The men's cross-country cycling event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at Hadleigh Farm on 12 August.
Fifty cyclists from 32 countries competed. Jaroslav Kulhavý from the Czech Republic won the gold medal, beating Switzerland's Nino Schurter by one second.
Format The competition began at 1:30 pm with a mass start and involved a set number of laps (determined the day before the competition) around the 4.8 km course at Hadleigh Farm in Essex. The distance of the race was 34.1 km.
Schedule All times are British Summer Time Date Time RoundSunday 12 August 2012 13:30 Final
Result The entry list was published on 26 July.
Rank Rider Country Time Jaroslav Kulhavý 1:29:07 Nino Schurter 1:29:08 Marco Aurelio Fontana 1:29:324 José Antonio Hermida 1:29:365 Burry Stander 1:29:376 Carlos Coloma Nicolás 1:30:077 Manuel Fumic 1:30:318 Geoff Kabush 1:30:439 Alexander Gehbauer 1:31:1610 Todd Wells 1:31:2811 Stéphane Tempier 1:31:3012 Jan Škarnitzl 1:31:4813 Gerhard Kerschbaumer 1:32:0214 Ondřej Cink 1:32:1615 Samuel Schultz 1:32:2916 Marek Konwa 1:32:4117 Rudi van Houts 1:32:5318 Ralph Näf 1:32:5819 Kevin van Hoovels 1:33:0120 Karl Markt 1:33:1821 Daniel McConnell 1:33:2222 Sergio Mantecón Gutiérrez 1:33:4623 David Rosa 1:33:5024 Rubens Valeriano 1:34:2325 Florian Vogel 1:34:3626 Catriel Soto 1:35:1327 Kohei Yamamoto 1:35:2628 Héctor Leonardo Páez 1:36:0229 Jean-Christophe Péraud 1:37:0730 Marc Bassingthwaighte 1:37:1731 Sergiy Rysenko 1:37:3232 Piotr Brzózka 1:38:3733 Periklis Ilias 1:38:5134 Moritz Milatz 1:38:5935 Philip Buys 1:40:1136 Paolo Montoya 1:41:1937 Evgeniy Pechenin 1:41:4038 Chan Chun Hing 1:41:5939 Adrien Niyonshuti 1:42:4640 Marios Athanasiadis 1:43:25– Tong Weisong LAP– Derek Horton LAP– Sven Nys DNF– Max Plaxton DNF– András Parti DNF– Julien Absalon DNF– Liam Killeen DNF– Robert Förstemann DNS– Michael Vingerling DNS– Sam Bewley DNS
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