Cycling Mountain Bike at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Dates 11 – 12 August 2012
Medal Events 2

Weald Country Park, originally intended as the location for the mountain bike races, was replaced by Hadleigh Farm, a 700 acre property owned by the Salvation Army, after the Union Cycliste Internationale deemed that the former would not provide competitors with enough of a challenge. Men and women again contested a cross-country mountain bike event, with the men racing 34.08 km and the women 29.26 km. The men’s course was the shortest mountain bike Olympic course to date. Jaroslav Kulhavý of the Czech Republic won the men’s gold medal while the women’s race went to France’s Julie Bresset.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Cross-Country, Men Olympic 12 August 2012 47 31
Cross-Country, Women Olympic 11 August 2012 30 23
79 (49/30) 36 (32/23)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-Country, Men Jaroslav KulhavýCZE Nino SchurterSUI Marco Aurelio FontanaITA
Cross-Country, Women Julie BressetFRA Sabine SpitzGER Georgia GouldUSA

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Czechia CZE 1 0 0 1
France FRA 1 0 0 1
Germany GER 0 1 0 1
Switzerland SUI 0 1 0 1
Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
United States USA 0 0 1 1