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

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Women's cross-country cycling
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Hadleigh Farm venue MTB cycling 2012 Olympics W cross-country.jpg
Venue Hadleigh Farm
Date11 August 2012
Competitors30 from 24 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Julie Bresset Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Sabine Spitz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Georgia Gould Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 11 August.

Julie Bresset from France won the gold medal — the country's first in cycling at the 2012 Games. Germany's Sabine Spitz won silver and Georgia Gould of the United States took bronze.

Competition format

The competition began at 12:30 pm with a mass-start, and involved six laps around the 4.8 km course at Hadleigh Farm in Essex. [1] The distance of the race was 29.3 km.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

DateTimeRound
Saturday 11 August 201212:30Final

Result

The entry list was published on 26 July. [2]

RankRiderCountryTime
Gold medal icon.svg Julie Bresset Flag of France.svg  France 1:30:52
Silver medal icon.svg Sabine Spitz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:31:54
Bronze medal icon.svg Georgia Gould Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:32:00
4 Irina Kalentieva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:32:33
5 Esther Süss Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:32:46
6 Alexandra Engen Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:33:08
7 Aleksandra Dawidowicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:33:20
8 Annie Last Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:33:47
9 Catharine Pendrel Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:34:28
10 Tanja Žakelj Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:34:41
11 Lea Davison Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:35:14
12 Shi Qinglan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:35:28
13 Yana Belomoyna Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:35:46
14 Kateřina Nash Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:36:22
15 Elisabeth Osl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:36:47
16 Adelheid Morath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:37:17
17 Eva Lechner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:37:36
18 Karen Hanlen Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:37:54
19 Katrin Leumann Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:38:23
20 Rie Katayama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:38:26
21 Janka Števková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:39:05
22 Paula Gorycka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:39:18
DSQ Blaža Klemenčič Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:39:42
23 Emily Batty Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:40:37
24 Rebecca Henderson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:41:35
25 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot Flag of France.svg  France 1:42:21
26 Barbara Benkó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:43:24
27 Candice Neethling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:45:03
– Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNF
– Laura Abril Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DNF
– Annika Langvad Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DNS [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Cross-country - Olympic Cycling - Mountain Bike | London 2012". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Entry list". Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Langvad out of Olympic mountain bike race cyclingnews 1. August 2012
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