Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's omnium

The women's cycling omnium at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 6 and 7 August 2012.

Women's omnium at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	London Velopark
Date	6–7 August 2012
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Laura Trott  Great Britain Sarah Hammer  United States Annette Edmondson  Australia

Laura Trott from Great Britain, the reigning World and European champion in the event, won the gold medal. Sarah Hammer from the United States took silver and Australia's Annette Edmondson won the bronze.

Competition format

The competition consisted of six events, with a point-for-place system.

• Flying lap: an individual time trial over 250 m (820.2 ft) with a "flying start".
• Points race: a 20 km (12.4 mi) points race, with scoring for intermediate sprints as well as for lapping the pack.
• Elimination race: a "miss-and-out" elimination race, with the last rider in every sprint (each two laps) eliminated.
• Individual pursuit: a 3 km (1.9 mi) individual pursuit, with placing based on time.
• Scratch race: a 10 km (6.2 mi) scratch race, with all riders competing at once and first across the line winning.
• Time trial: a 500 m (1,640.4 ft) time trial, with two riders (starting opposite the track) riding at once.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

Date	Time	Round
Monday 6 August 2012	16:10 17:05 18:20	Flying lap 20 km points race Elimination race
Tuesday 7 August 2012	10:15 16:10 16:50	3 km individual pursuit 10 km scratch race 500 m time trial

Overall results

Rank	Rider	FL	PR	ER	IP	SR	TT	Total
	Laura Trott (GBR)	1	10	1	2	3	1	18
	Sarah Hammer (USA)	5	5	2	1	2	4	19
	Annette Edmondson (AUS)	3	11	3	4	1	2	24
4	Tara Whitten (CAN)	7	3	8	3	6	10	37
5	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	10	4	6	8	5	12	45
6	Kirsten Wild (NED)	4	16	5	6	4	15	50
7	Jo Kiesanowski (NZL)	16	7	7	11	7	7	55
8	Marlies Mejías (CUB)	8	12	9	9	14	5	57
9	Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR)	12	2	15	5	12	13	59
10	Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS)	15	6	4	10	10	16	61
11	Małgorzata Wojtyra (POL)	13	1	10	12	13	14	63
12	Huang Li (CHN)	9	15	16	13	8	6	67
13	Leire Olaberria (ESP)	6	13	12	14	16	8	69
14	Clara Sanchez (FRA)	2	18	13	18	18	3	72
15	Lee Min-Hye (KOR)	14	14	11	15	9	11	74
16	María Luisa Calle (COL)	18	8	14	7	11	18	76
17	Hsiao Mei-yu (TPE)	11	17	17	16	15	9	85
18	Angie González (VEN)	17	9	18	17	17	17	95

FL: Flying lap. PR: Points race. ER: Elimination race.
IP: 3000m individual pursuit. SR: Scratch race. TT: 500m time trial.

Event results

Flying lap

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Laura Trott (GBR)	14.057
2	Clara Sanchez (FRA)	14.058
3	Annette Edmondson (AUS)	14.261
4	Kirsten Wild (NED)	14.335
5	Sarah Hammer (USA)	14.369
6	Leire Olaberria (ESP)	14.463
7	Tara Whitten (CAN)	14.516
8	Marlies Mejías (CUB)	14.554
9	Huang Li (CHN)	14.571
10	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	14.594
11	Hsiao Mei-yu (TPE)	14.662
12	Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR)	14.701
13	Małgorzata Wojtyra (POL)	14.754
14	Lee Min-Hye (KOR)	14.793
15	Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS)	14.909
16	Jo Kiesanowski (NZL)	14.924
17	Angie González (VEN)	15.115
18	María Luisa Calle (COL)	15.559

