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Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

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Women's cycling sprint
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueSeoul Olympic Velodrome
Date21–24 September 1988
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Erika Salumäe  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christa Luding-Rothenburger  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Connie Paraskevin  United States
1992 →

The women's track cycling sprint competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held from 21 to 24 September. Estonian rider competing for the USSR Erika Salumäe won gold, while East Germany's Christa Luding-Rothenburger won silver and Connie Paraskevin-Young of the United States won bronze.[1]

Competition format

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The competition was held as a knock-out tournament, preceded by a qualifying round.

The qualifying round had all participants complete one timed individual sprint, with their times deciding seeding in the eighth-finals. No cyclists were eliminated.

In the knock-out stages, the winners of each sprint progressed to the next round. The eighth-finals were held as four sprints with three cyclists in each, with following repechages for the second and third placed. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were contested head-to-head, best of three sprints. In addition, a one-off four-cyclist sprint was held to decide fifth to eighth places.

Schedule

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Date Round
21 September Qualification
1/8 finals
1/8 repechage
22 September 1/4 finals
23 September Semi-finals
Final (5th–8th places)
24 September Final

Results

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Qualification

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Rank Name Time
1  Erika Salumäe (URS) 11.527 OR
2  Isabelle Gautheron (FRA) 11.611
3  Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR) 11.692
4  Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA) 11.845
5  Julie Speight (AUS) 11.955
6  Louise Jones (GBR) 12.287
7  Elisabetta Fanton (ITA) 12.303
8  Yang Hsiu-chen (TPE) 12.374
9  Kim Jin-yeong (KOR) 12.416
10  Seiko Hashimoto (JPN) 12.425
11  Zhou Suying (CHN) 12.477
12  Beth Tabor (CAN) 12.588

Eighth-finals

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Heat 1
Rank Name Time Note
1  Erika Salumäe (URS) 12.83 Q
2  Yang Hsiu-chen (TPE) R
3  Kim Jin-yeong (KOR) R
Heat 2
Rank Name Time Note
1  Isabelle Gautheron (FRA) 12.22 Q
2  Seiko Hashimoto (JPN) R
3  Elisabetta Fanton (ITA) R
Heat 3
Rank Name Time Note
1  Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR) 12.24 Q
2  Zhou Suying (CHN) R
3  Louise Jones (GBR) R
Heat 4
Rank Name Time Note
1  Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA) 12.11 Q
2  Julie Speight (AUS) R
3  Beth Tabor (CAN) R
Q
Qualified for next round
R
Qualified for repechage

Repechages

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Heat 1
Name Time Note
 Yang Hsiu-chen (TPE) 12.80 Q
 Beth Tabor (CAN)
Heat 2
Name Time Note
 Seiko Hashimoto (JPN)
 Louise Jones (GBR) 12.36 Q
Heat 3
Name Time Note
 Zhou Suying (CHN) 12.65 Q
 Elisabetta Fanton (ITA)
Heat 4
Name Time Note
 Julie Speight (AUS) 13.04 Q
 Kim Jin-yeong (KOR)
Q
Qualified for next round

Quarter-finals

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Heat 1
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Erika Salumäe (URS) 12.34 11.81 Q
 Louise Jones (GBR)
Heat 2
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Isabelle Gautheron (FRA) 12.13 11.90 Q
 Yang Hsiu-chen (TPE)
Heat 3
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR) 11.80 11.63 Q
 Julie Speight (AUS)
Heat 4
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA) 12.85 12.94 Q
 Zhou Suying (CHN)
Q
Qualified for next round

Semi-finals

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Heat 1
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Erika Salumäe (URS) 12.38 12.22 Q
 Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA)
Heat 2
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Isabelle Gautheron (FRA) 11.79
 Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR) 11.92 11.89 Q
Q
Qualified for next round

Finals

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Fifth to eighth places
Rank Name Time Note
5  Julie Speight (AUS) 12.56
6  Zhou Suying (CHN)
7  Louise Jones (GBR)
8  Yang Hsiu-chen (TPE)
Bronze medal final
Rank Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA) 14.07 12.41
4  Isabelle Gautheron (FRA)
Gold medal final
Rank Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Erika Salumäe (URS) 12.00 12.58
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR) 11.68

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1988 Summer Games: Women's Sprint". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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