London 2012 Olympic Games: Track Cycling

Watch the world's best in track cycling compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the glimmering new VeloPark.

Track Cycling at London 2012

See some of the world's quickest cyclists negotiate the VeloPark's indoor, oval-shaped track at breakneck speed in a number of individual and team events.

Track cycling at the London 2012 Olympic Games consists of 10 different events, with five gold medals available to men and five to women.

Track cycling has been a fixture in the Olympic schedule since the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, bar the 1912 Games in Stockholm, and it remains one of the most exciting of the Olympic sporting events.

The other three Olympic cycling sports to look out for at London 2012 are BMX, road and mountain biking.

Track Cycling at the Olympic Games

Great Britain is traditionally dominant in track cycling, a trend which continued in Beijing in 2008 when British cyclists won seven of the 10 available gold medals.

Bradley Wiggins, who had previously won three golds at the 2004 Games, added two more to his total, while Chris Hoy followed a gold in Athens with three in Beijing – the first cyclist to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games.