| Cycling at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
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| 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) |
Thecycling competitions at the2012 Olympic Games in London took place at five venues between 28 July and 12 August. The venues were theLondon Velopark for track cycling and BMX,[1] andHadleigh Farm, in Essex, for mountain biking.[2] The road races took place over a course starting and ending inThe Mall in central London[3] and heading out intoSurrey, while the time trials started and finished atHampton Court Palace inRichmond upon Thames. Eighteen events were contested and around 500 athletes participated.
Cycling events have been contested in every Summer Olympics programme since thefirst modern Olympiad in 1896 alongsideathletics,artistic gymnastics,fencing andswimming. Compared to thecycling 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, whileOmnium 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.
The road racing at the Olympics and Paralympic Games was originally scheduled to take place inRegent's Park and onHampstead Heath. Instead, the Olympic road races started and finished onThe Mall in central London and headed out in a south-westerly direction to include loops aroundBox Hill in Surrey.[8] Road racing in the Paralympics took place atBrands Hatch.[9] The Olympic mountain bike event took place atHadleigh 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]
Cyclists 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)| 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 | ||
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| Men's BMX | H | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||
| Women's BMX | H | ½ | F | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Germany | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Colombia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | China | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 18 | 18 | 19 | 55 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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