Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint


The men's cycling team sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 2 August.
The Great Britain team consisting of Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny won the gold medal in world record-breaking time. Grégory Bauge, Michaël D'Almeida and Kévin Sireau from France took silver, and the bronze medal was won by Germany's René Enders, Maximilian Levy and Robert Förstemann.

Competition format

A men's team sprint race consists of a three-lap race between two teams of three cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. Each member of the team must lead for one of the laps.
The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top eight teams advanced to the first round. The first round comprised head-to-head races based on seeding. The winners of those four heats advanced to the medal round, with the two fastest winners competing in the gold medal final and the two slower winners facing off for bronze.
Great Britain's team consisting of Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny won the gold medal with a time of 42.6 seconds, breaking the world record. France won the silver medal and Germany took bronze.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time.
DateTimeRound
Thursday, 2 August 201216:15Qualifications and final

Results

Qualification

RankHeatCountryCyclistsResultNotes
15Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny
43.065Q, OR
24Grégory Baugé
Michaël D'Almeida
Kévin Sireau
43.097Q
34Matthew Glaetzer
Shane Perkins
Scott Sunderland
43.377Q
43Sergey Borisov
Denis Dmitriev
Sergey Kucherov
43.681Q, NR
55René Enders
Robert Förstemann
Maximilian Levy
43.710Q
62Cheng Changsong
Zhang Lei
Zhang Miao
43.751Q
73Eddie Dawkins
Ethan Mitchell
Simon van Velthooven
44.175Q
82Seiichiro Nakagawa
Yudai Nitta
Kazunari Watanabe
44.324Q
91Hersony Canelón
César Marcano
Angel Polgar
44.654NR
101Maciej Bielecki
Damian Zieliński
Kamil Kuczyński
44.712

First round

RankHeatCountryCyclistsResultNotes
14Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny
42.747Q, WR, OR
23Grégory Baugé
Michaël D'Almeida
Kévin Sireau
42.991Q, NR
31René Enders
Robert Förstemann
Maximilian Levy
43.178Q
42Matthew Glaetzer
Shane Perkins
Scott Sunderland
43.261Q, OC
53Eddie Dawkins
Ethan Mitchell
Simon van Velthooven
43.495NR
62Cheng Changsong
Zhang Lei
Zhang Miao
43.505AS
71Sergey Borisov
Denis Dmitriev
Sergey Kucherov
43.909
84Seiichiro Nakagawa
Yudai Nitta
Kazunari Watanabe
43.964NR

Finals

Bronze medal final

Gold medal final