Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Currumbin Beachfront (road), Nerang National Park (mountain biking), both of which are located in the Gold Coast and Anna Meares Velodrome (track, located in Brisbane) from 5 to 14 April.[1][2]

Cycling
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueCurrumbin Beachfront (road)
Nerang National Park (mountain biking)
Anna Meares Velodrome (track)
Dates10 & 14 April 2018 (road)
12 April 2018 (mountain biking)
5–8 April 2018 (track)
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A total of 26 events were held: 4 in road cycling, 2 in mountain biking and 20 in track cycling (including four events in para-track cycling). The 26 events were evenly split between men and women. This was done after the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) added more women's events in October 2016, to make the games a gender-equal games in terms of overall medal events.[3][4]

Schedule edit

H Heats/qualifying ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Final
Road cycling and mountain biking
Date
Event
Tue 10 Wed 11 Thu 12 Fri 13 Sat 14
Road cycling
Men's road race F
Men's time trial F
Women's road race F
Women's time trial F
Mountain biking
Men's cross-country F
Women's cross-country F
Track and para-track cycling
Date
Event
Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun 8
Track cycling
Men's keirin H ½ F
Men's individual pursuit Q F
Men's team pursuit Q F
Men's sprint H ¼ ½ F
Men's 1 km time trial F
Men's team sprint Q F
Men's points race H F
Men's scratch race H F
Women's sprint H ¼ ½ F
Women's keirin H ½ F
Women's 500m time trial F
Women's team sprint Q F
Women's individual pursuit Q F
Women's points race F
Women's scratch race F
Women's team pursuit Q F
Para-track cycling
Men's tandem sprint B Q ½ F
Men's tandem 1 km time trial B F
Women's tandem sprint B Q F
Women's tandem 1 km time trial B F

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Australia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Australia*143623
2  England44513
3  Scotland44210
4  New Zealand39517
5  Wales1416
6  Canada0033
7  South Africa0022
Totals (7 entries)26242474

Road cycling edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's road race
details
Steele Von Hoff
  Australia
Jon Mould
  Wales
Clint Hendricks
  South Africa
Men's time trial
details
Cameron Meyer
  Australia
Harry Tanfield
  England
Hamish Bond
  New Zealand
Women's road race
details
Chloe Hosking
  Australia
Georgia Williams
  New Zealand
Danielle Rowe
  Wales
Women's time trial
details
Katrin Garfoot
  Australia
Linda Villumsen
  New Zealand
Hayley Simmonds
  England

Track cycling edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Keirin
details
Matthew Glaetzer
  Australia
Lewis Oliva
  Wales
Edward Dawkins
  New Zealand
Points race
details
Mark Stewart
  Scotland
Campbell Stewart
  New Zealand
Ethan Hayter
  England
Individual pursuit
details
Charlie Tanfield
  England
John Archibald
  Scotland
Dylan Kennett
  New Zealand
Team pursuit
details
  Australia (AUS)
Alex Porter
Sam Welsford
Leigh Howard
Kelland O'Brien
Jordan Kerby*
  England (ENG)
Oliver Wood
Kian Emadi
Charlie Tanfield
Ethan Hayter
  Canada (CAN)
Michael Foley
Jay Lamoureux
Derek Gee
Aidan Caves
Adam Jamieson*
Scratch race
details
Sam Welsford
  Australia
Campbell Stewart
  New Zealand
Christopher Latham
  England
Sprint
details
Sam Webster
  New Zealand
Jack Carlin
  Scotland
Jacob Schmid
  Australia
Team sprint
details
  New Zealand (NZL)
Ethan Mitchell
Sam Webster
Edward Dawkins
  England (ENG)
Ryan Owens
Joseph Truman
Philip Hindes
  Australia (AUS)
Nathan Hart
Jacob Schmid
Patrick Constable
Matthew Glaetzer*
1 km time trial
details
Matthew Glaetzer
  Australia
Edward Dawkins
  New Zealand
Callum Skinner
  Scotland

