Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint

The men's team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 3 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome.[1] 24 cyclists (8 teams of 3) from 8 nations competed.[2]

Men's team sprint
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic track cycling
VenuesIzu Velodrome
Dates3 August 2021
Competitors26 from 8 nations
Teams8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roy van den Berg
Harrie Lavreysen
Jeffrey Hoogland
Matthijs Büchli
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jack Carlin
Jason Kenny
Ryan Owens
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Florian Grengbo
Rayan Helal
Sébastien Vigier
 France
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Background

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This will be the 6th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 2000.

The reigning Olympic champions are Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny, and Callum Skinner of Great Britain; it was the third consecutive victory for Great Britain in the event (all three times with Kenny on the team). The reigning (2020) World Champions are Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen, and Jeffrey Hoogland of the Netherlands. Great Britain had the second place team, including Kenny, at the World Championships.

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 1 team of 3 cyclists in the men's team sprint. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. Qualification is entirely through the 2018–20 UCI nation rankings. The eight top NOCs on the ranking list qualified for the team sprint event. These nations also received the right to enter two cyclists each in the individual sprint and Keirin.[2] Because qualification was complete by the end of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on 1 March 2020 (the last event that contributed to the 2018–20 rankings), qualification was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Competition format

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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.[3][4]

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[5]

Date Time Round
3 August 15:58 Qualifying
16:50 First round
17:35 Finals

Results

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Qualifying

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Rank Country Cyclists Result[6] Notes
1   Netherlands Roy van den Berg
Harrie Lavreysen
Matthijs Büchli
42.134 OR
2   Great Britain Ryan Owens
Jack Carlin
Jason Kenny
42.231
3   Australia Matthew Richardson
Nathan Hart
Matthew Glaetzer
42.371
4   France Florian Grengbo
Sébastien Vigier
Rayan Helal
42.722
5   New Zealand Sam Dakin
Ethan Mitchell
Sam Webster
43.066
6   ROC Ivan Gladyshev
Denis Dmitriev
Pavel Yakushevskiy
43.097
7   Germany Timo Bichler
Stefan Bötticher
Maximilian Levy
43.140
8   Poland Mateusz Rudyk
Patryk Rajkowski
Krzysztof Maksel
43.516

First round

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Rank Heat Country Cyclists Result[7] Notes
1 4   Netherlands Jeffrey Hoogland
Harrie Lavreysen
Roy van den Berg
41.431 QG, OR
2 3   Great Britain Jack Carlin
Jason Kenny
Ryan Owens
41.829 QG
3 2   Australia Matthew Glaetzer
Nathan Hart
Matthew Richardson
42.103 QB
4 1   France Florian Grengbo
Rayan Helal
Sébastien Vigier
42.294 QB
5 3   Germany Timo Bichler
Stefan Bötticher
Maximilian Levy
42.733
6 2   ROC Denis Dmitriev
Ivan Gladyshev
Pavel Yakushevskiy
42.915
7 1   New Zealand Sam Dakin
Ethan Mitchell
Sam Webster
42.978
8 4   Poland Krzysztof Maksel
Patryk Rajkowski
Mateusz Rudyk
43.307

Finals

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Rank Country Cyclists Result[8] Notes
Gold medal final
    Netherlands Jeffrey Hoogland
Harrie Lavreysen
Roy van den Berg
41.369 OR
    Great Britain Jack Carlin
Jason Kenny
Ryan Owens
44.589
Bronze medal final
    France Florian Grengbo
Rayan Helal
Sébastien Vigier
42.331
4   Australia Matthew Glaetzer
Nathan Hart
Matthew Richardson
44.013
Fifth place final
5   Germany Timo Bichler
Stefan Bötticher
Maximilian Levy
6   ROC Denis Dmitriev
Ivan Gladyshev
Pavel Yakushevskiy
REL
Seventh place final
7   New Zealand Ethan Mitchell
Callum Saunders
Sam Webster
43.703
8   Poland Krzysztof Maksel
Patryk Rajkowski
Mateusz Rudyk
46.431

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling Track Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Road Cycling" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ^ "UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS PART 3 TRACK RACES" (PDF). UCI. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. ^ Liam Nee (26 March 2021). "Cycling 101: Competition format". NBC. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 12 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – Qualifying Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – First Round Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – Final Classification" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.