The men's team sprint at the 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...

took place on August 15 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....

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The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Teams consisted of three riders, and each race was three laps of the track with each of the riders leading for one lap. In the qualifying round, each team performed a time trial, with the top eight teams advancing to the match round. In the match round, the eight teams competed head-to-head in four seeded matches. Winners advanced to the final round, with losers receiving final rankings from 5th to 8th based on their times in the match round. The final round featured a gold medal match between the two fastest match round winners and a bronze medal match between the two slower match round winners.

Qualification

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result
1.		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... 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... 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....	42.950
2.		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:...	43.541
3.		René Enders René Enders René Enders is a track cyclist from Germany. He won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games.- References :... Maximilian Levy Maximilian Levy Maximilian Levy is a German track cyclist. He won a bronze medal representing Germany at the 2008 Olympic Games held in Beijing, China.- References :... Stefan Nimke Stefan Nimke Stefan Nimke is an Olympic and world champion track cyclist from Germany.-External links:...	44.197
4.		Theo Bos Theo Bos Theo Bos is a Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist, Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion. He lives in Alkmaar, Netherlands. Theo Bos is the brother of Olympic medalist in speed skating Jan Bos. Bos rides for UCI ProTeam .-Early life:Theo Bos was born on 22 August 1983 in Hierden,... Teun Mulder Teun Mulder Teunis Mulder is a Dutch track cyclist. He is a former keirin World Champion and won a silver in the team sprint with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt. Mulder also won a total of four world cup classics in the team sprint and keirin. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,... Tim Veldt Tim Veldt Tim Veldt is a Dutch track cyclist. During his career Veldt won two world cup classics in the team sprint, two European titles as well as three Dutch national titles...	44.213
5.		Daniel Ellis Dan Ellis (cyclist) Daniel Ellis is an Australian sprint cyclist. He was part of the Australian team that won the team sprint at the 2007 World Cup in Sydney.... Mark French Mark French Mark French is a retired Australian sprint cyclist. He started cycling competitively relatively late at the age of 15, in 1999... Shane Kelly Shane Kelly Shane John Kelly OAM is a former professional Australian track racing cyclist. Kelly specialized in the men's 1000 m time trial, commonly known as the Kilo. Kelly announced his retirement from international competition at the end of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics...	44.335
6.		Kiyofumi Nagai Kiyofumi Nagai is a track cyclist from Japan. He won a bronze medal in the Keirin race at the 2008 Olympic Games.-References:*... Tomohiro Nagatsuka Kazunari Watanabe	44.454
7.		Azizul Hasni Awang Azizul Hasni Awang Mohd Azizulhasni B. Awang is a Malaysian professional track cyclist. Azizulhasni, was the winner of gold medals in the keirin and 200m sprint events at the Asian Track Championships in April 2008. He was a flag bearer for Malaysian team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He was the highest... Josiah Ng Josiah Ng Josiah Ng Onn Lam is a Malaysian track cyclist. He competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was also the 2004 Malaysian Olympian and Sportsman of the Year after participating in the 2004 Athens Olympics. In 2008, he won the Melbourne Cup on Wheels at the HiSense Arena in Melbourne... Mohd Rizal Tisin	44.752
8.		Michael Blatchford Adam Duvendeck Giddeon Massie	45.346
9.		Feng Yong Feng Yong Feng Yong is a male Chinese Olympic cyclist, who will compete for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Sports career:*2002 Nanyang Sports School;*2004 Henan Provincial Cycling Team;*2005 National Team-Major performances:... Li Wenhao Li Wenhao Li Wenhao is a male Chinese Olympic cyclist. He competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Sports career:*2004 Zhongshan Spare-time Sports School;*2005 Guangdong Huangcun Sports Training Base;... Zhang Lei Zhang Lei (cyclist) Zhang Lei is a male Chinese racing cyclist.-Major performances:*2001 National Games - 2nd team sprint;*2002 National Championships - 1st sprint;*2006 Asian Games - 2nd team sprint;...	45.556
10.		Athanasios Mantzouranis Vasileios Reppas Panagiotis Voukelatos	45.645
11.		Tomas Babek Adam Ptacnik Denis Spicka	45.678
12.		Sergey Polynskiy Denis Dmitriev Denis Dmitriev - References :... Sergey Kucherov	45.964
13.		Maciej Bielecki Kamil Kuczynski Lukasz Kwiatkowski	45.266

First Round

Heat	Team	Time	Rank
1	'	44.090	4
		44.212	5
2	'	43.699	3
		44.437	6
3	'	43.656	2
		44.822	7
4	'	43.034	1
		45.423	8

Medal round

Match	Team	Time	Rank
Gold		43.128
		43.651
Bronze		44.014
		44.022	4