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


The women's cycling team sprint at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on 12 August 2016.
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
DateTimeRound
Friday 12 August 201616:00Qualifications and final

Results

Qualification

The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round.
RankCountryCyclistsResultNotes
1Gong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi		32.305Q, OR
2Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova		32.655Q
3Kristina Vogel
Miriam Welte		32.673Q
4Anna Meares
Stephanie Morton		32.881Q
5Laurine van Riessen
Elis Ligtlee		33.189Q
6Sandie Clair
Virginie Cueff		33.625Q
7Kate O'Brien
Monique Sullivan		33.735Q
8Tania Calvo
Helena Casas		33.891Q
9Natasha Hansen
Olivia Podmore		34.346

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.
RankHeatCountryCyclistsResultNotes
14Gong Jinjie
Zhong Tianshi		31.928QG, WR, OR
23Daria Shmeleva
Anastasia Voynova		32.324QG
31Anna Meares
Stephanie Morton		32.636QB
42Kristina Vogel
Miriam Welte		32.806QB
51Laurine van Riessen
Elis Ligtlee		32.792
62Sandie Clair
Virginie Cueff		33.517
74Tania Calvo
Helena Casas		33.531
83Kate O'Brien
Monique Sullivan		33.684

The final classification is determined in the medal finals.