2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships


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.
The championships were also the final ranking event for the purposes of Olympic qualification. 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. while the British team led in Olympic events. Of the other nations, only Germany won more than one gold medal.
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. Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke and Geraint Thomas followed up with a new record during the Team pursuit final.
At the Women's Team pursuit competition, Dani King, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell set a new record. 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.

Schedule

The competition days will be split in Afternoon and Evening Sessions.
DateTimeRound
4 April 201215:00Men's Team pursuit qualifying
4 April 201219:00Women's Team sprint qualifying
4 April 201219:00Men's Team pursuit final
4 April 201219:00Men's Team sprint qualifying
4 April 201219:00Women's Team sprint final
4 April 201219:00Men's Scratch final
4 April 201219:00Men's Team sprint final
5 April 201213:30Women's sprint qualifying
5 April 201213:30Women's sprint 1/16, 1/8 Final
5 April 201213:30Women's Team pursuit qualifying
5 April 201213:30Men's Omnium, Flying lap
5 April 201219:00Women's Sprint quarterfinals
5 April 201219:00Women's Team pursuit final
5 April 201219:00Men's Omnium, Points race
5 April 201219:00Men's 1 km time trial
5 April 201219:00Women's Points race final
5 April 201219:00Men's Omnium, Elimination
6 April 201213:30Men's sprint qualifying
6 April 201213:30Men's sprint 1/16, 1/8 Final
6 April 201213:30Men's Omnium, Individual pursuit
6 April 201213:30Women's Omnium, Flying lap
6 April 201219:00Women's Sprint semifinals
6 April 201219:00Men's Sprint quarterfinals
6 April 201219:00Women's Scratch final
6 April 201219:00Men's Omnium, Scratch
6 April 201219:00Women's Sprint final
6 April 201219:00Women's Omnium, Points race
6 April 201219:00Men's Omnium, 1 km time trial
6 April 201219:00Women's Omnium, Elimination

DateTimeRound
7 April 201213:00Men's Individual pursuit qualifying
7 April 201213:00Women's Keirin, Round 1
7 April 201213:00Women's Omnium, Individual pursuit
7 April 201219:00Men's Sprint semifinals
7 April 201219:00Women's Omnium, Scratch
7 April 201219:00Women's Keirin, Round 2
7 April 201219:00Women's Omnium, 500m time trial
7 April 201219:00Women's Keirin, Final
7 April 201219:00Men's Individual pursuit final
7 April 201219:00Men's Sprint final
7 April 201219:00Men's Point race final
8 April 201214:30Men's Keirin, Round 1
8 April 201214:30Women's Individual pursuit qualifying
8 April 201219:00Women's Individual pursuit final
8 April 201219:00Men's Keirin, Round 2
8 April 201219:00Women's 500m time trial final
8 April 201219:00Men's Keirin, Final
8 April 201219:00Men's Madison final

Medal summary

After 19 events.