2011 UEC European Track Championships

The 2011 European Track Championships was the second edition of the elite European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Omnisport Arena in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, between 21 and 23 October.[1]

2011 UEC European Track Championships
VenueApeldoorn, Netherlands
Date(s) (2011-10-21 - 2011-10-23)21–23 October 2011
VelodromeOmnisport Apeldoorn
Events13
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All ten Olympic events, (sprint, team sprint, keirin, team pursuit and omnium all for both men and women) and the non-Olympic men's madison championship and points races for both genders were held as part of the championships. The Championships were a qualification event for the 2012 Olympic Games.

The opening night of competition was marred by technical difficulties, specifically the mechanical breakdown of the fixed gates system. as a result of which all releases reverted to hand or manual releases. This mechanical difficulty caused two German false starts in the Women's Team Pursuit final, and may have played some part in the shock failure of Great Britain to make the medal finals in the Men's Team Sprint event.

Despite this latter mishap, and the early withdrawal of Sir Chris Hoy with illness, the event was dominated by Great Britain, winning seven golds from the ten Olympic events, despite failing to medal in either individual sprint event.

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Sprint
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Kévin Sireau
  France
Maximilian Levy
  Germany
Denis Dmitriev
  Russia
Team sprint
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René Enders
Robert Förstemann
Stefan Nimke
  Germany
44.022 Mickaël Bourgain
François Pervis
Kévin Sireau
  France
44.415 Maciej Bielecki
Kamil Kuczyński
Damian Zieliński
  Poland
44.809
Keirin
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Matthew Crampton
  Great Britain
Christos Volikakis
  Greece
François Pervis
  France
Omnium
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Ed Clancy (w)
  Great Britain
33 pts Bryan Coquard
  France
33 pts Elia Viviani
  Italy
35
Team pursuit
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Steven Burke
Ed Clancy
Peter Kennaugh
Andy Tennant
Geraint Thomas (q)
  Great Britain
4:00.008 Michael Mørkøv
Casper Folsach
Lasse Norman Hansen
Rasmus Quaade
  Denmark
4:06.787 Valery Kaykov
Evgeny Kovalev
Ivan Kovalev
Victor Manakov
  Russia
4:04.508
Points race
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non-Olympic
Rafał Ratajczyk
  Poland
43 +1 lap Silvan Dillier
   Switzerland
39 +1 lap Milan Kadlec
  Czech Republic
36 +1 lap
Madison
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Kenny De Ketele
Iljo Keisse
  Belgium
Claudio Imhof
Cyrille Thièry
   Switzerland
Vivien Brisse
Morgan Kneisky
  France
Women's events
Sprint
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Lyubov Shulika
  Ukraine
Olga Panarina
  Belarus
Viktoria Baranova
  Russia
Team sprint
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Victoria Pendleton
Jessica Varnish
  Great Britain
33.276 Lyubov Shulika
Olena Tsyos
  Ukraine
33.786 Kristina Vogel
Miriam Welte
  Germany
33.678
Keirin
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Victoria Pendleton
  Great Britain
Clara Sanchez
  France
Sandie Clair
  France
Omnium
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Laura Trott
  Great Britain
25 pts Tatsiana Sharakova
  Belarus
29 pts Kirsten Wild
  Netherlands
32 pts
Team pursuit
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Dani King
Joanna Rowsell
Laura Trott
  Great Britain
3:22.618 Charlotte Becker
Lisa Brennauer
Madeleine Sandig
  Germany
3:29.596 Alena Dylko
Aksana Papko
Tatsiana Sharakova
  Belarus
3:26.864
Points race
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non-Olympic
Evgenia Romanyuta
  Russia
19 Katarzyna Pawłowska
  Poland
14 Jarmila Machačová
  Czech Republic
13
  • q = rode in qualification round only.
  • w = won on countback
  • shaded events are non-Olympic

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)7007
2  France (FRA)1337
3  Germany (GER)1214
4  Poland (POL)1113
5  Ukraine (UKR)1102
6  Russia (RUS)1034
7  Belgium (BEL)1001
8  Belarus (BLR)0213
9  Switzerland (SUI)0202
10  Denmark (DEN)0101
  Greece (GRE)0101
12  Czech Republic (CZE)0022
13  Italy (ITA)0011
  Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (14 entries)13131339

Participating nations

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23 nations participated.

References

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