Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tandem sprint B explained

The men's tandem sprint B at the 2022 Commonwealth Games is part of the cycling programme, and took place on 31 July 2022.

Records

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

World record		9.568	Brisbane, Australia	7 April 2018
Games record		9.568	Brisbane, Australia	7 April 2018

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 31 July 2022	10:42	Qualifying
	11:25	Semifinals
	style=background:lemonchiffon	15:02	style=background:lemonchiffon	Finals

Top 4 riders qualify for Semi-Finals.^[2]

Rank	Riders	Time	Behind	Average speed (km/h)	Notes
1	Neil Fachie Lewis Stewart (pilot)	9.807		73.417	Q
2	James Ball Matt Rotherham (pilot)	9.851	+0.044	73.089	Q
3	Beau Wootton Luke Zaccaria (pilot)	10.370	+0.563	69.431	Q
4	Alex Pope Steffan Lloyd (pilot)	10.401	+0.594	69.224	Q
5	Stephen Bate Christopher Latham (pilot)	10.614	+0.807	67.835
6	Frederick Assor Rudolf Mensah (pilot)	13.186	+3.379	54.603
7	Kennedy Ogada Peter Njoki (pilot)	13.396	+3.589	53.747

The winners race for the gold and silver medals. The losers race for third place.^[3]

Heat	Rank	Riders	Race 1	Race 2	Notes
1	1	Neil Fachie Lewis Stewart (pilot)	won	won	QG
1	2	Alex Pope Steffan Lloyd (pilot)	+0.230	+0.128	QB

2	1	James Ball Matt Rotherham (pilot)	won	won	QG
2	2	Beau Wootton Luke Zaccaria (pilot)	+0.333	+0.145	QB

The final classification is determined in the medal finals.^[4]

Rank	Riders	Race 1	Race 2
Gold medal final
	James Ball Matt Rotherham (pilot)	won	won
	Neil Fachie Lewis Stewart (pilot)	+0.009	+0.122
Bronze medal final
	Beau Wootton Luke Zaccaria (pilot)	won	won
4	Alex Pope Steffan Lloyd (pilot)	+0.164	+0.387