Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women’s cross-country: Difference between revisions

Women’s cross-country cycling at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Hadleigh Farm
Date	11 August 2012
Competitors	30 from 24 nations

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.^[1] The distance of the race was 29.3 km.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

Result

The entry list was published on 26 July.^[2]

References