The men's team sprint

Olympic sprint

The Team sprint is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event - it is, in the men's event, a three-man team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome, and, in the women's event, a two-woman event held over two laps.The current men's world best time...

event in cycling

Cycling

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at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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was contested by twelve teams. The competition took place on August 21 at the Olympic Velodrome at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex

Athens Olympic Sports Complex

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Medalists

Qualifying round

The twelve teams of three riders raced the course without competition in the qualifying round. The top eight qualified for the first round, while the bottom four received final rankings based on their times in the qualifying round.

Rank	Team	Riders	Time
1		Mickaël Bourgain Mickael Bourgain Mickaël Bourgain is a French track cyclist, who won a bronze medal in the men's team sprint race at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Laurent Gané and Arnaud Tournant.... , Laurent Gané Laurent Gané Laurent Gané is a French professional track cyclist.He was awarded the Vélo d'Or français, which is awarded by a panel of French journalists, in 1999 and 2003.Gané is also the cousin of cyclist Hervé Gané.... , Arnaud Tournant Arnaud Tournant Arnaud Tournant is a French track cyclist. He has won 14 World Championships and won a gold, silver and a bronze at the Summer Olympics.-Biography:...	44.179 Q
2		Jens Fiedler, Stefan Nimke Stefan Nimke Stefan Nimke is an Olympic and world champion track cyclist from Germany.-External links:... , René Wolff René Wolff René Wolff is an Olympic and world champion track cyclist from Germany.Wolff specializes in the Sprint, Team Sprint and Kierin events and teamed up with multiple Olympic champion Jens Fiedler and Stefan Nimke to win the Gold medal in the Team Sprint event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.Since 2010...	44.251 Q
3		Toshiaki Fushimi, Masaki Inoue, Tomohiro Nagatsuka	44.355 Q
4		José Antonio Escuredo José Antonio Escuredo José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez is a Spanish racing cyclist, specialising in track cycling. He has won three silver and one bronze world championship medals and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Escuredo has also won ten titles at the Spanish national track cycling championships... , Salvador Melia, Jose Villanueva	44.452 Q
5		Ryan Bayley Ryan Bayley Ryan Neville Bayley OAM is a professional track cyclist.-Biography:Born in Perth, Western Australia, Bayley started competitive cycling in 1997 at fifteen years of age... , Sean Eadie Sean Eadie Sean Eadie is a retired professional track cyclist. He lives in Como, New South Wales . He started cycling at 10 and became a professional in 1990. Despite competitive aggression on the track, he is a "gentle giant" off the track. Prior to becoming a full time cyclist, Eadie was a kindergarten... , Shane Kelly Shane Kelly Shane John Kelly OAM is a former professional Australian track racing cyclist. Kelly specialized in the men's 1000 m time trial, commonly known as the Kilo. Kelly announced his retirement from international competition at the end of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics...	44.512 Q
6		Jan Bos Jan Bos Jan Bos is a Dutch speedskater and sprint cyclist.In 1998 he became world champion sprint and he won the silver medal that year on the 1000 meter sprint during the Winter Olympics in Nagano.... , Theo Bos Theo Bos Theo Bos is a Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist, Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion. He lives in Alkmaar, Netherlands. Theo Bos is the brother of Olympic medalist in speed skating Jan Bos. Bos rides for UCI ProTeam .-Early life:Theo Bos was born on 22 August 1983 in Hierden,... , Teun Mulder Teun Mulder Teunis Mulder is a Dutch track cyclist. He is a former keirin World Champion and won a silver in the team sprint with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt. Mulder also won a total of four world cup classics in the team sprint and keirin. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,...	44.539 Q
7		Chris Hoy Chris Hoy Sir Christopher Andrew "Chris" Hoy, MBE is a Scottish track cyclist representing Great Britain and Scotland. He is a multiple world champion and Olympic Games gold medal winner... , Craig MacLean Craig MacLean Craig MacLean is a Scottish track cyclist who has represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning a Silver Medal in the Team Sprint at the 2000 Olympics.... , Jamie Staff Jamie Staff Jamie Alan Staff MBE is an English racing cyclist and coach, formerly on BMX and later on the track. A World and Olympic champion, he has also won numerous other medals at World Championships, World Cups and at the Commonwealth Games....	44.693 Q
8		Georgios Cheimonetos, Dimitrios Georgalis, Labros Vasilopoulos	44.986 Q
9		Rafał Furman, Łukasz Kwiatkowski, Damian Zieliński	45.093
10		Reinier Cartaya, Julio César Herrera Julio César Herrera Julio César Herrera Cabrera is a retired male track cyclist from Cuba. He competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Herrera won three medals at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.-References:*... , Ahmed López	45.548
11		Adam Duvendeck, Giddeon Massie, Christian Stahl Christian Stahl Christian Stahl is an American racing cyclist. He was a member of the 2004 US Olympic Cycling Team, and competed in the team sprint...	45.742
12		Peter Bazálik, Jaroslav Jeřábek, Ján Lepka	45.978

First round

In the first round of match competition, teams raced head-to-head. The two fastest winners advanced to the finals, the other two winners competed for the bronze medal and fourth place, and losers received final rankings (fifth through eight places) based on their times in the round. In this round, Great Britain had the second fastest time overall, but lost their match to Germany and therefore did not advance to the medal round.

Heat	Team	Time	Rank
1		44.320	4
		44.687	7
2		44.081	2
		44.370	6
3		43.955	1
		44.075	5
4		44.128	3
		45.708	8

Medal round

Match	Team	Time	Rank
Bronze		44.359
		44.404	4
Gold		43.980
		44.246

Final classification

The final classification was