Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

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Women's cycling sprint
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Velopark
Date5 to 7 August
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Winning time11.218/11.348
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Anna Meares Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Victoria Pendleton Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Guo Shuang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
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The women's cycling sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark from 5 to 7 August. [1] Anna Meares from Australia won the gold medal and Victoria Pendleton of Great Britain took silver. China's Guo Shuang won the bronze.

Competition format

The sprint event was a single-elimination tournament after seeding via time trial. Each match pits two cyclists against each other in the best-of-three races. Each race consisted of three laps of the track with side-by-side starts. [2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

DateTimeRound
Sunday 5 August 201211:00 & 16:00Qualifications / Heats
Monday 6 August 201216:45Quarter-finals
Tuesday 7 August 201216:00
17:25
Semi-finals
Final

Results

Qualification

RankRiderTimeAvg speed (km/h)
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Victoria Pendleton  (GBR)10.724 OR 67.139
2Flag of Australia.svg  Anna Meares  (AUS)10.80566.635
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Guo Shuang  (CHN)11.02065.335
4Flag of Germany.svg  Kristina Vogel  (GER)11.02765.294
5Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Olga Panarina  (BLR)11.08064.981
6Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Lisandra Guerra  (CUB)11.10964.812
7Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lee Wai Sze  (HKG)11.25364.268
8Flag of Lithuania.svg  Simona Krupeckaitė  (LTU)11.23464.091
9Flag of New Zealand.svg  Natasha Hansen  (NZL)11.24164.051
10Flag of Ukraine.svg  Lyubov Shulika  (UKR)11.31963.609
11Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Willy Kanis  (NED)11.32263.593
12Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Monique Sullivan  (CAN)11.34763.593
13Flag of Colombia.svg  Juliana Gaviria  (COL)11.37663.291
14Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Hye-Jin  (KOR)11.40563.130
15Flag of France.svg  Virginie Cueff  (FRA)11.43962.942
16Flag of Venezuela.svg  Daniela Larreal  (VEN)11.56962.235
17Flag of Japan.svg  Kayono Maeda  (JPN)11.60062.068
18Flag of Russia.svg  Ekaterina Gnidenko  (RUS)DSQ [3] DSQ

First round

First round repechage

Second round

Second round repechage

9th–12th place classifications

NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)Rank
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Willy Kanis  (NED)11.85260.7499
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lee Wai Sze  (HKG)10
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Monique Sullivan  (CAN)11
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Natasha Hansen  (NZL)12

Quarter-finals

5th–8th place classifications

NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)Rank
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Simona Krupeckaitė  (LTU)11.81260.9545
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Lisandra Guerra  (CUB)6
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Lyubov Shulika  (UKR)7
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Olga Panarina  (BLR)8

Semi-finals

Finals

Bronze medal match
NameRace 1Race 2Rank
Flag of Germany.svg  Kristina Vogel  (GER)4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Guo Shuang  (CHN)11.53211.591Bronze medal icon.svg
Gold medal match
NameRace 1Race 2Rank
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Victoria Pendleton  (GBR)RELSilver medal icon.svg
Flag of Australia.svg  Anna Meares  (AUS)11.21811.348Gold medal icon.svg

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