Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint

Men's cycling team sprint at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	London Velopark
Date	2 August
Competitors	30 from 10 nations
Winning time	42.600
Medalists
Philip Hindes Chris Hoy Jason Kenny  Great Britain   Grégory Bauge Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau  France   René Enders Maximilian Levy Robert Förstemann  Germany
«2008	2016»

Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road race		men		women
Time trial		men		women
Track cycling
Sprint		men		women
Team sprint		men		women
Keirin		men		women
Team pursuit		men		women
Omnium		men		women
Mountain biking
Cross-country		men		women
BMX
BMX		men		women

The men's cycling team sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 2 August.

The Great Britain team consisting of Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny won the gold medal in world record-breaking time. Grégory Bauge, Michaël D'Almeida and Kévin Sireau from France took silver and the bronze medal was won by Germany's René Enders, Maximilian Levy and Robert Förstemann.

Competition format

A men's team sprint race consists of a three-lap 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 tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top eight teams advanced to the first round. The first round comprised head-to-head races based on seeding (1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, etc.). The winners of those four heats advanced to the medal round, with the two fastest winners competing in the gold medal final and the two slower winners facing off for bronze.

Great Britain's team consisting of Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny won the gold medal with a time of 42.6 seconds, breaking the world record. France won the silver medal and Germany took bronze.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 2 August 2012	16:15	Qualifications and final

Results

Qualification

Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny

Rank	Heat	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
1	5	Great Britain	Philip Hindes Chris Hoy Jason Kenny	43.065	Q
2	4	France	Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau	43.097	Q
3	4	Australia	Matthew Glaetzer Shane Perkins Scott Sunderland	43.377	Q
4	3	Russia	Sergei Borisov Denis Dmitriev Sergey Kucherov	43.681	Q, NR
5	5	Germany	René Enders Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy	43.710	Q
6	2	China	Cheng Changsong Zhang Lei Zhang Miao	43.751	Q
7	3	New Zealand	Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Simon van Velthooven	44.175	Q
8	2	Japan	Seiichiro Nakagawa Yudai Nitta Kazunari Watanabe	44.324	Q
9	1	Venezuela	Hersony Canelón César Marcano Angel Polgar	44.654	NR
10	1	Poland	Maciej Bielecki Damian Zieliński Kamil Kuczyński	44.712

First round

Rank	Heat	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
1	4	Great Britain	Philip Hindes Chris Hoy Jason Kenny	42.747	Q, WR
2	3	France	Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau	42.991	Q, NR
3	1	Germany	René Enders Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy	43.178	Q
4	2	Australia	Matthew Glaetzer Shane Perkins Scott Sunderland	43.261	Q, OC
5	3	New Zealand	Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Simon van Velthooven	43.495	NR
6	2	China	Cheng Changsong Zhang Lei Zhang Miao	43.505	AS
7	1	Russia	Sergei Borisov Denis Dmitriev Sergey Kucherov	43.909
8	4	Japan	Seiichiro Nakagawa Yudai Nitta Kazunari Watanabe	43.964	NR

Finals

Final bronze medal

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
03 !	Germany	René Enders Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy	43.209
4	Australia	Matthew Glaetzer Shane Perkins Scott Sunderland	43.355

Final gold medal

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
01 !	Great Britain	Philip Hindes Chris Hoy Jason Kenny	42.600	WR
02 !	France	Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kévin Sireau	43.013