Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint explained
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 |
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Sunday 5 August 2012 | 11:00 & 16:00 | Qualifications / Heats |
Monday 6 August 2012 | 16:45 | Quarter-finals |
style=background:lemonchiffon | Tuesday 7 August 2012 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 16:00 17:25 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Semi-finals Final | |
Results
Qualification
Rank | Rider | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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1 | | 10.724 OR | 67.139 |
2 | | 10.805 | 66.635 |
3 | | 11.020 | 65.335 |
4 | | 11.027 | 65.294 |
5 | | 11.080 | 64.981 |
6 | | 11.109 | 64.812 |
7 | | 11.253 | 64.268 |
8 | | 11.234 | 64.091 |
9 | | 11.241 | 64.051 |
10 | | 11.319 | 63.609 |
11 | | 11.322 | 63.593 |
12 | | 11.347 | 63.593 |
13 | | 11.376 | 63.291 |
14 | | 11.405 | 63.130 |
15 | | 11.439 | 62.942 |
16 | | 11.569 | 62.235 |
17 | | 11.600 | 62.068 |
18 | | DSQ[3] | DSQ | |
First round
- Match 1
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.775 | 61.146 |
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- Match 3
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.371 | 63.318 |
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- Match 5
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.608 | 62.026 |
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- Match 7
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.300 | 63.716 |
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- Match 9
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.808 | 60.975 | |
- Match 2
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.800 | 61.016 |
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- Match 4
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.605 | 62.042 |
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- Match 6
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.390 | 63.213 |
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- Match 8
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.528 | 62.456 |
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First round repechage
- Match 1
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.882 | 60.595 |
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- Match 2
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.572 | 62.219 |
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- Match 3
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.643 | 61.839 |
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Second round
- Match 1
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.840 | 60.810 |
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- Match 3
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.431 | 62.986 |
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- Match 5
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.486 | 62.685 | |
- Match 2
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.566 | 62.251 |
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- Match 4
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.547 | 62.353 |
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- Match 6
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.485 | 62.690 |
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Second round repechage
- Match 1
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.461 | 62.821 |
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- Match 2
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
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| 11.443 | 62.920 |
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9th–12th place classifications
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) | Rank |
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| 11.852 | 60.749 | 9 |
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Quarter-finals
- Match 1
Name | Race 1 | Race 2 |
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| 11.226 | 11.339 |
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- Match 3
Name | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider |
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| bgcolor=wheat | | 11.283 | 11.337 |
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- Match 2
Name | Race 1 | Race 2 |
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| 11.465 | 11.573 |
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- Match 4
Name | Race 1 | Race 2 |
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| 11.541 | 11.568 |
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5th–8th place classifications
Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) | Rank |
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| 11.812 | 60.954 | 5 |
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Semi-finals
- Match 1
Name | Race 1 | Race 2 |
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| 11.481 | 11.538 |
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- Match 2
Name | Race 1 | Race 2 |
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| 11.683 | 11.284 |
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Finals
- Bronze medal match
Name | Race 1 | Race 2 | Rank |
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| 11.532 | 11.591 | | |
- Gold medal match
Name | Race 1 | Race 2 | Rank |
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| bgcolor=wheat | REL | bgcolor=wheat | | |
| 11.218 | 11.348 | | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Cycling Track . 9 February 2012 . 25 May 2012 . https://archive.today/20120525181308/www.london2012.com/cycling-track . dead .
- Web site: Sprint format competition . 3 August 2012 . 4 September 2012 . https://archive.today/20120904071419/www.london2012.com/cycling-track/event/men-sprint/competition-format/index.html . dead .
- https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-sanctions-four-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-beijing-2008-and-london-2012-1 failing anti-doping tests