nimke
Stefan Nimke
Stefan Nimke is an Olympic and world champion track cyclist from Germany.-External links:...

Men's points race
Women's points race
Men's Keirin
Men's Madison

Juan Esteban Curuchet
Walter Fernando Perez

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....


Antonio Tauler

Mikhail Ignatiev
Alexei Markov
Alexei Markov
Alexei Mikhailovich Markov is a Russian professional road bicycle racer.- Palmares :19961997...


* Participate in the preliminary round only.

Mountain biking

Men's cross-country
Women's cross-country

BMX

Men
Women
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