The Women's team sprint at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 4. 16 nations of 2 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze. [1]
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.
Gold | Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte |
Silver | Kaarle McCulloch Anna Meares |
Bronze | Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang |
The qualifying was held at 19:00. [2]
Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte | 32.630 | Q, WR | |
2 | Kaarle McCulloch Anna Meares | 32.752 | Q | |
3 | Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang | 32.937 | Q | |
4 | Victoria Pendleton Jessica Varnish | 32.941 | Q | |
5 | Sandie Clair Clara Sanchez | 33.355 | ||
6 | Viktoria Baranova Anastasiya Voynova | 33.440 | ||
7 | Yvonne Hijgenaar Willy Kanis | 33.571 | ||
8 | Lyubov Shulika Olena Tsyos | 33.639 | ||
9 | Tania Calvo Helena Casas | 34.276 | ||
10 | Natasha Hansen Katie Schofield | 34.278 | ||
11 | Daniela Larreal Mariaesthela Vilera | 34.335 | ||
12 | Diana Maria Garcia Orrego Juliana Gaviria | 35.025 | ||
13 | Lee Eun-Ji Lee Hye-Jin | 35.128 | ||
14 | Hiroko Ishii Kayono Maeda | 35.128 | ||
15 | Diao Xiao Juan Lee Wai Sze | 36.631 | ||
16 | Gintarė Gaivenytė Simona Krupeckaitė | 33.544 | REL* |
The finals were held at 20:05. [3]
Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang | 32.870 | |||
4 | Victoria Pendleton Jessica Varnish | 33.160 |
Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte | 32.549 | WR | ||
Kaarle McCulloch Anna Meares | 32.597 |
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