Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit

Women's team pursuit at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Olympic track cycling
Venues	Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Dates	6–7 August 2024
Competitors	44 from 10 nations
Teams	10
Winning time	4:04.306
Medalists
Chloé Dygert Kristen Faulkner Jennifer Valente Lily Williams   United States Bryony Botha Emily Shearman Nicole Shields Ally Wollaston   New Zealand Elinor Barker Josie Knight Anna Morris Jessica Roberts   Great Britain
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The women's team pursuit event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 6 to 7 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

Background

This was the 4th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since its introduction in 2012.

Qualification

Main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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:

• Qualifying round: Each team does a time trial for seeding. Only the top 4 teams are able to compete for the gold medal; the 5th place and lower teams can do no better than bronze.
• First round: Four heats of 2 teams each. The top 4 teams are seeded against each other (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3) while the bottom 4 teams are seeded against each other (5 vs. 8, 6 vs. 7). The winners of the top bracket advance to the gold medal final. The other 6 teams are ranked by time and advance to finals based on those rankings.
• Finals: Four finals, each with 2 teams. There is a gold medal final (gold and silver medals), a bronze medal final (bronze medal and 4th place), and 5th/6th and 7th/8th classification finals.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+2) ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
6 August	17:30	Qualifying
7 August	13:52	First round
	18:57	Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank	Nation	Time [2]	Notes
1	New Zealand Ally Wollaston Bryony Botha Emily Shearman Nicole Shields	4:04.679	Q
2	United States Jennifer Valente Lily Williams Chloé Dygert Kristen Faulkner	4:05.238	Q
3	Great Britain Elinor Barker Josie Knight Anna Morris Jessica Roberts	4:06.710	Q
4	Italy Letizia Paternoster Chiara Consonni Martina Fidanza Vittoria Guazzini	4:07.579	Q
5	Germany Franziska Brauße Laura Süßemilch Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger	4:08.313	q
6	Australia Georgia Baker Sophie Edwards Chloe Moran Maeve Plouffe	4:08.612	q
7	France Clara Copponi Valentine Fortin Marion Borras Marie Le Net	4:08.797	q
8	Canada Maggie Coles-Lyster Sarah Van Dam Erin Attwell Ariane Bonhomme	4:12.205
9	Ireland Lara Gillespie Mia Griffin Kelly Murphy Alice Sharpe	4:12.447
10	Japan Yumi Kajihara Tsuyaka Uchino Mizuki Ikeda Maho Kakita	4:13.818

First round

Heat	Rank	Nation	Time [3]	Notes
1	1	France Clara Copponi Valentine Fortin Victoire Berteau Marion Borras	4:08.292
1	2	Australia Georgia Baker Alexandra Manly Sophie Edwards Maeve Plouffe	4:09.975
2	1	Germany Franziska Brauße Laura Süßemilch Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger	4:07.908
2	2	Canada Maggie Coles-Lyster Sarah Van Dam Erin Attwell Ariane Bonhomme	4:10.471
3	1	United States Jennifer Valente Lily Williams Chloé Dygert Kristen Faulkner	4:04.629	QG
3	2	Great Britain Elinor Barker Josie Knight Anna Morris Jessica Roberts	4:04.908	QB
4	1	New Zealand Ally Wollaston Bryony Botha Emily Shearman Nicole Shields	4:04.818	QG
4	2	Italy Elisa Balsamo Letizia Paternoster Martina Fidanza Vittoria Guazzini	4:07.491	QB

Finals

Rank	Nation	Time [4]	Notes
Gold medal final
	United States Jennifer Valente Lily Williams Chloé Dygert Kristen Faulkner	4:04.306
	New Zealand Ally Wollaston Bryony Botha Emily Shearman Nicole Shields	4:04.927
Bronze medal final
	Great Britain Elinor Barker Josie Knight Anna Morris Jessica Roberts	4:06.382
4	Italy Elisa Balsamo Chiara Consonni Martina Fidanza Vittoria Guazzini	4:08.961
Fifth place final
5	France Clara Copponi Valentine Fortin Marion Borras Marie Le Net	4:06.987
6	Germany Franziska Brauße Lena Charlotte Reißner Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger	4:08.349
Seventh place final
7	Australia Alexandra Manly Sophie Edwards Chloe Moran Maeve Plouffe	4:11.548
8	Canada Maggie Coles-Lyster Sarah Van Dam Erin Attwell Ariane Bonhomme	4:12.097

Officiating error

During the qualifying round, the Canadian team did two extra laps because the bell that indicated the last lap was not rung on time. ^[5]

References

1. "Olympic Schedule - Cycling Track", Olympics.com . Retrieved 21 July 2024.
2. "Cycling Track – Women's Team Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
3. "Cycling Track – Women's Team Pursuit – First Round – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
4. "Cycling Track – Women's Team Pursuit – Final Classification" (PDF). olympics.com. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
5. "Extra laps". www.eurosport.com. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.