# Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint

The men's team sprint event in cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics was contested by twelve teams. The races were held on Sunday, 17 September at the Dunc Gray Velodrome.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| France (FRA) Laurent Gane Florian Rousseau Arnaud Tournant | Great Britain (GBR) Chris Hoy Craig MacLean Jason Queally | Australia (AUS) Sean Eadie Darryn Hill Gary Neiwand |

## Results

* Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
* q denotes qualification by overall place.
* REL denotes relegated- due to being passed
* DNS denotes did not start.
* DNF denotes did not finish.
* DQ denotes disqualification.

### Qualifying round

The twelve teams of three riders raced the course without competition in the qualifying round. The top eight qualified for the first round, while the bottom four received final rankings based on their times in the qualifying round.
| Rank | NOC | Riders | Time | Speed | Qualify |
| 1 | France | Laurent Gane, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant | 44.425 s | 60.777 km/h | q |
| 2 | Great Britain | Chris Hoy, Craig MacLean, Jason Queally | 44.659 s | 60.458 km/h | q |
| 3 | Australia | Sean Eadie, Darryn Hill, Gary Neiwand | 44.719 s | 60.377 km/h | q |
| 4 | Greece | Lampros Vasilopoulos, Dimitrios Georgalis, Kleanthis Barngas | 45.207 s | 59.725 km/h | q |
| 5 | Japan | Narihiro Inamura, Yuichiro Kamiyama, Tomohiro Nagatsuka | 45.406 s | 59.464 km/h | q |
| 6 | Latvia | Viesturs Bērziņš, Ainārs Ķiksis, Ivo Lakus | 45.589 s | 59.225 km/h | q |
| 7 | Slovakia | Peter Balazak, Jan Lepka, Jaroslav Jerebek | 45.659 s | 59.134 km/h | q |
| 8 | Germany | Jens Fiedler, Soeren Lausberg, Stefan Nimke | 45.701 s | 59.080 km/h | q |
| 9 | Spain | José Antonio Escuredo, Jose Villanueva, Salvador Meliá | 45.799 s | 58.953 km/h | |
| 10 | Poland | Konrad Czajkowski, Grzegorz Krejner, Marcin Mientki | 46.186 s | 58.459 km/h | |
| 11 | Czech Republic | Pavel Buráň, Martin Polak, Ivan Vrba | 46.276 s | 58.346 km/h | |
| 12 | United States | Christian Arrue, John Bairos, Jonas Carney | 46.337 s | 58.269 km/h | |

### First round

In the first round of match competition, teams raced head-to-head. The two fastest winners advanced to the finals, the other two winners competed for the bronze medal and fourth place, and losers received final rankings (fifth through eight places) based on their times in the round.
| Heat | Place | NOC | Riders | Time | Speed | Qualify | Rank |
| 1 | 1 | Greece | Lampros Vasilopoulos, Dimitrios Georgalis, Kleanthis Bargkas | 45.079 s | 59.895 km/h | Q | 4 |
| 1 | 2 | Japan | Narihiro Inamura, Yuichiro Kamiyama, Tomohiro Nagatsuka | 45.264 s | 59.650 km/h | | |
| 2 | 1 | Australia | Sean Eadie, Darryn Hill, Gary Neiwand | 44.745 s | 60.342 km/h | Q | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | Latvia | Viesturs Bērziņš, Ainārs Ķiksis, Ivo Lakus | 46.625 s | 58.033 km/h | | |
| 3 | 1 | Great Britain | Chris Hoy, Craig MacLean, Jason Queally | 44.571 s | 60.651 km/h | Q | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Slovakia | Peter Balazak, Jan Lepka, Jaroslav Jerebek | 45.523 s | 59.311 km/h | | |
| 4 | 1 | France | Laurent Gane, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant | 44.302 s | 60.945 km/h | Q | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | Germany | Jens Fiedler, Soeren Lausberg, Stefan Nimke | 45.537 s | 59.292 km/h | | |

### Medal round

| Heat | Place | NOC | Riders | Time | Speed |
| Bronze Medal | 1 | Australia | Sean Eadie, Darryn Hill, Gary Neiwand | 45.161 s | 59.786 km/h |
| Bronze Medal | 2 | Greece | Lampros Vasilopoulos, Dimitrios Georgalis, Kleanthis Bargkas | 45.332 s | 59.561 km/h |
| Gold Medal | 1 | France | Laurent Gane, Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant | 44.233 s | 61.040 km/h |
| Gold Medal | 2 | Great Britain | Chris Hoy, Craig MacLean, Jason Queally | 44.680 s | 60.430 km/h |

### Final classification

The final classification was
| Place | NOC |
| 1 | France |
| 2 | Great Britain |
| 3 | Australia |
| 4 | Greece |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | Slovakia |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Latvia |
| 9 | Spain |
| 10 | Poland |
| 11 | Czech Republic |
| 12 | United States |