Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Madison

The men's Madison at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 19 at the Laoshan Velodrome.

Men's Madison at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Laoshan Velodrome
Date	August 19
Competitors	32 from 16 nations
Medalists
Juan Curuchet Walter Pérez  Argentina Joan Llaneras Antonio Tauler  Spain Mikhail Ignatiev Alexei Markov  Russia

This track cycling event consists of a single race. This race is a 50 kilometre, 200 lap race. Cyclists compete in pairs, with one resting as the other rides. Placing is determined first by laps, then by points. Points are awarded based on intermediate sprints held every 20 laps. The first finisher in each sprint earns 5 points, the second gets 3, the third finisher earns 2, and the fourth place cyclist after each sprint gets 1 point. Ties after both laps and points are broken by the placing in the last sprint.[1]

Argentina wins the gold medal.

Results

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Rank	Nation	Cyclist 1	Cyclist 2	Points	Laps
	Argentina	Juan Curuchet	Walter Pérez	8
	Spain	Joan Llaneras	Antonio Tauler	7
	Russia	Mikhail Ignatiev	Alexei Markov	6
4	Belgium	Iljo Keisse	Kenny de Ketele	17	−1
5	Germany	Roger Kluge	Olaf Pollack	15	−1
6	Denmark	Michael Mørkøv	Alex Nicki Rasmussen	14	−1
7	France	Matthieu Ladagnous	Jérôme Neuville	12	−1
8	Netherlands	Jens Mouris	Peter Schep	6	−1
9	Great Britain	Mark Cavendish	Bradley Wiggins	6	−1
10	New Zealand	Greg Henderson	Hayden Roulston	5	−1
11	Switzerland	Franco Marvulli	Bruno Risi	3	−1
12	Canada	Zachary Bell	Martin Gilbert	5	−3
13	Czech Republic	Milan Kadlec	Alois Kaňkovský	3	−3
14	Italy	Angelo Ciccone	Fabio Masotti	0	−3
15	Ukraine	Lyubomyr Polatayko	Volodymyr Rybin	0	−3
16	United States	Michael Friedman	Bobby Lea	3	−4

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-15. Retrieved 2008-08-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/CT/C73H/CTM409100.shtml#CTM409101