title: Olympic record progression track cycling – Men's team sprint
text: # Olympic record progression track cycling – Men's team sprint
  
  This is an overview of the progression of the Olympic track cycling record of the men's team sprint as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).
  
  The men's team sprint was introduced at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
  
  ## Progression
  
  ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
  
  During the Qualification session there were several teams who rode a new best time and so had temporary the Olympic Record. They are not listed as Olympic Record holders because they did not win the qualification session. These countries who had temporary the Olympic record are:
  
  * Heat 1: Venezuela: Hersony Canelón, César Marcano, Angel Polgar in a time of 44.654
  * Heat 2: China: Cheng Changsong, Zhang Lei, Zhang Miao in a time of 43.751
  * Heat 3: Russia: Sergey Borisov, Denis Dmitriev, Sergey Kucherov in a time of 43.681
  * Heat 4: France: Grégory Baugé, Michaël D'Almeida, Kévin Sireau in a time of 43.097
  
  | Time | Cyclists | Location | Track | Date | Meet |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 43.065 | Great Britain Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Chris Hoy | London - London Velopark | Indoor track | 2 August 2012 | 2012 Summer Olympics Qualification |
  | 42.747 | Great Britain Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Chris Hoy | London - London Velopark | Indoor track | 2 August 2012 | 2012 Summer Olympics First round |
  | 42.600 | Great Britain Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Chris Hoy | London - London Velopark | Indoor track | 2 August 2012 | 2012 Summer Olympics Gold medal final |
  | 42.562 | Great Britain Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Callum Skinner | Rio de Janeiro - Rio Olympic Velodrome | Indoor track | 11 August 2016 | 2016 Summer Olympics Qualifying |
  | 42.535 | New Zealand Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster | Rio de Janeiro - Rio Olympic Velodrome | Indoor track | 11 August 2016 | 2016 Summer Olympics First round |
  | 42.440 | Great Britain Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Callum Skinner | Rio de Janeiro - Rio Olympic Velodrome | Indoor track | 11 August 2016 | 2016 Summer Olympics Gold medal final |
  | 42.134 | Netherlands Roy van den Berg Harrie Lavreysen Matthijs Büchli | Izu - Izu Velodrome | Indoor track | 3 August 2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics Qualifying |
  | 41.431 | Netherlands Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen Roy van den Berg | Izu - Izu Velodrome | Indoor track | 3 August 2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics First round |
  | 41.369 | Netherlands Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen Roy van den Berg | Izu - Izu Velodrome | Indoor track | 3 August 2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics Finals |
  