Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

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The women's 200m Sprint at the 2000 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time. The races were held on Monday, September 18, Tuesday, September 19, and Wednesday, September 20, 2000 at the Dunc Gray Velodrome.

Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games.

World Record 10.831 s Olga Slioussareva Russia Moscow, Russia 25 April 1993
Olympic Record 11.212 s Michelle Ferris Australia Atlanta, USA 24 July 1996

Medalists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Felicia Ballanger, France Oxana Grichina, Russia Iryna Yanovych, Ukraine

Results

Qualifying round

Held Monday, September 18.
Times and average speeds are listed. All 12 riders were seeded by these results for the first round.

Pos. Athlete NOC Time Ave. Speed
1. Felicia Ballanger France 11.262 s 63.932 km/h
2. Oxana Grichina Russia 11.439 s 62.943 km/h
3. Tanya Dubnicoff Canada 11.494 s 62.641 km/h
4. Michelle Ferris Australia 11.512 s 62.543 km/h
5. Daniela Larreal Venezuela 11.526 s 62.467 km/h
6. Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi Hungary 11.545 s 62.365 km/h
7. Iryna Yanovych Ukraine 11.548 s 62.348 km/h
8. Tanya Lindenmuth United States 11.649 s 61.808 km/h
9. Yan Wang China 11.650 s 61.803 km/h
10. Kathrin Freitag Germany 11.792 s 61.058; km/h
11. Fiona Ramage New Zealand 11.803 s 61.001 km/h
12. Mira Kasslin Finland 12.194 s 59.045 km/h

1/8 final

Held Monday, September 18. The 1/8 round consisted of six matches, each pitting two of the twelve cyclists against each other. The winners advanced to the quarterfinals, with the losers getting another chance in the 1/8 repechage.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Ave. Speed Qualify
1 1 Felicia Ballanger France 12.257 s 58.742 km/h Q
2 Mira Kasslin Finland
2 1 Oxana Grichina Russia 12.195 s 59.041 km/h Q
2 Fiona Ramage New Zealand
3 1 Tanya Dubnicoff Canada 12.414 s 57.999 km/h Q
2 Kathrin Freitag Germany
4 1 Michelle Ferris Australia 12.078 s 59.693 km/h Q
2 Yan Wang China
5 1 Daniela Larreal Venezuela 12.375 s 58.182 km/h Q
2 Tanya Lindenmuth United States
6 1 Iryna Yanovych Ukraine 12.015 s 59.925 km/h Q
2 Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi Hungary

1/8 repechage

Held Monday, September 18.
The six cyclists defeated in the 1/8 round competed in the 1/8 repechage. Two heats of three riders were held. Winners rejoined the victors from the 1/8 round and advanced to the quarterfinals. The four other riders competed in the 9th through 12th place classification.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Ave. Speed Qualify
1 1 Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi Hungary 12.625 s 57.030 km/h Q
2 Yan Wang China
3 Mira Kasslin Finland
2 1 Tanya Lindenmuth United States 12.275 s 58.656 km/h Q
2 Kathrin Freitag Germany
3 Fiona Ramage New Zealand

Classification 9-12

Held September 20
The 9-12 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the 1/8 repechage taking place. The winner of the race received 9th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

Pos Athlete NOS Time Ave. Speed
1 Kathrin Freitag Germany 12.971 s 55.508 km/h
2 Fiona Ramage New Zealand
3 Mira Kasslin Finland
4 Yan Wang China

Quarterfinals

Held Tuesday, September 19.
The eight riders that had advanced to the quarterfinals competed pairwise in four matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. All four quarterfinals matches were decided without a third race. Winners advanced to the semifinals, losers competed in a 5th to 8th place classification.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider Qualify
1 1 Felicia Ballanger France 11.772 s 12.060 s Q
2 Tanya Lindenmuth United States
2 1 Oxana Grichina Russia 12.545 s 12.885 s Q
2 Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi Hungary
3 1 Iryna Yanovych Ukraine 12.048 s 11.946 s Q
2 Tanya Dubnicoff Canada
4 1 Michelle Ferris Australia REL 11.705 s 11.96 s Q
2 Daniela Larreal Venezuela REL

Classification 5-8

Held Wednesday, September 20
The 5-8 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the quarterfinals taking place. The winner of the race received 5th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

Pos Athlete NOS Time Ave. Speed
1 Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi Hungary 12.426 s 57.943 km/h
2 Tanya Lindenmuth United States
3 Tanya Dubnicoff Canada
4 Daniela Larreal Venezuela

Semifinals

Held Wednesday, September 20.
The four riders that had advanced to the semifinals competed pairwise in two matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Winners advanced to the finals, losers competed in the bronze medal match.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider Qualify
1 1 Felicia Ballanger France 12.328 s 12.124 s Q
2 Michelle Ferris Australia
2 1 Oxana Grichina Russia 12.594 12.726 s Q
2 Iryna Yanovych Ukraine

Medal Finals

Held Wednesday, September 20.

Bronze medal match

The bronze medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider
1 Iryna Yanovych Ukraine 12.156 s 13.310 s
2 Michelle Ferris Australia

Gold medal match

The gold medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider
1 Felicia Ballanger France 12.810 s 12.533 s
2 Oxana Grichina Russia 13.122 s

Final classfication

Final results
Pos. Athlete NOC
1. Felicia Ballanger France
2. Oxana Grichina Russia
3. Iryna Yanovych Ukraine
4. Michelle Ferris Australia
5. Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi Hungary
6. Tanya Lindenmuth United States
7. Tanya Dubnicoff Canada
8. Daniela Larreal Venezuela
9. Kathrin Freitag Germany
10. Fiona Ramage New Zealand
11. Mira Kasslin Finland
12. Yan Wang China

References

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