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. Anna Meares from Australia won the gold medal and Victoria Pendleton of Great Britain took silver. China's Guo Shuang won the bronze.

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.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Sunday 5 August 201211:00 & 16:00Qualifications / Heats
Monday 6 August 201216:45Quarter-finals
Tuesday 7 August 201216:00
17:25		Semi-finals
Final

Results

Qualification

First round

;Match 1
NameCountryTimeAvg speed
Victoria Pendleton11.77561.146
Ekaterina Gnidenko

;Match 3
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Guo Shuang11.37163.318
Daniela Larreal

;Match 5
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Olga Panarina11.60862.026
Lee Hye-Jin

;Match 7
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Lee Wai Sze11.30063.716
Monique Sullivan

;Match 9
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Natasha Hansen
Lyubov Shulika11.80860.975

;Match 2
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Anna Meares11.80061.016
Kayono Maeda

;Match 4
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Kristina Vogel11.60562.042
Virginie Cueff

;Match 6
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Lisandra Guerra11.39063.213
Juliana Gaviria

;Match 8
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Simona Krupeckaitė11.52862.456
Willy Kanis

First round repechage

;Match 1
NameCountryTimeAvg speed
Natasha Hansen11.88260.595
Juliana Gaviria
Ekaterina Gnidenko

;Match 2
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Monique Sullivan11.57262.219
Lee Hye-Jin
Kayono Maeda

;Match 3
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Willy Kanis11.64361.839
Virginie Cueff
Daniela Larreal

Second round

;Match 1
NameCountryTimeAvg speed
Victoria Pendleton11.84060.810
Willy Kanis

;Match 3
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Guo Shuang11.43162.986
Natasha Hansen

;Match 5
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Olga Panarina
Simona Krupeckaitė11.48662.685

;Match 2
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Anna Meares11.56662.251
Monique Sullivan

;Match 4
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Kristina Vogel11.54762.353
Lyubov Shulika

;Match 6
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Lisandra Guerra11.48562.690
Lee Wai Sze

Second round repechage

;Match 1
NameCountryTimeAvg speed
Willy Kanis
Lyubov Shulika11.46162.821
Lee Wai Sze

;Match 2
NameCountryTimeAverage speed
Monique Sullivan
Natasha Hansen
Olga Panarina11.44362.920

9th–12th place classifications

Quarter-finals

;Match 1
NameCountryTime Time
Victoria Pendleton11.22611.339
Olga Panarina

;Match 3
NameCountryTime Time Time
Guo Shuang11.28311.337
Lisandra Guerra11.536

;Match 2
NameCountryTime Time
Anna Meares11.46511.573
Lyubov Shulika

;Match 4
NameCountryTime Time
Kristina Vogel11.54111.568
Simona Krupeckaitė

5th–8th place classifications

Semi-finals

;Match 1
NameCountryTime Time
Victoria Pendleton11.48111.538
Kristina Vogel

;Match 2
NameCountryTime Time
Anna Meares11.68311.284
Guo Shuang

Finals

;Bronze medal match
NameCountryTime Time Rank
Kristina Vogel4
Guo Shuang11.53211.591

;Gold medal match
NameCountryTime Time Rank
Victoria PendletonREL
Anna Meares11.21811.348