The men's Madison in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested by 18 teams, 36 cyclists. The Madison race consisted of 200 laps of the track, or 50 kilometres. It was a two-person team event, with a tag-team format used to allow one cyclist to rest while his teammate raced.[1]
Medalists
edit Gold
|
 Silver
|
 Bronze
|
 Graeme Brownand Stuart O'Grady (AUS) |
 Franco Marvulliand Bruno Risi (SUI) |
 Rob Haylesand Bradley Wiggins (GBR) |
Results
editThe Australian team of Stuart O'Grady and Graeme Brown rode consistently to achieve points in seven of the 10 sprints for a total of 22 points and the gold medal. The Swiss team of Franco Marvulli and Bruno Risi finished strongly winning the last three sprints for 15 points and the silver medal. British team of Rob Hayles and Bradley Wiggins achieved 12 points for the bronze medal, despite being in a fall mid-race.
| Rank | Nation | Cyclist 1 | Cyclist 2 | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia |
Graeme Brown | Stuart O'Grady | 22 | |
| 2 |  Switzerland |
Franco Marvulli | Bruno Risi | 15 | |
| 3 |  United Kingdom |
Rob Hayles | Bradley Wiggins | 12 | |
| 4 |  Germany |
Robert Bartko | Guido Fulst | 9 | |
| 5 |  Ukraine |
Volodymyr Rybin | Vasyl Yakovlev | 9 | |
| 6 |  Spain |
Miguel Alzamora | Joan Llaneras | 7 | |
| 7 |  New Zealand |
Greg Henderson | Hayden Roulston | 2 | |
| 8 |  Austria |
Roland Garber | Franz Stocher | -1 | 8 |
| 9 |  Argentina |
Juan Curuchet | Walter Pérez | -1 | 5 |
| 10 |  Uruguay |
Tomás Margalef | Milton Wynants | -1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Belgium |
Matthew Gilmore | Iljo Keisse | -1 | 3 |
| 12 |  Kazakhstan |
Ilya Chernyshov | Yuriy Yuda | -1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Czech Republic |
Milan Kadlec | Petr Lazar | -1 | 2 |
| 14 |  Netherlands |
Robert Slippens | Danny Stam | -1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Slovakia |
Martin Liška | Jozef Žabka | -2 | 5 |
| 16 |  Colombia |
Leonardo Duque | José Serpa | -2 | 3 |
| 17 |  Russia |
Oleg Grishkin | Alexey Shmidt | -2 | 2 |
| DNF |  France |
Jérôme Neuville | Mathieu Ladagnous |
References
edit- ^ a b "Cycling at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Madison". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.