Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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| Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
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| Time trial | men | women | ||
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| Individual pursuit | men | women | ||
| Team pursuit | men | |||
| Sprint | men | women | ||
| Team sprint | men | |||
| Points race | men | women | ||
| Keirin | men | |||
| Madison | men | |||
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| Cross-country | men | women | ||
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| BMX | men | women | ||
Pictogram used to identify cycling at the 2008 Games
Cycling competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 23 at the Laoshan Velodrome (track events), Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, Laoshan BMX Field and the Beijing Cycling Road Course. The event was widely perceived as being dominated by the British team, who claimed 14 medals in total, including eight golds.[1][2]
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[edit] Events
Eighteen sets of medals were awarded in four disciplines: track cycling, road cycling, mountain bike, and, new for 2008, BMX. The following events were contested:
[edit] Track cycling
- Team sprint Men
- Sprint Men
- Keirin Men
- 4000 m Team pursuit Men
- 4000 m Individual pursuit Men
- Madison 50 km Men
- Points race 40 km Men
- Sprint women
- 3000 m Individual pursuit women
- Points race 25 km women
[edit] Road cycling
- Road bicycle race men—239 km
- Road time trial men—46.8 km
- Road bicycle race women—120 km
- Road time trial women—31.2 km
[edit] Mountain bike
- Mountain bike men
- Mountain bike women
[edit] BMX
- BMX race men
- BMX race women
[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 |  France (FRA) |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Spain (ESP) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Germany (GER) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Argentina (ARG) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Latvia (LAT) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Netherlands (NED) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  New Zealand (NZL) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Australia (AUS) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Cuba (CUB) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Denmark (DEN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 |  Poland (POL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 |  Russia (RUS) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 |  China (CHN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 |  Italy (ITA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 |  Japan (JPN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
[edit] Road cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's road race |
Samuel Sánchez Spain (ESP) |
Fabian Cancellara Switzerland (SUI) |
Alexandr Kolobnev Russia (RUS) |
| Women's road race |
Nicole Cooke Great Britain (GBR) |
Emma Johansson Sweden (SWE) |
Tatiana Guderzo Italy (ITA) |
| Men's time trial |
Fabian Cancellara Switzerland (SUI) |
Gustav Larsson Sweden (SWE) |
Levi Leipheimer United States (USA) |
| Women's time trial |
Kristin Armstrong United States (USA) |
Emma Pooley Great Britain (GBR) |
Karin Thürig Switzerland (SUI) |
[edit] Track cycling
* Participate in the preliminary round only.
[edit] Mountain biking
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's cross-country |
Julien Absalon France (FRA) |
Jean-Christophe Péraud France (FRA) |
Nino Schurter Switzerland (SUI) |
| Women's cross-country |
Sabine Spitz Germany (GER) |
Maja Włoszczowska Poland (POL) |
Irina Kalentieva Russia (RUS) |
[edit] BMX
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men |
Māris Štrombergs Latvia (LAT) |
Mike Day United States (USA) |
Donny Robinson United States (USA) |
| Women |
Anne-Caroline Chausson France (FRA) |
Laëtitia Le Corguillé France (FRA) |
Jill Kintner United States (USA) |
[edit] Qualification
Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "How GB cycling went from tragic to magic". BBC. 2008-08-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/cycling/7534073.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- ^ "How Team GB's weekend of glory happened". Metro. 2009-08-17. http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/olympics/article.html?in_article_id=268147&in_page_id=310. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
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