The Women's team sprint at the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on March 23. 15 nations of 2 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze. [1]
The Qualifying was held at 19:50. [2]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Meares Kaarle McCulloch |  Australia | 33.342 | Q |
| 2 | Victoria Pendleton Jessica Varnish |  United Kingdom | 33.356 | Q |
| 3 | Junhong Lin Gong Jinjie |  China | 33.569 | q |
| 4 | Clara Sanchez Sandie Clair |  France | 33.601 | q |
| 5 | Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel |  Germany | 33.618 | |
| 6 | Gintarė Gaivenytė Simona Krupeckaitė |  Lithuania | 33.788 | |
| 7 | Yvonne Hijgenaar Willy Kanis |  Netherlands | 34.151 | |
| 8 | Iryna Papezhuk Lyubov Shulika |  Ukraine | 34.373 | |
| 9 | Viktoria Baranova Olga Streltsova |  Russia | 34.521 | |
| 10 | Helena Casas Tania Calvo |  Spain | 34.909 | |
| 11 | Juliana Gaviria Diana García |  Colombia | 35.242 | |
| 12 | Lee Wai Sze Meng Zhao Juan |  Hong Kong | 36.033 | |
| 13 | Angeliki Koutsonikoli Dimitra Patapi |  Greece | 36.087 | |
| 14 | Kim Won-Gyeong Park Eun-Mi |  South Korea | 36.216 | |
| 15 | Ryoko Nakagawa Kanako Kase |  Japan | 36.796 |
The finals were held 20:45. [3]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medal race | |||
 | Anna Meares Kaarle McCulloch | Australia | 33.237 |
 | Victoria Pendleton Jessica Varnish | United Kingdom | 33.525 |
| Bronze medal race | |||
 | Guo Shuang Gong Jinjie | China | 33.586 |
| 4 | Clara Sanchez Sandie Clair | France | 33.731 |
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