Olympic record progression track cycling – Men's team sprint

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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).

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 2020 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:  Venezuela: Hersony Canelón, César Marcano, Angel Polgar in a time of 44.654
• Heat 2:  China: Cheng Changsong, Zhang Lei, Zhang Miao in a time of 43.751
• Heat 3:  Russia: Sergey Borisov, Denis Dmitriev, Sergey Kucherov in a time of 43.681
• Heat 4:  France: Grégory Baugé, Michaël D'Almeida, Kévin Sireau in a time of 43.097

Time	Cyclists	Location	Track	Date	Meet	Ref
43.065	Great Britain Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Chris Hoy	London - London Velopark	Indoor track	2 August 2012	2012 Summer Olympics Qualification
42.747	Great Britain Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Chris Hoy	London - London Velopark	Indoor track	2 August 2012	2012 Summer Olympics First round
42.600	Great Britain Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Chris Hoy	London - London Velopark	Indoor track	2 August 2012	2012 Summer Olympics Gold medal final
42.562	Great Britain Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Callum Skinner	Rio de Janeiro - Rio Olympic Velodrome	Indoor track	11 August 2016	2016 Summer Olympics Qualifying
42.535	New Zealand Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster	Rio de Janeiro - Rio Olympic Velodrome	Indoor track	11 August 2016	2016 Summer Olympics First round
42.440	Great Britain Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Callum Skinner	Rio de Janeiro - Rio Olympic Velodrome	Indoor track	11 August 2016	2016 Summer Olympics Gold medal final
42.134	Netherlands Roy van den Berg Harrie Lavreysen Matthijs Büchli	Izu - Izu Velodrome	Indoor track	3 August 2021	2020 Summer Olympics Qualifying
41.431	Netherlands Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen Roy van den Berg	Izu - Izu Velodrome	Indoor track	3 August 2021	2020 Summer Olympics First round
41.369	Netherlands Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen Roy van den Berg	Izu - Izu Velodrome	Indoor track	3 August 2021	2020 Summer Olympics Finals

References

1. ^ "Union Cycliste Internationale - Men - Olympic Record" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
2. ^ "Men's Team Sprint Qualifying Results" (PDF). Rio 2016 official website. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
3. ^ "Men's Team Sprint Round 1 Results" (PDF). Rio 2016 official website. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
4. ^ "Men's Team Sprint Final Classification" (PDF). Rio 2016 official website. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
5. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – Qualifying Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
6. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – First Round Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
7. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – Final Classification" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.