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Keirin
details
Stephanie Morton
  Australia
Kaarle McCulloch
  Australia
Natasha Hansen
  New Zealand
Points race
details
Elinor Barker
  Wales
Katie Archibald
  Scotland
Neah Evans
  Scotland
Individual pursuit
details
Katie Archibald
  Scotland
Rebecca Wiasak
  Australia
Annette Edmondson
  Australia
Team pursuit
details
  Australia (AUS)
Alexandra Manly
Annette Edmondson
Ashlee Ankudinoff
Amy Cure
  New Zealand (NZL)
Kirstie James
Rushlee Buchanan
Racquel Sheath
Bryony Botha
  Canada (CAN)
Allison Beveridge
Annie Foreman-Mackey
Ariane Bonhomme
Stephanie Roorda
Scratch race
details
Amy Cure
  Australia
Neah Evans
  Scotland
Emily Kay
  England
Sprint
details
Stephanie Morton
  Australia
Natasha Hansen
  New Zealand
Kaarle McCulloch
  Australia
Team sprint
details
  Australia (AUS)
Kaarle McCulloch
Stephanie Morton
  New Zealand (NZL)
Natasha Hansen
Emma Cumming
  England (ENG)
Lauren Bate
Katy Marchant
500 m time trial
details
Kaarle McCulloch
  Australia
Stephanie Morton
  Australia
Emma Cumming
  New Zealand

Para-track cycling edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tandem sprint B
details
  Scotland (SCO)
Neil Fachie
Matt Rotherham (pilot)
  Wales (WAL)
James Ball
Peter Mitchell (pilot)
  Australia (AUS)
Brad Henderson
Tom Clarke (pilot)
Men's tandem 1 km time trial B
details
  Scotland (SCO)
Neil Fachie
Matt Rotherham (pilot)
  Wales (WAL)
James Ball
Peter Mitchell (pilot)
  Australia (AUS)
Brad Henderson
Tom Clarke (pilot)
Women's tandem sprint B
details
  England (ENG)
Sophie Thornhill
Helen Scott (pilot)
Only medal awarded
Women's tandem 1 km time trial B
details
  England (ENG)
Sophie Thornhill
Helen Scott (pilot)
Only medal awarded

Mountain biking edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's cross country
details
Sam Gaze
  New Zealand
Anton Cooper
  New Zealand
Alan Hatherly
  South Africa
Women's cross country
details
Annie Last
  England
Evie Richards
  England
Haley Smith
  Canada

Records edit

Date Event Time Name Nation Records
5 April Women's B&VI sprint qualifying 10.609 Sophie Thornhill
Helen Scott
  England WR, GR
Women's 4000m team pursuit qualifying 4:17.218 Ashlee Ankudinoff
Amy Cure
Annette Edmondson
Alexandra Manly
  Australia GR
Men's 4000m team pursuit qualifying 3:52.041 Leigh Howard
Jordan Kerby
Alex Porter
Sam Welsford
  Australia GR
Women's team sprint qualifying 32.578 Kaarle McCulloch
Stephanie Morton
  Australia GR
Men's team sprint qualifying 42.822 Ethan Mitchell
Eddie Dawkins
Sam Webster
  New Zealand GR
Men's B&VI 1000m time trial final 1:00.065 Neil Fachie
Matt Rotherham
  Scotland GR
Women's 4000m team pursuit final 4:15.214 Ashlee Ankudinoff
Amy Cure
Annette Edmondson
Alexandra Manly
  Australia GR
Men's 4000m team pursuit final 3:49.804 Alex Porter
Sam Welsford
Leigh Howard
Kelland O'Brien
  Australia WR, GR
Women's team sprint final 32.488 Kaarle McCulloch
Stephanie Morton
  Australia GR
6 April Women's sprint qualifying 10.524 Stephanie Morton   Australia GR
Women's 3000m individual pursuit qualifying 3:24.119 Katie Archibald   Scotland GR
Men's 4000m individual pursuit qualifying 4.11.455 Charlie Tanfield   England GR
7 April Men's sprint qualifying 9.583 Matthew Glaetzer   Australia GR
Men's B&VI sprint qualifying 9.568 Neil Fachie
Matt Rotherham
  Scotland WR, GR
Women's B&VI 1000m time trial final 1:04.623 Sophie Thornhill
Helen Scott
  England WR, GR
8 April Men's 1000m time trial final 59.340 Matthew Glaetzer   Australia GR

Participating nations edit

Multiple athletes took part in more than one discipline. For example, all of Canada's road athletes also competed in the track events.

Road edit

There are 34 participating nations in road cycling with a total of 167 athletes.

Mountain bike edit

There are 15 participating nations in mountain biking with a total of 34 athletes.

Track edit

There are 18 participating nations in track cycling with a total of 146 athletes.

Para-track edit

There are 6 participating nations in para-track cycling with a total of 8 athletes.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Official Ticketing Guide" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Venues". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Level playing field for women at 2018 Commonwealth Games". The Scotsman. Edinburgh, Scotland. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  4. ^ McKay, Duncan (7 October 2016). "Gold Coast 2018 to offer same amount of medals for men and women after seven events added". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

External links edit