Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint explained
The women's track cycling sprint competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held from 21 to 24 September. Estonian rider competing for the USSR Erika Salumäe won gold, while East Germany's Christa Luding-Rothenburger won silver and Connie Paraskevin-Young of the United States won bronze.[1]
Competition format
The competition was held as a knock-out tournament, preceded by a qualifying round.
The qualifying round had all participants complete one timed individual sprint, with their times deciding seeding in the eighth-finals. No cyclists were eliminated.
In the knock-out stages, the winners of each sprint progressed to the next round. The eighth-finals were held as four sprints with three cyclists in each, with following repechages for the second and third placed. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were contested head-to-head, best of three sprints. In addition, a one-off four-cyclist sprint was held to decide fifth to eighth places.
Schedule
| Date | Round |
|---|
| 21 September | Qualification |
| 1/8 finals |
| 1/8 repechage |
| 22 September | 1/4 finals |
| 23 September | Semi-finals |
| Final (5th–8th places) |
| 24 September | Final | |
Results
Qualification
| Rank | Name | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | 11.527 OR |
| 2 | | 11.611 |
| 3 | | 11.692 |
| 4 | | 11.845 |
| 5 | | 11.955 |
| 6 | | 12.287 |
| 7 | | 12.303 |
| 8 | | 12.374 |
| 9 | | 12.416 |
| 10 | | 12.425 |
| 11 | | 12.477 |
| 12 | | 12.588 | |
Eighth-finals
Heat 1! Rank! Name! Time! Note| 1 | | 12.83 | Q |
| 2 | | | R |
| 3 | | | R | |
Heat 2! Rank! Name! Time! Note| 1 | | 12.22 | Q |
| 2 | | | R |
| 3 | | | R | |
Heat 3! Rank! Name! Time! Note| 1 | | 12.24 | Q |
| 2 | | | R |
| 3 | | | R | |
Heat 4! Rank! Name! Time! Note| 1 | | 12.11 | Q |
| 2 | | | R |
| 3 | | | R | |
- Q : Qualified for next round
R : Qualified for repechage
Repechages
Heat 1! Name! Time! Note| | 12.80 | Q |
| | | | |
Heat 2! Name! Time! Note| | | |
| 12.36 | Q | |
Heat 3! Name! Time! Note| | 12.65 | Q |
| | | | |
Heat 4! Name! Time! Note| | 13.04 | Q |
| | | | |
- Q : Qualified for next round
Quarter-finals
Heat 1! Name! Time 1! Time 2! Time 3! Note| | 12.34 | 11.81 | – | Q |
| | | – | | |
Heat 2! Name! Time 1! Time 2! Time 3! Note| | 12.13 | 11.90 | – | Q |
| | | | – | | |
Heat 3! Name! Time 1! Time 2! Time 3! Note | 11.80 | 11.63 | – | Q |
| | | | – | | |
Heat 4! Name! Time 1! Time 2! Time 3! Note | 12.85 | 12.94 | – | Q |
| | | | – | | |
- Q : Qualified for next round
Semi-finals
Heat 1! Name! Time 1! Time 2! Time 3! Note| | 12.38 | 12.22 | – | Q |
| | | – | | |
Heat 2! Name! Time 1! Time 2! Time 3! Note| | | 11.79 | | |
| 11.92 | | 11.89 | Q | |
- Q : Qualified for next round
Finals
Fifth to eighth places! Rank! Name! Time! Note| 5 | | 12.56 | |
| 6 | | | |
| 7 | | | |
| 8 | | | | |
Bronze medal final! Rank! Name! Time 1! Time 2! Time 3! Note | | 14.07 | 12.41 | – | |
| 4 | | | | – | | |
Gold medal final! Rank! Name! Time 1! Time 2! Time 3! Note | | | 12.00 | 12.58 | |
| | 11.68 | | | | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Games: Women's Sprint . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214009/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/CYC/womens-sprint.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 July 2016 . Sports Reference.
