2012 UEC European Track Championships

{{see also|2012 European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)}}

{{Infobox cycling championship

| image = 2012 European Track Championships logo.jpg

| image_size = 230

| venue = Panevėžys, Lithuania

| date = 19–21 October 2012

| velodrome = Cido Arena

| nations = 21

| cyclists = 146

| events = 13

| previous = 2011

| next = 2013

}}

The 2012 European Track Championships was the third edition of the elite European Track Championships in track cycling. It was held on October 19–21, 2012 and took place at the Cido Arena in Panevėžys, Lithuania.{{Cite web |url=http://uec-federation.eu/calendar/european_championships_in_future_years-s142.html |title=European Championships in future years |access-date=2011-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425115325/http://uec-federation.eu/calendar/european_championships_in_future_years-s142.html |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}

It was the first European Elite Track Championships that had opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was held on 19 October, an hour before the start of the evening session.

Held some time after the 2012 Summer Olympics, a number of elite European cyclists, notably from Great Britain and France were not in attendance, either through retirement or a rest period. In their absence, the medal table was headed by Germany and the east European track powers; Russia, Belarus and hosts Lithuania.

Schedule

The competition days were split into two Sessions.[http://www.eurotrack2012.eu/en/championship-program Event schedule]

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! Date

! Time

! Round

rowspan=14|19 October 2012
colspan=2 align=center| Afternoon session
13:00Women's Team pursuit qualifying
13:35Men's Team pursuit qualifying
14:27Women's Team sprint qualifying
14:35Men's Team sprint qualifying
14:55Men's Points race qualifying
colspan=2 align=center| Evening session
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| 19:30

Women's Team pursuit final
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| 19:45

Men's Team pursuit final
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| 20:16

Women's Team sprint final
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| 20:22

Men's Team sprint final
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| 20:38

Women's Points race final
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| 21:13

Men's Points race final
rowspan=16|21 October 2012
colspan=2 align=center| Morning session
10:00Women's Omnium individual pursuit
10:25Men's Omnium individual pursuit
11:11Men's Keirin round 1
11:27Women's Keirin round 1
11:45Men's Keirin repechages
12:01Women's Omnium scratch
12:16Men's Omnium scratch
colspan=2 align=center| Evening session
17:00Men's Keirin round 2
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| 17:10

Women's Omnium time trial
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| 17:20

Men's Omnium time trial
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| 18:01

Women's Keirin finals
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| 18:09

Men's Keirin finals
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| 18:17

Men's Madison final

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! Date

! Time

! Round

rowspan=22|20 October 2012
colspan=2 align=center| Morning session
10:00Men's sprint qualifying
10:40Women's sprint qualifying
10:55Men's Sprint 1/16 Final
11:41Men's Sprint 1/8 Final
12:09Men's Sprint 1/8 Final repechages
12:15Women's Omnium flying lap
12:30/13:14/13:48Women's Sprint 1/4 Final
12:42/13:26/13:51Men's Sprint 1/4 Final
12:54Men's Omnium flying lap
13:54Women's Omnium points race
colspan=2 align=center| Evening session
19:30/20:22/20:47Women's Sprint 1/2 Final
19:36/20:28/20:50Men's Sprint 1/2 Final
19:42Men's Omnium points race
20:34Women's Omnium elimination race
20:53Women's Sprint 5 to 8th places
20:56Men's Sprint 5 to 8th places
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| 21:06/21:33/21:42

Women's Sprint Finals
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| 21:12/21:39/21:45

Men's Sprint Finals
21:18Men's Omnium elimination race

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Events

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
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| colspan=7 | Men's events

Sprint
{{DetailsLink|2012 European Track Championships – Men's sprint}}

| {{flagmedalist|Denis Dmitriev|RUS}}

| {{flagmedalist|Max Niederlag|GER}}| {{flagmedalist|Christos Volikakis|GRE}}
Team sprint
{{DetailsLink|2012 European Track Championships – Men's team sprint}}

| {{flagu|Germany}}
Tobias Wächter
Joachim Eilers
Max Niederlag

44.381

| {{flagu|Poland}}
Kamil Kuczyński
Maciej Bielecki
Krzysztof Maksel

44.892

| {{flagu|Great Britain}}
Matthew Crampton
Callum Skinner
Lewis Oliva

45.081
Keirin
{{DetailsLink|2012 European Track Championships – Men's keirin}}

| {{flagmedalist|Tobias Wächter|GER}}

| {{flagmedalist|Joachim Eilers|GER}}| {{flagmedalist|Denis Dmitriev|RUS}}
Omnium
{{DetailsLink|2012 European Track Championships – Men's omnium}}

| {{flagmedalist|Lucas Liss|GER}}

17

| {{flagmedalist|Artur Ershov|RUS}}

20

| {{flagmedalist|Gediminas Bagdonas|LTU}}

34
Team pursuit
{{DetailsLink|2012 European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit}}

| {{flagu|Russia}}
Artur Ershov
Alexei Markov
Alexander Serov
Valery Kaykov

4:00.641

| {{flagu|Germany}}
Lucas Liss
Henning Bommel
Theo Reinhardt
Maximilian Beyer

4:08.654

| {{flagu|Italy}}
Elia Viviani
Paolo Simion
Liam Bertazzo
Ignazio Moser
Michele Scartezzini

