Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint

The men's cycling team sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 2 August.^[1]

Men's team sprint cycling at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	London Velopark
Date	2 August
Competitors	30 from 10 nations
Winning time	42.600 WR, OR
Medalists
Philip Hindes Chris Hoy Jason Kenny  Great Britain Grégory Bauge Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau  France René Enders Maximilian Levy Robert Förstemann  Germany
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The Great Britain team consisting of Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny won the gold medal in world record-breaking time. Grégory Bauge, Michaël D'Almeida and Kévin Sireau from France took silver, and the bronze medal was won by Germany's René Enders, Maximilian Levy and Robert Förstemann.

Competition format

A men's team sprint race consists of a three-lap race between two teams of three cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. Each member of the team must lead for one of the laps.

The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top eight teams advanced to the first round. The first round comprised head-to-head races based on seeding (1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, etc.). The winners of those four heats advanced to the medal round, with the two fastest winners competing in the gold medal final and the two slower winners facing off for bronze.^[2]

Great Britain's team consisting of Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny won the gold medal with a time of 42.6 seconds, breaking the world record. France won the silver medal and Germany took bronze.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time.

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 2 August 2012	16:15	Qualifications and final

Results

Qualification

 

Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny

Rank	Heat	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
1	5	Great Britain	Philip Hindes Chris Hoy Jason Kenny	43.065	Q, OR
2	4	France	Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau	43.097	Q
3	4	Australia	Matthew Glaetzer Shane Perkins Scott Sunderland	43.377	Q
4	3	Russia	Sergey Borisov Denis Dmitriev Sergey Kucherov	43.681	Q, NR
5	5	Germany	René Enders Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy	43.710	Q
6	2	China	Cheng Changsong Zhang Lei Zhang Miao	43.751	Q
7	3	New Zealand	Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Simon van Velthooven	44.175	Q
8	2	Japan	Seiichiro Nakagawa Yudai Nitta Kazunari Watanabe	44.324	Q
9	1	Venezuela	Hersony Canelón César Marcano Angel Polgar	44.654	NR
10	1	Poland	Maciej Bielecki Damian Zieliński Kamil Kuczyński	44.712

First round

Rank	Heat	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
1	4	Great Britain	Philip Hindes Chris Hoy Jason Kenny	42.747	Q, WR, OR
2	3	France	Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau	42.991	Q, NR
3	1	Germany	René Enders Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy	43.178	Q
4	2	Australia	Matthew Glaetzer Shane Perkins Scott Sunderland	43.261	Q, OC
5	3	New Zealand	Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Simon van Velthooven	43.495	NR
6	2	China	Cheng Changsong Zhang Lei Zhang Miao	43.505	AS
7	1	Russia	Sergey Borisov Denis Dmitriev Sergey Kucherov	43.909
8	4	Japan	Seiichiro Nakagawa Yudai Nitta Kazunari Watanabe	43.964	NR

Finals

Bronze medal final

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
	Germany	René Enders Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy	43.209
4	Australia	Matthew Glaetzer Shane Perkins Scott Sunderland	43.355

Gold medal final

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
	Great Britain	Philip Hindes Chris Hoy Jason Kenny	42.600	WR, OR
	France	Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau	43.013

References

1. "Olympic Cycling - Track - Schedule, Results, Medals | London 2012". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
2. "Competition format". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.