Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint

Cycling at the Olympics

The men's team sprint event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested by twelve teams. The competition took place on 21 August at the Olympic Velodrome at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.^[1]

Medalists

Results

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.

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. In this round, Great Britain had the second fastest time overall, but lost their match to Germany and therefore did not advance to the medal round.

Medal round

Final classification

The final classification was^[1]

1.  Germany (GER)
2.  Japan (JPN)
3.  France (FRA)
4.  Australia (AUS)
5.  Great Britain (GBR)
6.  Netherlands (NED)
7.  Spain (ESP)
8.  Greece (GRE)
9.  Poland (POL)
10.  Cuba (CUB)
11.  United States (USA)
12.  Slovakia (SVK)

References

General

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad (PDF). Volume 2: The Games. Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games S.A. November 2005. p. 307. ISBN 960-88101-8-3. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
• "Cycling Track" (PDF) (Press release). Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Athens 2004. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2008. Men's Team Sprint: Communiqués 7, 31, 35, 39, and 40.
• "Athens 2004 Olympics, Cycling - Cycling Results". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
• "Olympics 2004 | Cycling | Results | Men's team sprint cycling results". BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
• "Olympics – Schedule & Results". SI.com. Retrieved 20 March 2008.

Specific

1. "Cycling at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Team Sprint". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.