4:06.380
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| Points race
{{DetailsLink|2012 European Track Championships – Men's points race}}
non-Olympic

| {{flagmedalist|Elia Viviani|ITA}}

44

| {{flagmedalist|Kirill Sveshnikov|RUS}}

26

| {{flagmedalist|Sergiy Lagkuti|UKR}}

25
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| Madison
{{DetailsLink|2012 European Track Championships – Men's madison}}

| {{CZE}}
Martin Bláha
Jiří Hochmann

| {{flagu|Russia}}
Artur Ershov
Valery Kaykov
| {{flagu|Italy}}
Angelo Ciccone
Elia Viviani
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| colspan=7 | Women's events

Sprint
{{DetailsLink|2012 European Track Championships – Women's sprint}}

| {{flagmedalist|Olga Panarina|BLR}}

| {{flagmedalist|Anastasiia Voinova|RUS}}| {{flagmedalist|Simona Krupeckaitė|LTU}}
Team sprint
{{DetailsLink|2012 European Track Championships – Women's team sprint}}

| {{LTU}}
Simona Krupeckaitė
Gintarė Gaivenytė

33.846

| {{flagu|Russia}}
Anastasiia Voinova
Daria Shmeleva

33.882

| {{flagu|France}}
Sandie Clair
Olivia Montauban

34.975
Keirin
{{DetailsLink|2012 European Track Championships – Women's keirin}}

| {{flagmedalist|Simona Krupeckaitė|LTU}}

| {{flagmedalist|Ekaterina Gnidenko|RUS}}| {{flagmedalist|Elena Brezhniva|RUS}}
Omnium
{{DetailsLink|2012 European Track Championships – Women's omnium}}

| {{flagmedalist|Aušrinė Trebaitė|LTU}}

| {{flagmedalist|Katarzyna Pawłowska|POL}}| {{flagmedalist|Tamara Balabolina|RUS}}
Team pursuit
{{DetailsLink|2012 European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit}}

| {{LTU}}
Aušrinė Trebaitė
Vilija Sereikaitė
Vaida Pikauskaitė

3:25.237 (NR)

| {{flagu|Poland}}
Katarzyna Pawłowska
Eugenia Bujak
Małgorzata Wojtyra

3:27.086

| {{BLR}}
Tatsiana Sharakova
Alena Dylko
Aksana Papko

3:24.801
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| Points race
{{DetailsLink|2012 European Track Championships – Women's points race}}
non-Olympic

| {{flagmedalist|Stephanie Pohl|GER}}

33 +1 lap

| {{flagmedalist|Evgenia Romanyuta|RUS}}

25

| {{flagmedalist|Elke Gebhardt|GER}}

20

  • shaded events are non-Olympic

Medal table

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| gold_GER = 4 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 1

| gold_LTU = 4 | silver_LTU = 0 | bronze_LTU = 2

| gold_RUS = 2 | silver_RUS = 7 | bronze_RUS = 3

| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 2

| gold_BLR = 1 | silver_BLR = 0 | bronze_BLR = 1

| gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 0

| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 3 | bronze_POL = 0

| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 1

| gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 0 | bronze_GRE = 1

| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1

| gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 1

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Participating nations

146 riders from 21 nations will participate.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurotrack2012.eu/en/news/1/17-olympians-and-international-stars-among-the-participants|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130106161029/http://www.eurotrack2012.eu/en/news/1/17-olympians-and-international-stars-among-the-participants|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 6, 2013|title=17 Olympians and International Stars Among the Participants|date=2012-10-15|work=eurotrack2012.eu}}[http://www.domtel-sport.pl/ece2012/List%20of%20Riders.pdf List of participants]

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  • {{AUT}}
  • {{BLR}}
  • {{flagu|Belgium}}
  • {{BUL}}
  • {{CZE}}
  • {{EST}}
  • {{FIN}}
  • {{flagu|France}}
  • {{GEO}}
  • {{flagu|Germany}}
  • {{flagu|Great Britain}}
  • {{GRE}}
  • {{IRL}}
  • {{flagu|Italy}}
  • {{LTU}}
  • {{flagu|Netherlands}}, see: Netherlands at the 2012 European Track Championships
  • {{flagu|Poland}}
  • {{flagu|Russia}}
  • {{SVK}}
  • {{flagu|Switzerland}}
  • {{UKR}}

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References

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