Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's keirin

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Women's Keirin
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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Left-right: James, Ligtlee, Meares
Venue Rio Olympic Velodrome
Date13 August
Winning time11.217
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Elis Ligtlee Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Silver medal icon.svg Becky James Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Anna Meares Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
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The women's Keirin at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on 13 August. [1] This was the second time that the event was held at the Olympics, after making its debut in London four years prior.

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The event was won by Elis Ligtlee from the Netherlands, silver went to Becky James from Great Britain and Australia's Anna Meares won bronze.

The previous title holder, Britain's Victoria Pendleton, did not compete as she announced her retirement at the end of the 2012 London Games.

The medals were presented by Timothy Fok, IOC member, Hong Kong and Brian Cookson, President of the UCI.

Competition format

The Keirin races involved 5.5 laps of the track behind a motorcycle, followed by a 2.5 lap sprint to the finish. The tournament consisted of preliminary heats and repechages, a semi-finals round, and the finals. The heats and repechages narrowed the field to 12. The semi-finals divided the remaining 12 into six finalists. The finals round also included a ranking race for 7th to 12th place.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time

DateTimeRound
Saturday 13 August 201616:00Round 1, repechage, round 2 and final

Results

First round

Top two in each heat qualified directly for the second round; the remainder advanced to the first round repechages. [2]

First round Repechages

The winner of each heat qualified for the second round. [3]

Second round

First three riders in each semi qualified for the final; the remainder advanced to the small final (for places 7-12). [4]

Finals

The final classification is determined in the ranking finals. [5]

Final (places 7-12)

Final 7th-12th Rio 2016 - Track cycling 13 August (CT004) (29377288461).jpg
Final 7th–12th
RankRiderTimeNote
7Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lee Wai Sze  (HKG)
8Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Hye-jin  (KOR)+0.059
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Laurine van Riessen  (NED)+0.140
10Flag of Colombia.svg  Martha Bayona  (COL)+0.220
11Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhong Tianshi  (CHN)+0.445
12Flag of Lithuania.svg  Simona Krupeckaitė  (LTU)+0.464

Final (places 1-6)

Elis Ligtlee winning the final Elis Ligtlee Rio 2016b-cr.jpg
Elis Ligtlee winning the final
RankRiderTimeNote
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Elis Ligtlee  (NED)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Becky James  (GBR)+0.033
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Anna Meares  (AUS)+0.038
4Flag of Russia.svg  Anastasia Voynova  (RUS)+0.111
5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Liubov Basova  (UKR)+0.152
6Flag of Germany.svg  Kristina Vogel  (GER)+0.163

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References

  1. ↑ "Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's keirin". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "First Round" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "First Round Repechages" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Second Round" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Results and Final Classification" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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