Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country

The women's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 11 August.

Women's cross-country cycling
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueHadleigh Farm
Date11 August 2012
Competitors30 from 24 nations
Medalists
Julie Bresset  France
Sabine Spitz  Germany
Georgia Gould  United States
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Qualification

Julie Bresset from France won the gold medal — the country's first in cycling at the 2012 Games. Germany's Sabine Spitz won silver and Georgia Gould of the United States took bronze.

Competition format

The competition began at 12:30 pm with a mass-start, and involved six laps around the 4.8 km course at Hadleigh Farm in Essex.[1] The distance of the race was 29.3 km.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

Date Time Round
Saturday 11 August 201212:30Final

Result

The entry list was published on 26 July.[2]

RankRiderCountryTime
Julie Bresset France 1:30:52
Sabine Spitz Germany 1:31:54
Georgia Gould United States 1:32:00
4 Irina Kalentieva Russia 1:32:33
5 Esther Süss Switzerland 1:32:46
6 Alexandra Engen Sweden 1:33:08
7 Aleksandra Dawidowicz Poland 1:33:20
8 Annie Last Great Britain 1:33:47
9 Catharine Pendrel Canada 1:34:28
10 Tanja Žakelj Slovenia 1:34:41
11 Lea Davison United States 1:35:14
12 Shi Qinglan China 1:35:28
13 Yana Belomoyna Ukraine 1:35:46
14 Kateřina Nash Czech Republic 1:36:22
15 Elisabeth Osl Austria 1:36:47
16 Adelheid Morath Germany 1:37:17
17 Eva Lechner Italy 1:37:36
18 Karen Hanlen New Zealand 1:37:54
19 Katrin Leumann Switzerland 1:38:23
20 Rie Katayama Japan 1:38:26
21 Janka Števková Slovakia 1:39:05
22 Paula Gorycka Poland 1:39:18
23 Blaža Klemenčič Slovenia 1:39:42
24 Emily Batty Canada 1:40:37
25 Rebecca Henderson Australia 1:41:35
26 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot France 1:42:21
27 Barbara Benkó Hungary 1:43:24
28 Candice Neethling South Africa 1:45:03
– Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå Norway DNF
– Laura Abril Colombia DNF
– Annika Langvad Denmark DNS[3]

References
  1. http://www.london2012.com/cycling-mountain-bike/event/women/competition-format/index.html
  2. "Entry list". Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  3. Langvad out of Olympic mountain bike race cyclingnews 1. August 2012
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