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]
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| Venue | Melbourne, Australia  |
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| Date(s) | 4–8 April 2012 |
| Velodrome | Hisense Arena |
| Events | 19 |
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]
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Medal summary edit
- 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
References edit
- ^ 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
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