| Cycling at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |
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| Venues | Laoshan BMX Field Laoshan Mountain Bike Course Urban Road Cycling Course Laoshan Velodrome |
| Date | 9 August – 23 August 2008 |
| Competitors | 508 from 66 nations |
Cycling competitionsat theBeijing2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 23 at theLaoshan Velodrome (track events),Laoshan Mountain Bike Course,Laoshan BMX Field and theBeijing Cycling Road Course.
The event was dominated by theGreat Britain team, who claimed 14 medals in total, including eight golds, seven of them from the ten events in the velodrome. This marked the beginning of a period of complete domination for Great Britain that would last to the2020 Summer Olympics; The British team would claim 21 of the 30 gold medals awarded in the velodrome over the next three Games, 70% of all gold medals on offer.[1][2]
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:
| Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Road race | men | women |
| Time trial | men | women |
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| Individual pursuit | men | women |
| Team pursuit | men | |
| Sprint | men | women |
| Team sprint | men | |
| Points race | men | women |
| Keirin | men | |
| Madison | men | |
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| Cross-country | men | women |
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| BMX | men | women |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 |  France (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's road race details | Samuel Sánchez Spain | Fabian Cancellara Switzerland | Alexandr Kolobnev Russia |
| Men's time trial details | Fabian Cancellara Switzerland | Gustav Larsson Sweden | Levi Leipheimer United States |
| Women's road race details | Nicole Cooke Great Britain | Emma Johansson Sweden | Tatiana Guderzo Italy |
| Women's time trial details | Kristin Armstrong United States | Emma Pooley Great Britain | Karin Thürig Switzerland |
* Participate in the preliminary round only.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's details | Julien Absalon France | Jean-Christophe Péraud France | Nino Schurter Switzerland |
| Women's details | Sabine Spitz Germany | Maja Włoszczowska Poland | Irina Kalentieva Russia |
| Event | Time | Name | Nation | Date | Record |
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| Men'sSprint | 9.815 | Chris Hoy | Great Britain (GBR) | 2008-08-17 | OR |
| Men'sIndividual pursuit | 4:15.031 | Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain (GBR) | 2008-08-15 | OR |
| Men'sTeam pursuit | 3:53.314 | Bradley Wiggins Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Ed Clancy | Great Britain (GBR) | 2008-08-18 | OR |
| Women'sSprint | 10.963 | Victoria Pendleton | Great Britain (GBR) | 2008-08-17 | OR |
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