Following is a list of 16 interesting numbers of the upcoming cycling track competition at the Beijing Olympic Games on Friday.
6,000 - Spectator capacity at the Laoshan Velodrome, which is venue for track cycling at the Beijing Games.
198 - Height in centimeters of Jens Mouris of the Netherlands, the tallest rider in track cycling at the Beijing Games.
102 - Weight in kilograms of Carsten Bergemann of Germany, the heaviest track cycling rider at the Beijing Games.
84 - Gap in years between the first (1900) and second (1984) time the Olympic men's points race was held.
57 - Medals won by France, the most by any National Olympic Committee (NOC) in the track cycling competition.
48 - Streak in years (1920-1968) in which Italy won at least one medal in the men's team pursuit at every Olympic Games.
43 - Age of Juan Esteban Curuchet of Argentina, the oldest rider in the track cycling competition at the Beijing Games.
27 - Gold medals won by France in track cycling, the most by any NOC in the men's and women's competition.
22 - Number of Olympic sprint events held in the history of the men's track cycling competition.
21 - Medals won by the United States in 1904 in track cycling, the most by a single NOC at a single Olympic Games.
18 - Age of American Taylor Phinney, the youngest rider in the track cycling competition at the Beijing Games.
7 - Number of times France was the leading medal winning NOC in track cycling (1896, 1900, 1924, 1932, 1968, 1996, 2000), which is a record.
6 - Total medals won by American Burton Downing, the most by any rider in track cycling.
4 - Gold medals won by American Marcus Hurley, the most by any rider in track cycling.
3 - Gold medals won by France's Felicia Ballanger, the most by any female rider in track cycling.
2 - Total medals won by China in the track cycling competition at Olympic Games.
(Xinhua News Agency August 15, 2008)