Venue London Velopark Competitors 18 from 18 nations | Date 5 to 7 August Winning time 11.218/11.348 | |
The women's cycling sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark from 5 to 7 August. Anna Meares from Australia won the gold medal and Victoria Pendleton of Great Britain took silver. China's Guo Shuang won the bronze.
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Competition format
The sprint event was a single-elimination tournament after seeding via time trial. Each match pits two cyclists against each other in the best-of-three races. Each race consisted of three laps of the track with side-by-side starts.
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time
Finals
References
Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA