Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

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The women's 200m Sprint at the 2000 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time. The races were held on Monday, 18 September, Tuesday, 19 September, and Wednesday, 20 September 2000 at the Dunc Gray Velodrome. [1]

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Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games.

World Record10.831 s Olga Slioussareva Russia Moscow, Russia 25 April 1993
Olympic Record11.212 s Michelle Ferris Australia Atlanta, USA 24 July 1996

Medalists

Gold: Gold medal.svg Silver: Silver medal.svg Bronze: Bronze medal.svg
Felicia Ballanger, Flag of France.svg  France Oxana Grichina, Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Iryna Yanovych, Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine

Results

Qualifying round

Held Monday, 18 September.
Times and average speeds are listed. All 12 riders were seeded by these results for the first round.

Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. Speed
1. Felicia Ballanger Flag of France.svg  France 11.262 s63.932 km/h
2. Oxana Grichina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 11.439 s62.943 km/h
3. Tanya Dubnicoff Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 11.494 s62.641 km/h
4. Michelle Ferris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 11.512 s62.543 km/h
5. Daniela Larreal Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 11.526 s62.467 km/h
6. Szilvia Szabolcsi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 11.545 s62.365 km/h
7. Iryna Yanovych Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 11.548 s62.348 km/h
8. Tanya Lindenmuth Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11.649 s61.808 km/h
9. Yan Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 11.650 s61.803 km/h
10. Kathrin Freitag Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11.792 s61.058; km/h
11. Fiona Ramage Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11.803 s61.001 km/h
12. Mira Kasslin Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 12.194 s59.045 km/h

1/8 final

Held Monday, 18 September. The 1/8 round consisted of six matches, each pitting two of the twelve cyclists against each other. The winners advanced to the quarterfinals, with the losers getting another chance in the 1/8 repechage.

HeatPosAthleteNOSTimeAve. SpeedQualify
11 Felicia Ballanger Flag of France.svg  France 12.257 s58.742 km/hQ
2 Mira Kasslin Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
21 Oxana Grichina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 12.195 s59.041 km/hQ
2 Fiona Ramage Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
31 Tanya Dubnicoff Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 12.414 s57.999 km/hQ
2 Kathrin Freitag Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
41 Michelle Ferris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 12.078 s59.693 km/hQ
2 Yan Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
51 Daniela Larreal Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 12.375 s58.182 km/hQ
2 Tanya Lindenmuth Flag of the United States.svg  United States
61 Iryna Yanovych Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 12.015 s59.925 km/hQ
2 Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

1/8 repechage

Held Monday, 18 September.
The six cyclists defeated in the 1/8 round competed in the 1/8 repechage. Two heats of three riders were held. Winners rejoined the victors from the 1/8 round and advanced to the quarterfinals. The four other riders competed in the 9th through 12th place classification.

HeatPosAthleteNOSTimeAve. SpeedQualify
11 Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 12.625 s57.030 km/hQ
2 Yan Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
3 Mira Kasslin Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
21 Tanya Lindenmuth Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12.275 s58.656 km/hQ
2 Kathrin Freitag Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
3 Fiona Ramage Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Classification 9-12

Held 20 September
The 9-12 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the 1/8 repechage taking place. The winner of the race received 9th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

PosAthleteNOSTimeAve. Speed
1 Kathrin Freitag Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 12.971 s55.508 km/h
2 Fiona Ramage Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
3 Mira Kasslin Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
4 Yan Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Quarterfinals

Held Tuesday, 19 September.
The eight riders that had advanced to the quarterfinals competed pairwise in four matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. All four quarterfinals matches were decided without a third race. Winners advanced to the semifinals, losers competed in a 5th to 8th place classification.

HeatPosAthleteNOSTime 1Time 2DeciderQualify
11 Felicia Ballanger Flag of France.svg  France 11.772 s12.060 sQ
2 Tanya Lindenmuth Flag of the United States.svg  United States
21 Oxana Grichina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 12.545 s12.885 sQ
2 Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
31 Iryna Yanovych Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 12.048 s11.946 sQ
2 Tanya Dubnicoff Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
41 Michelle Ferris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia REL11.705 s11.96 sQ
2 Daniela Larreal Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela REL

Classification 5-8

Held Wednesday, 20 September
The 5-8 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the quarterfinals taking place. The winner of the race received 5th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

PosAthleteNOSTimeAve. Speed
1 Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 12.426 s57.943 km/h
2 Tanya Lindenmuth Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3 Tanya Dubnicoff Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
4 Daniela Larreal Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela

Semifinals

Held Wednesday, 20 September.
The four riders that had advanced to the semifinals competed pairwise in two matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Winners advanced to the finals, losers competed in the bronze medal match.

HeatPosAthleteNOSTime 1Time 2DeciderQualify
11 Felicia Ballanger Flag of France.svg  France 12.328 s12.124 sQ
2 Michelle Ferris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
21 Oxana Grichina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 12.59412.726 sQ
2 Iryna Yanovych Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine

Medal Finals

Held Wednesday, 20 September.

Bronze medal match

The bronze medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

PosAthleteNOSTime 1Time 2Decider
1 Iryna Yanovych Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 12.156 s13.310 s
2 Michelle Ferris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia

Gold medal match

The gold medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

PosAthleteNOSTime 1Time 2Decider
1 Felicia Ballanger Flag of France.svg  France 12.810 s12.533 s
2 Oxana Grichina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 13.122 s

Final classification

Final results
Pos.AthleteNOC
1. Felicia Ballanger Flag of France.svg  France
2. Oxana Grichina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
3. Iryna Yanovych Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
4. Michelle Ferris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
5. Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
6. Tanya Lindenmuth Flag of the United States.svg  United States
7. Tanya Dubnicoff Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
8. Daniela Larreal Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela
9. Kathrin Freitag Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
10. Fiona Ramage Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
11. Mira Kasslin Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
12. Yan Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

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References

  1. "Cycling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Sprint". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.