Women's sprint at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Olympic track cycling | |||||||||||||
Venues | Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | ||||||||||||
Dates | 9–11 August 2024 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics | ||
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List of cyclists Qualification | ||
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Sprint | men | women |
Team sprint | men | women |
Keirin | men | women |
Team pursuit | men | women |
Madison | men | women |
Omnium | men | women |
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Cross-country | men | women |
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BMX racing | men | women |
BMX freestyle | men | women |
The women's sprint event at the 2024 Summer Olympics is taking place from 9 to 11 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
This is the 10th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1988.
The women's track sprint competition encompasses a qualifying round followed by a series of knockout and repechage rounds.
The qualifying round consists of each rider completing three laps in turn with their time taken from their final lap. The top 24 riders progress to the 1/32 finals.
The subsequent rounds are organised as follows:
All times are Central European Time (UTC+2) [2]
Date | Time | Round |
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9 August 2024 | 14:00 14:48 15:38 19:10 19:58 | Qualifying 1/32 finals 1/32 finals repechages 1/16 finals 1/16 finals repechages |
10 August 2024 | 17:00 17:50 19:07 | 1/8 finals 1/8 finals repechages Quarterfinals |
11 August 2024 | 11:22 12:25 12:45 | Semifinals Classification 5–8 Final |
Heat | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Gap [4] | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Lea Friedrich | ![]() | X | Q |
1 | 2 | Julie Nicolaes | ![]() | +1.015 | R |
2 | 1 | Emma Finucane | ![]() | X | Q |
2 | 2 | Marlena Karwacka | ![]() | +0.632 | R |
3 | 1 | Ellesse Andrews | ![]() | X | Q |
3 | 2 | Bao Shanju | ![]() | +0.312 | R |
4 | 1 | Sophie Capewell | ![]() | X | Q |
4 | 2 | Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri | ![]() | +0.081 | R |
5 | 1 | Mathilde Gros | ![]() | X | Q |
5 | 2 | Riyu Ohta | ![]() | +0.201 | R |
6 | 1 | Emma Hinze | ![]() | X | Q |
6 | 2 | Yuli Verdugo | ![]() | +0.119 | R |
7 | 1 | Mina Sato | ![]() | X | Q |
7 | 2 | Taky Marie-Divine Kouamé | ![]() | +0.112 | R |
8 | 1 | Hetty van de Wouw | ![]() | X | Q |
8 | 2 | Daniela Gaxiola | ![]() | +0.187 | R |
9 | 1 | Shaane Fulton | ![]() | X | Q |
9 | 2 | Miriam Vece | ![]() | +0.250 | R |
10 | 1 | Kelsey Mitchell | ![]() | X | Q |
10 | 2 | Stefany Cuadrado | ![]() | +0.378 | R |
11 | 1 | Kristina Clonan | ![]() | X | Q |
11 | 2 | Steffie van der Peet | ![]() | +0.100 | R |
12 | 1 | Martha Bayona | ![]() | X | Q |
12 | 2 | Lauriane Genest | ![]() | +0.064 | R |
Heat | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Gap [5] | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Daniela Gaxiola | ![]() | X | Q |
1 | 2 | Miriam Vece | ![]() | +0.004 | |
1 | 3 | Julie Nicolaes | ![]() | +0.509 | |
2 | 1 | Taky Marie-Divine Kouamé | ![]() | X | Q |
2 | 2 | Marlena Karwacka | ![]() | +0.065 | |
2 | 3 | Stefany Cuadrado | ![]() | +1.258 | |
3 | 1 | Steffie van der Peet | ![]() | X | Q |
3 | 2 | Yuli Verdugo | ![]() | +0.001 | |
3 | 3 | Bao Shanju | ![]() | +0.127 | |
4 | 1 | Lauriane Genest | ![]() | X | Q |
4 | 2 | Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri | ![]() | +0.059 | |
4 | 3 | Riyu Ohta | ![]() | +0.326 |
