Women's cycling sprint events at the Olympics
Women's cycling sprintat 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
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
Semi-finals
Results [ ] Qualification [ ] First round [ ]
Match 1 Match 3 Match 5
Name
Time
Avg speed (km/h)
Olga Panarina (BLR ) 11.608
62.026
Lee Hye-Jin (KOR )
Match 7 Match 9
Match 2 Match 4 Match 6 Match 8
First round repechage [ ] Second round [ ]
Match 1 Match 3 Match 5
Match 2 Match 4 Match 6
Second round repechage [ ] 9th–12th place classifications [ ] Quarter-finals [ ]
Match 1 Match 3
Match 2 Match 4
5th–8th place classifications [ ] Semi-finals [ ] Finals [ ] Bronze medal match Gold medal match References [ ]
Olympic Cycling Champions in Women's Individual Sprint
Victoria Pendleton (GBR)
Anna Meares (AUS)
Guo Shuang (CHN)
Kristina Vogel (GER)
Olga Panarina (BLR)
Lisandra Guerra (CUB)
Lee Wai Sze (HKG)
Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU)
Natasha Hansen (NZL)
Lyubov Shulika (UKR)
Willy Kanis (NED)
Monique Sullivan (CAN)
Juliana Gaviria (COL)
Lee Hye-Jin (KOR)
Virginie Cueff (FRA)
Daniela Larreal (VEN)
Kayono Maeda (JPN)
Ekaterina Gnidenko (RUS)
Olympic Cycling Champions in Women's Individual Sprint
