Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

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Men's sprint
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Laoshan Velodrome
VenueLaoshan Velodrome
DatesAugust 17 (preliminaries—2nd round)
August 18 (quarterfinals)
August 19 (semifinals and finals)
Competitors21 from 15 nations
Winning time10.228/10.216
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chris Hoy  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jason Kenny  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mickaël Bourgain  France
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The men's sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17–19 at the Laoshan Velodrome. There were 21 competitors from 15 nations, with each nation limited to two cyclists.[1] The event was won by Chris Hoy of Great Britain, the nation's first victory in the men's sprint and first medal in the event since 1948. He faced his teammate Jason Kenny in the final, the first time since 1984 that one nation had taken the top two spots. Mickaël Bourgain of France earned bronze. Germany's four-Games (five if East Germany before unification is included) podium streak ended.

Background[]

This was the 24th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. Three of the quarterfinalists from 2004 returned: gold medalist Ryan Bayley of Australia, silver medalist Theo Bos of the Netherlands, and eighth-place finisher Mickaël Bourgain of France. Bos (the 2004, 2006, and 2007 world champion) and Chris Hoy of Great Britain (the 2008 world champion and gold medalist in keirin and team sprint earlier in the 2008 Games) were the favorites.[1]

The People's Republic of China, Estonia, and Russia each made their debut in the men's sprint. France made its 24th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Qualification[]

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could qualify up to 2 cyclists; there were a total of 21 quota places. Each of the 13 nations qualified for the team sprint could enter one cyclist in the individual sprint. Individuals could also earn qualification through the World Championship, the World Cup, and the "B" World Championship. The top five cyclists on the UCI ranking also qualified.

Competition format[]

This track cycling event consisted of numerous rounds. The competition began with a flying time trial over 200 metres (the cyclists went around the track 3.5 times, or 875 metres, but only the last 200 metres were timed). All races after the qualifying round consisted of 3 laps of the track (750 metres) but with time recorded only for the final 200 metres. The top 18 cyclists in that qualifying round were seeded into the 1/16 finals. There, they raced one-on-one. The nine winners advanced to the 1/8 finals, while the nine losers were sent to the first repechage. In the repechage, the cyclists were placed in heats of three cyclists apiece; winners moved back into the main competition by advancing into the 1/8 finals.

The twelve cyclists in the 1/8 finals again competed one-on-one. The six winners advanced to the quarterfinals, with the six losers getting another chance at the second repechage. This repechage also consisted of three-cyclist heats, with the two winners moving on to the quarterfinals and the rest of the cyclists competing in a 9th to 12th place classification race.

Beginning with the quarterfinals, the head-to-head competitions switched to a best-of-three format. That format was also used for the semifinals and final. In addition, the bronze medal competition was a best-of-three match between the semifinal losers. The classification race for 5th to 8th places was a single race with all four cyclists competing.[2]

Records[]

The records for the sprint are 200 metre flying time trial records, kept for the qualifying round in later Games as well as for the finish of races.

World record  Theo Bos (NED) 9.772 Moscow, Russia 16 December 2006
Olympic record  Gary Neiwand (AUS) 10.129 Atlanta, United States 24 July 1996

Chris Hoy set a new Olympic record of 9.815 seconds in the qualifying round. The next four fastest men also came in under the old record.

Schedule[]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 17 August 2008 11:20
16:30
17:15
17:45
18:20		 Qualifying round
Round 1
First repechage
1/8 finals
Second repechage
Monday, 18 August 2008 17:20 Quarterfinals
Tuesday, 19 August 2008 16:40
16:50
18:35
 
18:50		 Semifinals
Classification 9–12
Final
Bronze medal match
Classification 5–8

Results[]

Qualifying round[]

200 metre time trial, with the top 18 riders advancing.[3]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m 		Speed
km/h 		Notes
1 Chris Hoy  Great Britain 9.815 73.357 Q, OR
2 Jason Kenny  Great Britain 9.857 73.044 Q
3 Stefan Nimke  Germany 10.064 71.542 Q
4 Kévin Sireau  France 10.098 71.301 Q
5 Mickaël Bourgain  France 10.123 71.125 Q
6 Maximilian Levy  Germany 10.199 70.595 Q
7 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia 10.272 70.093 Q
8 Roberto Chiappa  Italy 10.314 69.808 Q
9 Theo Bos  Netherlands 10.318 69.780 Q
10 Mark French  Australia 10.337 69.652 Q
11 Kazunari Watanabe  Japan 10.346 69.592 Q
12 Ryan Bayley  Australia 10.362 69.484 Q
13 Teun Mulder  Netherlands 10.373 69.410 Q
14 Tsubasa Kitatsuru  Japan 10.391 69.290 Q
15 Michael Blatchford  United States 10.470 68.767 Q
16 Zhang Lei  China 10.497 68.591 Q
17 Łukasz Kwiatkowski  Poland 10.504 68.545 Q
18 Denis Dmitriev  Russia 10.565 68.149 Q
19 Adam Ptáčník  Czech Republic 10.569 68.123
20 Vasileios Reppas  Greece 10.966 65.657
21 Daniel Novikov  Estonia 11.187 64.360

Round 1[]

The eighteen qualifying cyclists from the preliminary round were paired, 1 vs. 18, 2 vs. 17, and so on, in head-to-head matches, with the winners advancing to the second round and the losers to the first round repechage.[4]

Heat 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Chris Hoy  Great Britain 10.607 67.879 Q
2 Denis Dmitriev  Russia R

Heat 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Jason Kenny  Great Britain 10.672 67.466 Q
2 Łukasz Kwiatkowski  Poland R

