Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial

The men's track time trial in Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics was a time trial race in which each of the sixteen cyclists attempted to set the fastest time for four laps (1 kilometre) of the track. The race was held on Saturday, September 16 at the Dunc Gray Velodrome.[1] For the first time since 1896, a nation had more than one cyclist: Germany had two. The event was won by Jason Queally of Great Britain, the nation's first victory in the men's track time trial (and first medal in the event since 1948). Stefan Nimke's silver was the first medal for Germany since 1936 (though the United Team of Germany, East Germany, and West Germany had each won medals). Shane Kelly, the 1992 silver medalist from Australia, became the fifth and last man to win multiple medals in the event with his bronze.

Men's track time trial
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Track cycling pictogram
VenueDunc Gray Velodrome
Date16 September
Competitors16 from 15 nations
Winning time1:01.609 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jason Queally
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stefan Nimke
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shane Kelly
 Australia
← 1996
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Background

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This was the 18th appearance of the event, which had previously been held in 1896 and every Games since 1928. For the first time, a women's track time trial event was held as well. Both the men's and women's versions would be cancelled after the 2004 Games, however.

The returning cyclists from 1996 were fourth-place finisher Soeren Lausberg of Germany, sixth-place finisher Grzegorz Krejner of Poland, seventh-place finisher Dimitrios Georgalis of Greece, and non-finisher Shane Kelly of Australia. Kelly had taken silver in 1992, won the world championship in 1995, and set the world record in 1995; he had been favored in 1996 but his foot slipped from his toe clip. Kelly won the world championship again in 1996 and 1997, coming in second to Arnaud Tournant of France in 1998 and 1999. Kelly and Tournant were the favorites in Sydney.[2]

The Czech Republic made its debut in the men's track time trial, though Czechoslovakia has appeared before. France made its 18th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format

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The event was a time trial on the track, with each cyclist competing separately to attempt to achieve the fastest time. Each cyclist raced one kilometre from a standing start.[2][3]

Records

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The following were the world and Olympic records prior to the competition.

World record   Arnaud Tournant (FRA) 1:00.148 Mexico City, Mexico 16 June 2000
Olympic record   Florian Rousseau (FRA) 1:02.712 Atlanta, United States 24 July 1996

Jason Queally broke the Olympic record with a time of 1:01.609. Stefan Nimke also beat the old Olympic record, but raced after Queally and did not beat his new mark.

Schedule

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All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 16 September 2000 20:20 Final

Results

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Lausberg was the best of the first 12 cyclists. Queally went 13th, breaking the Olympic record and setting a time that nobody else would beat. Nimke rode after Queally, moving into second place. Kelly was 15th, recording a time that placed him third with only Tournant to go. The French cyclist, favored to win, had the best first-half but finished slowly and came in outside the medals with the fifth-best time.[2]

Rank Cyclist Nation 250 m 500 m 750 m Time Notes
  Jason Queally   Great Britain 18.617 32.409 46.630 1:01.609 OR
  Stefan Nimke   Germany 18.785 32.451 46.884 1:02.487
  Shane Kelly   Australia 18.575 32.362 46.930 1:02.818
4 Soeren Lausberg   Germany 19.114 32.954 47.321 1:02.937
5 Arnaud Tournant   France 18.717 32.287 46.694 1:03.023
6 Dimitrios Georgalis   Greece 18.546 32.664 47.747 1:04.018
7 Grzegorz Krejner   Poland 19.160 33.257 48.127 1:04.156
8 Garen Bloch   South Africa 19.088 33.335 48.338 1:04.478
9 Narihito Inamura   Japan 19.256 33.574 48.673 1:05.085
10 Julio César Herrera   Cuba 19.087 33.258 48.632 1:05.537
11 Matt Sinton   New Zealand 19.348 33.837 49.106 1:05.706
12 Jim Fisher   Canada 19.103 33.570 49.046 1:05.835
13 Martin Polak   Czech Republic 19.420 33.731 49.091 1:05.851
14 Jonas Carney   United States 19.007 33.618 49.187 1:05.968
15 David Cabrero   Spain 19.498 34.236 50.212 1:07.710
16 Gvido Miezis   Latvia 20.404 35.260 51.040 1:08.113

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's 1,000 metres Time Trial". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "1,000 metres Time Trial, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, Results Book for Track Cycling.
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