Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team sprint
| Women's cycling team sprint at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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| Venue | London Velopark | ||||||||||||
| Date | 2 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 32.798 | ||||||||||||
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Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte |
 Germany
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Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang |
 China
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Kaarle McCulloch Anna Meares |
 Australia
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The women's cycling team sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 2 August.
Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte of Germany won the gold medal with a time of 32.798 seconds. China won the silver medal and Australia took bronze.
The team sprint is a two-lap race between two teams of two cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. Each member of the team must lead for one of the laps.
The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top eight teams advanced to the first round. The first round comprised head-to-head races based on seeding (1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, etc.). The winners of those four heats advanced to the medal round, with the two fastest winners competing in the gold medal final and the two slower winners facing off for bronze.
All times are British Summer Time
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