Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country
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| Venue | Hadleigh Farm | ||||||||||||
| Date | 11 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
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The women's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 11 August.
Julie Bresset from France won the gold medal — the country's first in cycling at the 2012 Games. Germany's Sabine Spitz won silver and Georgia Gould of the United States took bronze.
Competition format
[edit]The competition began at 12:30 pm with a mass-start, and involved six laps around the 4.8 km course at Hadleigh Farm in Essex.[1] The distance of the race was 29.3 km.
Schedule
[edit]All times are British Summer Time
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Saturday 11 August 2012 | 12:30 | Final |
Result
[edit]The entry list was published on 26 July.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Women's Cross-country - Olympic Cycling - Mountain Bike | London 2012". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ "Entry list". Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ Langvad out of Olympic mountain bike race cyclingnews 1. August 2012