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

Men's cross-country cycling at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Trio of future medal winners - left to right: Marco Aurelio Fontana, Jaroslav Kulhavý and Nino Schurter
Venue	Hadleigh Farm
Date	12 August
Competitors	47 from 31 nations
Winning time	1:29:07
Medalists
Jaroslav Kulhavý   Czech Republic   Nino Schurter   Switzerland   Marco Aurelio Fontana   Italy

Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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
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BMX		men		women
Qualification

The men's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 12 August.^[1]

Fifty cyclists from 32 countries competed. Jaroslav Kulhavý from the Czech Republic won the gold medal, beating Switzerland's Nino Schurter by one second.

Format

The competition began at 1:30 pm with a mass-start, and involved a set number of laps (determined the day before the competition) around the 4.8 km course at Hadleigh Farm in Essex.^[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

Result

The entry list was published on 26 July.^[3]

Rank	Rider	Time
01 !	Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE)	1:29:07
02 !	Nino Schurter (SUI)	1:29:08
03 !	Marco Aurelio Fontana (ITA)	1:29:32
4	José Antonio Hermida (ESP)	1:29:36
5	Burry Stander (RSA)	1:29:37
6	Carlos Coloma-Nicolas (ESP)	1:30:07
7	Manuel Fumic (GER)	1:30:31
8	Geoff Kabush (CAN)	1:30:43
9	Alexander Gehbauer (AUT)	1:31:16
10	Todd Wells (USA)	1:31:28
11	Stéphane Tempier (FRA)	1:31:30
12	Jan Škarnitzl (CZE)	1:31:48
13	Gerhard Kerschbaumer (ITA)	1:32:02
14	Ondřej Cink (CZE)	1:32:16
15	Samuel Schultz (USA)	1:32:29
16	Marek Konwa (POL)	1:32:41
17	Rudi van Houts (NED)	1:32:53
18	Ralph Näf (SUI)	1:32:58
19	Kevin van Hoovels (BEL)	1:33:01
20	Karl Markt (AUT)	1:33:18
21	Daniel McConnell (AUS)	1:33:22
22	Sergio Mantecon-Gutiérrez (ESP)	1:33:46
23	David Rosa (POR)	1:33:50
24	Rubens Valeriano (BRA)	1:34:23
25	Florian Vogel (SUI)	1:34:36
26	Catriel Soto (ARG)	1:35:13
27	Kohei Yamamoto (JPN)	1:35:26
28	Hector Paez (COL)	1:36:02
29	Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)	1:37:07
30	Marc Bassingthwaighte (NAM)	1:37:17
31	Sergiy Rysenko (UKR)	1:37:32
32	Piotr Brzózka (POL)	1:38:37
33	Periklis Ilias (GRE)	1:38:51
34	Moritz Milatz (GER)	1:38:59
35	Philip Buys (RSA)	1:40:11
36	Paolo Montoya (CRC)	1:41:19
37	Evgeniy Pechenin (RUS)	1:41:40
38	Chan Chun Hing (HKG)	1:41:59
39	Adrien Niyonshuti (RWA)	1:42:46
40	Marios Athanasiadis (CYP)	1:43:25
–	Tong Weisong (CHN)	LAP
–	Derek Horton (GUM)	LAP
–	Sven Nys (BEL)	DNF
–	Max Plaxton (CAN)	DNF
–	András Parti (HUN)	DNF
–	Julien Absalon (FRA)	DNF
–	Liam Killeen (GBR)	DNF
–	Robert Förstemann (GER)	DNS
–	Michael Vingerling (NED)	DNS
–	Sam Bewley (NZL)	DNS

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