Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Women's cycling team pursuit
|games = 2012 Summer
|image = British Team Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit (2).JPG
|image_size = 250px
|caption = The British team celebrating their victory
|venue = London Velopark
|date = 3 to 4 August
|competitors = 32
|nations = 10
|gold = Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell
|goldNOC = GBR
|silver = Sarah Hammer
Dotsie Bausch
Jennie Reed
Lauren Tamayo
|silverNOC = USA
|bronze = Tara Whitten
Gillian Carleton
Jasmin Glaesser
|bronzeNOC = CAN
|prev =
|next = 2016
}}
{{CyclingAt2012SummerOlympics}}
The women's cycling team pursuit at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held at the London Velopark on 3 and 4 August.{{Cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/cycling-track |title=Olympic Cycling - Track - Schedule, Results, Medals | London 2012 |access-date=9 February 2012 |archive-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525181308/www.london2012.com/cycling-track |url-status=dead }}
The Great Britain team consisting of Dani King, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell won the gold medal in world record-breaking time. Including pre-Olympic races and the Olympic final itself, in the six times they had ridden together they had broken the world record in every race.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18911820# |title=BBC Sport - Olympics cycling: British women win team pursuit track gold |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809111912/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18911820# |archive-date=9 August 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Sarah Hammer, Dotsie Bausch and Jennie Reed of the United States took the silver medal and Canada's Tara Whitten, Gillian Carleton and Jasmin Glaesser won bronze.
Competition format
The women's team pursuit race consists of a 3 km race between two teams of three cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one team catches the other, the race is over.
The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top four teams in the qualifying round remained in contention for the gold medal, the 5th to 8th place teams could compete for a possible bronze, and the remaining teams were eliminated.
The "first round" consisted of the four fastest qualifiers competing in head-to-head races (1st vs. 4th, 2nd vs. 3rd). The winners of these heats advanced to the gold medal final. The other four qualifiers also competed in the first round (5th vs. 8th, 6th vs. 7th). Advancement to the bronze medal final was based solely on time, with the fastest two teams among the six qualifiers who had not advanced to the gold medal final reaching the bronze medal final. Qualification races were also held to determine 5th/6th place (between the next two fastest first-round teams who had not reached either the gold or bronze finals) and 7th/8th place (among the remaining two first-round teams).{{Cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/cycling-track/event/women-team-pursuit/competition-format/index.html |title=Women's Team Pursuit - Olympic Cycling - Track | London 2012 |access-date=3 May 2012 |archive-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128022220/www.london2012.com/cycling-track/event/women-team-pursuit/competition-format/index.html |url-status=dead }}
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Time ! Round | ||
| |Friday 3 August 2012 | 17:00 | Qualification |
| style=background:lemonchiffon|Saturday 4 August 2012 | style=background:lemonchiffon| 16:10 | style=background:lemonchiffon| First round and finals |
Results
File:Women's team pursuit 2012 Summer Olympics, Dutch team.jpg, Kirsten Wild, Amy Pieters) riding the qualification]]
=Qualification=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
! Country !class="unsortable"| Cyclists ! Result !class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 1 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Dani King | 3:15.669 |
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| 2 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Sarah Hammer | 3:19.406 | Q |
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| 3 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Annette Edmondson | 3:19.719 | Q |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 4 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|CAN|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Tara Whitten | 3:19.816 | Q |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 5 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|NZL|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Lauren Ellis | 3:20.421 | Q |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 6 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|NED|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Kirsten Wild | 3:21.602 | Q |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 7 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Judith Arndt | 3:22.058 | Q |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 8 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|BLR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Tatsiana Sharakova | 3:22.850 | Q |
| 9
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|UKR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova | 3:25.160 | |
| 10
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|CHN|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Jiang Fan | 3:26.049 | |
=First round=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
! Heat ! Country !class="unsortable"| Cyclists ! Result !class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 1
| 4 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Dani King | 3:14.682 |
| 2
| 3 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Sarah Hammer | 3:16.853 |NR |
| 3
| 3 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Annette Edmondson | 3:16.935 | OC |
| 4
| 4 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|CAN|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Tara Whitten | 3:17.454 | NR |
| 5
| 2 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|NZL|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Lauren Ellis | 3:18.514 | NR |
| 6
| 1 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|NED|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Kirsten Wild | 3:20.013 | NR |
| 7
| 1 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Judith Arndt | 3:21.086 | |
| 8
| 2 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|BLR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Tatsiana Sharakova | 3:21.942 | |
=Finals=
==Final 7th–8th place==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank ! Country !class="unsortable"| Cyclists ! Result !class="unsortable"| Notes |
| 7
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|BLR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Tatsiana Sharakova | 3:20.245 | NR |
| 8
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Judith Arndt | 3:20.824 | NR |
==Final 5th–6th place==
File:Dutch Team Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit.JPG, Amy Pieters, Vera Koedooder) riding the final for 5th place]]
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank ! Country !class="unsortable"| Cyclists ! Result !class="unsortable"| Notes |
| 5
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|NZL|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Lauren Ellis | 3:19.351 | |
| 6
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|NED|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Vera Koedooder | 3:23.256 | |
==Final bronze medal==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank ! Country !class="unsortable"| Cyclists ! Result !class="unsortable"| Notes |
| {{bronze03}}
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|CAN|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Tara Whitten | 3:17.915 | |
| 4
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Annette Edmondson | 3:18.096 | |
==Final gold medal==
File:British Team Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit.JPG, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell) riding for gold]]
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank ! Country !class="unsortable"| Cyclists ! Result !class="unsortable"| Notes |
| {{gold01}}
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Dani King | 3:14.051 |
| {{silver02}}
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Sarah Hammer | 3:19.727 | |
Final classification
In the final classification are also the riders listed who competed during the qualification and the first round.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank ! Country !class="unsortable"| Cyclists |
| {{gold01}}
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Dani King |
| {{silver02}}
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Sarah Hammer |
| {{bronze03}}
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|CAN|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Tara Whitten |
| 4
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Annette Edmondson |
| 5
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|NZL|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Lauren Ellis |
| 6
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|NED|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Ellen van Dijk |
| 7
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|BLR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Tatsiana Sharakova |
| 8
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Judith Arndt |
| 9
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|UKR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova |
| 10
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|CHN|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Jiang Fan |
References
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