Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The cycling competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at five venues between 28 July and 12 August. The venues were the London Velopark for track cycling and BMX,[1] and Hadleigh Farm, in Essex, for mountain biking.[2] The road races took place over a course starting and ending in The Mall in central London[3] and heading out into Surrey, while the time trials started and finished at Hampton Court Palace in Richmond upon Thames. Eighteen events were contested and around 500 athletes participated.

Cycling
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Pictograms for, clockwise from top left, BMX, mountain, track and road cycling.
VenueLondon Velopark (BMX, track)
Hadleigh Farm (mountain)
Central London, Surrey (road)
Dates28 July – 12 August 2012
CompetitorsTotal: 505
48 (BMX)
77 (mountain biking)
210 (road cycling)
176 (track cycling)

Cycling events have been contested in every Summer Olympics programme since the first modern Olympiad in 1896 alongside athletics, artistic gymnastics, fencing and swimming. Compared to the cycling at the 2008 Olympics, there were many changes in the Olympic track cycling programme. The men's and women's individual pursuit and points race, and the men's Madison were removed. Team sprint, team pursuit and keirin were added to the women's programme, while Omnium was a new race for both men and women.[4] Countries were restricted to one entry per track event, a restriction which seemed to be directed at preventing the British team from double-medalling in the same event as they had in four events in 2008,[5][6][7] thus lowering their medal chances. However, similar to the 2008 Beijing Games, the cycling events were dominated by the British team, which, with a haul including eight gold medals, was the only one to win more than a single gold medal.

Venues

The road racing at the Olympics and Paralympic Games was originally scheduled to take place in Regent's Park and on Hampstead Heath. Instead, the Olympic road races started and finished on The Mall in central London and headed out in a south-westerly direction to include loops around Box Hill in Surrey.[8] Road racing in the Paralympics took place at Brands Hatch.[9] The Olympic mountain bike event took place at Hadleigh Farm after the UCI labeled the course at Weald Country Park[10] "too easy" in July 2008.[11] It was touted that the course could be created in Wales.[12] A location in Kent was also considered.[13]

Qualification
Cycling at the
2012 Summer Olympics
List of cyclists
Road cycling
Road racemenwomen
Time trialmenwomen
Track cycling
Sprintmenwomen
Team sprintmenwomen
Keirinmenwomen
Team pursuitmenwomen
Omniummenwomen
Mountain biking
Cross-countrymenwomen
BMX
BMXmenwomen
Qualification
Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Participating nations
See also: List of cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cyclists from 74 nations participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Competition schedule
HHeats/preliminaries ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals FFinal
BMX, mountain biking and road cycling[14][15][16]
Event↓/Date →Sat 28Sun 29Wed 1Wed 8Thu 9Fri 10Sat 11Sun 12
Men's BMXH¼½F
Women's BMXH½F
Mountain biking
Men's cross-countryF
Women's cross-countryF
Road cycling
Men's road raceF
Men's time trialF
Women's road raceF
Women's time trialF
Track cycling[17]
Date →Thu 2Fri 3Sat 4Sun 5Mon 6Tue 7
Event ↓AAMAMAAMA
Men's KeirinH½F
Men's OmniumFLPRERIPSRTT
Men's sprintH¼½F
Men's team pursuitH½F
Men's team sprintH½F
Women's KeirinHF
Women's OmniumFLPRERIPSRTT
Women's sprintH¼½F
Women's team pursuitH½F
Women's team sprintH½F
M = Morning session, A = Afternoon session
FL = Flying Lap, PR = Points Race, ER = Elimination Race, IP = Individual Pursuit, SR = Scratch Race, TT = Time Trial

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain82212
2 Germany1416
3 France1304
4 Australia1236
5 United States1214
6 Colombia1113
7 Netherlands1023
8 Czech Republic1001
 Denmark1001
 Kazakhstan1001
 Latvia1001
12 China0213
13 New Zealand0123
14 Switzerland0101
15 Russia0022
16 Canada0011
 Hong Kong0011
 Italy0011
 Norway0011
Totals (19 nations)18181955

Road cycling
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's road race
 Alexander Vinokourov
 Kazakhstan		 Rigoberto Urán
 Colombia		 Alexander Kristoff
 Norway
Men's time trial
 Bradley Wiggins
 Great Britain		 Tony Martin
 Germany		 Chris Froome
 Great Britain
Women's road race
 Marianne Vos
 Netherlands		 Lizzie Armitstead
 Great Britain		 Olga Zabelinskaya
 Russia
Women's time trial
 Kristin Armstrong
 United States		 Judith Arndt
 Germany		 Olga Zabelinskaya
 Russia

