Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

The women's 200m Sprint at the 1992 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time. The races were held on Tuesday, July 28, Wednesday through Friday, July 31, 1992 at the Velòdrom d'Horta.[1]

Women's cycling sprint
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenueVelòdrom d'Horta
Date28–31 July 1992
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Erika Salumäe  Estonia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annett Neumann  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ingrid Haringa  Netherlands
← 1988
1996 →

Erika Salumäe defended her gold medal from 1988, but this time she represented her native Estonia instead of the Soviet Union that collapsed a year ago.

Medalists

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Gold:   Silver:   Bronze:  
  Erika Salumäe (EST)   Annett Neumann (GER)   Ingrid Haringa (NED)

Results

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  • Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
  • q denotes qualification by overall place.
  • REL denotes relegated- due to being passed
  • WLK denotes a walkover-unopposed victory.
  • DNS denotes did not start.
  • DNF denotes did not finish.
  • DQ denotes disqualification.
  • NR denotes national record.
  • OR denotes Olympic record.
  • WR denotes world record.
  • PB denotes personal best.
  • SB denotes season best.

Qualifying round

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Held Tuesday, July 28.
Times and average speeds are listed. Times are used for seeding.

Pos. Athlete NOC Time Ave. Speed Notes
1 Ingrid Haringa   Netherlands 11.419 s 63.052 km/h OR
2 Félicia Ballanger   France 11.508 s 62.565 km/h
3 Annett Neumann   Germany 11.689 s 61.596 km/h
4 Galina Yenyukhina   Unified Team 11.699 s 61.543 km/h
5 Tanya Dubnicoff   Canada 11.773 s 61.516 km/h
6 Erika Salumäe   Estonia 11.857 s 60.723 km/h
7 Connie Paraskevin-Young   United States 11.946 s 60.271 km/h
8 Rita Razmaitė   Lithuania 12.058 s 59.711 km/h
9 Wang Yan   China 12.154 s 59.239 km/h
10 Mika Kuroki   Japan 12.513 s 57.540 km/h
11 Daniela Larreal   Venezuela 12.608 s 57.106 km/h
12 Olga Sacasa   Nicaragua 14.061 s 51.205 km/h

1st round

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Held Tuesday, July 28
The first round consisted of four heats, of three riders. Winners advanced to the next round, losers competed in the repechage.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Ave. Speed Qualify
1 1 Ingrid Haringa   Netherlands 12.179 s 63.497 km/h Q
2 Wang Yan   China
3 Rita Razmaitė   Lithuania
2 1 Félicia Ballanger   France 12.615 s 63.609 km/h Q
2 Mika Kuroki   Japan
3 Connie Paraskevin-Young   United States DQ
3 1 Erika Salumäe   Estonia 12.377 s 64.011 km/h Q
2 Annett Neumann   Germany
3 Daniela Larreal   Venezuela
4 1 Tanya Dubnicoff   Canada 12.416 s 63.503 km/h Q
2 Galina Yenyukhina   Unified Team
Olga Sacasa   Nicaragua DNS

Repechage

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Held Tuesday, July 28
The seven defeated cyclists from the first round took part in the repechage. They raced in four heats, one being unopposed. The winner of each heat advance to quarter-final.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Ave. Speed Qualify
1 1 Wang Yan   China WLK Q
2 1 Mika Kuroki   Japan 12.453 s 57.817 km/h Q
2 Daniela Larreal   Venezuela
3 1 Annett Neumann   Germany 12.238 s 58.833 km/h Q
2 Connie Paraskevin-Young   United States
4 1 Galina Yenyukhina   Unified Team 13.069 s 55.092 km/h Q
2 Rita Razmaitė   Lithuania

Quarter-finals

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Held Wednesday, July 29.
The eight riders that had advanced to the quarterfinals competed pairwise in four matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Winners advanced to the semifinals, losers competed in a 5th to 8th place classification.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider Qualify
1 1 Ingrid Haringa   Netherlands 12.662 s 12.792 s Q
2 Mika Kuroki   Japan
2 1 Félicia Ballanger   France 12.536 s 14.786 s Q
2 Wang Yan   China
3 1 Erika Salumäe   Estonia 12.192 s 12.090 s Q
2 Galina Yenyukhina   Unified Team 12.265 s
4 1 Annett Neumann   Germany 12.283 s 12.265 s Q
2 Tanya Dubnicoff   Canada

Classification 5–8

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Held Friday, July 31
The 5–8 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the quarterfinals taking place. The winner of the race received 5th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

Pos Athlete NOS Time Ave. Speed
1 Galina Yenyukhina   Unified Team 12.575 s 57.256 km/h
2 Tanya Dubnicoff   Canada
3 Mika Kuroki   Japan
Wang Yan   China DNS

Semifinals

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Held Thursday, July 30.
The four riders that had advanced to the semifinals competed pairwise in two matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Winners advanced to the finals, losers competed in the bronze medal match.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider Qualify
1 1 Annett Neumann   Germany 11.889 s 12.285 s Q
2 Ingrid Haringa   Netherlands 12.263 s
2 1 Erika Salumäe   Estonia 11.937 s 12.423 s Q
2 Félicia Ballanger   France

Medal Finals

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Held Friday, July 31.

Bronze medal match

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The bronze medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider
1 Ingrid Haringa   Netherlands 12.402 s 12.400 s
2 Félicia Ballanger   France

Gold medal match

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The gold medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider
1 Erika Salumäe   Estonia 12.667 s 12.244 s
2 Annett Neumann   Germany 12.776 s

Final classification

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Final results
Pos. Athlete NOC
1. Erika Salumäe   Estonia
2. Annett Neumann   Germany
3. Ingrid Haringa   Netherlands
4. Félicia Ballanger   France
5. Galina Yenyukhina   Unified Team
6. Tanya Dubnicoff   Canada
7. Mika Kuroki   Japan
Wang Yan   China

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Sprint". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
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