Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team sprint
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Women's cycling team sprint
|games = 2012 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = London Velopark
|date = 2 August
|competitors = 20
|nations = 10
|gold = Kristina Vogel
Miriam Welte
|goldNOC = GER
|silver = Gong Jinjie
Guo Shuang
|silverNOC = CHN
|bronze = Kaarle McCulloch
Anna Meares
|bronzeNOC = AUS
|win_value = 32.798
|prev =
|next = 2016
}}
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The women's cycling team sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 2 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 }}
Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte of Germany won the gold medal with a time of 32.798 seconds. China won the silver medal and Australia took bronze.
Competition format
The team sprint is a two-lap race between two teams of two cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. Each member of the team must lead for one of the laps.
The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top eight teams advanced to the first round. The first round comprised head-to-head races based on seeding (1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, etc.). The winners of those four heats advanced to the medal round, with the two fastest winners competing in the gold medal final and the two slower winners facing off for bronze.{{Cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/cycling-track/event/women-team-sprint/competition-format/index.html |title=Competition format |access-date=3 May 2012 |archive-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128044929/www.london2012.com/cycling-track/event/women-team-sprint/competition-format/index.html |url-status=dead }}
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time
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! Date ! Time ! Round | ||
| style=background:lemonchiffon|Thursday 2 August 2012 | style=background:lemonchiffon| 16:00 | style=background:lemonchiffon| Qualifications and final |
Results
=Qualification=
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| Rank
! Heat ! Country !class="unsortable"| Cyclists ! Result !class="unsortable"| Notes |
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| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 1 | 5 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|CHN|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Gong Jinjie | 32.447 |
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| 2 | 4 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Victoria Pendleton | 32.526 | Q. ER |
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| 3 | 5 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Kristina Vogel | 32.630 | Q |
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| 4 | 4 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Kaarle McCulloch | 32.825 | Q |
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| 5 | 3 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|NED|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Yvonne Hijgenaar | 33.253 | Q |
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| 6 | 3 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|FRA|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Sandie Clair | 33.638 | Q |
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| 7 | 2 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|UKR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Lyubov Shulika | 33.708 | Q |
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| 8 | 1 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|VEN|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Daniela Larreal | 34.320 | Q |
| 9
| 1 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|KOR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Lee Eun-Ji | 34.636 | |
| 10
| 2 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|COL|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Diana García | 34.870 | |
- The ride of Varnish and Pendleton for Great Britain took place prior to that of Gong and Guo of China, and broke the existing world record. It was then immediately beaten by the Chinese team's time in the next heat.
=First round=
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| Rank
! Heat ! Country !class="unsortable"| Cyclists ! Result !class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| 1 | 4 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|CHN|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Gong Jinjie | 32.422 |
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| 2 | 2 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Kristina Vogel | 32.701 | |
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| 3 | 1 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Kaarle McCulloch | 32.806 | |
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| 4 | 3 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|UKR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Lyubov Shulika | 33.620 | |
| 5
| 1 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|NED|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Yvonne Hijgenaar | 33.090 | |
| 6
| 2 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|FRA|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Sandie Clair | 33.707 | |
| 7
| 4 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|VEN|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Daniela Larreal | 34.415 | |
| 8
| 3 |align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Victoria Pendleton | | REL* |
- Great Britain won their heat with a time which would have qualified them for the gold medal match, but they were relegated for an early exchange.
=Finals=
==Final bronze medal==
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! Rank ! Country !class="unsortable"| Cyclists ! Result !class="unsortable"| Notes |
| {{bronze03}}
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Kaarle McCulloch | 32.727 | |
| 4
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|UKR|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Lyubov Shulika | 33.491 | |
==Final gold medal==
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! Rank ! Country !class="unsortable"| Cyclists ! Result !class="unsortable"| Notes |
| {{gold01}}
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Kristina Vogel | 32.798 | |
| {{silver02}}
|align="left" | {{flagIOC|CHN|2012 Summer}} |align="left" | Gong Jinjie | | REL* |
- China had the best time in the final, but were relegated for an early exchange.
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120915205949/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18912097 Victoria Pendleton & Jess Varnish relegated from team sprint] BBC
{{Footer Olympic Champions Track Team Sprint Women}}
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