# 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin

The Women's keirin at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 7. 22 athletes participated in the contest. After the 4 qualifying heats, the 2 fastest rider in each heat advanced to the second round. The riders that did not advance to the second round raced in 4 repechage heats. The first rider in each heat advanced to the second round along with the 8 that qualified before.
The first 3 riders from each of the 2 Second Round heats advanced to the Final and the remaining riders raced a consolation 7–12 final.

## Medalists

| Gold | Anna Meares (AUS) |
| Silver | Ekaterina Gnidenko (RUS) |
| Bronze | Kristina Vogel (GER) |

## Results
### First round

The first round was held at 14:15.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | Anna Meares | Australia | Q |
| 2 | Kristina Vogel | Germany | Q |
| 3 | Lee Wai Sze | Hong Kong | |
| 4 | Natasha Hansen | New Zealand | |
| 5 | Willy Kanis | Netherlands | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | Clara Sanchez | France | Q |
| 2 | Kaarle McCulloch | Australia | Q |
| 3 | Victoria Pendleton | Great Britain | |
| 4 | Miriam Welte | Germany | |
| 5 | Viktoria Baranova | Russia | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | Guo Shuang | China | Q |
| 2 | Sandie Clair | France | Q |
| 3 | Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania | |
| 4 | Monique Sullivan | Canada | |
| 5 | Katie Schofield | New Zealand | |
| 6 | Olena Tsyos | Ukraine | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | Di Mu | China | Q |
| 2 | Fatehah Mustapa | Malaysia | Q |
| 3 | Lisandra Guerra | Cuba | |
| 4 | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Russia | |
| 5 | Daniela Larreal | Venezuela | |
| 6 | Maryia Lohvinava | Belarus | |

### First Round Repechage

The first round repechage was held at 15:40.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Russia | Q |
| 2 | Lee Wai Sze | Hong Kong | |
| 3 | Katie Schofield | New Zealand | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | Victoria Pendleton | Great Britain | Q |
| 2 | Monique Sullivan | Canada | |
| 3 | Viktoria Baranova | Russia | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania | Q |
| 2 | Willy Kanis | Netherlands | |
| 3 | Miriam Welte | Germany | |
| 4 | Maryia Lohvinava | Belarus | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | Olena Tsyos | Ukraine | Q |
| 2 | Lisandra Guerra | Cuba | |
| 3 | Natasha Hansen | New Zealand | |
| 4 | Daniela Larreal | Venezuela | |

### Second round

The second round was held at 19:30.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | Anna Meares | Australia | Q |
| 2 | Di Mu | China | Q |
| 3 | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Russia | Q |
| 4 | Kaarle McCulloch | Australia | |
| 5 | Sandie Clair | France | |
| 6 | Olena Tsyos | Ukraine | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | Clara Sanchez | France | Q |
| 2 | Guo Shuang | China | Q |
| 3 | Kristina Vogel | Germany | Q |
| 4 | Fatehah Mustapa | Malaysia | |
| 5 | Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania | |
| 6 | Victoria Pendleton | United Kingdom | |

### Finals

The finals were held at 20:20.

#### Small Final

| Rank | Name | Nation |
| 7 | Sandie Clair | France |
| 8 | Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania |
| 9 | Kaarle McCulloch | Australia |
| 10 | Olena Tsyos | Ukraine |
| 11 | Fatehah Mustapa | Malaysia |
| 12 | Victoria Pendleton | United Kingdom |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nation |
| | Anna Meares | Australia |
| | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Russia |
| | Kristina Vogel | Germany |
| 4 | Guo Shuang | China |
| 5 | Clara Sanchez | France |
| 6 | Di Mu | China |