Olympic Games - Cycling
Men's Cycling has been a constant factor at each Olympic Games. Women's competition did not become part of the programme until the road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Women have competed in track events since 1988. Mountain biking was first staged in 1996, followed by BMX in 2008.
The 2012 Summer Olympics is the first at which men and women compete in the same number of events in all cycling disciplines.
The venue used in 2008 for the track, mountain bike and BMX events was Laoshan, Beijing, China.
2008 Medallists
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
M Rd | SAMUEL SANCHEZ (Esp) | F Cancellara (Swi) | A'r Kolobnev (Rus) |
W Rd | NICOLA COOKE (Gbr) | E Johansson (Swe) | T'ana Guderzo (Ita) |
M TT | FABIAN CANCELLARA (Swi) | G'av Larsson (Swe) | L Leipheimer (Usa) |
W TT | KRISTIN ARMSTONG (Usa) | Emma Pooley (Gbr) | Karin Thurig (Swi) |
M P'st | BRADLEY WIGGINS (Gbr) | H'en Roulston (Nzl) | Steven Burke (Gbr) |
W P'st | REBECCA ROMERO (Gbr) | W Houven'hel (Gbr) | L'a Kalitovska (Ukr) |
M TP | GREAT BRITAIN | Denmark | New Zealand |
M S'nt | CHRIS HOY (Gbr) | Jason Kenny (Gbr) | M'el Bourgain (Fra) |
W S'nt | VICTORIA PENDLETON (Gbr) | Anna Meares (Aus) | Guo Shuang (Chn) |
M TS | GREAT BRITAIN | France | Germany |
M Pts | JOAN LLANERAS (Esp) | Roger Kluge (Ger) | Chris Newton (Gbr) |
W Pts | MARIANNE VOS (Nld) | Y Gonzalez (Cub) | Leire Olaberria (Esp) |
M K'in | CHRIS HOY (Gbr) | Ross Edgar (Gbr) | Kiyofumi Nagai (Jap) |
M Mad | JUAN ESTEBAN CURUCHET & WALTER FERNANDO PEREZ (Arg) | Joan Llaneras & A'io Tauler (Esp) | Mikhail Ignatiev & Alexei Markov (Rus) |
M MB | JULIEN ABSALON (Fra) | Jean-C Peraud (Fra) | Nino Schurter (Swi) |
W MB | SABINE SPITZ (Ger) | M Wlos'owska (Pol) | I'na Kalentieva (Rus) |
M BMX | MARIS STROMBERGS (Lat) | Mike Day (Usa) | D'ny Robinson (Usa) |
W BMX | ANNE-CAROLINE CHAUSSON (Fra) | L Le Courguille (Fra) | Jill Kintner (Usa) |
M = Men's W = Women's Rd = Road TT = Time Trial P'st = Pursuit TP = Team Pursuit S'nt = Sprint TS = Team Sprint Pts = Points Race K'in = Kierin Mad = Madison MB = Mountain Biking Cross Country Links to other Olympics |