Great Britain at the 2008 UEC European Track Championships

Great Britain competed at the 2008 European Track Championships in Pruszków, Poland, from 3 September to 7 September 2008. Great Britain competed in 31 of the 34 events.[1]

Great Britain at the
2008 European Track Championships
IOC codeGBR
in Pruszków, Poland
3 September – 7 September 2008
Competitors25 in 31 events
Medals
Ranked 1stth
Gold
10
Silver
6
Bronze
7
Total
23
European Track Championships appearances (overview)
See Great Britain at the European Track Championships

List of medalists

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Lizzie Armitstead finished second behind Ellen van Dijk in the Women's under-23 points race
Medal Name Event
  Gold Matthew Crampton Men's under-23 keirin
  Gold Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh
Mark McNally
Andy Tennant
Men's under-23 team pursuit
  Gold Lizzie Armitstead
Katie Colclough
Joanna Rowsell
Women's under-23 team pursuit
  Gold Lizzie Armitstead Women's under-23 scratch race
  Gold Mark Christian
Luke Rowe
Junior Men's Madison
  Gold Jessica Varnish Junior Women's 500 m time trial
  Gold Hannah Mayho Junior Women's Individual Pursuit
  Gold Alex Greenfield
Hannah Mayho
Jessica Booth
Junior Women's Team Pursuit
  Gold Jessica Varnish Junior Women's Keirin
  Gold Alex Greenfield Junior Women's Points Race
  Silver Lizzie Armitstead U23 Women's Points race
  Silver Matthew Crampton
David Daniell
Christian Lyte
Men's under-23 team sprint
  Silver David Daniell U23 Men's 1 km time trial
  Silver Luke Rowe
Mark Christian
Andrew Fenn
Erick Rowsell
Junior Men's Team Pursuit
  Silver Steven Hill
Luc Jones
Peter Mitchell
Junior Men's Team Sprint
  Silver Steven Hill Junior Men's Keirin
  Bronze Matthew Crampton U23 Men's sprint
  Bronze Anna Blyth Women's under-23 sprint
  Bronze Anna Blyth Women's under-23 500 m time trial
  Bronze Joanna Rowsell Women's under-23 individual pursuit
  Bronze Peter Mitchell Junior Men's Sprint
  Bronze Mark Christian Junior Men's Individual Pursuit
  Bronze Jessica Vernish Junior Women's Sprint

Results

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Under-23

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Sprint

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Cyclist Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Matthew Crampton U23 Men's sprint 10.232
70.367
4 Q   Stumpf (GER)
  Mazquiarán Uría (ESP)
W 11.073
65.023
BYE   Sireau (FRA)
L, L
Race for 3rd place
  Levy (GER)
W 10.823, L 10.999
 
David Daniell 10.287
69.991
6 Q   Levy (GER)
  Alonso Castillo (ESP)
L
  Dmitriev (RUS)
  Mazquiarán Uría (ESP)
  Poper (POL)
L
did not advance 8
Anna Blyth U23 Women's sprint 11.594
62.101
4 Q   Clair (FRA)
W 12.061
59.696
BYE   UKR (LTU)
L, L
Race for 3rd place
  Clair (FRA)
W 12.045, W 12.046
 

Source[1]

Time trial

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Cyclist Event Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
David Daniell U23 men's 1 km time trial 1:03.120
57.034
 
Christian Lyte 1:03.355
56.822
5
Anna Blyth U23 women's 500 m time trial 35.035
51.377
 

Individual Pursuit

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Cyclist Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opponent
Results
Opponent
Results
Rank
Andrew Tennant U23 men's individual pursuit 4:36.885
52.007
16 did not advance 16
Joanna Rowsell U23 women's individual pursuit 3:37.641
49.623
3 Q   Ellen van Dijk (NED)
L 3:37.867
49.571
Did not advance  
Hannah Mayho 3:50.176
46.920
13 did not advance 13

Team pursuit

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Cyclist Event Qualification Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opponent
Time
Speed
Rank
Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh
Mark McNally
Andrew Tennant
U23 Men's team pursuit 4:08.590
57.926
1 Q   Russia
W 4:05.568
58.639
 
