Matt Walls and Ethan Hayter produced a stirring late surge for Madison silver as Team GB's velodrome medal tally swelled to six.
The pair laid the foundation for a podium place by finishing in the top three in five of the first six sprints, including maximum points in the third.
A late breakaway from Belgium, Spain and Denmark was threatening but Walls and Hayter came roaring back to win the double-points final sprint.
Finishing in style 🥈@ethan_hayter and @wallsey_98 make a late charge in the Madison to claim another Olympic medal on the track.#TeamGB pic.twitter.com/Ruh3lky5iD
— Team GB (@TeamGB) August 7, 2021
It would earn them ten points, leaving them level on 40 points with France but taking silver thanks to their closing effort. The Danish pair of Lasse Norman Hansen and Michael Morkov took gold.
It was a second medal for Oldham's Walls, who won omnium gold, with south Londoner Hayter having taken part in the team pursuit.
The men’s Madison was making its first Olympic appearance since 2008, with Team GB enjoying previous success when Rob Hayles and Bradley Wiggins won bronze at Athens 2004.
Team GB have won medals in both men’s and women’s events at Tokyo 2020, with Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald taking gold in the very first women’s Madison to ever be contested at the Olympic Games.