# Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's keirin

The women's Keirin at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 3 August. Women's Keirin made its debut in this Olympics.
Great Britain's Victoria Pendleton won the gold medal. Guo Shuang from China won silver and Lee Wai Sze took bronze for Hong Kong's only medal of the 2012 Games.

## Competition format

The Keirin races involved 5.5 laps of the track behind a motorcycle, followed by a 2.5 lap sprint to the finish. The tournament consisted of preliminary heats and repechages, a semi-finals round, and the finals. The heats and repechages narrowed the field to 12. The semi-finals divided the remaining 12 into six finalists. The finals round also included a ranking race for 7th to 12th place.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday 3 August 2012 | 16:00 | Round 1, repechage, round 2 and final |

## Results
### First round
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rider | Country |
| 1 | Kristina Vogel | Germany |
| DSQ | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Russia |
| 3 | Lisandra Guerra | Cuba |
| 4 | Juliana Gaviria | Colombia |
| 5 | Monique Sullivan | Canada |
| 6 | Clara Sanchez | France |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rider | Country |
| 1 | Victoria Pendleton | Great Britain |
| 2 | Anna Meares | Australia |
| 3 | Natasha Hansen | New Zealand |
| 4 | Fatehah Mustapa | Malaysia |
| 5 | Lyubov Shulika | Ukraine |
| 6 | Willy Kanis | Netherlands |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rider | Country |
| 1 | Guo Shuang | China |
| 2 | Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania |
| 3 | Daniela Larreal | Venezuela |
| 4 | Lee Wai Sze | Hong Kong |
| 5 | Lee Hye-Jin | South Korea |
| 6 | Olga Panarina | Belarus |

### Repechages
#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rider | Country |
| 1 | Lee Wai Sze | Hong Kong |
| 2 | Willy Kanis | Netherlands |
| 3 | Monique Sullivan | Canada |
| 4 | Lisandra Guerra | Cuba |
| 5 | Olga Panarina | Belarus |
| 6 | Juliana Gaviria | Colombia |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rider | Country |
| 1 | Clara Sanchez | France |
| 2 | Natasha Hansen | New Zealand |
| 3 | Daniela Larreal | Venezuela |
| 4 | Lyubov Shulika | Ukraine |
| 5 | Fatehah Mustapa | Malaysia |
| 6 | Lee Hye-Jin | South Korea |

### Second round
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rider | Country |
| 1 | Anna Meares | Australia |
| 2 | Monique Sullivan | Canada |
| 3 | Lee Wai Sze | Hong Kong |
| 4 | Willy Kanis | Netherlands |
| 5 | Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania |
| 6 | Kristina Vogel | Germany |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rider | Country |
| 1 | Victoria Pendleton | Great Britain |
| 2 | Clara Sanchez | France |
| 3 | Guo Shuang | China |
| DSQ | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Russia |
| 5 | Natasha Hansen | New Zealand |
| 6 | Daniela Larreal | Venezuela |

#### 7th–12th final

| Rank | Rider | Country |
| 7 | Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania |
| DSQ | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Russia |
| 9 | Daniela Larreal | Venezuela |
| 10 | Kristina Vogel | Germany |
| 11 | Natasha Hansen | New Zealand |
| 12 | Willy Kanis | Netherlands |

### Final

| Rank | Rider | Country |
| | Victoria Pendleton | Great Britain |
| | Guo Shuang | China |
| | Lee Wai Sze | Hong Kong |
| 4 | Clara Sanchez | France |
| 5 | Anna Meares | Australia |
| 6 | Monique Sullivan | Canada |