Lizzie Armitstead
Katie Colclough
Joanna Rowsell
U23 Men's team pursuit 3:27.828
51.966
1 Q   France
W 3:26.836
52.215
 

Team sprint

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Cyclist Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opponent
Results
Opponent
Results
Rank
Matthew Crampton
David Daniell
Christian Lyte
U23 Men's team sprint 45.168
59.776
2 Q   RUS
L 45.277
59.632
 

Keirin

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Cyclist Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Matthew Crampton U23 Men's keirin 1 Q BYE 2 Q  
Christian Lyte 2 Q BYE 6 Race for 7th place
7
Anna Blyth U23 Women's keirin 1 Q BYE 4
Jessica Varnish 5 R 1 Q 6

Scratch

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Cyclist Event Qualification Final
Rank Rank
Peter Kennaugh U23 men's scratch 5 Q
Mark McNally 18 Did not advance
Lizzie Armitstead U23 women's scratch  [N 1]
Katie Colclough 14
  1. ^ Ellen van Dijk from the Netherlands finished at the same time as Lizzie Armitstead, so two gold medals were awarded.

Points race

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Cyclist Event Qualification Final
Points Laps Finish order Rank Points Laps Finish order Rank
Peter Kennaugh U23 men's points race 27 1 15 3 Q 7 0 8 12
Steven Burke 23 1 6 2 Q 3 0 17 16
Lizzie Armitstead U23 women's points race N/A 27 1 1  

Junior

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Sprint

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Cyclist Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage Semifinals Final
Rank Result Result Result Result Rank
Peter Mitchell Junior Men's sprint 4 Q W BYE L, L Race for 3rd place
W, W
 
Steven Hill 3 Q W BYE W, L, L Race for 3rd place
L, L
4
Jessica Varnish Junior Women's sprint 2 Q W BYE W, L, L Race for 3rd place
W, W
 

Source[1]

Time trial

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Cyclist Event Final
Rank
Luc Jones Junior men's 1 km time trial 8
Jessica Varnish Junior women's 500 m time trial  
Corrine Hall 16

Individual Pursuit

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Cyclist Event Qualification Final
Rank Opponent
Results
Rank
Mark Christian Junior men's individual pursuit 3 q W  
Andrew Fenn 8 Did not advance 8
Hannah Mayho Junior women's individual pursuit 2 Q W  
Jessica Booth 9 Did not advance 9

Team Pursuit

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Cyclists Event Qualification Final
Rank Result Rank
Luke Rowe
Mark Christian
Andrew Fenn
Erick Rowsell
Junior men's team pursuit 2 Q L  
Alexandra Greenfield
Hannah Mayho
Jessica Booth
Junior women's team pursuit 1 Q W  

Team Sprint

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Cyclists Event Qualification Final
Rank Result Rank
Steven Hill
Luc Jones
Peter Mitchell
Junior men's team sprint 2 Q L  

Keirin

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Cyclist Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Steven Hill Junior men's keirin 1 Q BYE 1 Q  
Peter Mitchell 2 Q BYE 2 Q 5
Jessica Varnish Junior women's keirin 1 Q BYE 1  
Corrine Hall 4 R 2 Q 5 Race for 7th place
10

Scratch

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Cyclist Event Qualification Final
Rank Rank
Christopher Whorral Junior men's scratch 5 Q 5
Mark Christian 9 Q 9
Alexandra Greenfield Junior women's scratch 4
Lucy Martin 21

Points race

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Cyclist Event Qualification Final
Rank Rank
Luke Rowe Junior men's points race 8 Q 5
Erick Rowsell 11 Q 10
Alexandra Greenfield Junior women's points race 9 Q  
Lucy Martin 6 Q 9
Katie Colclough 6 Q 17

Madison

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Cyclist Event Final
Rank
Mark Christian
Luke Rowe
Junior men's madison  
Andrew Fenn
Christopher Whorral
7

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "European Track Cycling Championships – Pruszków". Tissot Timing. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2013.