Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

The women's cycling sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark from 5 to 7 August. Anna Meares from Australia won the gold medal and Victoria Pendleton of Great Britain took silver. China's Guo Shuang won the bronze.

Competition format
The sprint event was a single-elimination tournament after seeding via time trial. Each match pits two cyclists against each other in the best-of-three races. Each race consisted of three laps of the track with side-by-side starts.

Schedule
All times are British Summer Time

First round

 * Match 1
 * Match 3
 * Match 5
 * Match 7
 * Match 9


 * Match 2
 * Match 4
 * Match 6
 * Match 8

First round repechage

 * Match 1


 * Match 2


 * Match 3

Second round

 * Match 1
 * Match 3
 * Match 5


 * Match 2
 * Match 4
 * Match 6

Second round repechage

 * Match 1


 * Match 2

Quarter-finals

 * Match 1
 * Match 3


 * Match 2
 * Match 4

Semi-finals

 * Match 1


 * Match 2

Finals

 * Bronze medal match


 * Gold medal match