Points race

Rank	Rider	Laps	Points
1	Małgorzata Wojtyra (POL)	1	34
2	Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR)	1	28
3	Tara Whitten (CAN)	1	28
4	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	1	25
5	Sarah Hammer (USA)	1	25
6	Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS)	1	24
7	Jo Kiesanowski (NZL)	1	22
8	María Luisa Calle (COL)	1	22
9	Angie González (VEN)	1	20
10	Laura Trott (GBR)	0	14
11	Annette Edmondson (AUS)	0	10
12	Marlies Mejías (CUB)	0	4
13	Leire Olaberria (ESP)	0	3
14	Lee Min-Hye (KOR)	0	3
15	Huang Li (CHN)	0	2
16	Kirsten Wild (NED)	0	2
17	Hsiao Mei-yu (TPE)	0	2
18	Clara Sanchez (FRA)	0	0

Elimination race

Rank	Rider
1	Laura Trott (GBR)
2	Sarah Hammer (USA)
3	Annette Edmondson (AUS)
4	Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS)
5	Kirsten Wild (NED)
6	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)
7	Jo Kiesanowski (NZL)
8	Tara Whitten (CAN)
9	Marlies Mejías (CUB)
10	Małgorzata Wojtyra (POL)
11	Lee Min-Hye (KOR)
12	Leire Olaberria (ESP)
13	Clara Sanchez (FRA)
14	María Luisa Calle (COL)
15	Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR)
16	Huang Li (CHN)
17	Hsiao Mei-yu (TPE)
18	Angie González (VEN)

Individual pursuit

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Sarah Hammer (USA)	3:29.554
2	Laura Trott (GBR)	3:30.547
3	Tara Whitten (CAN)	3:31.114
4	Annette Edmondson (AUS)	3:35.958
5	Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR)	3:38.301
6	Kirsten Wild (NED)	3:39.741
7	María Luisa Calle (COL)	3:40.349
8	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	3:41.495
9	Marlies Mejías (CUB)	3:41.897
10	Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS)	3:42.301
11	Jo Kiesanowski (NZL)	3:44.971
12	Małgorzata Wojtyra (POL)	3:45.083
13	Huang Li (CHN)	3:45.610
14	Leire Olaberria (ESP)	3:46.317
15	Lee Min-Hye (KOR)	3:46.871
16	Hsiao Mei-yu (TPE)	3:49.051
17	Angie González (VEN)	3:54.926
18	Clara Sanchez (FRA)	3:56.800

Scratch race

Rank	Rider	Laps down
1	Annette Edmondson (AUS)	0
2	Sarah Hammer (USA)	0
3	Laura Trott (GBR)	0
4	Kirsten Wild (NED)	0
5	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	0
6	Tara Whitten (CAN)	0
7	Jo Kiesanowski (NZL)	0
8	Huang Li (CHN)	0
9	Lee Min-Hye (KOR)	0
10	Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS)	0
11	María Luisa Calle (COL)	0
12	Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR)	0
13	Małgorzata Wojtyra (POL)	0
14	Marlies Mejías (CUB)	0
15	Hsiao Mei-yu (TPE)	0
16	Leire Olaberria (ESP)	0
17	Angie González (VEN)	0
18	Clara Sanchez (FRA)	0

Time trial

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Laura Trott (GBR)	35.110
2	Annette Edmondson (AUS)	35.140
3	Clara Sanchez (FRA)	35.451
4	Sarah Hammer (USA)	35.900
5	Marlies Mejías (CUB)	35.912
6	Huang Li (CHN)	36.315
7	Jo Kiesanowski (NZL)	36.360
8	Leire Olaberria (ESP)	36.393
9	Hsiao Mei-yu (TPE)	36.482
10	Tara Whitten (CAN)	36.509
11	Lee Min-Hye (KOR)	36.547
12	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	36.585
13	Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR)	36.748
14	Małgorzata Wojtyra (POL)	36.790
15	Kirsten Wild (NED)	37.152
16	Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS)	37.308
17	Angie González (VEN)	37.578
18	María Luisa Calle (COL)	37.937