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 50 km men Points race 40 km men Sprint women 3000 m Individual pursuit women Points race 25 km women
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
Mountain bike Mountain bike men Mountain bike women
BMX BMX race men BMX race women
Medal table
Road cycling Men's road raceMen's time trialWomen's road race Women's time trial
Track cycling Men Keirin MadisonJuan Esteban CuruchetWalter Fernando PérezJoan LlanerasAntonio TaulerMikhail IgnatievAlexei Markov Points race Individual pursuit Team pursuitEd ClancyPaul ManningGeraint ThomasBradley WigginsAlex Nicki RasmussenMichael MoerkoevCasper JørgensenJens-Erik MadsenMichael Færk Christensen*Sam BewleyJesse SergentHayden RoulstonMarc RyanWestley Gough* Individual sprint Team sprintJamie StaffJason KennyChris HoyGrégory BaugéKévin SireauArnaud TournantRené EndersMaximilian LevyStefan Nimke
Women Points race Pursuit Sprint * Participate in the preliminary round only.
Mountain biking Men's Women's
BMX Men'sWomen's
Broken records
EventTimeNameNationDateRecordMen's Sprint9.815 Chris Hoy2008-08-17 ORMen's Individual pursuit 4:15.031 Bradley Wiggins2008-08-15 ORMen's Team pursuit3:53.314 Bradley WigginsPaul ManningGeraint ThomasEd Clancy2008-08-18 ORWomen's Sprint10.963 Victoria Pendleton2008-08-17 OR
Qualification
See also Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
References
External links
Beijing 2008 Union Cycliste Internationale Cycling BMX – Official Results Book Cycling Mountain Bike – Official Results Book Cycling Road – Official Results Book Cycling Track – Official Results Book