men's individual sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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The men's individual sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics was a track cycling event in Beijing in which riders competed head-to-head in short, tactical races to determine the Olympic champion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic cycling event ⓘ
track cycling sprint event ⓘ
bronzeMedalist Mickaël Bourgain ⓘ
bronzeMedalistNation France ⓘ
bronzeMedalistNOC FRA ⓘ
competitionFormatFeature best-of-three races in later rounds ⓘ
competitionPhase 1/16 finals ⓘ
1/8 finals ⓘ
classification races ⓘ
finals ⓘ
qualifying ⓘ
quarterfinals ⓘ
repechages ⓘ
semifinals ⓘ
country China ⓘ
discipline sprint ⓘ
distancePerRace 3 laps ⓘ
endDate 2008-08-19 ⓘ
eventType individual ⓘ
format head-to-head match sprints ⓘ
games 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
gender men's ⓘ
goldMedalist Chris Hoy ⓘ
goldMedalistNation Great Britain ⓘ
goldMedalistNOC GBR ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain
governingBody International Olympic Committee ⓘ
lapLengthOfTrack 250 metres ⓘ
location Beijing ⓘ
medalEvent yes ⓘ
nextEvent men's individual sprint at the 2012 Summer Olympics ⓘ
numberOfCompetitors 21 ⓘ
numberOfNations 15 ⓘ
objective determine the Olympic champion in men's sprint cycling ⓘ
partOf cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
previousEvent men's individual sprint at the 2004 Summer Olympics ⓘ
qualificationMethod 200 m flying time trial seeding ⓘ
raceType short tactical races ⓘ
silverMedalist Jason Kenny ⓘ
silverMedalistNation Great Britain ⓘ
silverMedalistNOC GBR ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain
sport track cycling ⓘ
startDate 2008-08-16 ⓘ
surface indoor wooden velodrome ⓘ
tactics drafting and late sprinting ⓘ
track stands and positioning ⓘ
technicalRegulationsBy Union Cycliste Internationale ⓘ
timeTrialDistanceForSeeding 200 metres ⓘ
venue Laoshan Velodrome ⓘ

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Chris Hoy → wonEvent → men's individual sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