All the Games Records in Cycling
The 18th edition of the Asian Games has finally arrived. The pan-Asian games will be hosted by the
Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang this time. Any such multi-sporting event is always a witness to a plethora of records. The Asian Games too is no exception. With sporting powerhouses from the world’s largest continent vying for medals, quite a few records have been created and broken.
The track cycling has been no stranger to records. Over the last few editions, the velodromes at the
Asian Games have seen some sizzling action and breakneck speed from the giants of Asian track
cycling. Japan and China have traditionally been the biggest superpowers in the sport of cycling overall. They have been declared the best nation in cycling as many as seven times each in these games. Although
Japan leads China in the number of medals overall in this sport (129 to 104), China can boast of
being the holder of more records in track cycling.
This time the track cycling event will begin on August 27th and will continue till August 31st . Before
action at the Jakarta International Velodrome begins, let us take a look at the existing records so far
that the track cyclists will try to break:
List of Asian Games Records - Men's Events
Flying 200m time trial: 9.942 seconds; Seiichiro Nakagawa (Japan) at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
Team sprint: 44.406 seconds; Cheng Changsong, Zhang Lei and Zhang Miao (China) at 2010
Guangzhou Asian Games
1km time trial: 1:04.607 minutes; Feng Yong (China) at 2006 Doha Asian Games
4000m individual pursuit: 4:26.089 minutes; Jang Sun-Jae (South Korea) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian
Games
4000m team pursuit: 4:06.598 minutes; Jang Sun-Jae, Hwang In-Hyeok, Cho Ho-Sung and Park Seon-
Ho (South Korea) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
List of Asian Games Records - Women's Events
Flying 200m time trial: 10.780 seconds; Zhong Tianshi (China) at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
500m time trial: 33.945 seconds; Lee Wai Sze (Hong Kong) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
3000m individual pursuit: 3:37.105 minutes; Jiang Fan (China) at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
4000m team pursuit: 4:28.469 minutes; Zhao Baofang, Huang Dongyan, Jiang Wenwen and Jing Yali
(China) at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
