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

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Women's team sprint cycling
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Rio Olympic Velodrome
Date12 August
Competitors18 from 9 nations
Winning time32.107
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Gong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Kristina Vogel
Miriam Welte
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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The women's cycling team sprint at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on 12 August 2016. [1]

The event was won by the Chinese pairing of Gong Jinjie and Zhong Tianshi over the Russian pairing of Daria Shmeleva and Anastasia Voynova. The defending champions, Germans Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte, won the bronze medal.

The medals were presented by Yang Yang, IOC member, China and Marian Stenina, Member of the UCI Management Committee.

Competition format

The women's team sprint race consists of a two-lap race between two teams of two cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. Each member of the team must lead for one of the laps.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC-03:00)

DateTimeRound
Friday 12 August 201616:00Qualifications and final

Results

Qualification

The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round. [2]

RankCountryCyclistsResultNotes
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Gong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi
32.305Q, OR
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova
32.655Q
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Kristina Vogel
Miriam Welte
32.673Q
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Anna Meares
Stephanie Morton
32.881Q
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Laurine van Riessen
Elis Ligtlee
33.189Q
6Flag of France.svg  France Sandie Clair
Virginie Cueff
33.625Q
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Kate O'Brien
Monique Sullivan
33.735Q
8Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Tania Calvo
Helena Casas
33.891Q
9Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Natasha Hansen
Olivia Podmore
34.346

First round

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

The heat winners are ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceed to the bronze medal final. [3]

RankHeatCountryCyclistsResultNotes
14Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Gong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi
31.928QG, WR , OR
23Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova
32.324QG
31Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Anna Meares
Stephanie Morton
32.636QB
42Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Kristina Vogel
Miriam Welte
32.806QB
51Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Laurine van Riessen
Elis Ligtlee
32.792
62Flag of France.svg  France Sandie Clair
Virginie Cueff
33.517
74Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Tania Calvo
Helena Casas
33.531
83Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Kate O'Brien
Monique Sullivan
33.684

Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals. [4]

RankCountryCyclistsResultNotes
Bronze medal final
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Kristina Vogel
Miriam Welte
32.636
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Anna Meares
Stephanie Morton
32.658
Gold medal final
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Gong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi
32.107
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova
32.401

References

  1. "Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team sprint". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. "Qualifying" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  3. "First Round" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. "Results and Final Classification" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.