Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's omnium

Women's omnium
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Women's omnium; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	London Velopark
Date	6–7 August 2012
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
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The women's cycling omnium at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 6 and 7 August 2012.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.

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

Rank	Rider	Country	FL	PR	ER	IP	SR	TT	Total
	Laura Trott	Great Britain	1	10	1	2	3	1	18
	Sarah Hammer	United States	5	5	2	1	2	4	19
	Annette Edmondson	Australia	3	11	3	4	1	2	24
4	Tara Whitten	Canada	7	3	8	3	6	10	37
5	Jolien D'Hoore	Belgium	10	4	6	8	5	12	45
6	Kirsten Wild	Netherlands	4	16	5	6	4	15	50
7	Jo Kiesanowski	New Zealand	16	7	7	11	7	7	55
8	Marlies Mejias	Cuba	8	12	9	9	14	5	57
9	Tatsiana Sharakova	Belarus	12	2	15	5	12	13	59
10	Evgenia Romanyuta	Russia	15	6	4	10	10	16	61
11	Małgorzata Wojtyra	Poland	13	1	10	12	13	14	63
12	Huang Li	China	9	15	16	13	8	6	67
13	Leire Olaberria	Spain	6	13	12	14	16	8	69
14	Clara Sanchez	France	2	18	13	18	18	3	72
15	Lee Min-Hye	South Korea	14	14	11	15	9	11	74
16	María Luisa Calle	Colombia	18	8	14	7	11	18	76
17	Hsiao Mei-yu	Chinese Taipei	11	17	17	16	15	9	85
18	Angie González	Venezuela	17	9	18	17	17	17	95

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 Mejias (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