# 2012 UEC European Track Championships

The 2012 European Track Championships was the third edition of the elite European Track Championships in track cycling. It was held on October 19–21, 2012 and took place at the Cido Arena in Panevėžys, Lithuania.
It was the first European Elite Track Championships that had opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was held on 19 October, an hour before the start of the evening session.
Held some time after the 2012 Summer Olympics, a number of elite European cyclists, notably from Great Britain and France were not in attendance, either through retirement or a rest period. In their absence, the medal table was headed by Germany and the east European track powers; Russia, Belarus and hosts Lithuania.

## Schedule

The competition days were split into two Sessions.
| Date | Time | Round |
| 19 October 2012 |
| Afternoon session ||
| 19 October 2012 | 13:00 | Women's Team pursuit qualifying |
| 19 October 2012 | 13:35 | Men's Team pursuit qualifying |
| 19 October 2012 | 14:27 | Women's Team sprint qualifying |
| 19 October 2012 | 14:35 | Men's Team sprint qualifying |
| 19 October 2012 | 14:55 | Men's Points race qualifying |
| Evening session ||
| 19 October 2012 | 19:30 | Women's Team pursuit final |
| 19 October 2012 | 19:45 | Men's Team pursuit final |
| 19 October 2012 | 20:16 | Women's Team sprint final |
| 19 October 2012 | 20:22 | Men's Team sprint final |
| 19 October 2012 | 20:38 | Women's Points race final |
| 19 October 2012 | 21:13 | Men's Points race final |
| 21 October 2012 |
| Morning session ||
| 21 October 2012 | 10:00 | Women's Omnium individual pursuit |
| 21 October 2012 | 10:25 | Men's Omnium individual pursuit |
| 21 October 2012 | 11:11 | Men's Keirin round 1 |
| 21 October 2012 | 11:27 | Women's Keirin round 1 |
| 21 October 2012 | 11:45 | Men's Keirin repechages |
| 21 October 2012 | 12:01 | Women's Omnium scratch |
| 21 October 2012 | 12:16 | Men's Omnium scratch |
| Evening session ||
| 21 October 2012 | 17:00 | Men's Keirin round 2 |
| 21 October 2012 | 17:10 | Women's Omnium time trial |
| 21 October 2012 | 17:20 | Men's Omnium time trial |
| 21 October 2012 | 18:01 | Women's Keirin finals |
| 21 October 2012 | 18:09 | Men's Keirin finals |
| 21 October 2012 | 18:17 | Men's Madison final |
| Date | Time | Round |
| 20 October 2012 |
| Morning session ||
| 20 October 2012 | 10:00 | Men's sprint qualifying |
| 20 October 2012 | 10:40 | Women's sprint qualifying |
| 20 October 2012 | 10:55 | Men's Sprint 1/16 Final |
| 20 October 2012 | 11:41 | Men's Sprint 1/8 Final |
| 20 October 2012 | 12:09 | Men's Sprint 1/8 Final repechages |
| 20 October 2012 | 12:15 | Women's Omnium flying lap |
| 20 October 2012 | 12:30/13:14/13:48 | Women's Sprint 1/4 Final |
| 20 October 2012 | 12:42/13:26/13:51 | Men's Sprint 1/4 Final |
| 20 October 2012 | 12:54 | Men's Omnium flying lap |
| 20 October 2012 | 13:54 | Women's Omnium points race |
| Evening session ||
| 20 October 2012 | 19:30/20:22/20:47 | Women's Sprint 1/2 Final |
| 20 October 2012 | 19:36/20:28/20:50 | Men's Sprint 1/2 Final |
| 20 October 2012 | 19:42 | Men's Omnium points race |
| 20 October 2012 | 20:34 | Women's Omnium elimination race |
| 20 October 2012 | 20:53 | Women's Sprint 5 to 8th places |
| 20 October 2012 | 20:56 | Men's Sprint 5 to 8th places |
| 20 October 2012 | 21:06/21:33/21:42 | Women's Sprint Finals |
| 20 October 2012 | 21:12/21:39/21:45 | Men's Sprint Finals |
| 20 October 2012 | 21:18 | Men's Omnium elimination race |

## Events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's events |||||||
| Sprint details | Denis Dmitriev Russia | | Max Niederlag Germany | | Christos Volikakis Greece | |
| Team sprint details | Germany Tobias Wächter Joachim Eilers Max Niederlag | 44.381 | Poland Kamil Kuczyński Maciej Bielecki Krzysztof Maksel | 44.892 | Great Britain Matthew Crampton Callum Skinner Lewis Oliva | 45.081 |
| Keirin details | Tobias Wächter Germany | | Joachim Eilers Germany | | Denis Dmitriev Russia | |
| Omnium details | Lucas Liss Germany | 17 | Artur Ershov Russia | 20 | Gediminas Bagdonas Lithuania | 34 |
| Team pursuit details | Russia Artur Ershov Alexei Markov Alexander Serov Valery Kaykov | 4:00.641 | Germany Lucas Liss Henning Bommel Theo Reinhardt Maximilian Beyer | 4:08.654 | Italy Elia Viviani Paolo Simion Liam Bertazzo Ignazio Moser Michele Scartezzini | 4:06.380 |
| Points race details non-Olympic | Elia Viviani Italy | 44 | Kirill Sveshnikov Russia | 26 | Sergiy Lagkuti Ukraine | 25 |
| Madison details | Czech Republic Martin Bláha Jiří Hochmann | | Russia Artur Ershov Valery Kaykov | | Italy Angelo Ciccone Elia Viviani | |
| Women's events |||||||
| Sprint details | Olga Panarina Belarus | | Anastasiia Voinova Russia | | Simona Krupeckaitė Lithuania | |
| Team sprint details | Lithuania Simona Krupeckaitė Gintarė Gaivenytė | 33.846 | Russia Anastasiia Voinova Daria Shmeleva | 33.882 | France Sandie Clair Olivia Montauban | 34.975 |
| Keirin details | Simona Krupeckaitė Lithuania | | Ekaterina Gnidenko Russia | | Elena Brezhniva Russia | |
| Omnium details | Aušrinė Trebaitė Lithuania | | Katarzyna Pawłowska Poland | | Tamara Balabolina Russia | |
| Team pursuit details | Lithuania Aušrinė Trebaitė Vilija Sereikaitė Vaida Pikauskaitė | 3:25.237 (NR) | Poland Katarzyna Pawłowska Eugenia Bujak Małgorzata Wojtyra | 3:27.086 | Belarus Tatsiana Sharakova Alena Dylko Aksana Papko | 3:24.801 |
| Points race details non-Olympic | Stephanie Pohl Germany | 33 +1 lap | Evgenia Romanyuta Russia | 25 | Elke Gebhardt Germany | 20 |
* shaded events are non-Olympic

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Lithuania | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Russia | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |

## Participating nations

146 riders from 21 nations will participate.
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Ireland
* Italy
* Lithuania
* Netherlands, see: Netherlands at the 2012 European Track Championships
* Poland
* Russia
* Slovakia
* Switzerland
* Ukraine