Cycling Weekly looks back at the Olympic Games track disciplines and lists the medal winners at the last four World Championships and the Athens Olympics in 2004.
The events are listed in the order that they will be on the track in the Beijing Games. It gives a hint as to who are the riders to beat in each of the races.
Note that at the 2004 Olympics there were also the men?s kilometre and women?s 500-metre time trials, won by Chris Hoy and Anna Meares. These events are not on the Beijing programme, having been scrapped to make way for BMX.
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MEN'S TEAM SPRINT
2008 Worlds ? Manchester
1 France (Bauge, Sireau, Tournant) 43.27
2 Great Britain (Edgar, Hoy, Staff) 43.78
3 Netherlands (Bos, Mulder, Veldt) 43.72
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2007 Worlds ? Palma de Majorca, Spain
1 France (Bauge, Bourgain, Tournant) 43.830
2 Great Britain (Edgar, Hoy, Maclean) 43.832
3 Germany (Forstemann, Levy, Nimke) 44.24
2006 Worlds ? Bordeaux, France
1 France (Bauge, Bourgain, Tournant) 43.969
2 Great Britain (Hoy, Queally, Staff) 44.194
3 Australia (Bayley, Kelly, Perkins) 44.600
2005 Worlds ? Los Angeles, USA
1 Great Britain (Hoy, Queally, Staff) 44.379
2 Netherlands (Bos, Mulder, Veldt) 44.713
3 Germany (John, Nimke, Wolff) 44.790
2004 Olympics ? Athens, Greece
1 Germany (Fiedler, Nimke, Wolff) 43.980
2 Japan (Fushimi, Inoue, Nagatsuka) 44.246
3 France (Bourgain, Gane, Tournant) 44.359
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MEN'S INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT
2008 Worlds ? Manchester
1 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 4-18.52
2 Jenning Huizenga (Netherlands) 4-23.47
3 Alexei Markov (Russia) 4-21.10
? Huizenga rode 4-16.34 in qualifying, Wiggins 4-17.02
2007 Worlds ? Palma de Majorca, Spain
1 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)
2 Robert Bartko (Germany) caught
3 Sergi Escobar (Spain) 4-23.40
? Wiggins rode 4-15.976 in qualifying
2006 Worlds ? Bordeaux, France
1 Robert Bartko (Germany) 4-23.473
2 Jens Mouris (Netherlands) 4-24.480
3 Paul Manning (Great Britain) 4-20.902
2005 Worlds ? Los Angeles, USA
1 Robert Bartko (Germany) 4-27.732
2 Sergi Escobar (Spain) 4.29.930
3 Levi Heimans (Netherlands) 4-30.707
2004 Olympics ? Athens, Greece
1 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 4-16.304
2 Brad McGee (Australia) 4-20.436
3 Sergi Escobar (Spain) 4-17.947
? Britain?s Rob Hayles was fourth
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WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT
2008 Worlds ? Manchester
1 Rebecca Romero (Great Britain) 3-30.501
2 Sarah Hammer (USA) 3-37.006
3 Katie Mactier (Australia) 3-32.347
? Britain?s Wendy Houvenaghel was beaten by Mactier for bronze
2007 Worlds ? Palma de Majorca, Spain
1 Sarah Hammer (USA) 3-30.213
2 Rebecca Romero (Great Britain) 3.33.196
3 Katie Mactier (Australia) 3-36.306
? Houvenaghel lost to Mactier in bronze medal race
2006 Worlds ? Bordeaux, France
1 Sarah Hammer (USA) 3-37.227
2 Olga Slyusareva (Russia) 3-37.554
3 Katie Mactier (Austrlaia) 3-36.123
? Houvenaghel fifth, Emma Davies sixth in qualification
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