2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue| Melbourne, Australia
Date(s)|  (2012-04-04 \- 2012-04-08)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[edit]

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

| Date  | Time  | Round

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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

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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[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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[edit]

After 19 events.[26]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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
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

## See also[edit]

* Sports portal

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

## References[edit]

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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