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Omnium, Men

Date14 – 15 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationVelódromo Olímpico do Rio, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants18 from 18 countries
FormatSix events, points given for placement in each event. Final standings determined by total points for the six events.

The men’s omnium was widely anticipated at the Rio Olympics because it matched some of the world’s best endurance track riders with a number of riders returning to the track after successful careers on the road. Fernando Gaviria of Colombia had won the last two World Championships and was favourite to add the Olympic title, but there was an air of anticipation to see how road specialists Elia Viviani and Mark Cavendish would fare in Rio. Reigning champion Lasse Norman Hansen of Denmark was also considered a strong candidate for gold.

After two of the six events it appeared Hansen would be unstoppable in his pursuit of glory. He won both the scratch race and pursuit but a momentary lapse of concentration in the early stages of the elimination race ruined his chances in a split second. This meant that as the riders approached the final points race Viviani led Cavendish by a small but defendable margin. The Italian then spent the race closely marking the Briton so that he was unable to close the gap. Hansen recovered enough points in the final race to win bronze and nearly catch Cavendish for silver.

PosNrCyclistNOCPoints15 km Scratch4,000 m Individual PursuitElimination Race1,000 m Time Trial250 m Flying Start30 km Points Race
114Elia VivianiITA20728 (7)36 (3)40 (1)36 (3)38 (2)29 (5)Gold
29Mark CavendishGBR19430 (6)38 (2)28 (7)30 (6)36 (3)32 (4)Silver
36Lasse Norman HansenDEN19240 (1)40 (1)6 (18)32 (5)34 (4)40 (2)Bronze
45Fernando GaviriaCOL18132 (5)22 (10)36 (3)34 (4)22 (10)41 (1)
58Thomas BoudatFRA17236 (3)32 (5)38 (2)20 (11)24 (9)22 (6)
611Roger KlugeGER16738 (2)34 (4)18 (12)24 (9)20 (11)33 (3)
72Glenn O'SheaAUS14434 (4)20 (11)22 (10)38 (2)30 (6)0 (14)
822Dylan KennettNZL14322 (10)30 (6)8 (17)40 (1)40 (1)-7 (15)
919Tim VeldtNED11120 (11)28 (7)10 (16)28 (7)28 (7)7 (7)
1016Artyom ZakharovKAZ11118 (12)12 (15)32 (5)22 (10)16 (13)7 (8)
1112Leung Chun WingHKG10510 (16)16 (13)16 (13)26 (8)26 (8)1 (11)
1223Gaël SuterSUI9526 (8)8 (17)26 (8)16 (13)32 (5)1 (13)
134Gideoni MonteiroBRA9412 (15)24 (9)30 (6)10 (16)12 (15)4 (9)
1415Kazushige KubokiJPN8116 (13)6 (18)34 (4)12 (15)10 (16)1 (12)
1518Ignacio PradoMEX7314 (14)14 (14)24 (9)8 (17)8 (17)3 (10)
DNF17Park Sang-HunKOR24 (9)18 (12)14 (14)18 (12)14 (14)– (DNS)
DNF24Bobby LeaUSA8 (17)26 (8)20 (11)14 (14)18 (12)
DNF3Jasper De BuystBEL6 (18)10 (16)12 (15)– (DNS)