Great Britain at the 2008 UEC European Track Championships

Great Britain at the
2008 European Track Championships
IOC code GBR
in Pruszków, Poland
3 September – 7 September 2008
Competitors 25 in 31 events
Medals
Ranked 1stth
Gold Silver Bronze Total
10 6 7 23
European Track Championships appearances (overview)
See Great Britain at the European Track Championships

Great Britain competed at the 2008 European Track Championships in Pruszków, Poland, from 3 September to 7 September 2008. Great Britain competed in 31 of the 34 events.[1]

List of medalists

Lizzie Armitstead finished second behind Ellen van Dijk in the Women's under-23 points race
Medal Name Event
 Gold Matthew Crampton U23 Men's Keirin
 Gold Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh
Mark McNally
Andy Tennant 		U23 Men's Team Pursuit
 Gold Lizzie Armitstead
Katie Colclough
Joanna Rowsell 		U23 Women's Team Pursuit
 Gold Lizzie Armitstead U23 Women's Scratch
 Gold Mark Christian
Luke Rowe 		Junior Men's Madison
 Gold Jessica Vernish Junior Women's 500 m time trial
 Gold Hannah Mayho Junior Women's Individual Pursuit
 Gold Alex Greenfield
Hannah Mayho
Jessica Booth 		Junior Women's Team Pursuit
 Gold Jessica Varnish Junior Women's Keirin
 Gold Alex Greenfield Junior Women's Points Race
 Silver Lizzie Armitstead U23 Women's Points race
 Silver Matthew Crampton
David Daniell
Christian Lyte 		U23 Men's Team Sprint
 Silver David Daniell U23 Men's 1 km time trial
 Silver Luke Rowe
Mark Christian
Andrew Fenn
Erick Rowsell 		Junior Men's Team Pursuit
 Silver Steven Hill
Luc Jones
Peter Mitchell 		Junior Men's Team Sprint
 Silver Steven Hill Junior Men's Keirin
 Bronze Matthew Crampton U23 Men's sprint
 Bronze Anna Blyth U23 Women's Sprint
 Bronze Anna Blyth U23 Women's 500 m Time Trial
 Bronze Joanna Rowsell U23 Women's Individual Pursuit
 Bronze Peter Mitchell Junior Men's Sprint
 Bronze Mark Christian Junior Men's Individual Pursuit
 Bronze Jessica Vernish Junior Women's Sprint

Results

Sprint

Cyclist Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Rank
Matthew Crampton U23 Men's sprint 10.232
70.367		 4 Q  Stumpf (GER)
 Mazquiaran Uria (ESP)
W 11.073
65.023		 BYE  Sireau (FRA)
L, L		 Race for 3rd place
 Levy (GER)
W 10.823, L 10.999		 3rd
David Daniell 10.287
69.991		 6 Q  Levy (GER)
 Alonso Castillo (ESP)
L		  Dmitriev (RUS)
 Mazquiaran Uria (ESP)
 Poper (POL)
L		 Did not advance 8
Anna Blyth U23 Women's sprint 11.594
62.101		 4 Q  Clair (FRA)
W 12.061
59.696		 BYE  UKR (LTU)
L, L		 Race for 3rd place
 Clair (FRA)
W 12.045, W 12.046		 3rd

Source[1]

Time trial

Cyclist Event Final
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank
David Daniell U23 men's 1 km time trial 1:03.120
57.034		 2nd
Christian Lyte 1:03.355
56.822		 5
Anna Blyth U23 women's 500 m time trial 35.035
51.377		 3rd

Individual Pursuit

Cyclist Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank Opponent
Results		 Opponent
Results		 Rank
Andrew Tennant U23 men's individual pursuit 4:36.885
52.007		 16 Did not advance 16
Joanna Rowsell U23 women's individual pursuit 3:37.641
49.623		 3 Q  Ellen van Dijk (NED)
L 3:37.867
49.571		 Did not advance 3rd
Hannah Mayho 3:50.176
46.920		 13 Did not advance 13

