The men's team sprint event in cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics was contested by twelve teams. The races were held on Sunday, 17 September at the Dunc Gray Velodrome.
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze Laurent GaneFlorian Rousseau Arnaud Tournant Chris Hoy Craig MacLean Jason Queally Sean Eadie Darryn Hill Gary Neiwand
Results Q denotes qualification by place in heat. q denotes qualification by overall place. REL denotes relegated- due to being passed DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. DQ denotes disqualification.
Qualifying round The twelve teams of three riders raced the course without competition in the qualifying round. The top eight qualified for the first round, while the bottom four received final rankings based on their times in the qualifying round.
RankNOCRidersTimeSpeedQualify 1 Laurent Gane, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant 44.425 s 60.777 km/hq 2 Chris Hoy, Craig MacLean, Jason Queally 44.659 s 60.458 km/hq 3 Sean Eadie, Darryn Hill, Gary Neiwand 44.719 s 60.377 km/hq 4 Lampros Vasilopoulos, Dimitrios Georgalis, Kleanthis Barngas 45.207 s 59.725 km/hq 5 Narihiro Inamura, Yuichiro Kamiyama, Tomohiro Nagatsuka 45.406 s 59.464 km/hq 6 Viesturs Bērziņš, Ainārs Ķiksis, Ivo Lakus 45.589 s 59.225 km/hq 7 Peter Balazak, Jan Lepka, Jaroslav Jerebek 45.659 s 59.134 km/hq 8 Jens Fiedler, Soeren Lausberg, Stefan Nimke 45.701 s 59.080 km/hq 9 José Antonio Escuredo, Jose Villanueva, Salvador Meliá 45.799 s 58.953 km/h 10 Konrad Czajkowski, Grzegorz Krejner, Marcin Mientki 46.186 s 58.459 km/h 11 Pavel Buráň, Martin Polak, Ivan Vrba 46.276 s 58.346 km/h 12 Christian Arrue, John Bairos, Jonas Carney 46.337 s 58.269 km/h
First round In the first round of match competition, teams raced head-to-head. The two fastest winners advanced to the finals, the other two winners competed for the bronze medal and fourth place, and losers received final rankings (fifth through eight places) based on their times in the round.
HeatPlaceNOCRidersTimeSpeedQualifyRank 1 1 Lampros Vasilopoulos, Dimitrios Georgalis, Kleanthis Bargkas 45.079 s 59.895 km/h Q 4 2 Narihiro Inamura, Yuichiro Kamiyama, Tomohiro Nagatsuka 45.264 s 59.650 km/h 2 1 Sean Eadie, Darryn Hill, Gary Neiwand 44.745 s 60.342 km/h Q 3 2 Viesturs Bērziņš, Ainārs Ķiksis, Ivo Lakus 46.625 s 58.033 km/h 3 1 Chris Hoy, Craig MacLean, Jason Queally 44.571 s 60.651 km/h Q 2 2 Peter Balazak, Jan Lepka, Jaroslav Jerebek 45.523 s 59.311 km/h 4 1 Laurent Gane, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant 44.302 s 60.945 km/h Q 1 2 Jens Fiedler, Soeren Lausberg, Stefan Nimke 45.537 s 59.292 km/h
Medal round HeatPlaceNOCRidersTimeSpeed Bronze Medal 1 Sean Eadie, Darryn Hill, Gary Neiwand 45.161 s 59.786 km/h 2 Lampros Vasilopoulos, Dimitrios Georgalis, Kleanthis Bargkas 45.332 s 59.561 km/h Gold Medal 1 Laurent Gane, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant 44.233 s 61.040 km/h 2 Chris Hoy, Craig MacLean, Jason Queally 44.680 s 60.430 km/h
Final classification The final classification was
Place NOC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
References
External links Official Olympic Report