Olympic record progression track cycling – Men's team sprint explained

This is an overview of the progression of the Olympic track cycling record of the men's team sprint as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).^[1]

The men's team sprint was introduced at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Progression

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2024 Summer Olympics.

During the Qualification session there were several teams who rode a new best time and so had temporary the Olympic Record. They are not listed as Olympic Record holders because they did not win the qualification session. These countries who had temporary the Olympic record are:

• Heat 1: : Hersony Canelón, César Marcano, Angel Polgar in a time of 44.654
• Heat 2: : Cheng Changsong, Zhang Lei, Zhang Miao in a time of 43.751
• Heat 3: : Sergey Borisov, Denis Dmitriev, Sergey Kucherov in a time of 43.681
• Heat 4: : Grégory Baugé, Michaël D'Almeida, Kévin Sireau in a time of 43.097

Time	Cyclists	Location	Track	Date	Meet	Ref
43.065			Indoor track	2 August 2012	2012 Summer Olympics Qualification
42.747			Indoor track	2 August 2012	2012 Summer Olympics First round
42.600			Indoor track	2 August 2012	2012 Summer Olympics Gold medal final
42.562			Indoor track	11 August 2016	2016 Summer Olympics Qualifying	^[2]
42.535			Indoor track	11 August 2016	2016 Summer Olympics First round	^[3]
42.440			Indoor track	11 August 2016	2016 Summer Olympics Gold medal final	^[4]
42.134			Indoor track	3 August 2021	2020 Summer Olympics Qualifying	^[5]
41.431			Indoor track	3 August 2021	2020 Summer Olympics First round	^[6]
41.369			Indoor track	3 August 2021	2020 Summer Olympics Finals	^[7]
41.279		Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France	Indoor track	5 August 2024	2024 Summer Olympics Qualifying	^[8]
41.191		Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France	Indoor track	6 August 2024	2024 Summer Olympics First round	^[9]
♦ 40.949		Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France	Indoor track	6 August 2024	2024 Summer Olympics Finals	^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Union Cycliste Internationale - Men - Olympic Record. Union Cycliste Internationale. 21 October 2014. 24 November 2014. PDF.
2. Web site: Men's Team Sprint Qualifying Results. Rio 2016 official website. 11 August 2016. 11 August 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920085552/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM401900_Results_2016_08_11_d66946f3_6aa6_405e_a177_46aeb7829a89.pdf. 20 September 2016.
3. Web site: Men's Team Sprint Round 1 Results. Rio 2016 official website. 11 August 2016. 12 August 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920094647/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM401800_Results_2016_08_11_6cc71470_5481_495d_9191_85b2f76baf92.pdf. 20 September 2016.
4. Web site: Men's Team Sprint Final Classification. Rio 2016 official website. 12 August 2016. 13 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920113605/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM401100_Results_2016_08_11_dd4569af_9394_4116_aad3_fa14cc2e557d.pdf. 20 September 2016. dead. dmy-all.
5. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – Qualifying Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. 3 August 2021. 10 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210810035845/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CTR/OG2020-_CTR_C73D1_CTRMSPRTEAM3----------QUAL--------.pdf. dead.
6. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – First Round Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. 3 August 2021. 3 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210803081641/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CTR/OG2020-_CTR_C73D2_CTRMSPRTEAM3----------RND1--------.pdf. dead.
7. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – Final Classification. olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. 3 August 2021. 3 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210803100533/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CTR/OG2020-_CTR_C74D_CTRMSPRTEAM3----------------------.pdf. dead.
8. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – Qualifying – Results. olympics.com. 5 August 2024. 5 August 2024.
9. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – First Round – Results. olympics.com. 6 August 2024. 6 August 2024.
10. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – Final Classification. olympics.com. 6 August 2024. 6 August 2024.