Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

The women's 200m Sprint at the 2000 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time. The races were held on Monday, 18 September, Tuesday, 19 September, and Wednesday, 20 September 2000 at the Dunc Gray Velodrome.[1]

Women's cycling sprint
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueDunc Gray Velodrome
Date18–20 September 2000
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Félicia Ballanger  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oxana Grichina  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Iryna Yanovych  Ukraine
← 1996
2004 →

Records

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World and Olympic records prior to the Games.
World Record 10.831 s Olga Slioussareva Russia Moscow, Russia 25 April 1993
Olympic Record 11.212 s Michelle Ferris Australia Atlanta, USA 24 July 1996

Medalists

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Gold:   Silver:   Bronze:  
Felicia Ballanger,   France Oxana Grichina,   Russia Iryna Yanovych,   Ukraine

Results

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  • 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

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Held Monday, 18 September.
Times and average speeds are listed. All 12 riders were seeded by these results for the first round.

Pos. Athlete NOC Time Ave. Speed
1. Felicia Ballanger   France 11.262 s 63.932 km/h
2. Oxana Grichina   Russia 11.439 s 62.943 km/h
3. Tanya Dubnicoff   Canada 11.494 s 62.641 km/h
4. Michelle Ferris   Australia 11.512 s 62.543 km/h
5. Daniela Larreal   Venezuela 11.526 s 62.467 km/h
6. Szilvia Szabolcsi   Hungary 11.545 s 62.365 km/h
7. Iryna Yanovych   Ukraine 11.548 s 62.348 km/h
8. Tanya Lindenmuth   United States 11.649 s 61.808 km/h
9. Yan Wang   China 11.650 s 61.803 km/h
10. Kathrin Freitag   Germany 11.792 s 61.058; km/h
11. Fiona Ramage   New Zealand 11.803 s 61.001 km/h
12. Mira Kasslin   Finland 12.194 s 59.045 km/h

1/8 final

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Held Monday, 18 September. 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.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Ave. Speed Qualify
1 1 Felicia Ballanger   France 12.257 s 58.742 km/h Q
2 Mira Kasslin   Finland
2 1 Oxana Grichina   Russia 12.195 s 59.041 km/h Q
2 Fiona Ramage   New Zealand
3 1 Tanya Dubnicoff   Canada 12.414 s 57.999 km/h Q
2 Kathrin Freitag   Germany
4 1 Michelle Ferris   Australia 12.078 s 59.693 km/h Q
2 Yan Wang   China
5 1 Daniela Larreal   Venezuela 12.375 s 58.182 km/h Q
2 Tanya Lindenmuth   United States
6 1 Iryna Yanovych   Ukraine 12.015 s 59.925 km/h Q
2 Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi   Hungary

1/8 repechage

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Held Monday, 18 September.
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. The four other riders competed in the 9th through 12th place classification.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Ave. Speed Qualify
1 1 Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi   Hungary 12.625 s 57.030 km/h Q
2 Yan Wang   China
3 Mira Kasslin   Finland
2 1 Tanya Lindenmuth   United States 12.275 s 58.656 km/h Q
2 Kathrin Freitag   Germany
3 Fiona Ramage   New Zealand

Classification 9-12

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Held 20 September
The 9-12 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the 1/8 repechage taking place. The winner of the race received 9th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

Pos Athlete NOS Time Ave. Speed
1 Kathrin Freitag   Germany 12.971 s 55.508 km/h
2 Fiona Ramage   New Zealand
3 Mira Kasslin   Finland
4 Yan Wang   China

Quarterfinals

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Held Tuesday, 19 September.
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.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider Qualify
1 1 Felicia Ballanger   France 11.772 s 12.060 s Q
2 Tanya Lindenmuth   United States
2 1 Oxana Grichina   Russia 12.545 s 12.885 s Q
2 Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi   Hungary
3 1 Iryna Yanovych   Ukraine 12.048 s 11.946 s Q
2 Tanya Dubnicoff   Canada
4 1 Michelle Ferris   Australia REL 11.705 s 11.96 s Q
2 Daniela Larreal   Venezuela REL

Classification 5-8

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Held Wednesday, 20 September
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.

Pos Athlete NOS Time Ave. Speed
1 Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi   Hungary 12.426 s 57.943 km/h
2 Tanya Lindenmuth   United States
3 Tanya Dubnicoff   Canada
4 Daniela Larreal   Venezuela

Semifinals

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Held Wednesday, 20 September.
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.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider Qualify
1 1 Felicia Ballanger   France 12.328 s 12.124 s Q
2 Michelle Ferris   Australia
2 1 Oxana Grichina   Russia 12.594 12.726 s Q
2 Iryna Yanovych   Ukraine

Medal Finals

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Held Wednesday, 20 September.

Bronze medal match

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

Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider
1 Iryna Yanovych   Ukraine 12.156 s 13.310 s
2 Michelle Ferris   Australia

Gold medal match

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

Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider
1 Felicia Ballanger   France 12.810 s 12.533 s
2 Oxana Grichina   Russia 13.122 s

Final classification

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Final results
Pos. Athlete NOC
1. Felicia Ballanger   France
2. Oxana Grichina   Russia
3. Iryna Yanovych   Ukraine
4. Michelle Ferris   Australia
5. Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi   Hungary
6. Tanya Lindenmuth   United States
7. Tanya Dubnicoff   Canada
8. Daniela Larreal   Venezuela
9. Kathrin Freitag   Germany
10. Fiona Ramage   New Zealand
11. Mira Kasslin   Finland
12. Yan Wang   China

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Sprint". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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