Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

Women's cycling sprint
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueLondon Velopark
Date5 to 7 August
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Winning time11.218/11.348
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anna Meares  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Victoria Pendleton  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Guo Shuang  China
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Qualification

The women's cycling sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark from 5 to 7 August.[1] Anna Meares from Australia won the gold medal and Victoria Pendleton of Great Britain took silver. China's Guo Shuang won the bronze.

Competition format

The sprint event was a single-elimination tournament after seeding via time trial. Each match pits two cyclists against each other in the best-of-three races. Each race consisted of three laps of the track with side-by-side starts.[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

Date Time Round
Sunday 5 August 2012 11:00 & 16:00 Qualifications / Heats
Monday 6 August 2012 16:45 Quarter-finals
Tuesday 7 August 2012 16:00
17:25		 Semi-finals
Final

Results

Qualification

Rank Rider Time Avg speed (km/h)
1  Victoria Pendleton (GBR) 10.724 OR 67.139
2  Anna Meares (AUS) 10.805 66.635
3  Guo Shuang (CHN) 11.020 65.335
4  Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.027 65.294
5  Olga Panarina (BLR) 11.080 64.981
6  Lisandra Guerra (CUB) 11.109 64.812
7  Lee Wai Sze (HKG) 11.253 64.268
8  Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) 11.234 64.091
9  Natasha Hansen (NZL) 11.241 64.051
10  Lyubov Shulika (UKR) 11.319 63.609
11  Willy Kanis (NED) 11.322 63.593
12  Monique Sullivan (CAN) 11.347 63.593
13  Juliana Gaviria (COL) 11.376 63.291
14  Lee Hye-Jin (KOR) 11.405 63.130
15  Virginie Cueff (FRA) 11.439 62.942
16  Daniela Larreal (VEN) 11.569 62.235
17  Kayono Maeda (JPN) 11.600 62.068
18  Ekaterina Gnidenko (RUS) DSQ[3] DSQ

First round

First round repechage

Second round

Second round repechage

9th–12th place classifications

Name Time Avg speed (km/h) Rank
 Willy Kanis (NED) 11.852 60.749 9
 Lee Wai Sze (HKG) 10
 Monique Sullivan (CAN) 11
 Natasha Hansen (NZL) 12

Quarter-finals

5th–8th place classifications

Name Time Avg speed (km/h) Rank
 Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) 11.812 60.954 5
 Lisandra Guerra (CUB) 6
 Lyubov Shulika (UKR) 7
 Olga Panarina (BLR) 8

Semi-finals

Finals

Bronze medal match
Name Race 1 Race 2 Rank
 Kristina Vogel (GER) 4
 Guo Shuang (CHN) 11.532 11.591 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Gold medal match
Name Race 1 Race 2 Rank
 Victoria Pendleton (GBR) REL 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 Anna Meares (AUS) 11.218 11.348 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Cycling Track". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Sprint format competition". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  3. ^ failing anti-doping tests
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