Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's keirin

Women's keirin
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Women's keirin; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	London Velopark
Date	3 August
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
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The women's Keirin at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 3 August.^[1] Women's Keirin made its debut in this Olympics.

Great Britain's Victoria Pendleton won the gold medal.^[2] Guo Shuang from China won silver and Lee Wai Sze took bronze for Hong Kong's only medal of the 2012 Games.

Competition format

The Keirin races involved 5.5 laps of the track behind a motorcycle, followed by a 2.5 lap sprint to the finish. The tournament consisted of preliminary heats and repechages, a semi-finals round, and the finals. The heats and repechages narrowed the field to 12. The semi-finals divided the remaining 12 into six finalists. The finals round also included a ranking race for 7th to 12th place.^[3]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

Date	Time	Round
Friday 3 August 2012	16:00	Round 1, repechage, round 2 and final

Results

Riders before a heat

First round

Heat 1

Rank	Rider	Country
1	Kristina Vogel	Germany
DSQ	Ekaterina Gnidenko	Russia
3	Lisandra Guerra	Cuba
4	Juliana Gaviria	Colombia
5	Monique Sullivan	Canada
6	Clara Sanchez	France

Heat 2

Rank	Rider	Country
1	Victoria Pendleton	Great Britain
2	Anna Meares	Australia
3	Natasha Hansen	New Zealand
4	Fatehah Mustapa	Malaysia
5	Lyubov Shulika	Ukraine
6	Willy Kanis	Netherlands

Heat 3

Rank	Rider	Country
1	Guo Shuang	China
2	Simona Krupeckaitė	Lithuania
3	Daniela Larreal	Venezuela
4	Lee Wai Sze	Hong Kong
5	Lee Hye-Jin	South Korea
6	Olga Panarina	Belarus

Repechages

Repechage 1

Rank	Rider	Country
1	Lee Wai Sze	Hong Kong
2	Willy Kanis	Netherlands
3	Monique Sullivan	Canada
4	Lisandra Guerra	Cuba
5	Olga Panarina	Belarus
6	Juliana Gaviria	Colombia

Repechage 2

Rank	Rider	Country
1	Clara Sanchez	France
2	Natasha Hansen	New Zealand
3	Daniela Larreal	Venezuela
4	Lyubov Shulika	Ukraine
5	Fatehah Mustapa	Malaysia
6	Lee Hye-Jin	South Korea

Second round

Heat 1

Rank	Rider	Country
1	Anna Meares	Australia
2	Monique Sullivan	Canada
3	Lee Wai Sze	Hong Kong
4	Willy Kanis	Netherlands
5	Simona Krupeckaitė	Lithuania
6	Kristina Vogel	Germany

Heat 2

Rank	Rider	Country
1	Victoria Pendleton	Great Britain
2	Clara Sanchez	France
3	Guo Shuang	China
DSQ	Ekaterina Gnidenko	Russia
5	Natasha Hansen	New Zealand
6	Daniela Larreal	Venezuela

7th–12th final

Rank	Rider	Country
7	Simona Krupeckaitė	Lithuania
DSQ^[4]	Ekaterina Gnidenko	Russia
9	Daniela Larreal	Venezuela
10	Kristina Vogel	Germany
11	Natasha Hansen	New Zealand
12	Willy Kanis	Netherlands

Final

Rank	Rider	Country
	Victoria Pendleton	Great Britain
	Guo Shuang	China
	Lee Wai Sze	Hong Kong
4	Clara Sanchez	France
5	Anna Meares	Australia
6	Monique Sullivan	Canada

References

^ "Cycling Track - Summer Olympic Sport". 13 August 2016. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
^ "London 2012 Summer Olympics - results & video highlights". 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
^ "London 2012 Summer Olympics - results & video highlights". 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
^ "IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". 14 July 2021.

[1] "Cycling Track - Summer Olympic Sport". 13 August 2016. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

[2] "London 2012 Summer Olympics - results & video highlights". 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

[3] "London 2012 Summer Olympics - results & video highlights". 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

[4] "IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". 14 July 2021.

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