Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint
The women's 200m Sprint at the 1992 Summer Olympics was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time. The races were held on Tuesday, July 28, Wednesday through Friday, July 31, 1992 at the Velòdrom d'Horta. Erika Salumäe defended her gold medal from 1988, but this time she represented her native Estonia instead of the Soviet Union that collapsed a year ago.
Held Tuesday, July 28 The first round consisted of four heats, of three riders. Winners advanced to the next round, losers competed in the repechage.
Heat
Pos
Athlete
NOS
Time
Ave. Speed
Qualify
1
1
Ingrid Haringa
12.179 s
63.497 km/h
Q
1
2
Wang Yan
1
3
Rita Razmaitė
2
1
Félicia Ballanger
12.615 s
63.609 km/h
Q
2
2
Mika Kuroki
2
3
Connie Paraskevin-Young
DQ
3
1
Erika Salumäe
12.377 s
64.011 km/h
Q
3
2
Annett Neumann
3
3
Daniela Larreal
4
1
Tanya Dubnicoff
12.416 s
63.503 km/h
Q
4
2
Galina Yenyukhina
4
–
Olga Sacasa
DNS
Repechage
Held Tuesday, July 28 The seven defeated cyclists from the first round took part in the repechage. They raced in four heats, one being unopposed. The winner of each heat advance to quarter-final.
Heat
Pos
Athlete
NOS
Time
Ave. Speed
Qualify
1
1
Wang Yan
WLK
Q
2
1
Mika Kuroki
12.453 s
57.817 km/h
Q
2
2
Daniela Larreal
3
1
Annett Neumann
12.238 s
58.833 km/h
Q
3
2
Connie Paraskevin-Young
4
1
Galina Yenyukhina
13.069 s
55.092 km/h
Q
4
2
Rita Razmaitė
Quarter-finals
Held Wednesday, July 29. The eight riders that had advanced to the quarterfinals competed pairwise in four matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Winners advanced to the semifinals, losers competed in a 5th to 8th place classification.
Heat
Pos
Athlete
NOS
Time 1
Time 2
Decider
Qualify
1
1
Ingrid Haringa
12.662 s
12.792 s
Q
1
2
Mika Kuroki
2
1
Félicia Ballanger
12.536 s
14.786 s
Q
2
2
Wang Yan
3
1
Erika Salumäe
12.192 s
12.090 s
Q
3
2
Galina Yenyukhina
12.265 s
4
1
Annett Neumann
12.283 s
12.265 s
Q
4
2
Tanya Dubnicoff
Classification 5–8
Held Friday, July 31 The 5–8 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the quarterfinals taking place. The winner of the race received 5th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.
Pos
Athlete
NOS
Time
Ave. Speed
1
Galina Yenyukhina
12.575 s
57.256 km/h
2
Tanya Dubnicoff
3
Mika Kuroki
–
Wang Yan
DNS
Semifinals
Held Thursday, July 30. The four riders that had advanced to the semifinals competed pairwise in two matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Winners advanced to the finals, losers competed in the bronze medal match.
