Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
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The men's team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics
took place between August 17 and 18, at the Laoshan Velodrome
.
This track cycling
event consisted of multiple rounds. Cyclists competed in teams of four. In the first round, each team performed a time trial on the 4 kilometer track. Times were recorded based on the third rider of each team. The top eight teams in the qualifying round advanced to the match round. In that round, teams were paired off based on the seeding from the qualifying round. The winners of the four matches advanced to the final round, while the losers were ranked according to their times in the match round (5th to 8th). The top two winning times from the match round advanced their teams to the gold medal final while the slower two winners competed in the bronze medal final.
automatically qualified a team because of their victory at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
. They also won the late 2007 World Cup
event in Sydney, affording another place based on UCI rankings. This extra place was given to Colombia
. No B World Championship was held in this event.
* = Competed in preliminary round only
OVL=Overlapped, DSQ=Disqualified, WR=World Record
Match 2
Match 3
Match 4
Gold medal match
Bronze medal match
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...
took place between August 17 and 18, 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....
.
This track cycling
Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....
event consisted of multiple rounds. Cyclists competed in teams of four. In the first round, each team performed a time trial on the 4 kilometer track. Times were recorded based on the third rider of each team. The top eight teams in the qualifying round advanced to the match round. In that round, teams were paired off based on the seeding from the qualifying round. The winners of the four matches advanced to the final round, while the losers were ranked according to their times in the match round (5th to 8th). The top two winning times from the match round advanced their teams to the gold medal final while the slower two winners competed in the bronze medal final.
Qualification
Great BritainGreat Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
automatically qualified a team because of their victory at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Manchester Velodrome in Manchester, United Kingdom from 26 to 30 March 2008. Eighteen events were scheduled; the women's team pursuit being the only addition from the 2007...
. They also won the late 2007 World Cup
2007–2008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
The 2007–2008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season began on 30 November 2007 and completed on 17 February 2008. The World Cup is organised by the UCI. The 2007–2008 series carries vital ranking points towards the 2008...
event in Sydney, affording another place based on UCI rankings. This extra place was given to Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. No B World Championship was held in this event.
Team rosters
- Volodymyr DyudyaVolodymyr DyudyaVolodymyr Dyudya is a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team . He competes on both road and track...
- Lyubomyr PolataykoLyubomyr PolataykoLyubomyr Polatayko is a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:# 2002: 1º in Moscou, Scratch # 2003: 2º in European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite, Moscou# 2005: 3º in Los Angeles, Team Pursuit...
- Maksym Polishchyuk
- Vitaliy ShchedovVitaliy ShchedovVitaliy Shchedov is a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:-External links:...
- Sergi EscobarSergi EscobarSergi Escobar Roure is a Spanish world champion track cyclist who specialises in individual and team pursuit.- Career highlights :2001...
- Asier Maeztu
- David Muntaner
- Antonio Miguel Parra
- Levi HeimansLevi HeimansLevi Heimans is a Dutch track cyclist.Heimans represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he took part in the 4 km team pursuit together with Jens Mouris, Peter Schep and Jeroen Straathof. They ended up in fifth position...
- Robert SlippensRobert SlippensRobertus 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...
- Wim StroetingaWim StroetingaWim Stroetinga is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:# 2002: 1º in World Championship, Track, Scratch, Juniors# 2003: 2º in European Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors, Moscou...
- Jens MourisJens MourisJens Mouris is a Dutch racing cyclist.Mouris represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he took part in the 4 km team pursuit together with John den Braber, Robert Slippens and Wilco Zuijderwijk. They ended up in seventh position after being lapped by the Ukraine...
- Jack BobridgeJack BobridgeJack Bobridge is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He came fourth as part of the Australian team pursuit at the 2008 Olympics, losing the bronze medal race to New Zealand. In May 2009, Bobridge signed with , with his contract starting on 1 January 2010 and continuing until 2012...
- Mark JamiesonMark JamiesonMark Ian Jamieson is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He started competing at the age of 10 in 1994, he first represented his country in the World Junior Track Championships in 2001...
- Bradley McGeeBradley McGeeBradley John McGee OAM is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam Team Saxo Bank and the personal coach of young Australian rider Richie Porte. He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten...
- Luke RobertsLuke RobertsLuke Roberts is an Australian racing cyclist specialising in both track cycling and road bicycle racing, on for road racing....
