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

Women's team sprint cycling at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Rio Olympic Velodrome
Date	12 August
Competitors	18 from 9 nations
Winning time	32.107
Medalists
Gong Jinjie Zhong Tianshi   China   Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova   Russia   Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte   Germany

Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics
List of cyclists
Qualification
Road cycling
Road race		men		women
Time trial		men		women
Track cycling
Sprint		men		women
Team sprint		men		women
Keirin		men		women
Team pursuit		men		women
Omnium		men		women
Mountain biking
Cross-country		men		women
BMX
BMX		men		women

The women's cycling team sprint at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place at 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)

Results

Qualification

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

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

• Q = qualified

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]

Rank	Heat	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
1	4	China	Gong Jinjie Zhong Tianshi	31.928	QG, WR, OR
2	3	Russia	Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova	32.324	QG
3	1	Australia	Anna Meares Stephanie Morton	32.636	QB
4	2	Germany	Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte	32.806	QB
5	1	Netherlands	Laurine van Riessen Elis Ligtlee	32.792
6	2	France	Sandie Clair Virginie Cueff	33.517
7	4	Spain	Tania Calvo Helena Casas	33.531
8	3	Canada	Kate O'Brien Monique Sullivan	33.684

• QG = qualified for gold medal final
• QB = qualified for bronze medal final

Finals

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

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
Bronze medal final
03 !	Germany	Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte	32.636
4	Australia	Anna Meares Stephanie Morton	32.658
Gold medal final
01 !	China	Gong Jinjie Zhong Tianshi	32.107
02 !	Russia	Daria Shmeleva Anastasia Voynova	32.401

References