Team pursuit

Cyclist Event Qualification Final
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank Opponent
Time
Speed		 Rank
Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh
Mark McNally
Andrew Tennant		 U23 Men's team pursuit 4:08.590
57.926		 1 Q  Russia
W 4:05.568
58.639		 1st
Lizzie Armitstead
Katie Colclough
Joanna Rowsell		 U23 Men's team pursuit 3:27.828
51.966		 1 Q  France
W 3:26.836
52.215		 1st

Team sprint

Cyclist Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank Opponent
Results		 Opponent
Results		 Rank
Matthew Crampton
David Daniell
Christian Lyte		 U23 Men's team sprint 45.168
59.776		 2 Q  RUS
L 45.277
59.632		 2nd

Keirin

Cyclist Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Matthew Crampton U23 Men's keirin 1 Q BYE 2 Q 1st
Christian Lyte 2 Q BYE 6 Race for 7th place
7
Anna Blyth U23 Women's keirin 1 Q BYE N/A 4
Jessica Varnish 5 R 1 Q N/A 6

Scratch

Cyclist Event Qualification Final
Rank Rank
Peter Kennaugh U23 men's scratch 5 Q
Mark McNally 18 Did not advance
Lizzie Armitstead U23 women's scratch N/A 1st[N 1]
Katie Colclough N/A 14
  1. ↑ Ellen van Dijk from the Netherlands finished at the same time as Lizzie Armitstead, so two gold medals were awarded.

Points race

Cyclist Event Qualification Final
Points Laps Finish order Rank Points Laps Finish order Rank
Peter Kennaugh U23 men's points race 27 1 15 3 Q 7 0 8 12
Steven Burke 23 1 6 2 Q 3 0 17 16
Lizzie Armitstead U23 women's points race N/A 27 1 1 2nd

Junior

Sprint

Cyclist Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage Semifinals Final
Rank Result Result Result Result Rank
Peter Mitchell Junior Men's sprint 4 Q W BYE L, L Race for 3rd place
W, W		 3rd
Steven Hill 3 Q W BYE W, L, L Race for 3rd place
L, L		 4
Jessica Varnish Junior Women's sprint 2 Q W BYE W, L, L Race for 3rd place
W, W		 3rd

Source[1]

Time trial

Cyclist Event Final
Rank
Luc Jones Junior men's 1 km time trial 8
Jessica Varnish Junior women's 500 m time trial 1st
Corrine Hall 16

Individual Pursuit

Cyclist Event Qualification Final
Rank Opponent
Results		 Rank
Mark Christian Junior men's individual pursuit 3 q W 3rd
Andrew Fenn 8 Did not advance 8
Hannah Mayho Junior women's individual pursuit 2 Q W 1st
Jessica Booth 9 Did not advance 9

Team Pursuit

Cyclists Event Qualification Final
Rank Result Rank
Luke Rowe
Mark Christian
Andrew Fenn
Erick Rowsell		 Junior men's team pursuit 2 Q L 2nd
Alexandra Greenfield
Hannah Mayho
Jessica Booth		 Junior women's team pursuit 1 Q W 1st

Team Sprint

Cyclists Event Qualification Final
Rank Result Rank
Steven Hill
Luc Jones
Peter Mitchell		 Junior men's team sprint 2 Q L 2nd

Keirin

Cyclist Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Steven Hill Junior men's keirin 1 Q BYE 1 Q 2nd
Peter Mitchell 2 Q BYE 2 Q 5
Jessica Varnish Junior women's keirin 1 Q BYE 1 1st
Corrine Hall 4 R 2 Q 5 Race for 7th place
10

Scratch

Cyclist Event Qualification Final
Rank Rank
Christopher Whorral Junior men's scratch 5 Q 5
Mark Christian 9 Q 9
Alexandra Greenfield Junior women's scratch N/A 4
Lucy Martin N/A 21

Points race

Cyclist Event Qualification Final
Rank Rank
Luke Rowe Junior men's points race 8 Q 5
Erick Rowsell 11 Q 10
Alexandra Greenfield Junior women's points race 9 Q 1st
Lucy Martin 6 Q 9
Katie Colclough 6 Q 17

Madison

Cyclist Event Final
Rank
Mark Christian
Luke Rowe		 Junior men's madison 1st
Andrew Fenn
Christopher Whorral		 7

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "European Track Cycling Championships - Pruszkow". Tissot Timing. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
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