Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

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The women's track cycling sprint competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held from 21 September to 24 September. Soviet rider Erika Salumäe won gold, while East Germany's Christa Luding-Rothenburger won silver and Connie Paraskevin-Young of the United States won bronze.

Competition format

The competition was held as a knock-out tournament, preceded by a qualifying round.

The qualifying round had all participants complete one timed individual sprint, with their times deciding seeding in the eighth-finals. No cyclists were eliminated.

In the knock-out stages, the winners of each sprint progressed to the next round. The eighth-finals were held as four sprints with three cyclists in each, with following repechages for the second and third placed. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were contested head-to-head, best of three sprints. In addition, a one-off four-cyclist sprint was held to decide fifth to eighth places.

Schedule

Date Round
21 September Qualification
1/8 finals
1/8 repechage
22 September 1/4 finals
23 September Semi-finals
Final (5th–8th places)
24 September Final

Results

Qualification

Rank Name Time
1  Erika Salumäe (URS) 11.527 OR
2  Isabelle Gautheron (FRA) 11.611
3  Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR) 11.692
4  Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA) 11.845
5  Julie Speight (AUS) 11.955
6  Louise Jones (GBR) 12.287
7  Elisabetta Fanton (ITA) 12.303
8  Yang Hsiu-Chen (TPE) 12.374
9  Kim Jin-Young (KOR) 12.416
10  Seiko Hashimoto (JPN) 12.425
11  Zhou Suying (CHN) 12.477
12  Beth Tabor (CAN) 12.588

Eighth-finals

Heat 1
Rank Name Time Note
1  Erika Salumäe (URS) 12.83 Q
2  Yang Hsiu-Chen (TPE) R
3  Kim Jin-Young (KOR) R
Heat 2
Rank Name Time Note
1  Isabelle Gautheron (FRA) 12.22 Q
2  Seiko Hashimoto (JPN) R
3  Elisabetta Fanton (ITA) R
Heat 3
Rank Name Time Note
1  Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR) 12.24 Q
2  Zhou Suying (CHN) R
3  Louise Jones (GBR) R
Heat 4
Rank Name Time Note
1  Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA) 12.11 Q
2  Julie Speight (AUS) R
3  Beth Tabor (CAN) R
Q
Qualified for next round
R
Qualified for repechage

Repechages

Heat 1
Name Time Note
 Yang Hsiu-Chen (TPE) 12.80 Q
 Beth Tabor (CAN)
Heat 2
Name Time Note
 Seiko Hashimoto (JPN)
 Louise Jones (GBR) 12.36 Q
Heat 3
Name Time Note
 Zhou Suying (CHN) 12.65 Q
 Elisabetta Fanton (ITA)
Heat 4
Name Time Note
 Julie Speight (AUS) 13.04 Q
 Kim Jin-Young (KOR)
Q
Qualified for next round

Quarter-finals

Heat 1
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Erika Salumäe (URS) 12.34 11.81 Q
 Louise Jones (GBR)
Heat 2
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Isabelle Gautheron (FRA) 12.13 11.90 Q
 Yang Hsiu-Chen (TPE)
Heat 3
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR) 11.80 11.63 Q
 Julie Speight (AUS)
Heat 4
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA) 12.85 12.94 Q
 Zhou Suying (CHN)
Q
Qualified for next round

Semi-finals

Heat 1
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Erika Salumäe (URS) 12.38 12.22 Q
 Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA)
Heat 2
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Isabelle Gautheron (FRA) 11.79
 Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR) 11.92 11.89 Q
Q
Qualified for next round

Finals

Fifth to eighth places
Rank Name Time Note
5  Julie Speight (AUS) 12.56
6  Zhou Suying (CHN)
7  Louise Jones (GBR)
8  Yang Hsiu-Chen (TPE)
Bronze medal final
Rank Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
3rd  Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA) 14.07 12.41
4  Isabelle Gautheron (FRA)
Gold medal final
Rank Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
1st  Erika Salumäe (URS) 12.00 12.58
2nd  Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR) 11.68

References

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