2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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| Venue | Melbourne, Australia Australia |
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| Date | 4–8 April 2012 |
| Velodrome | Hisense Arena |
| Events | 19 |
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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]
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 | edit source]The competition days will be split in Afternoon and Evening Sessions.[7]
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Medal summary
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- Shaded events are non-Olympic
- Cyclists marked (*) raced in qualification round only
Medal table
[edit | edit source]After 19 events.[26]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (AUS) | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
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See also
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Hisense Arena Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Event Overview Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ 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
External links
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- 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2012 in track cycling
- 2012 in Australian sport
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships by year
- International cycle races hosted by Australia
- March 2012 sports events in Oceania
- Sports competitions in Melbourne
- Cycling in Melbourne
- 2010s in sport in Melbourne
- 2012 in Victoria (state)
- Cycling events in Victoria (state)