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.
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:
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. Athlete NOC Time Ave. Speed Notes 1 Ingrid Haringa 11.419 s 63.052 km/h OR 2 Félicia Ballanger 11.508 s 62.565 km/h 3 Annett Neumann 11.689 s 61.596 km/h 4 Galina Yenyukhina 11.699 s 61.543 km/h 5 Tanya Dubnicoff 11.773 s 61.516 km/h 6 Erika Salumäe 11.857 s 60.723 km/h 7 Connie Paraskevin-Young 11.946 s 60.271 km/h 8 Rita Razmaitė 12.058 s 59.711 km/h 9 Wang Yan 12.154 s 59.239 km/h 10 Mika Kuroki 12.513 s 57.540 km/h 11 Daniela Larreal 12.608 s 57.106 km/h 12 Olga Sacasa 14.061 s 51.205 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.
HeatPosAthleteNOSTimeAve. SpeedQualify 1 1 Ingrid Haringa 12.179 s 63.497 km/h Q 2 Wang Yan 3 Rita Razmaitė 2 1 Félicia Ballanger 12.615 s 63.609 km/h Q 2 Mika Kuroki 3 Connie Paraskevin-Young DQ 3 1 Erika Salumäe 12.377 s 64.011 km/h Q 2 Annett Neumann 3 Daniela Larreal 4 1 Tanya Dubnicoff 12.416 s 63.503 km/h Q 2 Galina Yenyukhina – Olga Sacasa DNS
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. HeatPosAthleteNOSTimeAve. SpeedQualify 1 1 Wang Yan WLK Q 2 1 Mika Kuroki 12.453 s 57.817 km/h Q 2 Daniela Larreal 3 1 Annett Neumann 12.238 s 58.833 km/h Q 2 Connie Paraskevin-Young 4 1 Galina Yenyukhina 13.069 s 55.092 km/h Q 2 Rita Razmaitė
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. HeatPosAthleteNOSTime 1Time 2DeciderQualify 1 1 Ingrid Haringa 12.662 s 12.792 s Q 2 Mika Kuroki 2 1 Félicia Ballanger 12.536 s 14.786 s Q 2 Wang Yan 3 1 Erika Salumäe 12.192 s 12.090 s Q 2 Galina Yenyukhina 12.265 s 4 1 Annett Neumann 12.283 s 12.265 s Q 2 Tanya Dubnicoff
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. PosAthleteNOSTimeAve. Speed 1 Galina Yenyukhina 12.575 s 57.256 km/h 2 Tanya Dubnicoff 3 Mika Kuroki – Wang Yan DNS
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. HeatPosAthleteNOSTime 1Time 2DeciderQualify 1 1 Annett Neumann 11.889 s 12.285 s Q 2 Ingrid Haringa 12.263 s 2 1 Erika Salumäe 11.937 s 12.423 s Q 2 Félicia Ballanger
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. PosAthleteNOSTime 1Time 2Decider 1 Ingrid Haringa 12.402 s 12.400 s 2 Félicia Ballanger
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 Erika Salumäe 12.667 s 12.244 s 2 Annett Neumann 12.776 s
Final classification Final resultsPos. Athlete NOC 1. Erika Salumäe 2. Annett Neumann 3. Ingrid Haringa 4. Félicia Ballanger 5. Galina Yenyukhina 6. Tanya Dubnicoff 7. Mika Kuroki – Wang Yan
References
External links Official Olympic Report