Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's keirin explained

Event:	Women's keirin
Games:	2012 Summer
Venue:	London Velopark
Date:	3 August
Competitors:	18
Nations:	18
Gold:	Victoria Pendleton
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Guo Shuang
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Lee Wai Sze
Bronzenoc:	HKG
Next:	2016

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

Results

First round

Heat 1

Rank	Rider	Country
1
DSQ
3
4
5
6

Heat 2

Rank	Rider	Country
1
2
3
4
5
6

Heat 3

Rank	Rider	Country
1
2
3
4
5
6

Repechages

Repechage 1

Rank	Rider	Country
1
2
3
4
5
6

Repechage 2

Rank	Rider	Country
1
2
3
4
5
6

Second round

Heat 1

Rank	Rider	Country
1
2
3
4
5
6

Heat 2

Rank	Rider	Country
1
2
3
DSQ
5
6

7th–12th final

Rank	Rider	Country
7
DSQ^[4]
9
10
11
12

Final

Rank	Rider	Country



4
5
6

Notes and References

Web site: Cycling Track - Summer Olympic Sport. 13 August 2016. 14 August 2016. 25 May 2012. https://archive.today/20120525181308/www.london2012.com/cycling-track. dead.
Web site: London 2012 Summer Olympics - results & video highlights. 19 July 2016. 14 August 2016. 3 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130103230144/www.london2012.com/cycling-track/event/women-keirin/phase=ctw008100/doc=results.html. dead.
Web site: London 2012 Summer Olympics - results & video highlights. 19 July 2016. 14 August 2016. 3 September 2012. https://archive.today/20120903150417/www.london2012.com/cycling-track/event/women-keirin/competition-format/index.html. dead.
Web site: IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. 14 July 2021.