Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's omnium

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Women's Omnium
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Cycling (track) pictogram.svg
Olympic track cycling
Venues Izu Velodrome
Date8 August 2021
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Winning points124
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jennifer Valente Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Yumi Kajihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Kirsten Wild Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  2016
2024  

The women's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 8 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. [1] 21 cyclists from 21 nations competed. [2]

As the last final held during the 2020 Summer Olympics,the medals were presented by Yasuhiro Yamashita, IOC member, Olympian, 1 Gold Medal, Japan; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by David Lappartient, President of the UCI, France.

Background

This will be the third appearance of the event, which was introduced in 2012.

The reigning Olympic champion is Laura Kenny of Great Britain, who has won both prior Olympic events. The reigning (2020) World Champion is Yumi Kajihara of Japan.

Russia, Germany, China, Great Britain, Australia, and the Netherlands are traditionally strong track cycling nations. [3]

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 1 cyclist in the omnium. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. Qualification is entirely through the 2018–20 UCI nation rankings. The best 8 NOCs in the madison rankings (not already qualified through the team pursuit) directly qualified to enter madison teams as well as earning 1 quota place in the omnium. There were another 13 places in the omnium available based on the omnium rankings; NOCs qualified through the madison were not eligible. Each continent was guaranteed at least one place in the omnium. [2] Because qualification was complete by the end of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on 1 March 2020 (the last event that contributed to the 2018–20 rankings), qualification was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Competition format

An omnium is a multiple-race event, and the current event features four different types of races.

The format has changed significantly from 2016, with three of the six race types dropped and one new type added, while the omnium also moved from a two-day format in prior Games to a one-day format in 2020.

The winner of the omnium is the cyclist who obtains the most points through the four races. The winner of each of the first three races earns 40 points, the second-place cyclist earns 38, the third-place rider 36, and so forth, and the final race has special scoring rules. The races in the omnium are:

There is only one round of competition. [4] [5]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) [6]

DateTimeRound
8 August 202110:00
10:45
11:26
12:25
Scratch race
Tempo race
Elimination race
Points race

Results

Scratch race

RankCyclistNationLaps down [7] Event points
1 Jennifer Valente Flag of the United States.svg  United States 40
2 Yumi Kajihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 38
3 Annette Edmondson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 36
4 Anita Stenberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 34
5 Kirsten Wild Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 32
6 Maria Martins Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 30
7 Allison Beveridge Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28
8 Amalie Dideriksen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 26
9 Holly Edmondston Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24
10 Liu Jiali Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 22
11 Tatsiana Sharakova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 20
12 Maria Novolodskaya Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 18
13 Lotte Kopecky Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium DNF16
Laura Kenny Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Elisa Balsamo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Daria Pikulik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Clara Copponi Flag of France.svg  France
Olivija Baleišytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Ebtissam Mohamed Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Emily Kay Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Pang Yao Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong

Tempo race

RankNameNationRace points [8] Event points
1 Laura Kenny Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 740
2 Kirsten Wild Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 338
3 Jennifer Valente Flag of the United States.svg  United States 336
4 Anita Stenberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 134
5 Yumi Kajihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 132
6 Amalie Dideriksen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 130
7 Liu Jiali Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 028
8 Maria Martins Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 026
9 Clara Copponi Flag of France.svg  France –1724
10 Elisa Balsamo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy –1822
11 Allison Beveridge Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada –1820
12 Annette Edmondson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia –1818
13 Emily Kay Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland –1916
14 Holly Edmondston Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand –2014
15 Tatsiana Sharakova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus –2012
16 Maria Novolodskaya Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC –2010
17 Olivija Baleišytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania –408
18 Ebtissam Mohamed Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt –406
19 Pang Yao Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong –404
Lotte Kopecky Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium DNF0
Daria Pikulik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland

Elimination race

RankNameNationEvent points [9]
1 Clara Copponi Flag of France.svg  France 40
2 Yumi Kajihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 38
3 Amalie Dideriksen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 36
4 Jennifer Valente Flag of the United States.svg  United States 34
5 Maria Martins Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 32
6 Olivija Baleišytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 30
7 Allison Beveridge Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28
8 Anita Stenberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 26
9 Emily Kay Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 24
10 Holly Edmondston Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22
11 Kirsten Wild Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 20
12 Maria Novolodskaya Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 18
13 Laura Kenny Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 16
14 Liu Jiali Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 14
15 Elisa Balsamo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 12
16 Pang Yao Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 10
17 Ebtissam Mohamed Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 8
18 Annette Edmondson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6
19 Tatsiana Sharakova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 4

Points race and final standings

RankNameNationSRTRERSubtotalSprint pointsLap pointsFinish orderTotal points [10]
Gold medal icon.svg Jennifer Valente Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4036341101402124
Silver medal icon.svg Yumi Kajihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3832381082011110
Bronze medal icon.svg Kirsten Wild Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 323820901803108
4 Amalie Dideriksen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2630369211016103
5 Anita Stenberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3434269430497
6 Laura Kenny Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 16401672240196
7 Maria Martins Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3026328870595
8 Clara Copponi Flag of France.svg  France 1624408050785
9 Allison Beveridge Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28202876201378
10 Holly Edmondston Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2414226070867
11 Liu Jiali Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2228146410965
12 Annette Edmondson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 361866010661
13 Emily Kay Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 16162456001556
14 Elisa Balsamo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16221250001050
15 Maria Novolodskaya Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 18101846401250
16 Tatsiana Sharakova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2012436001436
17 Olivija Baleišytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 16830540–201734
18 Ebtissam Mohamed Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1668300–20DNF
Pang Yao Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 16410300–40
Lotte Kopecky Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 16DNFDid not startDNS
Daria Pikulik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 16

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