Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit
The women's cycling team pursuit at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held at the London Velopark on 3 and 4 August.
The British team celebrating their victory
The Dutch team (Ellen van Dijk, Kirsten Wild, Amy Pieters) riding the qualification
The Dutch team (Ellen van Dijk, Amy Pieters, Vera Koedooder) riding the final for 5th place
The British team (Dani King, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell) riding for gold
Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012 as the host nation and the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. British athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, alongside Australia, France and Greece, though Great Britain is the only one to have won at least one gold medal at all of them. London is the first city to host the Summer Olympics on three different occasions, having previously done so in 1908 and 1948. Soon, it will be joined by Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028 in hosting the Olympic Games for a third time. Team GB, organised by BOA, sent a total of 541 athletes, 279 men and 262 women, to the Games, and won automatic qualification places in all 26 sports.
Team GB entering the Olympic Stadium in the opening ceremony as the host nation
Silver medal winner Zara Phillips riding High Kingdom during the cross-country discipline of the equestrian eventing
A post box in each of the gold medallists' home towns was painted gold by Royal Mail to celebrate their success
The athletes entering the Olympic Stadium, led by flagbearer Chris Hoy, during the opening ceremony