Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's keirin
| Women's keirin at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | London Velopark | ||||||||||||
| Date | 3 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
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The women's Keirin at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 3 August.[1] Women's Keirin made its debut in this Olympics.
Great Britain's Victoria Pendleton won the gold medal.[2] Guo Shuang from China won silver and Lee Wai Sze took bronze for Hong Kong's only medal of the 2012 Games.
Competition format
[edit]The Keirin races involved 5.5 laps of the track behind a motorcycle, followed by a 2.5 lap sprint to the finish. The tournament consisted of preliminary heats and repechages, a semi-finals round, and the finals. The heats and repechages narrowed the field to 12. The semi-finals divided the remaining 12 into six finalists. The finals round also included a ranking race for 7th to 12th place.[3]
Schedule
[edit]All times are British Summer Time
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Friday 3 August 2012 | 16:00 | Round 1, repechage, round 2 and final |
Results
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First round
[edit]Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Rider | Country |
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| 1 | Kristina Vogel |  Germany
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| DSQ | Ekaterina Gnidenko |  Russia
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| 3 | Lisandra Guerra |  Cuba
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| 4 | Juliana Gaviria |  Colombia
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| 5 | Monique Sullivan |  Canada
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| 6 | Clara Sanchez |  France
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Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Rider | Country |
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| 1 | Victoria Pendleton |  Great Britain
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| 2 | Anna Meares |  Australia
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| 3 | Natasha Hansen |  New Zealand
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| 4 | Fatehah Mustapa |  Malaysia
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| 5 | Lyubov Shulika |  Ukraine
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| 6 | Willy Kanis |  Netherlands
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Heat 3
[edit]| Rank | Rider | Country |
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| 1 | Guo Shuang |  China
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| 2 | Simona Krupeckaitė |  Lithuania
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| 3 | Daniela Larreal |  Venezuela
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| 4 | Lee Wai Sze |  Hong Kong
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| 5 | Lee Hye-Jin |  South Korea
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| 6 | Olga Panarina |  Belarus
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Repechages
[edit]Repechage 1
[edit]| Rank | Rider | Country |
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| 1 | Lee Wai Sze | Hong Kong
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| 2 | Willy Kanis | Netherlands
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| 3 | Monique Sullivan | Canada
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| 4 | Lisandra Guerra | Cuba
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| 5 | Olga Panarina | Belarus
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| 6 | Juliana Gaviria | Colombia
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Repechage 2
[edit]| Rank | Rider | Country |
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| 1 | Clara Sanchez | France
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| 2 | Natasha Hansen | New Zealand
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| 3 | Daniela Larreal | Venezuela
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| 4 | Lyubov Shulika | Ukraine
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| 5 | Fatehah Mustapa | Malaysia
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| 6 | Lee Hye-Jin | South Korea
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Second round
[edit]Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Meares | Australia
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| 2 | Monique Sullivan | Canada
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| 3 | Lee Wai Sze | Hong Kong
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| 4 | Willy Kanis | Netherlands
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| 5 | Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania
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| 6 | Kristina Vogel | Germany
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Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria Pendleton | Great Britain
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| 2 | Clara Sanchez | France
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| 3 | Guo Shuang | China
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| DSQ | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Russia
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| 5 | Natasha Hansen | New Zealand
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| 6 | Daniela Larreal | Venezuela
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7th–12th final
[edit]| Rank | Rider | Country |
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| 7 | Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania
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| DSQ[4] | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Russia
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| 9 | Daniela Larreal | Venezuela
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| 10 | Kristina Vogel | Germany
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| 11 | Natasha Hansen | New Zealand
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| 12 | Willy Kanis | Netherlands
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Final
[edit]| Rank | Rider | Country |
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Victoria Pendleton | Great Britain
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Guo Shuang | China
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Lee Wai Sze | Hong Kong
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| 4 | Clara Sanchez | France
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| 5 | Anna Meares | Australia
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| 6 | Monique Sullivan | Canada
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References
[edit]- ^ "Cycling Track - Summer Olympic Sport". 13 August 2016. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "London 2012 Summer Olympics - results & video highlights". 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "London 2012 Summer Olympics - results & video highlights". 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". 14 July 2021.