Wikipedia / Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Wikipedia / Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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 dominated by the Great Britain team, who claimed 14 medals in total, including eight golds, seven of them from the ten events in the velodrome. This marked the beginning of a period of complete domination for Great Britain that would last to the 2020 Summer Olympics; The British team would claim 21 of the 30 gold medals awarded in the velodrome over the next three Games, 70% of all gold medals on offer.
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:
Track cycling
Team sprint men
Sprint men
Keirin men
4000 m Team pursuit men
4000 m Individual pursuit men
Madison 50km men
Points race 40km men
Sprint women
3000 m Individual pursuit women
Points race 25km women
Road cycling
Road bicycle race men—239km
Road time trial men—46.8km
Road bicycle race women—120km
Road time trial women—31.2km
Mountain bike
Mountain bike men
Mountain bike women
BMX
BMX race men
BMX race women
Medal table
Road cycling
Track cycling
Men
Women
Participate in the preliminary round only.
Mountain biking
BMX
Broken records
Qualification
See also
References
External links