| Women's Keirin at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | London Velopark | ||||||||||||
| Date | 3 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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| List of cyclists | ||
Road cycling | ||
| Road race | men | women |
| Time trial | men | women |
Track cycling | ||
| Sprint | men | women |
| Team sprint | men | women |
| Keirin | men | women |
| Team pursuit | men | women |
| Omnium | men | women |
Mountain biking | ||
| Cross-country | men | women |
BMX | ||
| BMX | men | women |
| Qualification | ||
The women's Keirin at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 3 August. [1] Women's Keirin made its debut in this Olympics.
Keirin – literally "racing cycle" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan around 1948 for gambling purposes and became an official event at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
The 2012 Summer Olympics, formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, United Kingdom. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening ceremonies on 27 July. 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.
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Great Britain's Victoria Pendleton won the gold medal. [2] Guo Shuang from China won silver and Lee Wai Sze took bronze for Hong Kong's only medal of the 2012 Games.
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012 as the host nation and the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. British athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, alongside Australia, France and Greece, though Great Britain is the only one to have won at least one gold medal at all of them. London is the only city to host the Summer Olympics on three different occasions, having previously done so in 1908 and 1948. Soon, it will be joined by Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028 in hosting the Olympic Games for a third time. Team GB, organised by BOA, sent a total of 541 athletes, 279 men and 262 women, to the Games, and won automatic qualification places in all 26 sports.
Victoria Louise Pendleton, is a British jockey and former track cyclist who specialised in the sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines.
Guo Shuang (郭爽) is a Chinese professional track cyclist. She won two bronze medals at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, in Sprint and Keirin, and two silver medals at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, again in Sprint and Keirin.
