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 (UTC-03:00) Date Time RoundFriday 12 August 2016 16:00 Qualifications and final

Results Qualification The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round. Rank Country Cyclists Result Notes 1 Gong JinjieZhong Tianshi 32.305 Q, OR 2 Daria ShmelevaAnastasia Voynova 32.655 Q 3 Kristina VogelMiriam Welte 32.673 Q 4 Anna MearesStephanie Morton 32.881 Q 5 Laurine van RiessenElis Ligtlee 33.189 Q 6 Sandie ClairVirginie Cueff 33.625 Q 7 Kate O'BrienMonique Sullivan 33.735 Q 8 Tania CalvoHelena Casas 33.891 Q 9 Natasha HansenOlivia 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. Rank Heat Country Cyclists Result Notes 1 4 Gong JinjieZhong Tianshi 31.928 QG, WR, OR 2 3 Daria ShmelevaAnastasia Voynova 32.324 QG 3 1 Anna MearesStephanie Morton 32.636 QB 4 2 Kristina VogelMiriam Welte 32.806 QB 5 1 Laurine van RiessenElis Ligtlee 32.792 6 2 Sandie ClairVirginie Cueff 33.517 7 4 Tania CalvoHelena Casas 33.531 8 3 Kate O'BrienMonique 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. Rank Country Cyclists Result Notes Bronze medal final Kristina VogelMiriam Welte 32.636 4 Anna MearesStephanie Morton 32.658Gold medal final Gong JinjieZhong Tianshi 32.107 Daria ShmelevaAnastasia Voynova 32.401

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