Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

Women's cycling sprint
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Velopark
Date 5 to 7 August
Competitors 18 from 18 nations
Winning time 11.218/11.348
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Anna Meares  Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Victoria Pendleton  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Guo Shuang  China

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 201211:00 & 16:00Qualifications / Heats
Monday 6 August 201216:45Quarter-finals
Tuesday 7 August 201216:00
17:25		Semi-finals
Final

Results

Qualification

Rank Rider Country Time Avg speed (km/h)
1 Victoria Pendleton Great Britain 10.724 OR 67.139
2 Anna Meares Australia 10.805 66.635
3 Guo Shuang China 11.020 65.335
4 Kristina Vogel Germany 11.027 65.294
5 Olga Panarina Belarus 11.080 64.981
6 Lisandra Guerra Cuba 11.109 64.812
7 Lee Wai Sze Hong Kong 11.203 64.268
8 Simona Krupeckaitė Lithuania 11.234 64.091
9 Natasha Hansen New Zealand 11.241 64.051
10 Lyubov Shulika Ukraine 11.319 63.609
11 Willy Kanis Netherlands 11.322 63.593
12 Monique Sullivan Canada 11.347 63.593
13 Juliana Gaviria Colombia 11.376 63.291
14 Lee Hye-Jin South Korea 11.405 63.130
15 Virginie Cueff France 11.439 62.942
16 Daniela Larreal Venezuela 11.569 62.235
17 Kayono Maeda Japan 11.600 62.068
18 Ekaterina Gnidenko Russia DSQ DSQ

First round

First round repechage

Second round

Second round repechage

9th–12th place classifications

Name Country Time Avg speed (km/h) Rank
Willy Kanis Netherlands11.85260.7499
Lee Wai Sze Hong Kong10
Monique Sullivan Canada11
Natasha Hansen New Zealand12

Quarter-finals

5th–8th place classifications

Name Country Time Avg speed (km/h) Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė Lithuania11.81260.9545
Lisandra Guerra Cuba6
Lyubov Shulika Ukraine7
Olga Panarina Belarus8

Semi-finals

Finals

Bronze medal match
Name Country Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) Rank
Kristina Vogel Germany4
Guo Shuang China11.53211.5913rd, bronze medalist(s)
Gold medal match
Name Country Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) Rank
Victoria Pendleton Great BritainREL2nd, silver medalist(s)
Anna Meares Australia11.21811.3481st, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ Cycling Track
  2. ↑ Sprint format competition
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