title: Great Britain at the 2008 UEC European Track Championships
text: # Great Britain at the 2008 UEC 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.
  
  ## List of medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Matthew Crampton | Men's under-23 keirin |
  | Gold | Steven Burke Peter Kennaugh Mark McNally Andy Tennant | Men's under-23 team pursuit |
  | Gold | Lizzie Armitstead Katie Colclough Joanna Rowsell | Women's under-23 team pursuit |
  | Gold | Lizzie Armitstead | Women's under-23 scratch race |
  | Gold | Mark Christian Luke Rowe | Junior Men's Madison |
  | Gold | Jessica Varnish | 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 | Men's under-23 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 | Women's under-23 sprint |
  | Bronze | Anna Blyth | Women's under-23 500 m time trial |
  | Bronze | Joanna Rowsell | Women's under-23 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 | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | 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) Mazquiarán Uría (ESP) W 11.073 65.023 | BYE | Sireau (FRA) L, L | Race for 3rd place Levy (GER) W 10.823, L 10.999 | |
  | David Daniell | U23 Men's sprint | 10.287 69.991 | 6 Q | Levy (GER) Alonso Castillo (ESP) L | Dmitriev (RUS) Mazquiarán Uría (ESP) Poper (POL) L | did not advance | 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 | |
  
  Source
  
  **Time trial**
  
  | Cyclist | Event | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
  | David Daniell | U23 men's 1 km time trial | 1:03.120 57.034 | |
  | Christian Lyte | U23 men's 1 km time trial | 1:03.355 56.822 | 5 |
  | Anna Blyth | U23 women's 500 m time trial | 35.035 51.377 | |
  
  **Individual Pursuit**
  
  | Cyclist | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | 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 | 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 | |
  | Hannah Mayho | U23 women's individual pursuit | 3:50.176 46.920 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | 13 |
  
  ### Team pursuit
  
  | Cyclist | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | 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 | |
  | 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 | |
  
  ### Team sprint
  
  | Cyclist | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | 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 | |
  
  **Keirin**
  
  | Cyclist | Event | 1st Round | Repechage | 2nd Round | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
  | Matthew Crampton | U23 Men's keirin | 1 Q | BYE | 2 Q | |
  | Christian Lyte | U23 Men's keirin | 2 Q | BYE | 6 | Race for 7th place 7 |
  | Anna Blyth | U23 Women's keirin | 1 Q | BYE | — | 4 |
  | Jessica Varnish | U23 Women's keirin | 5 R | 1 Q | — | 6 |
  
  **Scratch**
  
  | Cyclist | Event | Qualification | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | Rank | Rank |
  | Peter Kennaugh | U23 men's scratch | 5 Q | |
  | Mark McNally | U23 men's scratch | 18 | Did not advance |
  | Lizzie Armitstead | U23 women's scratch | — | |
  | Katie Colclough | U23 women's scratch | — | 14 |
  
  * ↑ 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 | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | 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 | U23 men's points race | 23 | 1 | 6 | 2 Q | 3 | 0 | 17 | 16 |
  | Lizzie Armitstead | U23 women's points race | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 27 | 1 | 1 | |
  
  ### Junior
  
  **Sprint**
  
  | Cyclist | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage | Semifinals | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | Rank | Result | Result | Result | Result | Rank |
  | Peter Mitchell | Junior Men's sprint | 4 Q | W | BYE | L, L | Race for 3rd place W, W | |
  | Steven Hill | Junior Men's sprint | 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 | |
  
  Source
  
  **Time trial**
  
  | Cyclist | Event | Final |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | Rank |
  | Luc Jones | Junior men's 1 km time trial | 8 |
  | Jessica Varnish | Junior women's 500 m time trial | |
  | Corrine Hall | Junior women's 500 m time trial | 16 |
  
  **Individual Pursuit**
  
  | Cyclist | Event | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank |
  | Mark Christian | Junior men's individual pursuit | 3 q | W | |
  | Andrew Fenn | Junior men's individual pursuit | 8 | Did not advance | 8 |
  | Hannah Mayho | Junior women's individual pursuit | 2 Q | W | |
  | Jessica Booth | Junior women's individual pursuit | 9 | Did not advance | 9 |
  
  **Team Pursuit**
  
  | Cyclists | Event | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclists | Event | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Luke Rowe Mark Christian Andrew Fenn Erick Rowsell | Junior men's team pursuit | 2 Q | L | |
  | Alexandra Greenfield Hannah Mayho Jessica Booth | Junior women's team pursuit | 1 Q | W | |
  
  **Team Sprint**
  
  | Cyclists | Event | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclists | Event | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Steven Hill Luc Jones Peter Mitchell | Junior men's team sprint | 2 Q | L | |
  
  **Keirin**
  
  | Cyclist | Event | 1st Round | Repechage | 2nd Round | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
  | Steven Hill | Junior men's keirin | 1 Q | BYE | 1 Q | |
  | Peter Mitchell | Junior men's keirin | 2 Q | BYE | 2 Q | 5 |
  | Jessica Varnish | Junior women's keirin | 1 Q | BYE | 1 | |
  | Corrine Hall | Junior women's keirin | 4 R | 2 Q | 5 | Race for 7th place 10 |
  
  **Scratch**
  
  | Cyclist | Event | Qualification | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | Rank | Rank |
  | Christopher Whorral | Junior men's scratch | 5 Q | 5 |
  | Mark Christian | Junior men's scratch | 9 Q | 9 |
  | Alexandra Greenfield | Junior women's scratch | — | 4 |
  | Lucy Martin | Junior women's scratch | — | 21 |
  
  **Points race**
  
  | Cyclist | Event | Qualification | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | Rank | Rank |
  | Luke Rowe | Junior men's points race | 8 Q | 5 |
  | Erick Rowsell | Junior men's points race | 11 Q | 10 |
  | Alexandra Greenfield | Junior women's points race | 9 Q | |
  | Lucy Martin | Junior women's points race | 6 Q | 9 |
  | Katie Colclough | Junior women's points race | 6 Q | 17 |
  
  **Madison**
  
  | Cyclist | Event | Final |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cyclist | Event | Rank |
  | Mark Christian Luke Rowe | Junior men's madison | |
  | Andrew Fenn Christopher Whorral | Junior men's madison | 7 |
  