title: 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
text: # 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
  
  The Women's keirin at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 7. 22 athletes participated in the contest. After the 4 qualifying heats, the 2 fastest rider in each heat advanced to the second round. The riders that did not advance to the second round raced in 4 repechage heats. The first rider in each heat advanced to the second round along with the 8 that qualified before.
  
  The first 3 riders from each of the 2 Second Round heats advanced to the Final and the remaining riders raced a consolation 7–12 final.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Anna Meares (AUS) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Ekaterina Gnidenko (RUS) |
  | Bronze | Kristina Vogel (GER) |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### First round
  
  The first round was held at 14:15.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Anna Meares | Australia | Q |
  | 2 | Kristina Vogel | Germany | Q |
  | 3 | Lee Wai Sze | Hong Kong | |
  | 4 | Natasha Hansen | New Zealand | |
  | 5 | Willy Kanis | Netherlands | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Clara Sanchez | France | Q |
  | 2 | Kaarle McCulloch | Australia | Q |
  | 3 | Victoria Pendleton | Great Britain | |
  | 4 | Miriam Welte | Germany | |
  | 5 | Viktoria Baranova | Russia | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Guo Shuang | China | Q |
  | 2 | Sandie Clair | France | Q |
  | 3 | Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania | |
  | 4 | Monique Sullivan | Canada | |
  | 5 | Katie Schofield | New Zealand | |
  | 6 | Olena Tsyos | Ukraine | |
  
  **Heat 4**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Di Mu | China | Q |
  | 2 | Fatehah Mustapa | Malaysia | Q |
  | 3 | Lisandra Guerra | Cuba | |
  | 4 | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Russia | |
  | 5 | Daniela Larreal | Venezuela | |
  | 6 | Maryia Lohvinava | Belarus | |
  
  ### First Round Repechage
  
  The first round repechage was held at 15:40.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Russia | Q |
  | 2 | Lee Wai Sze | Hong Kong | |
  | 3 | Katie Schofield | New Zealand | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Victoria Pendleton | Great Britain | Q |
  | 2 | Monique Sullivan | Canada | |
  | 3 | Viktoria Baranova | Russia | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania | Q |
  | 2 | Willy Kanis | Netherlands | |
  | 3 | Miriam Welte | Germany | |
  | 4 | Maryia Lohvinava | Belarus | |
  
  **Heat 4**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Olena Tsyos | Ukraine | Q |
  | 2 | Lisandra Guerra | Cuba | |
  | 3 | Natasha Hansen | New Zealand | |
  | 4 | Daniela Larreal | Venezuela | |
  
  ### Second round
  
  The second round was held at 19:30.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Anna Meares | Australia | Q |
  | 2 | Di Mu | China | Q |
  | 3 | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Russia | Q |
  | 4 | Kaarle McCulloch | Australia | |
  | 5 | Sandie Clair | France | |
  | 6 | Olena Tsyos | Ukraine | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Clara Sanchez | France | Q |
  | 2 | Guo Shuang | China | Q |
  | 3 | Kristina Vogel | Germany | Q |
  | 4 | Fatehah Mustapa | Malaysia | |
  | 5 | Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania | |
  | 6 | Victoria Pendleton | United Kingdom | |
  
  ### Finals
  
  The finals were held at 20:20.
  
  **Small Final**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation |
  | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Sandie Clair | France |
  | 8 | Simona Krupeckaitė | Lithuania |
  | 9 | Kaarle McCulloch | Australia |
  | 10 | Olena Tsyos | Ukraine |
  | 11 | Fatehah Mustapa | Malaysia |
  | 12 | Victoria Pendleton | United Kingdom |
  
  **Final**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Anna Meares | Australia |
  | | Ekaterina Gnidenko | Russia |
  | | Kristina Vogel | Germany |
  | 4 | Guo Shuang | China |
  | 5 | Clara Sanchez | France |
  | 6 | Di Mu | China |
  