Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit

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Women's team pursuit
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Cycling (track) pictogram.svg
Olympic track cycling
Venues Izu Velodrome
Dates2–3 August 2021
Competitors38 from 8 nations
Teams8
Winning time4:04.249 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Franziska Brauße
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Klein
Mieke Kröger 		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Katie Archibald
Laura Kenny
Neah Evans
Josie Knight
Elinor Barker 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Megan Jastrab
Jennifer Valente
Chloé Dygert
Emma White
Lily Williams 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's team pursuit event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 2 and 3 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. [1] 32 cyclists (8 teams of 4) from 8 nations competed. [2]

Background

This will be the 3rd appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since its introduction in 2012.

The reigning Olympic champions are Katie Archibald, Laura Kenny, Elinor Barker, and Joanna Rowsell Shand of Great Britain; Great Britain has won both prior Olympic events (with Kenny and Rowsell Shand on both teams). The reigning (2020) World Champions are Jennifer Valente, Chloé Dygert, Emma White, and Lily Williams of the United States. Barker and Archibald were on the British 2020 World Championships silver medal team; Dygert and Valente were on the American 2016 Olympic silver medal team.

Russia, Germany, China, Great Britain, Australia, and the Netherlands are traditionally strong track cycling nations. [3]

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 1 team of 4 cyclists in the team pursuit. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. Qualification is entirely through the 2018–20 UCI nation rankings. The eight top nations in the rankings qualify for the team pursuit event. These nations also automatically qualified a team in the Madison. [2] Because qualification was complete by the end of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on 1 March 2020 (the last event that contributed to the 2018–20 rankings), qualification was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Competition format

A team pursuit race involves two teams of four cyclists. Each team starts at opposite sides of the track. There are two ways to win: finish 16 laps (4 km) before the other team does or catch the other team. The time for each team is determined by the third cyclist to cross the finish line; the fourth cyclist does not need to finish.

The tournament consists of three rounds: [4] [5]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) [6]

DateTimeRound
2 August15:54Qualifying
3 August15:30First round
17:05Finals

Results

Qualifying

RankCountryCyclistsResult [7] Notes
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Franziska Brauße
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Klein
Mieke Kröger 		4:07.307 WR
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Katie Archibald
Laura Kenny
Elinor Barker
Josie Knight 		4:09.022
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Jennifer Valente
Chloé Dygert
Emma White
Lily Williams 		4:10.118
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Elisa Balsamo
Letizia Paternoster
Rachele Barbieri
Vittoria Guazzini 		4:11.666
5Flag of France.svg  France Victoire Berteau
Marion Borras
Valentine Fortin
Marie Le Net 		4:12.502
6Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Holly Edmondston
Bryony Botha
Kirstie James
Jaime Nielsen 		4:12.536
7Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Georgia Baker
Annette Edmondson
Ashlee Ankudinoff
Alexandra Manly 		4:13.571
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Allison Beveridge
Jasmin Duehring
Annie Foreman-Mackey
Georgia Simmerling 		4:15.832

First round

RankHeatCountryCyclistsResult [8] Notes
14Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Franziska Brauße
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Klein
Mieke Kröger 		4:06.159QG, WR
23Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Katie Archibald
Laura Kenny
Neah Evans
Josie Knight 		4:06.748QG
33Flag of the United States.svg  United States Megan Jastrab
Jennifer Valente
Chloé Dygert
Emma White 		4:07.562QB
42Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Allison Beveridge
Ariane Bonhomme
Annie Foreman-Mackey
Georgia Simmerling 		4:09.249QB
51Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Georgia Baker
Annette Edmondson
Ashlee Ankudinoff
Maeve Plouffe 		4:09.992
64Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Elisa Balsamo
Letizia Paternoster
Rachele Barbieri
Vittoria Guazzini 		4:10.063
71Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Holly Edmondston
Bryony Botha
Rushlee Buchanan
Jaime Nielsen 		4:10.223
82Flag of France.svg  France Marion Borras
Coralie Demay
Valentine Fortin
Marie Le Net 		4:11.888

Finals

RankCountryCyclistsResult [9] Notes
Gold medal final
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Franziska Brauße
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Klein
Mieke Kröger 		4:04.242 WR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Katie Archibald
Laura Kenny
Neah Evans
Josie Knight 		4:10.607
Bronze medal final
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Megan Jastrab
Jennifer Valente
Chloé Dygert
Emma White 		4:08.040
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Allison Beveridge
Ariane Bonhomme
Annie Foreman-Mackey
Georgia Simmerling 		4:10.552
Fifth place final
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Georgia Baker
Annette Edmondson
Ashlee Ankudinoff
Maeve Plouffe 		4:11.041
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Elisa Balsamo
Letizia Paternoster
Martina Alzini
Vittoria Guazzini 		4:11.108
Seventh place final
7Flag of France.svg  France Victoire Berteau
Marion Borras
Valentine Fortin
Marie Le Net 		4:10.388
8Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Holly Edmondston
Bryony Botha
Kirstie James
Jaime Nielsen 		4:10.600

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