Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint
| Women's cycling sprint at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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| Venue | London Velopark | ||||||||||||
| Date | 5 to 7 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 11.218/11.348 | ||||||||||||
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Anna Meares |
 Australia
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Victoria Pendleton |
 Great Britain
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Guo Shuang |
 China
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The women's cycling sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark from 5 to 7 August.Anna Meares from Australia won the gold medal and Victoria Pendleton of Great Britain took silver. China's Guo Shuang won the bronze.
The sprint event was a single-elimination tournament after seeding via time trial. Each match pits two cyclists against each other in the best-of-three races. Each race consisted of three laps of the track with side-by-side starts.
All times are British Summer Time
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