The women's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 11 August.
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| Venue | Hadleigh Farm | ||||||||||||
| Date | 11 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
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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 edit
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.[1] The distance of the race was 29.3 km.
Schedule edit
All times are British Summer Time
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Saturday 11 August 2012 | 12:30 | Final |
Result edit
The entry list was published on 26 July.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Women's Cross-country - Olympic Cycling - Mountain Bike | London 2012". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ "Entry list". Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ Langvad out of Olympic mountain bike race cyclingnews 1. August 2012