Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit

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Women's cycling team pursuit
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Rio 2016 - Track cycling 13 August (CT004) (29348740702).jpg
The podium of the event
Venue Rio Olympic Velodrome
Date11–13 August 2016
Competitors39 from 9 nations
Winning time4:10.236 WR , OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Katie Archibald
Laura Trott
Elinor Barker
Joanna Rowsell Shand
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Sarah Hammer
Kelly Catlin
Chloé Dygert
Jennifer Valente
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Allison Beveridge
Jasmin Glaesser
Kirsti Lay
Georgia Simmerling
Laura Brown
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2012
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The women's cycling team pursuit at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on 11 and 13 August. [1] Great Britain has yet to be beaten in this event.

The medals were presented by Claudia Bokel, IOC member, Germany and Mohammad Belmahi, Member of the UCI Management Committee.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time

DateRound
Thursday 11 August 2016Qualification
Saturday 13 August 2016Heats
Saturday 13 August 2016Final

Results

Qualifications

The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final. [2]

RankCountryCyclistsResultNotes
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Katie Archibald
Laura Trott
Elinor Barker
Joanna Rowsell Shand
4:13.260Q, WR , OR
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States Sarah Hammer
Kelly Catlin
Chloé Dygert
Jennifer Valente
4:14.286Q
3Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Georgia Baker
Annette Edmondson
Amy Cure
Melissa Hoskins
4:19.059Q
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Allison Beveridge
Jasmin Glaesser
Laura Brown
Georgia Simmerling
4:19.599Q
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Lauren Ellis
Racquel Sheath
Rushlee Buchanan
Jaime Nielsen
4:20.061q
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Huang Dongyan
Jing Yali
Ma Menglu
Zhao Baofang
4:25.246q
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Simona Frapporti
Tatiana Guderzo
Francesca Pattaro
Silvia Valsecchi
4:25.543q
8Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Daria Pikulik
Edyta Jasińska
Justyna Kaczkowska
Natalia Rutkowska
4:28.988q
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Gudrun Stock
Charlotte Becker
Mieke Kröger
Stephanie Pohl
4:30.068

First round

First round heats are held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th qualifier
Heat 2: 5th v 8th qualifier
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd qualifier
Heat 4: 1st v 4th qualifier

The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceed to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams are ranked on time, then proceed to the finals for bronze, 5th or 7th place. [3]

RankHeatCountryCyclistsResultNotes
14Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Katie Archibald
Laura Trott
Elinor Barker
Joanna Rowsell Shand
4:12.152QG, WR , OR
23Flag of the United States.svg  United States Sarah Hammer
Kelly Catlin
Chloé Dygert
Jennifer Valente
4:12.282 [A] QG
34Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Allison Beveridge
Jasmin Glaesser
Kirsti Lay
Georgia Simmerling
4:15.636QB
42Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Lauren Ellis
Racquel Sheath
Rushlee Buchanan
Jaime Nielsen
4:17.592QB
53Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Georgia Baker
Annette Edmondson
Amy Cure
Melissa Hoskins
4:20.262Q5
61Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Simona Frapporti
Tatiana Guderzo
Francesca Pattaro
Silvia Valsecchi
4:22.964Q5
71Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Huang Dongyan
Jing Yali
Ma Menglu
Zhao Baofang
4:23.678Q7
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Daria Pikulik
Edyta Jasińska
Justyna Kaczkowska
Natalia Rutkowska
DSQ [B]
4:27.299

Finals

The final classification is determined in the ranking finals. [5]

Great Britain celebrating the gold medal Rio 2016 - Track cycling 13 August (CT004) (29377263921).jpg
Great Britain celebrating the gold medal
United States won the silver medal Rio 2016 Summer Olympics (29144641496).jpg
United States won the silver medal
RankCountryCyclistsResultNotes
Final for 7th place
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Huang Dongyan
Jing Yali
Ma Menglu
Zhao Baofang
Final for 5th place
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Georgia Baker
Annette Edmondson
Ashlee Ankudinoff
Amy Cure
4:21.232
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Beatrice Bartelloni
Tatiana Guderzo
Francesca Pattaro
Silvia Valsecchi
4:28.368
Bronze medal final
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Allison Beveridge
Jasmin Glaesser
Kirsti Lay
Georgia Simmerling
4:14.627
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Lauren Ellis
Racquel Sheath
Rushlee Buchanan
Jaime Nielsen
4:18.459
Gold medal final
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Katie Archibald
Laura Trott
Elinor Barker
Joanna Rowsell Shand
4:10.236 WR , OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Sarah Hammer
Kelly Catlin
Chloé Dygert
Jennifer Valente
4:12.454

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