2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue	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 Olympics.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[3] Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke and Geraint Thomas followed up with a new record during the Team pursuit final.^[4] At the Women's Team pursuit competition, Dani King, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell set a new record.^[5] 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.^[6]

Schedule

The competition days will be split in Afternoon and Evening Sessions.^[7]

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
	14:30	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^[8] details	Grégory Baugé France		Jason Kenny Great Britain		Chris Hoy Great Britain
1 km time trial^[9] details	Stefan Nimke Germany	1:00.082 WR	Michaël D'Almeida France	1:00.509	Simon van Velthooven New Zealand	1:00.543
Individual pursuit^[10] details	Michael Hepburn Australia	4:15.839	Jack Bobridge Australia	4:16.313	Westley Gough New Zealand	4:16.945
Team pursuit^[11] details	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^[12] details	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^[13] details	Chris Hoy Great Britain		Maximilian Levy Germany		Jason Kenny Great Britain
Scratch^[14] details	Ben Swift Great Britain		Nolan Hoffman South Africa		Wim Stroetinga Netherlands
Points race^[15] details	Cameron Meyer Australia	33	Ben Swift Great Britain	32	Kenny De Ketele Belgium	30
Madison^[16] details	Belgium Kenny De Ketele Gijs Van Hoecke	24	Great Britain Ben Swift Geraint Thomas	18	Australia Leigh Howard Cameron Meyer	11
Omnium^[17] details	Glenn O'Shea Australia		Zachary Bell Canada		Lasse Norman Hansen Denmark
Women's Events
Sprint^[18] details	Victoria Pendleton Great Britain		Simona Krupeckaitė Lithuania		Anna Meares Australia
500 m time trial details	Anna Meares Australia	33.010 WR	Miriam Welte Germany	33.626	Jessica Varnish Great Britain	33.999
Individual pursuit^[19] details	Alison Shanks New Zealand	3:30.199	Wendy Houvenaghel Great Britain	3:32.340	Ashlee Ankudinoff Australia	3:33.593
Team pursuit^[20] details	Great Britain Dani 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^[21] details	Germany Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte	32.549 WR	Australia Kaarle McCulloch Anna Meares	32.597	China Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang	32.870
Keirin^[22] details	Anna Meares Australia		Ekaterina Gnidenko Russia		Kristina Vogel Germany
Scratch^[23] details	Katarzyna Pawłowska Poland		Melissa Hoskins Australia		Kelly Druyts Belgium
Points race^[24] details	Anastasia Chulkova Russia	31	Jasmin Glaesser Canada	28	Caroline Ryan Ireland	24
Omnium^[25] details	Laura Trott Great Britain		Annette Edmondson Australia		Sarah Hammer United States

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

Medal table

After 19 events.^[26]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	6	6	3	15
2	Great Britain (GBR)	6	4	3	13
3	Germany (GER)	2	2	1	5
4	France (FRA)	1	2	0	3
5	Russia (RUS)	1	1	0	2
6	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	4	5
7	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	2	3
8	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
9	Canada (CAN)	0	2	1	3
10	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	0	1
10	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
12	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		19	19	19	57

References

^ Hisense Arena Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Event Overview Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Germans snatch sprint cycling crown in record time". news.yahoo.com. 4 April 2012.^{[dead link]}
^ "Track Cycling World Championship: Great Britain's men take team pursuit gold and set new world record". telegraph.co.uk. 4 April 2012.
^ McRae, Donald (4 August 2012). "Jo Rowsell, Laura Trott and Dani King rewrite Olympic cycling history | Donald McRae". The Guardian.
^ "Meares wins time trial with world record". uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 8 April 2012.
^ Event schedule^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Men's Sprint Results^{[dead link]}
^ Men's 1 km Time Trial Results Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ Men's Individual Pursuit Results^{[dead link]}
^ Men's Team Pursuit Results^{[dead link]}
^ Men's Team Sprint Results Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ Men's Keirin Results^{[dead link]}
^ Men's Scratch Results Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ Men's Points Race Results^{[dead link]}
^ Men's Madison Results^{[dead link]}
^ Men's Omnium Results^{[dead link]}
^ Women's Sprint Results^{[dead link]}
^ Women's Individual Pursuit Results^{[dead link]}
^ Women's Team Pursuit Results^{[dead link]}
^ Women's Team Sprint Results^{[dead link]}
^ Women's Keirin Results^{[dead link]}
^ Women's Scratch Results^{[dead link]}
^ Women's Points Race Results^{[dead link]}
^ Women's Omnium Results^{[dead link]}
^ Medal Standings Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] Hisense Arena Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Event Overview Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Germans snatch sprint cycling crown in record time". news.yahoo.com. 4 April 2012.^{[dead link]}

[4] "Track Cycling World Championship: Great Britain's men take team pursuit gold and set new world record". telegraph.co.uk. 4 April 2012.

[5] McRae, Donald (4 August 2012). "Jo Rowsell, Laura Trott and Dani King rewrite Olympic cycling history | Donald McRae". The Guardian.

[6] "Meares wins time trial with world record". uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 8 April 2012.

[7] Event schedule^{[permanent dead link]}

[8] Men's Sprint Results^{[dead link]}

[9] Men's 1 km Time Trial Results Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[10] Men's Individual Pursuit Results^{[dead link]}

[11] Men's Team Pursuit Results^{[dead link]}

[12] Men's Team Sprint Results Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[13] Men's Keirin Results^{[dead link]}

[14] Men's Scratch Results Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[15] Men's Points Race Results^{[dead link]}

[16] Men's Madison Results^{[dead link]}

[17] Men's Omnium Results^{[dead link]}

[18] Women's Sprint Results^{[dead link]}

[19] Women's Individual Pursuit Results^{[dead link]}

[20] Women's Team Pursuit Results^{[dead link]}

[21] Women's Team Sprint Results^{[dead link]}

[22] Women's Keirin Results^{[dead link]}

[23] Women's Scratch Results^{[dead link]}

[24] Women's Points Race Results^{[dead link]}

[25] Women's Omnium Results^{[dead link]}

[26] Medal Standings Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

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