The men's Madison at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on 19 August 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
Rank Nation Cyclist 1 Cyclist 2 Points Laps Juan Curuchet Walter Pérez 8 Joan Llaneras Antonio Tauler 7 Mikhail Ignatiev Alexei Markov 6 Iljo Keisse Kenny de Ketele 17 −1 Roger Kluge Olaf Pollack 15 −1 Michael Mørkøv Alex Nicki Rasmussen 14 −1 Matthieu Ladagnous Jérôme Neuville 12 −1 Jens Mouris Peter Schep 6 −1 Mark Cavendish Bradley Wiggins 6 −1 10 Greg Henderson Hayden Roulston 5 −1 11 Franco Marvulli Bruno Risi 3 −1 12 Zachary Bell Martin Gilbert 5 −3 13 Milan Kadlec Alois Kaňkovský 3 −3 14 Angelo Ciccone Fabio Masotti 0 −3 15 Lyubomyr Polatayko Volodymyr Rybin 0 −3 16 Michael Friedman Bobby Lea 3 −4
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