Heat 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Stefan Nimke  Germany 10.828 66.494 Q
2 Zhang Lei  China R

Heat 4[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Kévin Sireau  France 10.742 67.026 Q
2 Michael Blatchford  United States R

Heat 5[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Mickaël Bourgain  France 10.562 68.168 Q
2 Tsubasa Kitatsuru  Japan R

Heat 6[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Maximilian Levy  Germany 10.840 66.420 Q
2 Teun Mulder  Netherlands R

Heat 7[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Ryan Bayley  Australia 10.762 66.902 Q
2 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia R

Heat 8[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Roberto Chiappa  Italy 10.786 66.753 Q
2 Kazunari Watanabe  Japan R

Heat 9[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Theo Bos  Netherlands 10.959 65.699 Q
2 Mark French  Australia R

First repechage[]

The nine losers from the first round were put into three three-man matches, with the winner of each advancing to the next round.[5]

First repechage heat 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Teun Mulder  Netherlands 10.889 66.121 Q
2 Mark French  Australia
3 Denis Dmitriev  Russia

First repechage heat 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia 10.959 65.699 Q
2 Tsubasa Kitatsuru  Japan
3 Łukasz Kwiatkowski  Poland

First repechage heat 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Kazunari Watanabe  Japan 10.965 65.663 Q
2 Michael Blatchford  United States
3 Zhang Lei  China

1/8 finals[]

The twelve cyclists who qualified this far were paired off again in head-to-head sprint matches.[6]

1/8 final 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Chris Hoy  Great Britain 10.636 67.694 Q
2 Kazunari Watanabe  Japan R

1/8 final 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Jason Kenny  Great Britain 10.531 68.369 Q
2 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia R

1/8 final 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Teun Mulder  Netherlands 10.888 66.127 Q
2 Stefan Nimke  Germany R

1/8 final 4[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Theo Bos  Netherlands 10.777 66.808 Q
2 Kévin Sireau  France R

1/8 final 5[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Mickaël Bourgain  France 10.734 67.706 Q
2 Roberto Chiappa  Italy R

1/8 final 6[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Maximilian Levy  Germany 10.763 66.895 Q
2 Ryan Bayley  Australia R

Second repechage[]

The six cyclists who lost in the second round were matched into two three-man races, with the winner of each advancing to the next round.[7]

Second repechage heat 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Kévin Sireau  France 10.570 68.117 Q
2 Kazunari Watanabe  Japan C
3 Ryan Bayley  Australia C

Second repechage heat 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h		 Notes
1 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia 11.010 65.395 Q
2 Stefan Nimke  Germany C
3 Roberto Chiappa  Italy C

Quarterfinals[]

The eight cyclists qualified this far were paired for a best two-out-of-three series of 200 metre races. None of the pairings required a third race.[8]

Quarterfinal 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Chris Hoy  Great Britain 10.820 10.302 N/A Q
2 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia N/A C

Quarterfinal 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Jason Kenny  Great Britain 10.546 10.595 N/A Q
2 Kévin Sireau  France N/A C

Quarterfinal 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Maximilian Levy  Germany 10.689 10.660 N/A Q
2 Teun Mulder  Netherlands N/A C

Quarterfinal 4[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Mickaël Bourgain  France 10.524 10.463 N/A Q
2 Theo Bos  Netherlands N/A C

Semifinals[]

The four cyclists qualified this far were paired again for a best two-out-of-three series of races.[9]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Chris Hoy  Great Britain 10.260 10.358 N/A Q
2 Mickaël Bourgain  France N/A B

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Jason Kenny  Great Britain 10.594 10.335 N/A Q
2 Maximilian Levy  Germany N/A B

Finals[]

The winners from the semifinals were paired to race for gold and silver, and the losers from that round raced for bronze. Each match was again the best two-out-of-three races.[10]

9th—12th place classification race[]

During the same session as the semifinals, the four cyclists who were eliminated in the second round repechage were put into a single four-man race to determine exact placings from ninth to twelfth.[11]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h
9 Stefan Nimke  Germany 11.051 65.152
10 Roberto Chiappa  Italy
11 Ryan Bayley  Australia
12 Kazunari Watanabe  Japan

5th—8th place classification race[]

In the same session as the finals, the four cyclists who lost in the quarterfinals were put into one four-man 200 metre race to determine exact placings from fifth to eighth.[12]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Speed
km/h
5 Kévin Sireau  France 10.719 67.170
6 Teun Mulder  Netherlands
7 Theo Bos  Netherlands
8 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia

Bronze medal match[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mickaël Bourgain  France 11.047 10.560
4 Maximilian Levy  Germany 10.666

Gold medal match[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chris Hoy  Great Britain 10.228 10.216 N/A
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jason Kenny  Great Britain N/A

Final classification[]

Rank Cyclist Nation
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chris Hoy  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jason Kenny  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mickaël Bourgain  France
4 Maximilian Levy  Germany
5 Kévin Sireau  France
6 Teun Mulder  Netherlands
7 Theo Bos  Netherlands
8 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia
9 Stefan Nimke  Germany
10 Roberto Chiappa  Italy
11 Ryan Bayley  Australia
12 Kazunari Watanabe  Japan
13 Mark French  Australia
14 Tsubasa Kitatsuru  Japan
15 Michael Blatchford  United States
16 Zhang Lei  China
17 Łukasz Kwiatkowski  Poland
18 Denis Dmitriev  Russia
19 Adam Ptáčník  Czech Republic
20 Vasileios Reppas  Greece
21 Daniel Novikov  Estonia

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