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.
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.
Argentina wins the gold medal.

Results

RankNationCyclist 1Cyclist 2PointsLaps
Juan CuruchetWalter Pérez8
Joan LlanerasAntonio Tauler7
Mikhail IgnatievAlexei Markov6
Iljo KeisseKenny de Ketele17−1
Roger KlugeOlaf Pollack15−1
Michael MørkøvAlex Nicki Rasmussen14−1
Matthieu LadagnousJérôme Neuville12−1
Jens MourisPeter Schep6−1
Mark CavendishBradley Wiggins6−1
10Greg HendersonHayden Roulston5−1
11Franco MarvulliBruno Risi3−1
12Zachary BellMartin Gilbert5−3
13Milan KadlecAlois Kaňkovský3−3
14Angelo CicconeFabio Masotti0−3
15Lyubomyr PolataykoVolodymyr Rybin0−3
16Michael FriedmanBobby Lea3−4