2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Host city	Melbourne, Australia
Date(s)	4–8 April 2012
Velodrome	Hisense Arena
Events	19
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The 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was the World Championships for track cycling in 2012. They took place in Melbourne, Australia from 4 to 8 April 2012. The championships took place in the Hisense Arena which previously hosted the world championships in 2004 and from 2008 to 2010 a round of the World Cup as well as the track cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.^[1]

The championships were also the final ranking event for the purposes of Olympic qualification.^[2] Ten of the nineteen World Championship disciplines are replicated at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

The championships were dominated by the rivalry between Australia and Great Britain, who shared 12 of the 19 gold medals available between them, including in eight of the ten Olympic events. Australia won the greatest total number of medals (15). while the British team led in Olympic events. Of the other nations, only Germany won more than one gold medal.^[3]

Several World Records were broken during the championship. Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte started the hunt with a new record in the qualifying of the Team sprint, just to break the record once again during the final.^[4] Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke and Geraint Thomas followed up with a new record during the Team pursuit final.^[5] At the Women's Team pursuit competition, Danielle King, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell set a new record during the qualifying but were even one second faster during the final.^[6] During the last day of the competition, Anna Meares set the last new world record in the 500 m time trial race on her way to the gold medal.^[7]

Schedule

The competition days will be split in Afternoon and Evening Sessions.^[8]

Date Time Round 4 April 2012 15:00 Men's Team pursuit qualifying 19:00 Women's Team sprint qualifying Men's Team pursuit final Men's Team sprint qualifying Women's Team sprint final Men's Scratch final Men's Team sprint final 5 April 2012 13:30 Women's sprint qualifying Women's sprint 1/16, 1/8 Final Women's Team pursuit qualifying Men's Omnium, Flying lap 19:00 Women's Sprint quarterfinals Women's Team pursuit final Men's Omnium, Points race Men's 1 km time trial Women's Points race final Men's Omnium, Elimination 6 April 2012 13:30 Men's sprint qualifying Men's sprint 1/16, 1/8 Final Men's Omnium, Individual pursuit Women's Omnium, Flying lap 19:00 Women's Sprint semifinals Men's Sprint quarterfinals Women's Scratch final Men's Omnium, Scratch Women's Sprint final Women's Omnium, Points race Men's Omnium, 1 km time trial Women's Omnium, Elimination

Date Time Round 7 April 2012 13:00 Men's Individual pursuit qualifying Women's Keirin, Round 1 Women's Omnium, Individual pursuit 19:00 Men's Sprint semifinals Women's Omnium, Scratch Women's Keirin, Round 2 Women's Omnium, 500m time trial Women's Keirin, Final Men's Individual pursuit final Men's Sprint final Men's Point race final 8 April 2012 14:30 Men's Keirin, Round 1 Women's Individual pursuit qualifying 19:00 Women's Individual pursuit final Men's Keirin, Round 2 Women's 500m time trial final Men's Keirin, Final Men's Madison final

