Cycling At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Cross-country
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The men'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, were 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 on 12 August. Fifty cyclists from 32 countries competed.
Jaroslav Kulhavý Jaroslav Kulhavý (; born 8 January 1985 in Ústí nad Orlicí), is a Czech mountain biker Career For the first time, he became more aware of himself in 2003, when he became junior champion of the world and Europe. As a result, he also looked ...
from the
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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
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. The distance of the race was 34.1 km.


Schedule

All times are
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Result

The entry list was published on 26 July.


References

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