Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's team sprint explained

Event:	Cycling Track – Men's team sprint
Games:	2018
Venue:	Anna Meares Velodrome
Dates:	5 April
Competitors:	25
Nations:	8
Gold:	Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster Eddie Dawkins
Goldcga:	NZL
Silver:	Ryan Owens Joseph Truman Philip Hindes
Silvercga:	ENG
Bronze:	Nathan Hart Jacob Schmid Patrick Constable Matthew Glaetzer
Bronzecga:	AUS
Win Value:	42.877
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's team sprint at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 5 April 2018.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	(René Enders, Robert Förstemann, Joachim Eilers)	41.871	Aguascalientes, Mexico	5 December 2013
Games record	(Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster, Eddie Dawkins)	43.181	Glasgow, Scotland	24 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 5 April 2018	16:34	Qualifying
	style=background:lemonchiffon	20:58 / 21:02	style=background:lemonchiffon	Finals

Results

Qualifying

The two fastest teams advance to the gold medal final. The next two fastest teams advance to the bronze medal final.^[2]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Ethan Mitchell Eddie Dawkins Sam Webster	42.822		QG, GR
2	Ryan Owens Joseph Truman Philip Hindes	43.516	+0.694	QG
3	Nathan Hart Matthew Glaetzer Patrick Constable	44.205	+1.383	QB
4	Patrice St-Louis Pivin Stefan Ritter Hugo Barrette	44.346	+1.524	QB
5	Muhammad Khairil Nizam Rasol Muhammad Sahrom Muhammad Fadhil Mohd Zonis	44.760	+1.938
6	Njisane Phillip Kwesi Browne Nicholas Paul	45.386	+2.564
7	Sanuraj Sanandaraj Sahil Kumar Ranjit Singh	46.174	+3.352
8	Christopher Gerry Stephen Belle Jeff Esparon	53.214

Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals.^[3]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Bronze medal final
	Nathan Hart Jacob Schmid Patrick Constable	43.645	–
4	Patrice St-Louis Pivin Stefan Ritter Hugo Barrette	44.943	+1.298
Gold medal final
	Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster Eddie Dawkins	42.877	–
	Ryan Owens Joseph Truman Philip Hindes	43.547	+0.670

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cycling Track Daily Schedule . 3 April 2018 . Gold Coast 2018 . 5 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180405152859/https://results.gc2018.com/en/cycling-track/daily-schedule.htm . dead .
2. Web site: Cycling Track Men's Team Sprint – Qualifying Results . 5 April 2018 . Gold Coast 2018 . 5 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180405073112/https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/CTR/CG2018-_CTR_C73D1_CTRMSPRTEAM3----------QUAL000100--.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: Cycling Track Men's Team Sprint – Finals Results . 5 April 2018 . Gold Coast 2018.