Olympic record progression track cycling – Men's team sprint

The British team during the 2012 Summer Olympics setting the Olymlic record

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

During the Qulification 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
43"065	Great Britain Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Chris Hoy	London (GBR), London Velopark	Indoor track	2 August 2012	2012 Summer Olympics Qualification
42"747	Great Britain Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Chris Hoy	London (GBR), London Velopark	Indoor track	2 August 2012	2012 Summer Olympics First round
42"600	Great Britain Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Chris Hoy	London (GBR), London Velopark	Indoor track	2 August 2012	2012 Summer Olympics Gold medal final

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