2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit

Women's team pursuit at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue	Velodrom
Location	Berlin, Germany
Dates	26–27 February
Competitors	50 from 12 nations
Teams	12
Winning time	4:11.235
Medalists
Jennifer Valente Chloé Dygert Owen Emma White Lily Williams    United States   Elinor Barker Katie Archibald Ellie Dickinson Neah Evans Laura Kenny    Great Britain   Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Gudrun Stock    Germany
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The Women's team pursuit competition at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 26 and 27 February 2020. ^{[1] [2]}

Results

Qualifying

The qualifying was started on 26 February at 13:00. ^[3] The eight fastest teams advanced to the first round.

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	United States Jennifer Valente Chloé Dygert Owen Emma White Lily Williams	4:11.229		Q
2	Great Britain Elinor Barker Katie Archibald Ellie Dickinson Neah Evans	4:11.871	+0.642	Q
3	Canada Allison Beveridge Jasmin Duehring Annie Foreman-Mackey Georgia Simmerling	4:12.728	+1.499	Q
4	New Zealand Bryony Botha Rushlee Buchanan Kirstie James Jaime Nielsen	4:14.383	+3.154	Q
5	Australia Georgia Baker Ashlee Ankudinoff Annette Edmondson Maeve Plouffe	4:14.934	+3.705	q
6	Italy Letizia Paternoster Martina Alzini Elisa Balsamo Silvia Valsecchi	4:15.255	+4.026	q
7	Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Gudrun Stock	4:15.477	+4.248	q
8	Ireland Alice Sharpe Lara Gillespie Mia Griffin Kelly Murphy	4:21.368	+10.139	q
9	France Clara Copponi Coralie Demay Valentine Fortin Marie Le Net	4:21.417	+10.188
10	Belgium Jolien D'hoore Lotte Kopecky Shari Bossuyt Gilke Croket	4:21.700	+10.471
11	Poland Daria Pikulik Katarzyna Pawłowska Łucja Pietrzak Nikol Płosaj	4:26.380	+15.151
12	Belarus Polina Pivovarova Aksana Salauyeva Ina Savenka Karalina Savenka	4:33.223	+21.994

First round

The first round was held on 27 February at 18:30. ^[4] First round heats were held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastest
Heat 2: 5th v 8th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 4th fastest

The winners of heats three and four proceeded to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	1	Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Gudrun Stock	4:11.039		QB
2	1	Italy Letizia Paternoster Martina Alzini Elisa Balsamo Silvia Valsecchi	4:18.338	+7.299
1	2	Australia Georgia Baker Ashlee Ankudinoff Annette Edmondson Maeve Plouffe	4:13.454
2	2	Ireland Alice Sharpe Lara Gillespie Mia Griffin Kelly Murphy	4:21.844	+8.390
1	3	Great Britain Laura Kenny Elinor Barker Katie Archibald Ellie Dickinson	4:12.389		QG
2	3	Canada Allison Beveridge Jasmin Duehring Annie Foreman-Mackey Georgia Simmerling	4:12.627	+0.238	QB
1	4	United States Jennifer Valente Chloé Dygert Emma White Lily Williams	4:11.634		QG
2	4	New Zealand Holly Edmondston Bryony Botha Rushlee Buchanan Jaime Nielsen	4:13.883	+2.249

• QG = qualified for gold medal final
• QB = qualified for bronze medal final

Finals

The finals were started on 27 February at 20:54. ^[5]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Gold medal race
	United States Jennifer Valente Chloé Dygert Owen Emma White Lily Williams	4:11.235
	Great Britain Elinor Barker Katie Archibald Ellie Dickinson Neah Evans	4:13.129	+1.894
Bronze medal race
	Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Gudrun Stock	4:12.964
4	Canada Allison Beveridge Jasmin Duehring Annie Foreman-Mackey Georgia Simmerling	4:20.404	+7.440

References

1. "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
2. Start list
3. Qualifying results
4. First round results
5. Final results