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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Cycling competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 23 at the Laoshan Velodrome (track events), Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, Laoshan BMX Field and the Beijing Cycling Road Course. The event was dominated by the British team, who claimed 14 medals in total, including eight golds.

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Events

Eighteen sets of medals were awarded in four disciplines: track cycling, road cycling, mountain bike, and, new for 2008, BMX. The following events were contested:

Track cycling

  • Team sprint men
  • Sprint men
  • Keirin men
  • 4000 m Team pursuit men
  • 4000 m Individual pursuit men
  • Madison 50 km men
  • Points race 40 km men
  • Sprint women
  • 3000 m Individual pursuit women
  • Points race 25 km women

    • Road cycling

  • Road bicycle race men—239 km
  • Road time trial men—46.8 km
  • Road bicycle race women—120 km
  • Road time trial women—31.2 km

    • Mountain bike

  • Mountain bike men
  • Mountain bike women

    • BMX

  • BMX race men
  • BMX race women

    • Track cycling

    * Participate in the preliminary round only.

    References

    Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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