Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

The Women's 200m Sprint at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cycling was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 meters of the 750 meters covered was counted as official time. The races were held on Wednesday, July 24, Thursday, July 25, Friday, July 26, and Saturday, July 27, 1996 at the Stone Mountain Velodrome.

Medalists

Gold: Silver: Bronze: Felicia Ballanger, Michelle Ferris, Ingrid Haringa,

Results Q denotes qualification by place in heat. q denotes qualification by overall place. REL denotes relegated- due to being passed DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. DQ denotes disqualification. NR denotes national record. OR denotes Olympic record. WR denotes world record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season best.

Qualifying round Held July 24

Times and average speeds are listed. 12 qualifying riders were seeded by these results for the first round.

Pos. Athlete NOC Time Ave. Speed Notes 1. Michelle Ferris 11.212 s 64.21 km/h Q OR 2. Felicia Ballanger 11.277 s 63.84 km/hQ 3. Oksana Grishina 11.298 s 63.74 km/hQ 4. Ingrid Haringa 11.456 s 62.84 km/h Q 5. Yan Wang 11.519 s 62.50  km/h Q 6. Annett Neumann 11.536 s 62.41  km/h Q 7. Connie Paraskevin-Young 11.545 s 62.36 km/hQ 8. Tanya Dubnicoff 11.566 s 62.25 km/hQ 9. Erika Salumäe 11.566 s 62.25 km/h Q 10. Daniela Larreal 11.878 s 60.61; km/h Q 11. Mira Kasslin 11.924 s 60.38 km/hQ 12. Donna Wynd 11.961 s 60.19 km/hQ 13. Rita Razmaite 11.971 s 60.14 km/h 14. Nancy Contreras 11.992 s 60.04 km/h

1/8 final

Held July 25. The 1/8 round consisted of six matches, each pitting two of the twelve cyclists against each other. The winners advanced to the quarterfinals, with the losers getting another chance in the 1/8 repechage. HeatPosAthleteNOSTimeQualify 1 1 Michelle Ferris 11.932 s Q 2 Donna Wynd 2 1 Felicia Ballanger 11.901 s Q 2 Mira Kasslin 3 1 Oksana Grishina 12.209 s Q 2 Daniela Larreal 4 1 Ingrid Haringa 12.164 s Q 2 Erika Salumäe 5 1 Tanya Dubnicoff 12.02 s Q 2 Yan Wang 6 1 Annett Neumann 12.078 s Q 2 Connie Paraskevin-Young

1/8 repechage

Held July 25. The six cyclists defeated in the 1/8 round competed in the 1/8 repechage. Two heats of three riders were held. Winners rejoined the victors from the 1/8 round and advanced to the quarterfinals. HeatPosAthleteNOSTimeQualify 1 1 Erika Salumäe 12.018 s Q 2 Connie Paraskevin-Young 3 Donna Wynd 2 1 Yan Wang 12.067 s Q 2 Daniela Larreal 3 Mira Kasslin

Quarterfinals Held July 26. The eight riders that had advanced to the quarterfinals competed pairwise in four matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. All four quarterfinals matches were decided without a third race. Winners advanced to the semifinals, losers competed in a 5th to 8th place classification. HeatPosAthleteNOSTime 1Time 2DeciderQualify 1 1 Michelle Ferris 11.825 s 11.932 s Q 2 Yan Wang 2 1 Felicia Ballanger 11.831 s 12.082 s Q 2 Erika Salumäe 3 1 Annett Neumann 11.864 s 12.060 s Q 2 Oksana Grishina 12.119 s 4 1 Ingrid Haringa 12.049 s Q 2 Tanya Dubnicoff 12.020 s REL

Classification 5-8 Held July 26 The 5-8 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the quarterfinals taking place. The winner of the race received 5th place, with the others taking the three following places in order. PosAthleteNOSTime 1 Oksana Grishina 12.416 s 2 Erika Salumäe 3 Yan Wang 4 Tanya Dubnicoff

Semifinals

Held July 26 The four riders that had advanced to the semifinals competed pairwise in two matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Winners advanced to the finals, losers competed in the bronze medal match. HeatPosAthleteNOSTime 1Time 2DeciderQualify 1 1 Michelle Ferris 12.080 s 12.076 s Q 2 Ingrid Haringa 2 1 Felicia Ballanger 12.022 s 12.046 s Q 2 Annett Neumann

Medal Finals Held July 27.

Bronze medal match The bronze medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner. PosAthleteNOSTime 1Time 2Decider 1 Ingrid Haringa 12.074 s 11.782 s 2 Annett Neumann 12.260 s

Gold medal match The gold medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

PosAthleteNOSTime 1Time 2Decider 1 Felicia Ballanger 11.903 s 12.096 s 2 Michelle Ferris

Final classification Final resultsPos. Athlete NOC 1. Felicia Ballanger 2. Michelle Ferris 3. Ingrid Haringa 4. Annett Neumann 5. Oxana Grichina 6. Erika Salumäe 7. Yan Wang 8. Tanya Dubnicoff

References

External links Official Olympic Report