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Eighteen events were contested and around 500 athletes participated. Cycling events have been contested in every Summer Olympics programme since the first modern Olympiad in 1896 alongside athletics, artistic gymnastics, fencing and swimming. Compared to the cycling at the 2008 Olympics, there were many changes in the Olympic track cycling ...
Women's track events were added in 1988, and both types of events have been featured since then. The 2012 Summer Olympics were the first at which men and women competed in the same number of events in all cycling disciplines, including track cycling, which previously had more men's and fewer women's events than the 2008 programme. [1] However ...
The men's road race, one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, took place on 28 July at 10 a.m. in central and southwest London and north Surrey, [2] starting and finishing on The Mall. [3] This was the 19th appearance of the event, previously held in 1896 and then at every Summer Olympics since 1936.
This is a list of all cyclists who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. A total of 505 cyclists from 74 countries competed in the 18 cycling events in the disciplines: BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling.
The men's cycling sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark from 4 to 6 August. [1] There were 17 competitors from 17 nations, with nations once again limited to one cyclist each (the limit had fluctuated between one and two since 1928).
The men's cycling omnium at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 4 and 5 August. [1] Lasse Norman Hansen from Denmark won the gold medal. France's Bryan Coquard won silver and Ed Clancy from Great Britain took bronze.
The men's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 12 August. [1] Fifty cyclists from 32 countries competed. Jaroslav Kulhavý from the Czech Republic won the gold medal, beating Switzerland's Nino Schurter by one second.
The men's cycling team sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 2 August. [1]The Great Britain team consisting of Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny won the gold medal in world record-breaking time.