Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country

The men's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 12 August.[1]

Men's cross-country cycling
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Trio of future medal winners - left to right: Marco Aurelio Fontana, Jaroslav Kulhavý and Nino Schurter
VenueHadleigh Farm
Date12 August
Competitors47 from 31 nations
Winning time1:29:07
Medalists
Jaroslav Kulhavý  Czech Republic
Nino Schurter  Switzerland
Marco Aurelio Fontana  Italy

Fifty cyclists from 32 countries competed. Jaroslav Kulhavý from the Czech Republic won the gold medal, beating Switzerland's Nino Schurter by one second.

Format

The competition began at 1:30 pm with a mass start and involved a set number of laps (determined the day before the competition) around the 4.8 km course at Hadleigh Farm in Essex.[2] The distance of the race was 34.1 km.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

Date Time Round
Sunday 12 August 201213:30Final

Result

The entry list was published on 26 July.[3]

RankRiderCountryTime
Jaroslav Kulhavý Czech Republic 1:29:07
Nino Schurter Switzerland 1:29:08
Marco Aurelio Fontana Italy 1:29:32
4 José Antonio Hermida Spain 1:29:36
5 Burry Stander South Africa 1:29:37
6 Carlos Coloma-Nicolas Spain 1:30:07
7 Manuel Fumic Germany 1:30:31
8 Geoff Kabush Canada 1:30:43
9 Alexander Gehbauer Austria 1:31:16
10 Todd Wells United States 1:31:28
11 Stéphane Tempier France 1:31:30
12 Jan Škarnitzl Czech Republic 1:31:48
13 Gerhard Kerschbaumer Italy 1:32:02
14 Ondřej Cink Czech Republic 1:32:16
15 Samuel Schultz United States 1:32:29
16 Marek Konwa Poland 1:32:41
17 Rudi van Houts Netherlands 1:32:53
18 Ralph Näf Switzerland 1:32:58
19 Kevin van Hoovels Belgium 1:33:01
20 Karl Markt Austria 1:33:18
21 Daniel McConnell Australia 1:33:22
22 Sergio Mantecon-Gutiérrez Spain 1:33:46
23 David Rosa Portugal 1:33:50
24 Rubens Valeriano Brazil 1:34:23
25 Florian Vogel Switzerland 1:34:36
26 Catriel Soto Argentina 1:35:13
27 Kohei Yamamoto Japan 1:35:26
28 Hector Paez Colombia 1:36:02
29 Jean-Christophe Péraud France 1:37:07
30 Marc Bassingthwaighte Namibia 1:37:17
31 Sergiy Rysenko Ukraine 1:37:32
32 Piotr Brzózka Poland 1:38:37
33 Periklis Ilias Greece 1:38:51
34 Moritz Milatz Germany 1:38:59
35 Philip Buys South Africa 1:40:11
36 Paolo Montoya Costa Rica 1:41:19
37 Evgeniy Pechenin Russia 1:41:40
38 Chan Chun Hing Hong Kong 1:41:59
39 Adrien Niyonshuti Rwanda 1:42:46
40 Marios Athanasiadis Cyprus 1:43:25
Tong Weisong China LAP
Derek Horton Guam LAP
Sven Nys Belgium DNF
Max Plaxton Canada DNF
András Parti Hungary DNF
Julien Absalon France DNF
Liam Killeen Great Britain DNF
Robert Förstemann Germany DNS
Michael Vingerling Netherlands DNS
Sam Bewley New Zealand DNS

References

  1. "Cycling Mountain Bike - Summer Olympic Sport". london2012.com. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. "London 2012 cross-country women - Olympic Cycling Mountain Bike". london2012.com. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  3. "Entry list". Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
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