Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

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

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

DateRound
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

Qualification

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

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

Repechages

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

Quarter-finals

Heat 1
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Erika Salumäe (URS)12.3411.81Q
 Louise Jones (GBR)
Heat 2
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Isabelle Gautheron (FRA)12.1311.90Q
 Yang Hsiu-chen (TPE)
Heat 3
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR)11.8011.63Q
 Julie Speight (AUS)
Heat 4
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA)12.8512.94Q
 Zhou Suying (CHN)
Q
Qualified for next round

Semi-finals

Heat 1
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Erika Salumäe (URS)12.3812.22Q
 Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA)
Heat 2
Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Isabelle Gautheron (FRA)11.79
 Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR)11.9211.89Q
Q
Qualified for next round

Finals

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
 Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA)14.0712.41
4 Isabelle Gautheron (FRA)
Gold medal final
Rank Name Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Note
 Erika Salumäe (URS)12.0012.58
 Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR)11.68

References

  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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