Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country


The women's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 11 August.
Julie Bresset from France won the gold medal — the country's first in cycling at the 2012 Games. Germany's Sabine Spitz won silver and Georgia Gould of the United States took bronze.

Competition format

The competition began at 12:30 pm with a mass-start, and involved six laps around the 4.8 km course at Hadleigh Farm in Essex. The distance of the race was 29.3 km.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Saturday 11 August 201212:30Final

Result

The entry list was published on 26 July.
RankRiderCountryTime
Julie Bresset1:30:52
Sabine Spitz1:31:54
Georgia Gould1:32:00
4Irina Kalentieva1:32:33
5Esther Süss1:32:46
6Alexandra Engen1:33:08
7Aleksandra Dawidowicz1:33:20
8Annie Last1:33:47
9Catharine Pendrel1:34:28
10Tanja Žakelj1:34:41
11Lea Davison1:35:14
12Shi Qinglan1:35:28
13Yana Belomoyna1:35:46
14Kateřina Nash1:36:22
15Elisabeth Osl1:36:47
16Adelheid Morath1:37:17
17Eva Lechner1:37:36
18Karen Hanlen1:37:54
19Katrin Leumann1:38:23
20Rie Katayama1:38:26
21Janka Števková1:39:05
22Paula Gorycka1:39:18
23Blaža Klemenčič1:39:42
24Emily Batty1:40:37
25Rebecca Henderson1:41:35
26Pauline Ferrand-Prévot1:42:21
27Barbara Benkó1:43:24
28Candice Neethling1:45:03
–Gunn-Rita Dahle FlesjåDNF
–Laura AbrilDNF
–Annika LangvadDNS