Heat | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Gap [6] | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Lea Friedrich | ![]() | X | Q |
1 | 2 | Lauriane Genest | ![]() | +0.220 | R |
2 | 1 | Emma Finucane | ![]() | X | Q |
2 | 2 | Steffie van der Peet | ![]() | +0.127 | R |
3 | 1 | Ellesse Andrews | ![]() | X | Q |
3 | 2 | Taky Marie-Divine Kouamé | ![]() | +0.146 | R |
4 | 1 | Sophie Capewell | ![]() | X | Q |
4 | 2 | Daniela Gaxiola | ![]() | +0.077 | R |
5 | 1 | Mathilde Gros | ![]() | X | Q |
5 | 2 | Martha Bayona | ![]() | +0.016 | R |
6 | 1 | Emma Hinze | ![]() | X | Q |
6 | 2 | Kristina Clonan | ![]() | +0.087 | R |
7 | 1 | Mina Sato | ![]() | X | Q |
7 | 2 | Kelsey Mitchell | ![]() | +0.042 | R |
8 | 1 | Hetty van de Wouw | ![]() | X | Q |
8 | 2 | Shaane Fulton | ![]() | +0.001 | R |
Heat | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Gap [7] | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Shaane Fulton | ![]() | X | Q |
1 | 2 | Lauriane Genest | ![]() | +0.179 | |
2 | 1 | Kelsey Mitchell | ![]() | X | Q |
2 | 2 | Steffie van der Peet | ![]() | +0.070 | |
3 | 1 | Kristina Clonan | ![]() | X | Q |
3 | 2 | Taky Marie-Divine Kouamé | ![]() | +0.860 | |
4 | 1 | Martha Bayona | ![]() | X | Q |
4 | 2 | Daniela Gaxiola | ![]() | +0.131 |
Heat | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Gap | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Lea Friedrich | ![]() | X | Q |
1 | 2 | Martha Bayona | ![]() | +0.091 | R |
2 | 1 | Emma Finucane | ![]() | X | Q |
2 | 2 | Kristina Clonan | ![]() | +0.658 | R |
3 | 1 | Ellesse Andrews | ![]() | X | Q |
3 | 2 | Kelsey Mitchell | ![]() | +0.116 | R |
4 | 1 | Sophie Capewell | ![]() | X | Q |
4 | 2 | Shaane Fulton | ![]() | +0.004 | R |
5 | 1 | Hetty van de Wouw | ![]() | X | Q |
5 | 2 | Mathilde Gros | ![]() | +0.245 | R |
6 | 1 | Emma Hinze | ![]() | X | Q |
6 | 2 | Mina Sato | ![]() | +0.032 | R |
Heat | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Gap | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Martha Bayona | ![]() | X | Q |
1 | 2 | Mathilde Gros | ![]() | +0.027 | |
1 | 3 | Shaane Fulton | ![]() | +0.276 | |
2 | 1 | Kelsey Mitchell | ![]() | X | Q |
2 | 2 | Mina Sato | ![]() | +0.111 | |
2 | 3 | Kristina Clonan | ![]() | +0.295 |
Heat | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Lea Friedrich | ![]() | X | X | Q | |
1 | 2 | Kelsey Mitchell | ![]() | +0.217 | +0.052 | F5-8 | |
2 | 1 | Emma Finucane | ![]() | X | X | Q | |
2 | 2 | Martha Bayona | ![]() | +0.076 | +0.147 | F5-8 | |
3 | 1 | Ellesse Andrews | ![]() | X | X | Q | |
3 | 2 | Emma Hinze | ![]() | +0.048 | +0.036 | F5-8 | |
4 | 1 | Hetty van de Wouw | ![]() | X | X | Q | |
4 | 2 | Sophie Capewell | ![]() | +0.088 | +0.140 | F5-8 |
Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Gap [8] |
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5 | Sophie Capewell | ![]() | |
6 | Emma Hinze | ![]() | +0.064 |
7 | Martha Bayona | ![]() | +0.092 |
8 | Kelsey Mitchell | ![]() | +0.493 |
Heat | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Race 1 [9] | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Lea Friedrich | ![]() | +0.014 | X | X | QG |
1 | 2 | Hetty van de Wouw | ![]() | X | +0.053 | +0.151 | QB |
2 | 1 | Ellesse Andrews | ![]() | X | X | QG | |
2 | 2 | Emma Finucane | ![]() | +0.096 | +0.050 | QB |
Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) |
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Gold medal final | |||||
![]() | Ellesse Andrews | ![]() | X | X | |
![]() | Lea Friedrich | ![]() | +0.095 | +0.624 | |
Bronze medal final | |||||
![]() | Emma Finucane | ![]() | X | X | |
4 | Hetty van de Wouw | ![]() | +0.237 | +0.160 |
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