Chris Newton and Bryan Steel have been awarded silver medals for their part in Great Britain’s success in the team pursuit event.
Newton and Steel were the two members of the six-man squad who did not take part in the final on Monday.
Paul Manning, Rob Hayles, Steve Cummings and Bradley Wiggins rode against the all-conquering Australian quartet and took silver.
Manning, Hayles, Cummings and Wiggins were awarded their silvers at the medal ceremony.
But Simon Clegg, the British Olympic Association’s chef de mission, has made a successful appeal to the International Olympic Committee to secure medals for Newton and Steel.
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Newton rode in place of Hayles in the first and second rounds, and Steel rode in place of Wiggins in the first round.
Clegg said: ”The Olympic charter states that all members of a team that have taken part in at least one match or competition are entitled to a medal and diploma.
”Having brought the matter to the attention of Gilbert Felli, the IOC’s executive director of the Olympic Games, I can happily report that Chris and Bryan will now receive the silver medals that their efforts deserve.
”Unfortunately as they have now returned home, we will not be able to present them here in Athens, but will do so at an appropriate time and place as soon after our return as possible.”