Track cycling

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Keirin
 Chris Hoy
 Great Britain		 Maximilian Levy
 Germany		 Simon van Velthooven
 New Zealand
Teun Mulder
 Netherlands
Omnium
 Lasse Norman Hansen
 Denmark		 Bryan Coquard
 France		 Ed Clancy
 Great Britain
team pursuit
  Great Britain (GBR)
Ed Clancy
Geraint Thomas
Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh
 		  Australia (AUS)
Jack Bobridge
Glenn O'Shea
Rohan Dennis
Michael Hepburn
 		  New Zealand (NZL)
Sam Bewley
Aaron Gate
Marc Ryan
Jesse Sergent
Westley Gough
sprint
 Jason Kenny
 Great Britain		 Grégory Baugé
 France		 Shane Perkins
 Australia
team sprint
  Great Britain (GBR)
Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny		  France (FRA)
Grégory Baugé
Michaël D'Almeida
Kévin Sireau		  Germany (GER)
René Enders
Maximilian Levy
Robert Förstemann

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Keirin
 Victoria Pendleton
 Great Britain		 Guo Shuang
 China		 Lee Wai Sze
 Hong Kong
Omnium
 Laura Trott
 Great Britain		 Sarah Hammer
 United States		 Annette Edmondson
 Australia
team pursuit
  Great Britain (GBR)
Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell
 		  United States (USA)
Sarah Hammer
Dotsie Bausch
Jennie Reed
Lauren Tamayo		  Canada (CAN)
Tara Whitten
Gillian Carleton
Jasmin Glaesser
 
sprint
 Anna Meares
 Australia		 Victoria Pendleton
 Great Britain		 Guo Shuang
 China
team sprint
  Germany (GER)
Kristina Vogel
Miriam Welte		  China (CHN)
Gong Jinjie
Guo Shuang		  Australia (AUS)
Kaarle McCulloch
Anna Meares

Mountain biking
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
Jaroslav Kulhavý
 Czech Republic		 Nino Schurter
 Switzerland		 Marco Aurelio Fontana
 Italy
Women's
Julie Bresset
 France		 Sabine Spitz
 Germany		 Georgia Gould
 United States

BMX
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
 Māris Štrombergs
 Latvia		 Sam Willoughby
 Australia		 Carlos Oquendo
 Colombia
Women's
 Mariana Pajón
 Colombia		 Sarah Walker
 New Zealand		 Laura Smulders
 Netherlands

Broken records
See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2012 Summer Olympics and List of Olympic records in cycling
Event Name Nation Score Date Record
Women's team sprintGong Jinjie
Guo Shuang		China32.447 s2 AugustWR, OR
Gong Jinjie
Guo Shuang		China32.422 s2 AugustWR, OR
Men's team sprintPhilip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny		Great Britain42.747 s2 AugustWR, OR
Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny		Great Britain42.600 s2 AugustWR, OR
Men's team pursuitEd Clancy
Geraint Thomas
Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh		Great Britain3:52.4992 AugustWR, OR
Ed Clancy
Geraint Thomas
Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh		Great Britain3:51.6593 AugustWR, OR
Women's team pursuitDani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell		Great Britain3:15.6693 AugustWR, OR
Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell		Great Britain3:14.6824 AugustWR, OR
Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell		Great Britain3:14.0514 AugustWR, OR
Men's sprintJason KennyGreat Britain9.713 s4 AugustOR
Women's sprintVictoria PendletonGreat Britain10.724 s5 AugustOR

References
  1. "VeloPark". Archived from the original on 6 December 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  2. "Hadleigh Farm, Essex". Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  3. "The Mall". London 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  4. "IOC approves new events for London 2012". IOC. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  5. William Fotheringham. "London 2012 rule changes likely to restrict GB cyclists' medal haul | William Fotheringham | Sport". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. Cycling. "London 2012 Olympics: Sir Chris Hoy falls victim of controversial rule change". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  7. "2008 Summer Olympics Track Cycling Results - Beijing, China - ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  8. "London 2012 website on road cycling". London2012.com. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  9. "BBC Sport – Brands Hatch to host London 2012 Paralympic cycling". BBC News. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  10. "BBC SPORT | Olympics | London 2012 | Essex venue to host 2012 biking". BBC News. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  11. "BBC SPORT | Olympics & Olympic sport | London 2012 | Mountain bike course 'too easy'". BBC News. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  12. "UK | Wales | Coe dampens mountain bike hopes". BBC News. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  13. Keith Bingham (15 August 2008). "Lord Coe selects Hadleigh in Essex as 2012 Olympic mtb venue | Olympics 2012". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  14. "Olympic sport competition schedule". London 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  15. "Olympic sport competition schedule". London 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  16. "Olympic sport competition schedule". London 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  17. "Olympic sport competition schedule". London 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.