* - Graeme BrownGraeme BrownGraeme Allen Brown OAM is a professional cyclist and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.-Cycling career - road and track:...
- Michael Færk ChristensenMichael Færk ChristensenMichael Færk Christensen is a Danish professional racing cyclist.- Palmarès :- External links :...
* - Casper JørgensenCasper JørgensenCasper 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 MadsenJens-Erik MadsenJens-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...
- Alex Nicki Rasmussen
- Michael MørkøvMichael MørkøvMichael Mørkøv is a Danish professional racing cyclist on UCI ProTeam .-Career highlights:# 2001: 3º in National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors, Denmark...
- Juan Estaban Arango
- Arles CastroArles CastroArles Antonio Castro Laverde is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos Alzate, Jairo Pérez and Juan Pablo Forero in the Men's Track Team Pursuit...
- Juan Pablo ForeroJuan Pablo ForeroJuan Pablo Forero Carreño is a male professional track and road cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos Alzate, Arles Castro and Jairo Pérez in the Men's Track Team Pursuit...
- Jairo PérezJairo PérezJairo Pérez Suárez is a male professional track and road cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos Alzate, Arles Castro and Juan Pablo Forero in the Men's Track Team Pursuit...
- Damien GaudinDamien GaudinDamien Gaudin is a French road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .-Palmares:2003...
- Matthieu Ladagnous
- Christophe RiblonChristophe RiblonChristophe Riblon is a French professional road and track racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He won stage 14 of the 2010 Tour de France with a mountain-top finish at the ski resort of Ax-3 Domaines in the Pyrenees.- Palmares :200420062007*: 1st, Tour de la Somme2010- External links :*...
- Nicolas RousseauNicolas RousseauNicolas Rousseau is a French professional road bicycle racer for BigMat-Auber 93. He won stage 3 of the 2010 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo.- External links :*...
- Alexei MarkovAlexei MarkovAlexei Mikhailovich Markov is a Russian professional road bicycle racer.- Palmares :19961997...
- Alexander Petrovskiy
- Alexander SerovAlexander Serov (cyclist)Alexander Sergeyevich Serov is a Russian professional road and track racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team Katusha.- Palmarès :2002Alexander Sergeyevich Serov is a Russian professional road and track racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team Katusha....
- Nikolay TrusovNikolay TrusovNikolay Vasilievich Trusov is a Russian professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team Katusha. Trusov has been a professional since 2004.- Palmarès :2005...
* - Evgeny Kovalev
- Sam BewleySam BewleySam 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...
- Westley GoughWestley GoughWestley Gough is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist. In 2011 he won the New Zealand National Road Championships ITT....
* - Marc RyanMarc RyanMarc 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....
- Jesse SergentJesse SergentJesse 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 RoulstonHayden RoulstonHayden 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...
- Ed ClancyEd ClancyEdward 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 ManningPaul 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 ThomasGeraint ThomasGeraint 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 WigginsBradley WigginsBradley 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....
Preliminary round
4,000 meter team time trial, with the top 8 teams advancing.| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:57.101 | |
| 2 | 3:59.277 | |
| 3 | 4:02.041 | |
| 4 | 4:02.191 | |
| 5 | 4:03.679 | |
| 6 | 4:04.846 | |
| 7 | 4:06.509 | |
| 8 | 4:06.518 | |
| 9 | 4:07.883 | |
| 10 | 4:11.397 |
Match round
In the first round of match competition, teams were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The fastest team faced the eighth-fastest, the second-fastest faced the seventh, and so forth. Winners advanced to the finals while losers in each match received a final ranking based on their time in the round.OVL=Overlapped, DSQ=Disqualified, WR=World Record
Semifinals
Match 1| Nation | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 3:56.831 | 2 | |
| DSQ | — |
Match 2
| Nation | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 3:58.633 | 4 | |
| OVL | — |
Match 3
| Nation | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 3:57.536 | 3 | |
| OVL | — |
Match 4
| Nation | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 3:55.202 WR | 1 | |
| OVL | — |
Medal round
Teams were re-seeded, this time based on their times in the previous round. The third- and fourth-fastest winning teams from the semifinals faced off in the bronze medal match, while the fastest two semifinal winners competed for the gold and silver medals.Gold medal match
| Nation | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 3:53.314 WR |  |
|
| 4:00.040 |  |
Bronze medal match
| Nation | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 3:57.776 |  |
|
| 3:59.006 | 4 |