The Women's Team Sprint was one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Ten teams of 2 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.
The Qualifying and the Finals were held on the evening session on 27 March.
Qualifying
Rank Team Lap 1 Time Speed(km/h) Q Lap 1-21 19.088 (1) 33.186 54.239 QF Victoria PendletonShanaze Reade 14.098 (1) 2 19.138 (2) 33.43 53.030 QF Gong JinjieZheng Lulu 14.805 (4) 3 19.415 (4) 34.135 52.731 QB Dana GlössMiriam Welte 14.720 (2) 4 19.266 (3) 34.165 52.685 QB Sandie ClairVirginie Cueff 14.899 (5) 5 20.133 (6) 34.867 51.624 Swetlana GrankowskajaOksana Grishina 14.734 (3) 6 20.082 (5) 35.414 50.827 Valentina AlessioElisa Frisoni 15.332 (6) 7 21.658 (7) 37.752 47.679 Luekajorh WathineeManeephan Jutatip 16.094 (7)
Finals Rank Team Lap 1 Time Speed(km/h) Lap 1-2Gold Medal Race 19.455 (2) 33.661 53.474 Victoria PendletonShanaze Reade 14.206 (1) 19.414 (1) 34.223 52.596 Gong JinjieZheng Lulu 14.809 (2) Bronze Medal Race 13.112 (1) 34.036 52.885 Dana GlössMiriam Welte 20.924 (1) 4 13.133 (2) 34.234 52.579 Sandie ClairVirginie Cueff 21.101 (2)
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