Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint

Men's team sprint cycling at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Rio Olympic Velodrome
Date	11 August 2016
Competitors	27 from 9 nations
Winning time	42.440 OR
Medalists
Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Callum Skinner   Great Britain   Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster   New Zealand   Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida François Pervis   France

Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics
List of cyclists
Qualification
Road cycling
Road race		men		women
Time trial		men		women
Track cycling
Sprint		men		women
Team sprint		men		women
Keirin		men		women
Team pursuit		men		women
Omnium		men		women
Mountain biking
Cross-country		men		women
BMX
BMX		men		women

The men's cycling team sprint at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place at on 11 August 2016.^[1]

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 (1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, etc.). 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.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC-03:00)

Results

Qualification

The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round.^[2]

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
1	Great Britain	Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Callum Skinner	42.562	Q, OR
2	New Zealand	Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster	42.673	Q
3	Australia	Patrick Constable Matthew Glaetzer Nathan Hart	43.158	Q
4	France	Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida François Pervis	43.185	Q
5	Poland	Rafal Sarnecki Damian Zielinski Krzysztof Maksel	43.297	Q
6	Netherlands	Jeffrey Hoogland Theo Bos Matthijs Buchli	43.688	Q
7	Germany	Rene Enders Joachim Eilers Maximilian Levy	43.711	Q
8	Venezuela	Cesar Marcano Hersony Canelon Angel Pulgar	44.263	Q
9	South Korea	Son Je-yong Im Chae-bin Kang Dong-jin	REL[A]

• ^A South Korea were relegated for breaching article 3.2.153^[3]
• Q = qualified

First round

First round heats are held as follows:
Heat 1: 4th v 5th qualifier
Heat 2: 3rd v 6th qualifier
Heat 3: 2nd v 7th qualifier
Heat 4: 1st v 8th qualifier

The heat winners are ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
1	3	New Zealand	Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster	42.535	QG, OR
2	4	Great Britain	Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Callum Skinner	42.640	QG
3	1	France	Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida François Pervis	43.153	QB
4	2	Australia	Patrick Constable Matthew Glaetzer Nathan Hart	43.166	QB
5	3	Germany	Rene Enders Joachim Eilers Maximilian Levy	43.455
6	2	Netherlands	Nils van 't Hoenderdaal Jeffrey Hoogland Theo Bos	43.552
7	1	Poland	Rafal Sarnecki Damian Zielinski Krzysztof Maksel	43.555
8	4	Venezuela	Cesar Marcano Hersony Canelon Angel Pulgar	44.486

• QG = qualified for gold medal final
• QB = qualified for bronze medal final

Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals.^[5]

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
Bronze medal final
03 !	France	Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida François Pervis	43.143
4	Australia	Patrick Constable Matthew Glaetzer Nathan Hart	43.298
Gold medal final
01 !	Great Britain	Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Callum Skinner	42.440	OR
02 !	New Zealand	Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster	42.542

References