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Sprint[9]	Grégory Baugé France (FRA)		Jason Kenny Great Britain (GBR)		Chris Hoy Great Britain (GBR)
1 km time trial[10]	Stefan Nimke Germany (GER)	1:00.082 WR	Michaël D'Almeida France (FRA)	1:00.509	Simon van Velthooven New Zealand (NZL)	1:00.543
Individual pursuit[11]	Michael Hepburn Australia (AUS)	4:15.839	Jack Bobridge Australia (AUS)	4:16.313	Westley Gough New Zealand (NZL)	4:16.945
Team pursuit[12]	Great Britain Ed Clancy Steven Burke Peter Kennaugh Geraint Thomas Andrew Tennant*	3:53.295 WR	Australia Glenn O'Shea Jack Bobridge Rohan Dennis Michael Hepburn	3:53.401	New Zealand Aaron Gate Sam Bewley Westley Gough Marc Ryan	3:57.592
Team sprint[13]	Australia Shane Perkins Scott Sunderland Matthew Glaetzer	43.266	France Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau Michaël D'Almeida	43.267	New Zealand Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster Edward Dawkins	43.812
Keirin[14]	Chris Hoy Great Britain (GBR)		Maximilian Levy Germany (GER)		Jason Kenny Great Britain (GBR)
Scratch[15]	Ben Swift Great Britain (GBR)		Nolan Hoffman South Africa (RSA)		Wim Stroetinga Netherlands (NED)
Points race[16]	Cameron Meyer Australia (AUS)	33	Ben Swift Great Britain (GBR)	32	Kenny De Ketele Belgium (BEL)	30
Madison[17]	Belgium Kenny De Ketele Gijs Van Hoecke	24	Great Britain Ben Swift Geraint Thomas	18	Australia Leigh Howard Cameron Meyer	11
Omnium[18]	Glenn O'Shea Australia (AUS)		Zachary Bell Canada (CAN)		Lasse Norman Hansen Denmark (DEN)
Women's Events
Sprint[19]	Victoria Pendleton Great Britain (GBR)		Simona Krupeckaitė Lithuania (LTU)		Anna Meares Australia (AUS)
500 m time trial	Anna Meares Australia (AUS)	33.010 WR	Miriam Welte Germany (GER)	33.626	Jessica Varnish Great Britain (GBR)	33.999
Individual pursuit[20]	Alison Shanks New Zealand (NZL)	3:30.199	Wendy Houvenaghel Great Britain (GBR)	3:32.340	Ashlee Ankudinoff Australia (AUS)	3:33.593
Team pursuit[21]	Great Britain Danielle King Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell	3:15.720 WR	Australia Annette Edmondson Melissa Hoskins Josephine Tomic	3:16.943	Canada Tara Whitten Jasmin Glaesser Gillian Carleton	3:19.529
Team sprint[22]	Germany Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte	32.549 WR	Australia Kaarle McCulloch Anna Meares	32.597	China Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang	32.870
Keirin[23]	Anna Meares Australia (AUS)		Ekaterina Gnidenko Russia (RUS)		Kristina Vogel Germany (GER)
Scratch[24]	Katarzyna Pawłowska Poland (POL)		Melissa Hoskins Australia (AUS)		Kelly Druyts Belgium (BEL)
Points race[25]	Anastasia Chulkova Russia (RUS)	31	Jasmin Glaesser Canada (CAN)	28	Caroline Ryan Ireland (IRL)	24
Omnium[26]	Laura Trott Great Britain (GBR)		Annette Edmondson Australia (AUS)		Sarah Hammer United States (USA)

• Shaded events are non-Olympic
• Cyclists marked (*) raced in qualification round only

Medal table

After 19 events.^[27]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	6	6	3	15
2	Great Britain	6	4	3	13
3	Germany	2	2	1	5
4	France	1	2	0	3
5	Russia	1	1	0	2
6	New Zealand	1	0	4	5
7	Belgium	1	0	2	3
8	Poland	1	0	0	1
9	Canada	0	2	1	3
10	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
	South Africa	0	1	0	1
12	China	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Total		19	19	19	57

See also

• 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Ranking
• 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics

References

1. Hisense Arena
2. Event Overview
3. "Wizards of Oz". dailymail.co.uk. 2012-04-08.
4. "Germans snatch sprint cycling crown in record time". news.yahoo.com. 2012-04-04.
5. "Track Cycling World Championship: Great Britain's men take team pursuit gold and set new world record". telegraph.co.uk. 2012-04-04.
6. "King ’n Co rule again". thesun.co.uk. 2012-04-05.
7. "Meares wins time trial with world record". uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 2012-04-08.
8. Event schedule
9. Men's Sprint Results
10. Men's 1 km Time Trial Results Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
11. Men's Individual Pursuit Results
12. Men's Team Pursuit Results
13. Men's Team Sprint Results Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
14. Men's Keirin Results
15. Men's Scratch Results Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
16. Men's Points Race Results
17. Men's Madison Results
18. Men's Omnium Results
19. Women's Sprint Results
20. Women's Individual Pursuit Results
21. Women's Team Pursuit Results
22. Women's Team Sprint Results
23. Women's Keirin Results
24. Women's Scratch Results
25. Women's Points Race Results
26. Women's Omnium Results
27. Medal Standings Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

• Official website
• Results
• Results at tissottiming.com