2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships logo.jpg
Venue Melbourne, Australia
Date(s) (2012-04-04 - 2012-04-08)4–8 April 2012
Velodrome Hisense Arena
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The 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was the World Championships for track cycling in 2012. They took place in Melbourne, Australia from 4 to 8 April 2012. The championships took place in the Hisense Arena which previously hosted the world championships in 2004 and from 2008 to 2010 a round of the World Cup as well as the track cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. [1]

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The championships were also the final ranking event for the purposes of Olympic qualification. [2] Ten of the nineteen World Championship disciplines are replicated at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

The championships were dominated by the rivalry between Australia and Great Britain, who shared 12 of the 19 gold medals available between them, including in eight of the ten Olympic events. Australia won the greatest total number of medals (15). while the British team led in Olympic events. Of the other nations, only Germany won more than one gold medal.[ citation needed ]

Several World Records were broken during the championship. Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte started the hunt with a new record in the qualifying of the Team sprint, just to break the record once again during the final. [3] Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke and Geraint Thomas followed up with a new record during the Team pursuit final. [4] At the Women's Team pursuit competition, Dani King, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell set a new record. [5] During the last day of the competition, Anna Meares set the last new world record in the 500 m time trial race on her way to the gold medal. [6]

Schedule

The competition days will be split in Afternoon and Evening Sessions. [7]

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's Events
Sprint [8]
details
Grégory Baugé
Flag of France.svg  France
Jason Kenny
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Chris Hoy
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
1 km time trial [9]
details
Stefan Nimke
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1:00.082 WR Michaël D'Almeida
Flag of France.svg  France
1:00.509 Simon van Velthooven
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
1:00.543
Individual pursuit [10]
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Michael Hepburn
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
4:15.839 Jack Bobridge
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
4:16.313 Westley Gough
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
4:16.945
Team pursuit [11]
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Ed Clancy
Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh
Geraint Thomas
Andrew Tennant*
3:53.295 WR Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Glenn O'Shea
Jack Bobridge
Rohan Dennis
Michael Hepburn
3:53.401Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Aaron Gate
Sam Bewley
Westley Gough
Marc Ryan
3:57.592
Team sprint [12]
details
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Shane Perkins
Scott Sunderland
Matthew Glaetzer
43.266Flag of France.svg  France
Grégory Baugé
Kévin Sireau
Michaël D'Almeida
43.267Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Ethan Mitchell
Sam Webster
Edward Dawkins
43.812
Keirin [13]
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Chris Hoy
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Maximilian Levy
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Jason Kenny
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Scratch [14]
details
Ben Swift
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Nolan Hoffman
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Wim Stroetinga
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Points race [15]
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Cameron Meyer
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
33 Ben Swift
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
32 Kenny De Ketele
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
30
Madison [16]
details
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Kenny De Ketele
Gijs Van Hoecke
24Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Ben Swift
Geraint Thomas
18Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Leigh Howard
Cameron Meyer
11
Omnium [17]
details
Glenn O'Shea
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Zachary Bell
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Lasse Norman Hansen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Women's Events
Sprint [18]
details
Victoria Pendleton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Simona Krupeckaitė
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Anna Meares
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
500 m time trial
details
Anna Meares
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
33.010 WR Miriam Welte
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
33.626 Jessica Varnish
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
33.999
Individual pursuit [19]
details
Alison Shanks
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
3:30.199 Wendy Houvenaghel
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
3:32.340 Ashlee Ankudinoff
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
3:33.593
Team pursuit [20]
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell
3:15.720 WR Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Annette Edmondson
Melissa Hoskins
Josephine Tomic
3:16.943Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Tara Whitten
Jasmin Glaesser
Gillian Carleton
3:19.529
Team sprint [21]
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Kristina Vogel
Miriam Welte
32.549 WR Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Kaarle McCulloch
Anna Meares
32.597Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Gong Jinjie
Guo Shuang
32.870
Keirin [22]
details
Anna Meares
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Ekaterina Gnidenko
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Kristina Vogel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scratch [23]
details
Katarzyna Pawłowska
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Melissa Hoskins
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Kelly Druyts
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Points race [24]
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Anastasia Chulkova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
31 Jasmin Glaesser
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
28 Caroline Ryan
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
24
Omnium [25]
details
Laura Trott
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Annette Edmondson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Sarah Hammer
Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Medal table

After 19 events. [26]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)66315
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)64313
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)2215
4Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1203
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1102
6Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)1045
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1023
8Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1001
9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0213
10Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)0101
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)0101
12Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0011
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)0011
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)0011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0011
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)0011
Totals (16 entries)19191957

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References

  1. Hisense Arena Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Event Overview Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Germans snatch sprint cycling crown in record time". news.yahoo.com. 4 April 2012.[ dead link ]
  4. "Track Cycling World Championship: Great Britain's men take team pursuit gold and set new world record". telegraph.co.uk. 4 April 2012.
  5. "Jo Rowsell, Laura Trott and Dani King rewrite Olympic cycling history | Donald McRae". 4 August 2012.
  6. "Meares wins time trial with world record". uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 8 April 2012.
  7. Event schedule [ permanent dead link ]
  8. Men's Sprint Results [ dead link ]
  9. Men's 1 km Time Trial Results Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  10. Men's Individual Pursuit Results [ dead link ]
  11. Men's Team Pursuit Results [ dead link ]
  12. Men's Team Sprint Results Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  13. Men's Keirin Results [ dead link ]
  14. Men's Scratch Results Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  15. Men's Points Race Results [ dead link ]
  16. Men's Madison Results [ dead link ]
  17. Men's Omnium Results [ dead link ]
  18. Women's Sprint Results [ dead link ]
  19. Women's Individual Pursuit Results [ dead link ]
  20. Women's Team Pursuit Results [ dead link ]
  21. Women's Team Sprint Results [ dead link ]
  22. Women's Keirin Results [ dead link ]
  23. Women's Scratch Results [ dead link ]
  24. Women's Points Race Results [ dead link ]
  25. Women's Omnium Results [ dead link ]
  26. Medal Standings Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine