The women's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 11 August.
Julie Bresset from France won the gold medal — the country's first in cycling at the 2012 Games. Germany's Sabine Spitz won silver and Georgia Gould of the United States took bronze.
Competition format
The competition began at 12:30 pm with a mass-start, and involved six laps around the 4.8 km course at Hadleigh Farm in Essex. The distance of the race was 29.3 km.
Schedule All times are British Summer Time Date Time RoundSaturday 11 August 2012 12:30 Final
Result The entry list was published on 26 July.
Rank Rider Country Time Julie Bresset 1:30:52 Sabine Spitz 1:31:54 Georgia Gould 1:32:004 Irina Kalentieva 1:32:335 Esther Süss 1:32:466 Alexandra Engen 1:33:087 Aleksandra Dawidowicz 1:33:208 Annie Last 1:33:479 Catharine Pendrel 1:34:2810 Tanja Žakelj 1:34:4111 Lea Davison 1:35:1412 Shi Qinglan 1:35:2813 Yana Belomoyna 1:35:4614 Kateřina Nash 1:36:2215 Elisabeth Osl 1:36:4716 Adelheid Morath 1:37:1717 Eva Lechner 1:37:3618 Karen Hanlen 1:37:5419 Katrin Leumann 1:38:2320 Rie Katayama 1:38:2621 Janka Števková 1:39:0522 Paula Gorycka 1:39:18DSQ Blaža Klemenčič 1:39:4223 Emily Batty 1:40:3724 Rebecca Henderson 1:41:3525 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 1:42:2126 Barbara Benkó 1:43:2427 Candice Neethling 1:45:03– Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå DNF– Laura Abril DNF– Annika Langvad DNSLangvad out of Olympic mountain bike race cyclingnews 1. August 2012
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