Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Summary

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
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Pictograms for, from top, BMX, mountain, road, and track 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)
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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 nation to win more than a single gold medal.

Venues edit

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 edit

Participating nations edit

Cyclists from 74 nations participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Competition schedule edit

H Heats/preliminaries ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Final
BMX, mountain biking and road cycling[14][15][16]
Event↓/Date → Sat 28 Sun 29 Wed 1 Wed 8 Thu 9 Fri 10 Sat 11 Sun 12
Men's BMX H ¼ ½ F
Women's BMX H ½ F
Mountain biking
Men's cross-country F
Women's cross-country F
Road cycling
Men's road race F
Men's time trial F
Women's road race F
Women's time trial F
Track cycling[17]
Date → Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 Sun 5 Mon 6 Tue 7
Event ↓ A A M A M A A M A
Men's Keirin H ½ F
Men's Omnium FL PR ER IP SR TT
Men's sprint H ¼ ½ F
Men's team pursuit H ½ F
Men's team sprint H ½ F
Women's Keirin H F
Women's Omnium FL PR ER IP SR TT
Women's sprint H ¼ ½ F
Women's team pursuit H ½ F
Women's team sprint H ½ F
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 edit

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 entries)18181955

Road cycling edit

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

Track cycling edit

Men edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Keirin
details
Chris Hoy
  Great Britain
Maximilian Levy
  Germany
Simon van Velthooven
  New Zealand
Teun Mulder
  Netherlands
Omnium
details
Lasse Norman Hansen
  Denmark
Bryan Coquard
  France
Ed Clancy
  Great Britain
team pursuit
details
  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
details
Jason Kenny
  Great Britain
Grégory Baugé
  France
Shane Perkins
  Australia
team sprint
details
  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 edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Keirin
details
Victoria Pendleton
  Great Britain
Guo Shuang
  China
Lee Wai Sze
  Hong Kong
Omnium
details
Laura Trott
  Great Britain
Sarah Hammer
  United States
Annette Edmondson
  Australia
team pursuit
details
  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
details
Anna Meares
  Australia
Victoria Pendleton
  Great Britain
Guo Shuang
  China
team sprint
details
  Germany (GER)
Kristina Vogel
Miriam Welte
  China (CHN)
Gong Jinjie
Guo Shuang
  Australia (AUS)
Kaarle McCulloch
Anna Meares

Mountain biking edit

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

BMX edit

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

Broken records edit

Event Name Nation Score Date Record
Women's team sprint Gong Jinjie
Guo Shuang
China 32.447 s 2 August WR, OR
Gong Jinjie
Guo Shuang
China 32.422 s 2 August WR, OR
Men's team sprint Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny
Great Britain 42.747 s 2 August WR, OR
Philip Hindes
Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny
Great Britain 42.600 s 2 August WR, OR
Men's team pursuit Ed Clancy
Geraint Thomas
Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain 3:52.499 2 August WR, OR
Ed Clancy
Geraint Thomas
Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain 3:51.659 3 August WR, OR
Women's team pursuit Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell
Great Britain 3:15.669 3 August WR, OR
Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell
Great Britain 3:14.682 4 August WR, OR
Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell
Great Britain 3:14.051 4 August WR, OR
Men's sprint Jason Kenny Great Britain 9.713 s 4 August OR
Women's sprint Victoria Pendleton Great Britain 10.724 s 5 August OR

References edit

  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. Archived from the original on 4 December 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. Archived from the original on 7 September 2011. 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. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
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External links edit

  Media related to Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

  • Cycling - BMX at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
  • Cycling - Mountain Bike at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
  • Cycling - Road at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
  • Cycling - Track at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
  • Official results book – Cycling BMX. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
  • Official results book – Cycling Mountain Bike. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 April 2013)
  • Official results book – Cycling Road. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
  • Official results book – Cycling Track. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 April 2013)
  • Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)