Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's team sprint

Infobox Olympic event
event = Men's team sprint
games = 2008 Summer


caption =
venue = Laoshan Velodrome
dates = August 15
competitors = 39
nations = 13
win_value = 43.128
gold = flagIOC|GBR|2008 Summer Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Jamie Staff
silver = flagIOC|FRA|2008 Summer Gregory Bauge, Kévin Sireau, Arnaud Tournant
bronze = flagIOC|GER|2008 Summer René Enders, Maximilian Levy, Stefan Nimke
prev = 2004
next =

The men's team sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 15 at the Laoshan Velodrome.

The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Teams consisted of three riders, and each race was three laps of the track with each of the riders leading for one lap. In the qualifying round, each team performed a time trial, with the top eight teams advancing to the match round. In the match round, the eight teams competed head-to-head in four seeded matches. Winners advanced to the final round, with losers receiving final rankings from 5th to 8th based on their times in the match round. The final round featured a gold medal match between the two fastest match round winners and a bronze medal match between the two slower match round winners.

Results

Qualification

References

* [http://en.beijing2008.cn/sports/cyclingtrack/n214431064.shtml Competition format]