| Event: | Cycling |
| Games: | 2008 Summer |
| Venues: | Laoshan BMX Field Laoshan Mountain Bike Course Urban Road Cycling Course Laoshan Velodrome |
| Date: | 9 August – 23 August 2008 |
| Competitors: | 508 |
| Nations: | 66 |
| Prev: | 2004 |
| Next: | 2012 |
Cycling competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 23 at the Laoshan Velodrome (track events), Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, Laoshan BMX Field and the Beijing Cycling Road Course.
The event was dominated by the Great Britain team, who claimed 14 medals in total, including eight golds, seven of them from the ten events in the velodrome. This marked the beginning of a period of complete domination for Great Britain that would last to the 2020 Summer Olympics; The British team would claim 21 of the 30 gold medals awarded in the velodrome over the next three Games, 70% of all gold medals on offer.[1] [2]
Eighteen sets of medals were awarded in four disciplines: track cycling, road cycling, mountain bike, and, new for 2008, BMX. The following events were contested:
| Men's road race | ||||
| Men's time trial | ||||
| Women's road race | ||||
| Women's time trial |
| Keirin | ||||||
| Madison | Juan Esteban Curuchet Walter Fernando Pérez | Joan Llaneras Antonio Tauler | Mikhail Ignatiev Alexei Markov | |||
| points race | ||||||
| individual pursuit | ||||||
| team pursuit | valign=top | Ed Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins | valign=top | Alex Nicki Rasmussen Michael Moerkoev Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Michael Færk Christensen | valign=top | Sam Bewley Jesse Sergent Hayden Roulston Marc Ryan Westley Gough |
| individual sprint | ||||||
| team sprint | Jamie Staff Jason Kenny Chris Hoy | Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau Arnaud Tournant | René Enders Maximilian Levy Stefan Nimke |
| points race | ||||
| pursuit | ||||
| sprint |
| Men's | ||||
| Women's |
| Men's | ||||
| Women's |
See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
| Event | Time | Name | Nation | Date | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Sprint | 9.815 | Chris Hoy | 2008-08-17 | OR | ||
| Men's Individual pursuit | 4:15.031 | Bradley Wiggins | 2008-08-15 | OR | ||
| Men's Team pursuit | 3:53.314 | Bradley Wiggins Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Ed Clancy | 2008-08-18 | OR | ||
| Women's Sprint | 10.963 | Victoria Pendleton | 2008-08-17 | OR |
See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification.