Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

The women's 200m Sprint at the 1992 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 Tuesday, July 28, Wednesday through Friday, July 31, 1992 at the Velòdrom d'Horta.[1]

Cycling at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road racemenwomen
Team time trialmen
Track cycling
Track time trialmen
Individual pursuitmenwomen
Team pursuitmen
Sprintmenwomen
Points racemen

Erika Salumäe defended her gold medal from 1988, but this time she represented her native Estonia instead of the Soviet Union that collapsed a year ago.

Medalists
Gold: Silver: Bronze:
 Erika Salumäe (EST)  Annett Neumann (GER)  Ingrid Haringa (NED)

Results
  • Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
  • q denotes qualification by overall place.
  • REL denotes relegated- due to being passed
  • WLK denotes a walkover-unopposed victory.
  • 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 Tuesday, July 28.
Times and average speeds are listed. Times are used for seeding.

Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedNotes
1Ingrid Haringa Netherlands11.419 s63.052 km/hOR
2Félicia Ballanger France11.508 s62.565 km/h
3Annett Neumann Germany11.689 s61.596 km/h
4Galina Yenyukhina Unified Team11.699 s61.543 km/h
5Tanya Dubnicoff Canada11.773 s61.516 km/h
6Erika Salumäe Estonia11.857 s60.723 km/h
7Connie Paraskevin-Young United States11.946 s60.271 km/h
8Rita Razmaitė Lithuania12.058 s59.711 km/h
9Wang Yan China12.154 s59.239 km/h
10Mika Kuroki Japan12.513 s57.540 km/h
11Daniela Larreal Venezuela12.608 s57.106 km/h
12Olga Sacasa Nicaragua14.061 s51.205 km/h

1st round

Held Tuesday, July 28
The first round consisted of four heats, of three riders. Winners advanced to the next round, losers competed in the repechage.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Ave. Speed Qualify
1 1Ingrid Haringa Netherlands12.179 s63.497 km/hQ
2Wang Yan China
3Rita Razmaitė Lithuania
2 1Félicia Ballanger France12.615 s63.609 km/hQ
2Mika Kuroki Japan
3Connie Paraskevin-Young United StatesDQ
3 1Erika Salumäe Estonia12.377 s64.011 km/hQ
2Annett Neumann Germany
3Daniela Larreal Venezuela
4 1Tanya Dubnicoff Canada12.416 s63.503 km/hQ
2Galina Yenyukhina Unified Team
–Olga Sacasa NicaraguaDNS

Repechage

Held Tuesday, July 28
The seven defeated cyclists from the first round took part in the repechage. They raced in four heats, one being unopposed. The winner of each heat advance to quarter-final.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Ave. Speed Qualify
1 1Wang Yan ChinaWLKQ
2 1Mika Kuroki Japan12.453 s57.817 km/hQ
2Daniela Larreal Venezuela
3 1Annett Neumann Germany12.238 s58.833 km/hQ
2Connie Paraskevin-Young United States
4 1Galina Yenyukhina Unified Team13.069 s55.092 km/hQ
2Rita Razmaitė Lithuania

Quarter-finals

Held Wednesday, July 29.
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. 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 1Ingrid Haringa Netherlands12.662 s12.792 sQ
2Mika Kuroki Japan
2 1Félicia Ballanger France12.536 s14.786 sQ
2Wang Yan China
3 1Erika Salumäe Estonia12.192 s12.090 sQ
2Galina Yenyukhina Unified Team12.265 s
4 1Annett Neumann Germany12.283 s12.265 sQ
2Tanya Dubnicoff Canada

Classification 5–8

Held Friday, July 31
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
1Galina Yenyukhina Unified Team12.575 s57.256 km/h
2Tanya Dubnicoff Canada
3Mika Kuroki Japan
–Wang Yan ChinaDNS

Semifinals

Held Thursday, July 30.
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 1Annett Neumann Germany11.889 s12.285 sQ
2Ingrid Haringa Netherlands12.263 s
2 1Erika Salumäe Estonia11.937 s12.423 sQ
2Félicia Ballanger France

Medal Finals

Held Friday, July 31.

Bronze medal match

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
1Ingrid Haringa Netherlands12.402 s12.400 s
2Félicia Ballanger France

Gold medal match

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
1Erika Salumäe Estonia12.667 s12.244 s
2Annett Neumann Germany12.776 s

Final classification
Final results
Pos.AthleteNOC
1.Erika Salumäe Estonia
2.Annett Neumann Germany
3.Ingrid Haringa Netherlands
4.Félicia Ballanger France
5.Galina Yenyukhina Unified Team
6.Tanya Dubnicoff Canada
7.Mika Kuroki Japan
8.Wang Yan China

References
  1. "Cycling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Sprint". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
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