Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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The event was widely perceived as being dominated by the British team, who claimed 14 medals in total, including eight golds.12 Contents 1 Events 1.1 Track cycling 1.2 Road cycling 1.3 Mountain bike 1.4 BMX 2 Medal summary 2.1 Medal table 2.2 Road cycling 2.3 Track cycling 2.4 Mountain biking 2.5 BMX 3 Qualification 4 See also 5 References 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 summary Medal table Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Great Britain (GBR) 8 4 2 14 2  France (FRA) 2 3 1 6 3  Spain (ESP) 2 1 1 4 4  United States (USA) 1 1 3 5 5  Switzerland (SUI) 1 1 2 4 6  Germany (GER) 1 1 1 3 7  Argentina (ARG) 1 0 0 1 8  Latvia (LAT) 1 0 0 1 9  Netherlands (NED) 1 0 0 1 10  Sweden (SWE) 0 2 0 2 11  New Zealand (NZL) 0 1 1 2 12  Australia (AUS) 0 1 0 1 13  Cuba (CUB) 0 1 0 1 14  Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0 1 15  Poland (POL) 0 1 0 1 16  Russia (RUS) 0 0 3 3 17  China (CHN) 0 0 1 1 18  Italy (ITA) 0 0 1 1 19  Japan (JPN) 0 0 1 1 20  Ukraine (UKR) 0 0 1 1 Total 18 18 18 54 Road cycling Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's road race details  Samuel Sánchez Spain (ESP)  Fabian Cancellara Switzerland (SUI)  Alexandr Kolobnev Russia (RUS) Women's road race details  Nicole Cooke Great Britain (GBR)  Emma Johansson Sweden (SWE)  Tatiana Guderzo Italy (ITA) Men's time trial details  Fabian Cancellara Switzerland (SUI)  Gustav Larsson Sweden (SWE)  Levi Leipheimer United States (USA) Women's time trial details  Kristin Armstrong United States (USA)  Emma Pooley Great Britain (GBR)  Karin Thürig Switzerland (SUI) Track cycling Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's individual pursuit details  Bradley Wiggins Great Britain (GBR)  Hayden Roulston New Zealand (NZL)  Steven Burke Great Britain (GBR) Women's individual pursuit details  Rebecca Romero Great Britain (GBR)  Wendy Houvenaghel Great Britain (GBR)  Lesya Kalitovska Ukraine (UKR) Men's team pursuit details  Great Britain (GBR) Ed Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins  Denmark (DEN) Alex Nicki Rasmussen Michael Moerkoev Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Michael Færk Christensen*  New Zealand (NZL) Sam Bewley Jesse Sergent Hayden Roulston Marc Ryan Westley Gough* Men's individual sprint details  Chris Hoy Great Britain (GBR)  Jason Kenny Great Britain (GBR)  Mickaël Bourgain France (FRA) Women's individual sprint details  Victoria Pendleton Great Britain (GBR)  Anna Meares Australia (AUS)  Guo Shuang China (CHN) Men's team sprint details  Great Britain (GBR) Jamie Staff Jason Kenny Chris Hoy  France (FRA) Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau Arnaud Tournant  Germany (GER) René Enders Maximillian Levy Stefan Nimke Men's points race details  Joan Llaneras Spain (ESP)  Roger Kluge Germany (GER)  Chris Newton Great Britain (GBR) Women's points race details  Marianne Vos Netherlands (NED)  Yoanka González Cuba (CUB)  Leire Olaberría Spain (ESP) Men's Keirin details  Chris Hoy Great Britain (GBR)  Ross Edgar Great Britain (GBR)  Kiyofumi Nagai Japan (JPN) Men's Madison details  Argentina (ARG) Juan Esteban Curuchet Walter Fernando Perez  Spain (ESP) Joan Llaneras Antonio Tauler  Russia (RUS) Mikhail Ignatiev Alexei Markov * Participate in the preliminary round only. Mountain biking Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's cross-country details  Julien Absalon France (FRA)  Jean-Christophe Péraud France (FRA)  Nino Schurter Switzerland (SUI) Women's cross-country details  Sabine Spitz Germany (GER)  Maja Włoszczowska Poland (POL)  Irina Kalentieva Russia (RUS) BMX Event Gold Silver Bronze Men details  Māris Štrombergs Latvia (LAT)  Mike Day United States (USA)  Donny Robinson United States (USA) Women details  Anne-Caroline Chausson France (FRA)  Laëtitia Le Corguillé France (FRA)  Jill Kintner United States (USA) Qualification Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification See also Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics References Beijing 2008 Union Cycliste Internationale ^ "How GB cycling went from tragic to magic". BBC. 2008-08-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/cycling/7534073.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-07.  ^ "How Team GB's weekend of glory happened". Metro. 2009-08-17. http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/olympics/article.html?in_article_id=268147&in_page_id=310. Retrieved 2009-05-07.  v · d · e Events at the 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing) Archery • Athletics • Badminton • Baseball • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Field hockey • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Softball • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Table tennis • Taekwondo • Tennis • Triathlon • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling v · d · e Cycling at the Summer Olympics 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 List of medalists (men, women) • List of Olympic records • List of Olympic venues