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 at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
|---|---|
Pictograms for, from top, BMX, mountain, road, and track cycling. | |
| Venue | London Velopark (BMX, track) Hadleigh Farm (mountain) Central London, Surrey (road) |
| Dates | 28 July – 12 August 2012 |
| Competitors | Total: 505 48 (BMX) 77 (mountain biking) 210 (road cycling) 176 (track cycling) |
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
editThe 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
editParticipating nations
editCyclists from 74 nations participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Algeria (1)
Argentina (4)
Australia (29)
Austria (5)
Azerbaijan (1)
Belarus (10)
Belgium (16)
Brazil (9)
Bulgaria (2)
Canada (17)
Chile (3)
China (12)
Colombia (17)
Costa Rica (2)
Croatia (2)
Cuba (5)
Cyprus (1)
Czech Republic (10)
Denmark (11)
Ecuador (2)
Eritrea (1)
El Salvador (1)
Estonia (2)
Finland (2)
France (24)
Georgia (1)
Germany (25)
Great Britain (27)
Greece (4)
Guam (1)
Guatemala (1)
Hong Kong (6)
Hungary (3)
Iran (3)
Ireland (4)
Italy (14)
Japan (9)
Kazakhstan (2)
Latvia (5)
Lithuania (4)
Luxembourg (2)
Malaysia (5)
Morocco (3)
Mauritius (1)
Mexico (2)
Moldova (1)
Namibia (2)
Netherlands (25)
New Zealand (22)
Norway (6)
Philippines (1)
Poland (12)
Portugal (4)
Romania (1)
Russia (18)
Rwanda (1)
Serbia (2)
Slovakia (1)
Slovenia (6)
South Africa (9)
South Korea (10)
Spain (16)
Sweden (5)
Switzerland (11)
Syria (1)
Thailand (1)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Trinidad and Tobago (2)
Turkey (3)
Ukraine (10)
United States (24)
Uruguay (1)
Uzbekistan (2)
Venezuela (12)
Competition schedule
edit| H | Heats/preliminaries | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
FL = Flying Lap, PR = Points Race, ER = Elimination Race, IP = Individual Pursuit, SR = Scratch Race, TT = Time Trial
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (19 entries) | 18 | 18 | 19 | 55 | |
Road cycling
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's road race |
Alexander Vinokourov |
Rigoberto Urán |
Alexander Kristoff |
| Men's time trial |
Bradley Wiggins |
Tony Martin |
Chris Froome |
| Women's road race |
Marianne Vos |
Lizzie Armitstead |
Olga Zabelinskaya |
| Women's time trial |
Kristin Armstrong |
Judith Arndt |
Olga Zabelinskaya |
Track cycling
editMen
editWomen
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keirin |
Victoria Pendleton |
Guo Shuang |
Lee Wai Sze |
| Omnium |
Laura Trott |
Sarah Hammer |
Annette Edmondson |
| team pursuit |
Dani King Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell |
Sarah Hammer Dotsie Bausch Jennie Reed Lauren Tamayo |
Tara Whitten Gillian Carleton Jasmin Glaesser |
| sprint |
Anna Meares |
Victoria Pendleton |
Guo Shuang |
| team sprint |
Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte |
Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang |
Kaarle McCulloch Anna Meares |
Mountain biking
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's |
Jaroslav Kulhavý |
Nino Schurter |
Marco Aurelio Fontana |
| Women's |
Julie Bresset |
Sabine Spitz |
Georgia Gould |
BMX
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's |
Māris Štrombergs |
Sam Willoughby |
Carlos Oquendo |
| Women's |
Mariana Pajón |
Sarah Walker |
Laura Smulders |
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 |
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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)