Английская Википедия:Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit

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The men's individual pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 16 at the Laoshan Velodrome. The pre-event favorite to win the gold medal was the defending Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain, who managed to retain the title, setting a new Olympic record in the preliminary round.[1]

Qualification

Eighteen cyclists qualified for this event. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain), the defending Olympic champion, qualified for winning the individual pursuit at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukraine) qualified at the late 2007 UCI World Cup event in Sydney, winning the individual pursuit there. The qualifier by way of the UCI B World Championship was Alexandr Pliuschin (Moldova). Jenning Huizenga (Netherlands), Taylor Phinney (United States), Phillip Thuaux (Australia), Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain), Alexander Serov (Russia), and David O'Loughlin (Ireland) qualified based on UCI rankings. The rest of the field was formed by berths given to the ten nations that qualified in the team pursuit. This resulted in Great Britain, Australia, Netherlands, Spain, Ukraine, and Russia each having two competitors in this event.

Competition format

The eighteen cyclists were matched into nine two-man heats. The riders start on opposite sides of the track from one another, held in place by a starting gate until the race begins. While the objective is ostensibly to catch the other rider on the track, victory is most commonly determined by the faster time to cover 4,000 meters. The winners of each individual heat did not matter in the preliminaries - it was instead the overall eight fastest times which would advance to the match round.

In the match round, the top eight riders from the preliminaries were matched together, 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, and 4 vs. 5, for the semifinals. In the semifinals, the winner of each match advanced to race for a medal; the two fastest raced for gold and silver, while the two slower winners faced each other for the bronze.

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Friday, 15 August 2008 16:55 Qualification
Saturday, 16 August 2008 16:30 Match round
Saturday, 16 August 2008 18:50 Final

Results

Qualification

[2]

Rank Heat Cyclist Nation Result Notes
1 9 Bradley Wiggins Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:15.031 Q, Шаблон:OlyR
2 8 Hayden Roulston Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:18.990 Q
3 9 Alexei Markov Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:21.498 Q
4 6 Volodymyr Dyudya Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:21.530 Q
5 2 Steven Burke Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:22.260 Q
6 3 Antonio Tauler Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:22.462 Q
7 6 Taylor Phinney Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:22.860 Q
8 5 Alexander Serov Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:23.732 Q
9 7 Bradley McGee Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:26.084
10 5 Sergi Escobar Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:26.102
11 7 David O'Loughlin Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:26.102
12 1 Brett Lancaster Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:26.139
13 3 Jens Mouris Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:27.445
14 4 Vitaliy Popkov Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:30.321
15 1 Fabien Sanchez Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:33.100
16 2 Carlos Alzate Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:35.154
17 4 Alexandr Pliuschin Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:35.438
18 8 Jenning Huizenga Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:37.097

Match round

Semifinals

Qualification rule: Two fastest cyclists advance to the gold medal match (Q), while the next two to the bronze medal match (q).[3]

Rank Heat Cyclist Nation Result Notes
1 4 Bradley Wiggins Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:16.571 Q
2 3 Hayden Roulston Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:19.232 Q
3 1 Steven Burke Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:21.558 q
4 2 Alexei Markov Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:22.308 q
5 1 Volodymyr Dyudya Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:22.471
6 2 Antonio Tauler Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:24.974
7 4 Alexander Serov Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:25.391
8 3 Taylor Phinney Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:26.644

Medal round

Bronze medal match[4]
Rank Cyclist Nation Result Notes
Шаблон:Bronze03 Steven Burke Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:20.947
4 Alexei Markov Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:24.149
Gold medal match[4]
Rank Cyclist Nation Result Notes
Шаблон:Gold01 Bradley Wiggins Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:16.977
Шаблон:Silver02 Hayden Roulston Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:19.611

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Шаблон:Footer Olympic Champions Track Individual Pursuit Men