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Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country

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Women's cross-country cycling
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueHadleigh Farm
Date11 August 2012
Competitors30 from 24 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Julie Bresset  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sabine Spitz  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georgia Gould  United States
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The women's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 11 August.

Julie Bresset from France won the gold medal — the country's first in cycling at the 2012 Games. Germany's Sabine Spitz won silver and Georgia Gould of the United States took bronze.

Competition format

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The competition began at 12:30 pm with a mass-start, and involved six laps around the 4.8 km course at Hadleigh Farm in Essex.[1] The distance of the race was 29.3 km.

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time

Date Time Round
Saturday 11 August 2012 12:30 Final

Result

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The entry list was published on 26 July.[2]

Rank Rider Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Julie Bresset  France 1:30:52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sabine Spitz  Germany 1:31:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georgia Gould  United States 1:32:00
4 Irina Kalentieva  Russia 1:32:33
5 Esther Süss  Switzerland 1:32:46
6 Alexandra Engen  Sweden 1:33:08
7 Aleksandra Dawidowicz  Poland 1:33:20
8 Annie Last  Great Britain 1:33:47
9 Catharine Pendrel  Canada 1:34:28
10 Tanja Žakelj  Slovenia 1:34:41
11 Lea Davison  United States 1:35:14
12 Shi Qinglan  China 1:35:28
13 Yana Belomoyna  Ukraine 1:35:46
14 Kateřina Nash  Czech Republic 1:36:22
15 Elisabeth Osl  Austria 1:36:47
16 Adelheid Morath  Germany 1:37:17
17 Eva Lechner  Italy 1:37:36
18 Karen Hanlen  New Zealand 1:37:54
19 Katrin Leumann  Switzerland 1:38:23
20 Rie Katayama  Japan 1:38:26
21 Janka Števková  Slovakia 1:39:05
22 Paula Gorycka  Poland 1:39:18
DSQ Blaža Klemenčič  Slovenia 1:39:42
23 Emily Batty  Canada 1:40:37
24 Rebecca Henderson  Australia 1:41:35
25 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot  France 1:42:21
26 Barbara Benkó  Hungary 1:43:24
27 Candice Neethling  South Africa 1:45:03
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå  Norway DNF
Laura Abril  Colombia DNF
Annika Langvad  Denmark DNS[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Cross-country - Olympic Cycling - Mountain Bike | London 2012". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Entry list". Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  3. ^ Langvad out of Olympic mountain bike race cyclingnews 1. August 2012