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

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

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

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Results

Qualification

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

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  • 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]

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

Finals

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

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References

  1. [1]
    "Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team sprint". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Qualifying" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  3. [3]
    "First Round" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Results and Final Classification" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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