Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint explained

Event:Men's team sprint
Games:2024 Summer
Venues:Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Dates:5–6 August 2024
Competitors:25
Nations:8
Teams:8
Win Value:40.949
Gold:Jeffrey Hoogland
Harrie Lavreysen
Roy van den Berg
Goldnoc:NED
Silver:Jack Carlin
Ed Lowe
Hamish Turnbull
Silvernoc:GBR
Bronze:Matthew Glaetzer
Leigh Hoffman
Matthew Richardson
Bronzenoc:AUS
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The men's team sprint event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 5 and 6 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

Background

This will be the 7th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 2000.

Qualification

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Competition format

A men's team sprint race consists of a three-lap (750 m) 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 time for a team is measured to when the last cyclist finishes. Ties are broken by splits on the last lap.

The tournament consists of an initial qualifying round that seeds the teams. The first round comprises head-to-head races based on seeding (1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, etc.). The winners of those four heats advance to the medal round, with the two fastest winners competing in the gold medal final and the two slower winners facing off for bronze.[1] [2]

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+2)[3]

DateTimeRound
5 August 19:09 Qualifying
6 August 18:59 First round
19:55 Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank Nation Time[4] Behind Notes
1 41.279 OR
2 41.862 +0.583
3 42.072 +0.793
4 42.174 +0.895
5 42.267 +0.988
6 42.606 +1.327
7 43.009 +1.730
8 43.905 +2.626

First round

Heat Rank Nation Time[5] Notes
1 1 42.376
1 2 42.569
2 1 42.336
2 2 42.635
3 1 41.819
3 2 42.348
4 1 41.191 , WR
4 2 43.666

Finals

Rank Nation Time[6] Notes
Gold medal final
40.949 WR
41.814
Bronze medal final
41.597
4 41.993
Fifth place final
5 42.078
6 42.280
Seventh place final
7 42.532
8 43.944

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS PART 3 TRACK RACES . 2020-12-06 . 2020-11-18 . UCI.
  2. News: Cycling 101: Competition format . NBC . Liam Nee . 26 March 2021 . 28 June 2021.
  3. "Olympic Schedule - Cycling Track", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  4. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – Qualifying – Results. olympics.com. 5 August 2024. 6 August 2024.
  5. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – First Round – Results. olympics.com. 6 August 2024. 6 August 2024.
  6. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – Final Classification. olympics.com. 6 August 2024. 6 August 2024.