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Wikipedian hub| Men's Madison at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Laoshan Velodrome | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 19 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Road race | men | women |
| Time trial | men | women |
| Track cycling | ||
| Individual pursuit | men | women |
| Team pursuit | men | |
| Sprint | men | women |
| Team sprint | men | |
| Points race | men | women |
| Keirin | men | |
| Madison | men | |
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| Cross-country | men | women |
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| BMX | men | women |
The men's Madison at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on 19 August at the Laoshan Velodrome.
This track cycling event consists of a single race. This race is a 50 kilometre, 200 lap race. Cyclists compete in pairs, with one resting as the other rides. Placing is determined first by laps, then by points. Points are awarded based on intermediate sprints held every 20 laps. The first finisher in each sprint earns 5 points, the second gets 3, the third finisher earns 2, and the fourth place cyclist after each sprint gets 1 point. Ties after both laps and points are broken by the placing in the last sprint.[1]
Argentina wins the gold medal.
| Rank | Nation | Cyclist 1 | Cyclist 2 | Points | Laps |
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 Argentina |
Juan Curuchet | Walter Pérez | 8 | |
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 Spain |
Joan Llaneras | Antonio Tauler | 7 | |
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 Russia |
Mikhail Ignatiev | Alexei Markov | 6 | |
| 4 |  Belgium |
Iljo Keisse | Kenny de Ketele | 17 | −1 |
| 5 |  Germany |
Roger Kluge | Olaf Pollack | 15 | −1 |
| 6 |  Denmark |
Michael Mørkøv | Alex Nicki Rasmussen | 14 | −1 |
| 7 |  France |
Matthieu Ladagnous | Jérôme Neuville | 12 | −1 |
| 8 |  Netherlands |
Jens Mouris | Peter Schep | 6 | −1 |
| 9 |  Great Britain |
Mark Cavendish | Bradley Wiggins | 6 | −1 |
| 10 |  New Zealand |
Greg Henderson | Hayden Roulston | 5 | −1 |
| 11 |  Switzerland |
Franco Marvulli | Bruno Risi | 3 | −1 |
| 12 |  Canada |
Zachary Bell | Martin Gilbert | 5 | −3 |
| 13 |  Czech Republic |
Milan Kadlec | Alois Kaňkovský | 3 | −3 |
| 14 |  Italy |
Angelo Ciccone | Fabio Masotti | 0 | −3 |
| 15 |  Ukraine |
Lyubomyr Polatayko | Volodymyr Rybin | 0 | −3 |
| 16 |  United States |
Michael Friedman | Bobby Lea | 3 | −4 |
