Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's omnium explained

Event:	Men's omnium
Games:	2012 Summer
Venue:	London Velopark
Date:	4 to 5 August
Competitors:	18
Nations:	18
Gold:	Lasse Norman Hansen
Goldnoc:	DEN
Silver:	Bryan Coquard
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Ed Clancy
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Win Label:	Winning points
Win Value:	27
Next:	2016

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.

Competition format

The omnium competition consisted of six events, with a point-for-place system.^[2] In case of a tie on points the time trial counts.

• Flying lap: an individual time trial over 250m (820feet) with a "flying start".
• Points race: a 30km (20miles) points race, with scoring for intermediate sprints as well as for lapping the pack.
• Elimination race: a "miss-and-out" elimination race, with the last rider in every sprint (each two laps) eliminated.
• Individual pursuit: a 4km (02miles) individual pursuit, with placing based on time.
• Scratch race: a 15km (09miles) scratch race, with all riders competing at once and first across the line winning.
• Time trial: a 1km (01miles) time trial, with two riders (starting opposite the track) riding at once.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

Date	Time	Round
Saturday 4 August 2012	10:25 17:00 18:25	Flying lap 30 km points race Elimination race
style=background:lemonchiffon	Sunday 5 August 2012	style=background:lemonchiffon	10:00 17:00 18:10	style=background:lemonchiffon	4 km individual pursuit 15 km scratch race 1 km time trial

Overall results

Rank	Rider	Country							Total
			4	bgcolor=silver	2	12	bgcolor=gold	1	6	bgcolor=silver	2	27
			5	4	bgcolor=gold	1	12	3	4	29
			bgcolor=gold	1	11	5	bgcolor=silver	2	10	bgcolor=gold	1	30
4			11	bgcolor=gold	1	7	5	4	5	33
5			3	8	3	3	14	3	34
6			6	5	bgcolor=silver	2	7	5	9	34
7			bgcolor=silver	2	15	6	6	13	6	48
8			7	13	10	8	bgcolor=gold	1	10	49
9			14	3	17	9	bgcolor=silver	2	14	59
10			8	17	13	4	11	7	60
11			12	10	9	13	8	8	60
12			10	12	8	11	7	13	61
13			9	6	15	14	9	11	64
14			17	7	4	15	12	17	72
15			13	9	18	10	15	12	77
16			15	14	11	17	17	15	89
17			16	16	14	16	18	16	96
18			18	18	16	18	16	18	104

FL: 250m flying lap. PR: Points race. ER: Elimination race.
IP: 4000m individual pursuit. SR: Scratch race. TT: 1000m time trial.

Event results

Flying lap

Rank	Rider	Time
1		12.556
2		13.112
3		13.222
4		13.236
5		13.347
6		13.359
7		13.406
8		13.469
9		13.504
10		13.559
11		13.571
12		13.614
13		13.633
14		13.655
15		13.659
16		13.863
17		14.036
18		14.270

Points race

Rank	Rider	Laps	Points
1		3	79
2		2	59
3		2	55
4		2	51
5		2	47
6		2	47
7		1	26
8		1	25
9		1	23
10		1	20
11		0	18
12		0	8
13		0	4
14		0	3
15		0	3
16		−1	−18
17		−1	−18
18		−2	−40

Elimination race

Rank	Rider
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

Individual pursuit

Rank	Rider	Time
1		4:20.674
2		4:20.853
3		4:24.811
4		4:25.477
5		4:25.554
6		4:26.581
7		4:28.499
8		4:29.411
9		4:29.874
10		4:29.992
11		4:30.127
12		4:30.780
13		4:32.382
14		4:32.948
15		4:33.532
16		4:36.477
17		4:38.707
18		4:53.230

Scratch race

Rank	Rider	Laps down
1		0
2		0
3		0
4		0
5		0
6		0
7		0
8		0
9		0
10		−1
11		−1
12		−1
13		−1
14		−1
15		−1
16		−1
17		−1
18		−1

Time trial

Rank	Rider	Time
1		1:00.981
2		1:02.314
3		1:02.513
4		1:03.078
5		1:03.144
6		1:03.290
7		1:03.793
8		1:04.150
9		1:04.239
10		1:04.328
11		1:04.558
12		1:04.748
13		1:04.853
14		1:05.463
15		1:06.071
16		1:06.773
17		1:07.523
18		1:08.517

Notes and References

1. Web site: Track Cycling – News, Athletes, Highlights & More. 9 February 2012. 25 May 2012. https://archive.today/20120525181308/www.london2012.com/cycling-track. dead.
2. Web site: London 2012 Omnium men Results - Olympic cycling-track. 3 May 2012. 9 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121209062024/www.london2012.com/cycling-track/event/men-omnium/competition-format/index.html. dead.