Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

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.

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
Anna Meares  Australia Victoria Pendleton  Great Britain Guo Shuang  China
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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	Time	Avg speed (km/h)
1	Victoria Pendleton (GBR)	10.724 OR	67.139
2	Anna Meares (AUS)	10.805	66.635
3	Guo Shuang (CHN)	11.020	65.335
4	Kristina Vogel (GER)	11.027	65.294
5	Olga Panarina (BLR)	11.080	64.981
6	Lisandra Guerra (CUB)	11.109	64.812
7	Lee Wai Sze (HKG)	11.253	64.268
8	Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU)	11.234	64.091
9	Natasha Hansen (NZL)	11.241	64.051
10	Lyubov Shulika (UKR)	11.319	63.609
11	Willy Kanis (NED)	11.322	63.593
12	Monique Sullivan (CAN)	11.347	63.593
13	Juliana Gaviria (COL)	11.376	63.291
14	Lee Hye-Jin (KOR)	11.405	63.130
15	Virginie Cueff (FRA)	11.439	62.942
16	Daniela Larreal (VEN)	11.569	62.235
17	Kayono Maeda (JPN)	11.600	62.068
18	Ekaterina Gnidenko (RUS)	DSQ[3]	DSQ

First round

Match 1 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Victoria Pendleton (GBR) 11.775 61.146  Ekaterina Gnidenko (RUS) Match 3 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Guo Shuang (CHN) 11.371 63.318  Daniela Larreal (VEN) Match 5 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Olga Panarina (BLR) 11.608 62.026  Lee Hye-Jin (KOR) Match 7 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Lee Wai Sze (HKG) 11.300 63.716  Monique Sullivan (CAN) Match 9 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Natasha Hansen (NZL)  Lyubov Shulika (UKR) 11.808 60.975

Match 2 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Anna Meares (AUS) 11.800 61.016  Kayono Maeda (JPN) Match 4 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.605 62.042  Virginie Cueff (FRA) Match 6 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Lisandra Guerra (CUB) 11.390 63.213  Juliana Gaviria (COL) Match 8 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) 11.528 62.456  Willy Kanis (NED)

First round repechage

Match 1 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Natasha Hansen (NZL) 11.882 60.595  Juliana Gaviria (COL)  Ekaterina Gnidenko (RUS)

Match 2 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Monique Sullivan (CAN) 11.572 62.219  Lee Hye-Jin (KOR)  Kayono Maeda (JPN)

Match 3 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Willy Kanis (NED) 11.643 61.839  Virginie Cueff (FRA)  Daniela Larreal (VEN)

Second round

Match 1 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Victoria Pendleton (GBR) 11.840 60.810  Willy Kanis (NED) Match 3 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Guo Shuang (CHN) 11.431 62.986  Natasha Hansen (NZL) Match 5 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Olga Panarina (BLR)  Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) 11.486 62.685

Match 2 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Anna Meares (AUS) 11.566 62.251  Monique Sullivan (CAN) Match 4 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.547 62.353  Lyubov Shulika (UKR) Match 6 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Lisandra Guerra (CUB) 11.485 62.690  Lee Wai Sze (HKG)

Second round repechage

Match 1 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Lyubov Shulika (UKR) 11.461 62.821  Willy Kanis (NED)  Lee Wai Sze (HKG)

Match 2 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Olga Panarina (BLR) 11.443 62.920  Monique Sullivan (CAN)  Natasha Hansen (NZL)

9th–12th place classifications

Name	Time	Avg speed (km/h)	Rank
Willy Kanis (NED)	11.852	60.749	9
Lee Wai Sze (HKG)			10
Monique Sullivan (CAN)			11
Natasha Hansen (NZL)			12

Quarter-finals

Match 1 Name Race 1 Race 2  Victoria Pendleton (GBR) 11.226 11.339  Olga Panarina (BLR) Match 3 Name Race 1 Race 2 Decider  Guo Shuang (CHN) 11.283 11.337  Lisandra Guerra (CUB) 11.536

Match 2 Name Race 1 Race 2  Anna Meares (AUS) 11.465 11.573  Lyubov Shulika (UKR) Match 4 Name Race 1 Race 2  Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.541 11.568  Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU)

5th–8th place classifications

Name	Time	Avg speed (km/h)	Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU)	11.812	60.954	5
Lisandra Guerra (CUB)			6
Lyubov Shulika (UKR)			7
Olga Panarina (BLR)			8

Semi-finals

Match 1 Name Race 1 Race 2  Victoria Pendleton (GBR) 11.481 11.538  Kristina Vogel (GER)

Match 2 Name Race 1 Race 2  Anna Meares (AUS) 11.683 11.284  Guo Shuang (CHN)

Finals

Bronze medal match

Name	Race 1	Race 2	Rank
Kristina Vogel (GER)			4
Guo Shuang (CHN)	11.532	11.591

Gold medal match

Name	Race 1	Race 2	Rank
Victoria Pendleton (GBR)	REL
Anna Meares (AUS)	11.218	11.348

References

1. "Cycling Track". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
2. "Sprint format competition". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
3. failing anti-doping tests