Great Britain at the 2008 UEC European Track Championships

Great Britain at the
2008 European Track Championships
Great Britain at the; 2008 European Track Championships
IOC code	GBR
in Pruszków, Poland; 3 September – 7 September 2008
Competitors	25 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

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]

List of medalists edit

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 edit

Under-23 edit

Sprint edit

Cyclist	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage	Semifinals	Final
Cyclist	Event	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	U23 Men's sprint	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 edit

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

Individual Pursuit edit

Cyclist	Event	Qualification		Semifinals	Final
Cyclist	Event	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	U23 women's individual pursuit	3:50.176 46.920	13	did not advance		13

Team pursuit edit

Cyclist	Event	Qualification		Final
Cyclist	Event	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 edit

Cyclist	Event	Qualification		Semifinal	Final
Cyclist	Event	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 edit

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

Scratch edit

Cyclist	Event	Qualification	Final
Cyclist	Event	Rank	Rank
Peter Kennaugh	U23 men's scratch	5 Q
Mark McNally	U23 men's scratch	18	Did not advance
Lizzie Armitstead	U23 women's scratch	—	^{[N 1]}
Katie Colclough	U23 women's scratch	—	14

^ Ellen van Dijk from the Netherlands finished at the same time as Lizzie Armitstead, so two gold medals were awarded.

Points race edit

Cyclist	Event	Qualification				Final
Cyclist	Event	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	U23 men's points race	23	1	6	2 Q	3	0	17	16
Lizzie Armitstead	U23 women's points race	N/A				27	1	1