Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

The men's team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 17 and 18, at the Laoshan Velodrome.

Men's team pursuit at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
The medal ceremony
Venue	Laoshan Velodrome
Dates	August 17 (opening rounds) August 18 (final)
Competitors	44 from 10 nations
Winning time	3:53.314 WR
Medalists
Great Britain Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins  Denmark Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Mørkøv, Alex Nicki Rasmussen, Michael Færk Christensen  New Zealand Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, Marc Ryan, Jesse Sergent, Westley Gough

Qualification

Great Britain 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.

Competition format

The men's team pursuit race consists of a 4 km race between two teams of four cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one team catches the other, the race is over.

The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top four teams in the qualifying round remained in contention for the gold medal, the 5th to 8th place teams could compete for a possible bronze, and the remaining teams were eliminated.

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. Advancement to the bronze medal final was based solely on time, with the fastest two teams among the six qualifiers who had not advanced to the gold medal final reaching the bronze medal final.[1]

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday, 17 August 2008	10:00	Qualification
Sunday, 17 August 2008	18:25	Match round
Monday, 18 August 2008	18:15	Final

Results

Qualification

[2]

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
1	Great Britain	Ed Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins	3:57.101	Q
2	New Zealand	Sam Bewley Westley Gough Marc Ryan Jesse Sergent	3:59.277	Q
3	Australia	Jack Bobridge Mark Jamieson Bradley McGee Luke Roberts	4:02.041	Q
4	Denmark	Michael Færk Christensen Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Alex Nicki Rasmussen	4:02.191	Q
5	France	Damien Gaudin Matthieu Ladagnous Christophe Riblon Nicolas Rousseau	4:03.679	Q
6	Netherlands	Levi Heimans Robert Slippens Wim Stroetinga Jens Mouris	4:04.846	Q
7	Spain	Sergi Escobar Asier Maeztu David Muntaner Antonio Miguel Parra	4:06.509	Q
8	Russia	Alexei Markov Alexander Petrovskiy Alexander Serov Nikolay Trusov	4:06.518	Q
9	Ukraine	Volodymyr Dyudya Lyubomyr Polatayko Maksym Polishchuk Vitaliy Shchedov	4:07.883
10	Colombia	Juan Estaban Arango Arles Castro Juan Pablo Forero Jairo Pérez	4:11.397

Semifinals

Qualification rule: Two fastest teams advance to the gold medal match (Q), while the next two to the bronze medal match (q).[3]

Rank	Heat	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
1	4	Great Britain	Ed Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins	3:55.202	Q, WR
2	1	Denmark	Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Michael Mørkøv Alex Nicki Rasmussen	3:56.831	Q
3	3	New Zealand	Sam Bewley Marc Ryan Hayden Roulston Jesse Sergent	3:57.536	q
4	2	Australia	Jack Bobridge Graeme Brown Mark Jamieson Bradley McGee	3:58.633	q
5	1	France	Damien Gaudin Matthieu Ladagnous Christophe Riblon Nicolas Rousseau	DSQ
6	2	Netherlands	Levi Heimans Robert Slippens Wim Stroetinga Jens Mouris	LAP
7	3	Spain	Sergi Escobar Asier Maeztu David Muntaner Antonio Miguel Parra	LAP
8	4	Russia	Evgeny Kovalev Alexei Markov Alexander Petrovskiy Alexander Serov	LAP

Medal round

Bronze medal match[4]

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
	New Zealand	Sam Bewley Marc Ryan Hayden Roulston Jesse Sergent	3:57.776
4	Australia	Jack Bobridge Graeme Brown Mark Jamieson Bradley McGee	3:59.006

Gold medal match[4]

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
	Great Britain	Ed Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins	3:53.314	WR
	Denmark	Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Michael Mørkøv Alex Nicki Rasmussen	4:00.040

References

1. "Track cycling: competition format". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
2. "Men's Team Pursuit Qualification". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
3. "Men's Team Pursuit Semifinals". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
4. "Men's Team Pursuit Final Round". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

External links

• NBC Olympics: Cycling