Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

Women's cycling sprint
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Velopark
Date 5 to 7 August
Competitors 18 from 18 nations
Winning time 11.218/11.348
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Anna Meares  Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Victoria Pendleton  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Guo Shuang  China
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Qualification

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

Date Time Round
Sunday 5 August 2012 11:00 & 16:00 Qualifications / Heats
Monday 6 August 2012 16:45 Quarter-finals
Tuesday 7 August 2012 16:00
17:25
Semi-finals
Final

Results

Qualification

Rank Rider Country Time Avg speed (km/h)
1 Victoria Pendleton  Great Britain 10.724 OR 67.139
2 Anna Meares  Australia 10.805 66.635
3 Guo Shuang  China 11.020 65.335
4 Kristina Vogel  Germany 11.027 65.294
5 Olga Panarina  Belarus 11.080 64.981
6 Lisandra Guerra  Cuba 11.109 64.812
7 Lee Wai Sze  Hong Kong 11.203 64.268
8 Simona Krupeckaitė  Lithuania 11.234 64.091
9 Natasha Hansen  New Zealand 11.241 64.051
10 Lyubov Shulika  Ukraine 11.319 63.609
11 Willy Kanis  Netherlands 11.322 63.593
12 Monique Sullivan  Canada 11.347 63.593
13 Juliana Gaviria  Colombia 11.376 63.291
14 Lee Hye-Jin  South Korea 11.405 63.130
15 Virginie Cueff  France 11.439 62.942
16 Daniela Larreal  Venezuela 11.569 62.235
17 Kayono Maeda  Japan 11.600 62.068
18 Ekaterina Gnidenko  Russia DSQ DSQ

First round

Match 1
Name Country Time Avg speed (km/h)
Victoria Pendleton  Great Britain 11.775 61.146
Ekaterina Gnidenko  Russia
Match 3
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Guo Shuang  China 11.371 63.318
Daniela Larreal  Venezuela
Match 5
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Olga Panarina  Belarus 11.608 62.026
Lee Hye-Jin  South Korea
Match 7
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Lee Wai Sze  Hong Kong 11.300 63.716
Monique Sullivan  Canada
Match 9
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Natasha Hansen  New Zealand
Lyubov Shulika  Ukraine 11.808 60.975

Match 2
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Anna Meares  Australia 11.80061.016
Kayono Maeda  Japan
Match 4
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Kristina Vogel  Germany 11.605 62.042
Virginie Cueff  France
Match 6
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Lisandra Guerra  Cuba 11.390 63.213
Juliana Gaviria  Colombia
Match 8
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Simona Krupeckaitė  Lithuania 11.528 62.456
Willy Kanis  Netherlands

First round repechage

Match 1
Name Country Time Avg speed (km/h)
Natasha Hansen  New Zealand 11.882 60.595
Juliana Gaviria  Colombia
Ekaterina Gnidenko  Russia

Match 2
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Monique Sullivan  Canada 11.572 62.219
Lee Hye-Jin  South Korea
Kayono Maeda  Japan

Match 3
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Willy Kanis  Netherlands 11.643 61.839
Virginie Cueff  France
Daniela Larreal  Venezuela

Second round

Match 1
Name Country Time Avg speed (km/h)
Victoria Pendleton  Great Britain 11.840 60.810
Willy Kanis  Netherlands
Match 3
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Guo Shuang  China 11.431 62.986
Natasha Hansen  New Zealand
Match 5
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Olga Panarina  Belarus
Simona Krupeckaitė  Lithuania 11.486 62.685

Match 2
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Anna Meares  Australia 11.566 62.251
Monique Sullivan  Canada
Match 4
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Kristina Vogel  Germany 11.547 62.353
Lyubov Shulika  Ukraine
Match 6
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Lisandra Guerra  Cuba 11.485 62.690
Lee Wai Sze  Hong Kong

Second round repechage

Match 1
Name Country Time Avg speed (km/h)
Willy Kanis  Netherlands
Lyubov Shulika  Ukraine 11.461 62.821
Lee Wai Sze  Hong Kong

Match 2
Name Country Time Average speed (km/h)
Monique Sullivan  Canada
Natasha Hansen  New Zealand
Olga Panarina  Belarus 11.443 62.920

9th–12th place classifications

Name Country Time Avg speed (km/h) Rank
Willy Kanis  Netherlands 11.852 60.749 9
Lee Wai Sze  Hong Kong 10
Monique Sullivan  Canada 11
Natasha Hansen  New Zealand 12

Quarter-finals

Match 1
Name Country Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2)
Victoria Pendleton  Great Britain 11.226 11.339
Olga Panarina  Belarus
Match 3
Name Country Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) Time (Race 3)
Guo Shuang  China 11.283 11.337
Lisandra Guerra  Cuba 11.536

Match 2
Name Country Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2)
Anna Meares  Australia 11.465 11.573
Lyubov Shulika  Ukraine
Match 4
Name Country Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2)
Kristina Vogel  Germany 11.541 11.568
Simona Krupeckaitė  Lithuania

5th–8th place classifications

Name Country Time Avg speed (km/h) Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė  Lithuania 11.812 60.954 5
Lisandra Guerra  Cuba 6
Lyubov Shulika  Ukraine 7
Olga Panarina  Belarus 8

Semi-finals

Match 1
Name Country Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2)
Victoria Pendleton  Great Britain 11.481 11.538
Kristina Vogel  Germany

Match 2
Name Country Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2)
Anna Meares  Australia 11.683 11.284
Guo Shuang  China

Finals

Bronze medal match
Name Country Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) Rank
Kristina Vogel  Germany 4
Guo Shuang  China 11.532 11.591 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Gold medal match
Name Country Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) Rank
Victoria Pendleton  Great Britain REL 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Anna Meares  Australia 11.218 11.348 1st, gold medalist(s)

References

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