Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint

Men's team sprint at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic track cycling
Venues	Izu Velodrome
Dates	3 August 2021
Competitors	26 from 8 nations
Teams	8
Medalists
Roy van den Berg Harrie Lavreysen Jeffrey Hoogland Matthijs Büchli  Netherlands Jack Carlin Jason Kenny Ryan Owens  Great Britain Florian Grengbo Rayan Helal Sébastien Vigier  France

The men's team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 3 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome.^[1] 24 cyclists (8 teams of 3) from 8 nations competed.^[2]

Background

This will be the 6th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 2000.

The reigning Olympic champions are Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny, and Callum Skinner of Great Britain; it was the third consecutive victory for Great Britain in the event (all three times with Kenny on the team). The reigning (2020) World Champions are Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen, and Jeffrey Hoogland of the Netherlands. Great Britain had the second place team, including Kenny, at the World Championships.

Qualification

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 1 team of 3 cyclists in the men's team sprint. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. Qualification is entirely through the 2018–20 UCI nation rankings. The eight top NOCs on the ranking list qualified for the team sprint event. These nations also received the right to enter two cyclists each in the individual sprint and Keirin.^[2] Because qualification was complete by the end of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on 1 March 2020 (the last event that contributed to the 2018–20 rankings), qualification was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Competition format

A men's team sprint race consists of a three-lap (750 m) race between two teams of three cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. Each member of the team must lead for one of the laps. The time for a team is measured to when the last cyclist finishes. Ties are broken by splits on the last lap.

The tournament consists of an initial qualifying round that seeds the teams. The first round comprises head-to-head races based on seeding (1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, etc.). The winners of those four heats advance to the medal round, with the two fastest winners competing in the gold medal final and the two slower winners facing off for bronze.^[3][4]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)^[5]

Date	Time	Round
3 August	15:58	Qualifying
	16:50	First round
	17:35	Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result[6]	Notes
1	Netherlands	Roy van den Berg Harrie Lavreysen Matthijs Büchli	42.134	OR
2	Great Britain	Ryan Owens Jack Carlin Jason Kenny	42.231
3	Australia	Matthew Richardson Nathan Hart Matthew Glaetzer	42.371
4	France	Florian Grengbo Sébastien Vigier Rayan Helal	42.722
5	New Zealand	Sam Dakin Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster	43.066
6	ROC	Ivan Gladyshev Denis Dmitriev Pavel Yakushevskiy	43.097
7	Germany	Timo Bichler Stefan Bötticher Maximilian Levy	43.140
8	Poland	Mateusz Rudyk Patryk Rajkowski Krzysztof Maksel	43.516

First round

Rank	Heat	Country	Cyclists	Result[7]	Notes
1	4	Netherlands	Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen Roy van den Berg	41.431	QG, OR
2	3	Great Britain	Jack Carlin Jason Kenny Ryan Owens	41.829	QG
3	2	Australia	Matthew Glaetzer Nathan Hart Matthew Richardson	42.103	QB
4	1	France	Florian Grengbo Rayan Helal Sébastien Vigier	42.294	QB
5	3	Germany	Timo Bichler Stefan Bötticher Maximilian Levy	42.733
6	2	ROC	Denis Dmitriev Ivan Gladyshev Pavel Yakushevskiy	42.915
7	1	New Zealand	Sam Dakin Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster	42.978
8	4	Poland	Krzysztof Maksel Patryk Rajkowski Mateusz Rudyk	43.307

Finals

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result[8]	Notes
Gold medal final
	Netherlands	Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen Roy van den Berg	41.369	OR
	Great Britain	Jack Carlin Jason Kenny Ryan Owens	44.589
Bronze medal final
	France	Florian Grengbo Rayan Helal Sébastien Vigier	42.331
4	Australia	Matthew Glaetzer Nathan Hart Matthew Richardson	44.013
Fifth place final
5	Germany	Timo Bichler Stefan Bötticher Maximilian Levy
6	ROC	Denis Dmitriev Ivan Gladyshev Pavel Yakushevskiy	REL
Seventh place final
7	New Zealand	Ethan Mitchell Callum Saunders Sam Webster	43.703
8	Poland	Krzysztof Maksel Patryk Rajkowski Mateusz Rudyk	46.431

References

1. "Cycling Track Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
2. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Road Cycling" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
3. "UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS PART 3 TRACK RACES" (PDF). UCI. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
4. Liam Nee (26 March 2021). "Cycling 101: Competition format". NBC. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
5. "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 12 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
6. "Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – Qualifying Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
7. "Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – First Round Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
8. "Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – Final Classification" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.