August 19, 2008 (Beijing, China) – The Argentinian team of Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Fernando Perez took to gold on Tuesday in the Madison with Spain winning the silver and Russia the bronze as Canada’s Zach Bell and Martin Gilbert finished 12th overall.

The Women’s Sprint was won by Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain). Second place went to Anna Meares (Australia), and Shuang Guo (China) took the bronze.

In the Men’s Sprint, two Brits rode away with the gold and bronze medals: Chris Hoy (Great Britain) and Jason Kenny (Great Britain), respectively. Mickael Bourgain (France) grabbed the bronze medal.

Results

Madison

1. Argentina 8 pts
Juan Esteban Curuchet
Walter Fernando Perez
2. Spain 7 pts
Joan Llaneras
Antonio Tauler
3. Russia 6 pts
Mikhail Ignatyev
Alexei Markov

1 Lap Behind

4 Belgium 17 pts
Iljo Keisse
Kenny De Ketele
5. Germany 15 pts
Roger Kluge
Olaf Pollack
6. Denmark 14 pts
Michael Moerkoev
Alex Nicki Rasmussen
7. France 12 pts
Matthieu Ladagnous
Jerome Neuville
8. Netherlands 6 pts
Jens Mouris
Peter Schep
9. Great Britain 6 pts
Mark Cavendish
Bradley Wiggins
10. New Zealand 5 pts
Greg Henderson
Hayden Roulston
11. Switzerland 3 pts
Franco Marvulli
Bruno Risi

3 Laps Behind

12. Canada 5 pts
Zachary Bell
Martin Gilbert
13. Czech Republic 3 pts
Milan Kadlec
Alois Kankovsky
14. Italy
Angelo Ciccone
Fabio Masotti
15. Ukraine
Lyubomyr Polatayko
Volodymyr Rybin

4 Laps Behind

16. United States 3 pts
Michael Friedman
Bobby Lea

Women’s Sprint Semifinal

Heat 1

Race 1
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 11.537
2. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)

Race 2
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 11.885
2. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)

Heat 2

Race 1
1. Shuang Guo (China) 11.629
2. Anna Meares (Australia)

Race 2
1. Anna Meares (Australia) 11.578
2. Shuang Guo (China)

Race 3
1. Anna Meares (Australia) 11.617
REL Shuang Guo (China)

Women’s Sprint Final

Race 1
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 11.363
2. Anna Meares (Australia)

Race 2
1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 11.118
2. Anna Meares (Australia)

Race for bronze
Race 1
1. Shuang Guo (China) 11.420
2. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)

Race 2
1. Shuang Guo (China) 11.617
2. Willy Kanis (Netherlands)

Race for ninth place
9. Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russia) 12.192 (59.055 km/h)
10. Lisandra Guerra (Cuba)
11. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
12. Sakie Tsukuda (Japan)

Men’s Sprint Semifinal

Heat 1

Race 1
1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 10.260
2. Mickael Bourgain (France)

Race 2
1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 10.358
2. Mickael Bourgain (France)

Heat 2

Race 1
1. Jason Kenny (Great Britain) 10.594
2. Maximilian Levy (Germany)

Race 2
1. Jason Kenny (Great Britain) 10.335
2. Maximilian Levy (Germany)

Men’s Sprint Final

Race 1
1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 10.228
2. Jason Kenny (Great Britain)

Race 2
1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 10.216
2. Jason Kenny (Great Britain)

Race for bronze
Race 1
1. Mickael Bourgain (France) 11.047
2. Maximilian Levy (Germany)

Race 2
1. Maximilian Levy (Germany) 10.666
2. Mickael Bourgain (France)

Race 3
1. Mickael Bourgain (France) 10.560
2. Maximilian Levy (Germany)

Race for ninth place
9. Stefan Nimke (Germany) 11.051 (65.152 km/h)
10. Roberto Chiappa (Italy)
11. Ryan Bayley (Australia)
12. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)