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


The men's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 12 August.
Fifty cyclists from 32 countries competed. Jaroslav Kulhavý from the Czech Republic won the gold medal, beating Switzerland's Nino Schurter by one second.

Format

The competition began at 1:30 pm with a mass start and involved a set number of laps around the 4.8 km course at Hadleigh Farm in Essex. The distance of the race was 34.1 km.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Sunday 12 August 201213:30Final

Result

The entry list was published on 26 July.
RankRiderCountryTime
Jaroslav Kulhavý1:29:07
Nino Schurter1:29:08
Marco Aurelio Fontana1:29:32
4José Antonio Hermida1:29:36
5Burry Stander1:29:37
6Carlos Coloma-Nicolas1:30:07
7Manuel Fumic1:30:31
8Geoff Kabush1:30:43
9Alexander Gehbauer1:31:16
10Todd Wells1:31:28
11Stéphane Tempier1:31:30
12Jan Škarnitzl1:31:48
13Gerhard Kerschbaumer1:32:02
14Ondřej Cink1:32:16
15Samuel Schultz1:32:29
16Marek Konwa1:32:41
17Rudi van Houts1:32:53
18Ralph Näf1:32:58
19Kevin van Hoovels1:33:01
20Karl Markt1:33:18
21Daniel McConnell1:33:22
22Sergio Mantecon-Gutiérrez1:33:46
23David Rosa1:33:50
24Rubens Valeriano1:34:23
25Florian Vogel1:34:36
26Catriel Soto1:35:13
27Kohei Yamamoto1:35:26
28Hector Paez1:36:02
29Jean-Christophe Péraud1:37:07
30Marc Bassingthwaighte1:37:17
31Sergiy Rysenko1:37:32
32Piotr Brzózka1:38:37
33Periklis Ilias1:38:51
34Moritz Milatz1:38:59
35Philip Buys1:40:11
36Paolo Montoya1:41:19
37Evgeniy Pechenin1:41:40
38Chan Chun Hing1:41:59
39Adrien Niyonshuti1:42:46
40Marios Athanasiadis1:43:25
–Tong WeisongLAP
–Derek HortonLAP
–Sven NysDNF
–Max PlaxtonDNF
–András PartiDNF
–Julien AbsalonDNF
–Liam KilleenDNF
–Robert FörstemannDNS
–Michael VingerlingDNS
–Sam BewleyDNS