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, Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, Laoshan BMX Field and the Beijing Cycling Road Course. The event was dominated by the British team, who claimed 14 medals in total, including eight golds.

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

Road cycling

Track cycling

Men

Women

* Participate in the preliminary round only.

Mountain biking

BMX

Broken records

EventTimeNameNationDateRecord
Men's Sprint9.815 Chris Hoy2008-08-17OR
Men's Individual pursuit 4:15.031 Bradley Wiggins2008-08-15OR
Men's Team pursuit3:53.314 Bradley Wiggins
Paul Manning
Geraint Thomas
Ed Clancy
2008-08-18OR
Women's Sprint10.963 Victoria Pendleton2008-08-17OR

Qualification