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

Event:	Women's omnium
Games:	2012 Summer
Venue:	London Velopark
Date:	6–7 August 2012
Competitors:	18
Nations:	18
Gold:	Laura Trott
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Sarah Hammer
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Annette Edmondson
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Next:	2016

The women's cycling omnium at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 6 and 7 August 2012.^[1]

Laura Trott from Great Britain, the reigning World and European champion in the event, won the gold medal. Sarah Hammer from the United States took silver and Australia's Annette Edmondson won the bronze.

Competition format

The competition consisted of six events, with a point-for-place system.^[2]

• Flying lap: an individual time trial over 250m (820feet) with a "flying start".
• Points race: a 20km (10miles) 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 3km (02miles) individual pursuit, with placing based on time.
• Scratch race: a 10km (10miles) scratch race, with all riders competing at once and first across the line winning.
• Time trial: a 500m (1,600feet) time trial, with two riders (starting opposite the track) riding at once.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

Date	Time	Round
Monday 6 August 2012	16:10 17:05 18:20	Flying lap 20 km points race Elimination race
style=background:lemonchiffon	Tuesday 7 August 2012	style=background:lemonchiffon	10:15 16:10 16:50	style=background:lemonchiffon	3 km individual pursuit 10 km scratch race 500 m time trial

Overall results

Rank	Rider							Total
		bgcolor=gold	1	10	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=silver	2	3	bgcolor=gold	1	18
		5	5	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=silver	2	4	19
		3	11	3	4	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=silver	2	24
4		7	3	8	3	6	10	37
5		10	4	6	8	5	12	45
6		4	16	5	6	4	15	50
7		16	7	7	11	7	7	55
8		8	12	9	9	14	5	57
9		12	bgcolor=silver	2	15	5	12	13	59
10		15	6	4	10	10	16	61
11		13	bgcolor=gold	1	10	12	13	14	63
12		9	15	16	13	8	6	67
13		6	13	12	14	16	8	69
14		bgcolor=silver	2	18	13	18	18	3	72
15		14	14	11	15	9	11	74
16		18	8	14	7	11	18	76
17		11	17	17	16	15	9	85
18		17	9	18	17	17	17	95

FL: Flying lap. PR: Points race. ER: Elimination race.
IP: 3000m individual pursuit. SR: Scratch race. TT: 500m time trial.

Event results

Flying lap

Rank	Rider	Time
1		14.057
2		14.058
3		14.261
4		14.335
5		14.369
6		14.463
7		14.516
8		14.554
9		14.571
10		14.594
11		14.662
12		14.701
13		14.754
14		14.793
15		14.909
16		14.924
17		15.115
18		15.559

Points race

Rank	Rider	Laps	Points
1		1	34
2		1	28
3		1	28
4		1	25
5		1	25
6		1	24
7		1	22
8		1	22
9		1	20
10		0	14
11		0	10
12		0	4
13		0	3
14		0	3
15		0	2
16		0	2
17		0	2
18		0	0

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		3:29.554
2		3:30.547
3		3:31.114
4		3:35.958
5		3:38.301
6		3:39.741
7		3:40.349
8		3:41.495
9		3:41.897
10		3:42.301
11		3:44.971
12		3:45.083
13		3:45.610
14		3:46.317
15		3:46.871
16		3:49.051
17		3:54.926
18		3:56.800

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		0
11		0
12		0
13		0
14		0
15		0
16		0
17		0
18		0

Time trial

Rank	Rider	Time
1		35.110
2		35.140
3		35.451
4		35.900
5		35.912
6		36.315
7		36.360
8		36.393
9		36.482
10		36.509
11		36.547
12		36.585
13		36.748
14		36.790
15		37.152
16		37.308
17		37.578
18		37.937

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympic Cycling - Track - Schedule, Results, Medals | London 2012 . 9 February 2012 . 25 May 2012 . https://archive.today/20120525181308/www.london2012.com/cycling-track . live .
2. Web site: Men's Omnium - Olympic Cycling - Track | London 2012 . 7 August 2012 . 9 December 2012 . https://archive.today/20121209062024/www.london2012.com/cycling-track/event/men-omnium/competition-format/index.html . live .