The women's
cross-country cycling
Cross-country (XC) cycling is a discipline of mountain biking. Cross-country cycling became an Olympic sport in 1996 and is the only form of mountain biking practiced at the Olympics.
Terrain
Cross-country cycling is defined by the terrain on w ...
event at the
2012 Olympic Games
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London took place at
Hadleigh Farm
Hadleigh Farm is an educational working farm and cross-country cycling venue located in Hadleigh, within the borough of Castle Point, in the county of Essex. The men's and women's mountain biking events of the 2012 Summer Olympics took place a ...
on 11 August.
Julie Bresset from
France
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won the gold medal — the country's first in
cycling at the 2012 Games.
Germany
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's
Sabine Spitz won silver and
Georgia Gould
Georgia Gould (born January 5, 1980) is an American professional mountain bike, cyclocross competitor, and Olympian (2008, 2012). She has earned five career national championships – four in cross-country mountain bike in 2006, 2010, 2011 and ...
of the
United States
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took bronze.
Competition format
The competition began at 12:30 pm with a mass-start, and involved six laps around the 4.8 km course at Hadleigh Farm in
Essex
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. The distance of the race was 29.3 km.
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time
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Result
The entry list was published on 26 July.
References
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Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Women's
2012 in women's mountain biking
Women's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics