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

Women's cycling team pursuit
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Women's cycling team pursuit; at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
	The podium of the event
Venue	Rio Olympic Velodrome
Date	11–13 August 2016
Competitors	39 from 9 nations
Winning time	4:10.236 WR, OR
Medalists
	← 2012 2020 →

The women's cycling team pursuit at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on 11 and 13 August.^[1] Great Britain has yet to be beaten in this event.

The medals were presented by Claudia Bokel, IOC member, Germany and Mohammad Belmahi, Member of the UCI Management Committee.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time

Date	Round
Thursday 11 August 2016	Qualification
Saturday 13 August 2016	Heats
Saturday 13 August 2016	Final

Results

Qualifications

The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final.^[2]

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
1	Great Britain	Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell Shand	4:13.260	Q, WR, OR
2	United States	Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Jennifer Valente	4:14.286	Q
3	Australia	Georgia Baker Annette Edmondson Amy Cure Melissa Hoskins	4:19.059	Q
4	Canada	Allison Beveridge Jasmin Glaesser Laura Brown Georgia Simmerling	4:19.599	Q
5	New Zealand	Lauren Ellis Racquel Sheath Rushlee Buchanan Jaime Nielsen	4:20.061	q
6	China	Huang Dongyan Jing Yali Ma Menglu Zhao Baofang	4:25.246	q
7	Italy	Simona Frapporti Tatiana Guderzo Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi	4:25.543	q
8	Poland	Daria Pikulik Edyta Jasińska Justyna Kaczkowska Natalia Rutkowska	4:28.988	q
9	Germany	Gudrun Stock Charlotte Becker Mieke Kröger Stephanie Pohl	4:30.068

Q = qualified; in contention for gold medal final
q = qualified; in contention for bronze medal final

First round

First round heats are held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th qualifier
Heat 2: 5th v 8th qualifier
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd qualifier
Heat 4: 1st v 4th qualifier

The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceed to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams are ranked on time, then proceed to the finals for bronze, 5th or 7th place.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
1	4	Great Britain	Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell Shand	4:12.152	QG, WR, OR
2	3	United States	Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Jennifer Valente	4:12.282^[A]	QG
3	4	Canada	Allison Beveridge Jasmin Glaesser Kirsti Lay Georgia Simmerling	4:15.636	QB
4	2	New Zealand	Lauren Ellis Racquel Sheath Rushlee Buchanan Jaime Nielsen	4:17.592	QB
5	3	Australia	Georgia Baker Annette Edmondson Amy Cure Melissa Hoskins	4:20.262	Q5
6	1	Italy	Simona Frapporti Tatiana Guderzo Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi	4:22.964	Q5
7	1	China	Huang Dongyan Jing Yali Ma Menglu Zhao Baofang	4:23.678	Q7
	2	Poland	Daria Pikulik Edyta Jasińska Justyna Kaczkowska Natalia Rutkowska	DSQ^[B] ~~4:27.299~~

^{^A} Was also a world and Olympic record until superseded by Great Britain in the following heat
^{^B} Poland were disqualified for breaching article 3.2.097^[4]
QG = qualified for gold medal final
QB = qualified for bronze medal final
Q5 = qualified for 5th place final
Q7 = qualified for 7th place final

Finals

The final classification is determined in the ranking finals.^[5]

Great Britain celebrating the gold medal

United States won the silver medal

Rank	Country	Cyclists	Result	Notes
Final for 7th place
7	China	Huang Dongyan Jing Yali Ma Menglu Zhao Baofang
Final for 5th place
5	Australia	Georgia Baker Annette Edmondson Ashlee Ankudinoff Amy Cure	4:21.232
6	Italy	Beatrice Bartelloni Tatiana Guderzo Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi	4:28.368
Bronze medal final
	Canada	Allison Beveridge Jasmin Glaesser Kirsti Lay Georgia Simmerling	4:14.627
4	New Zealand	Lauren Ellis Racquel Sheath Rushlee Buchanan Jaime Nielsen	4:18.459
Gold medal final
	Great Britain	Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell Shand	4:10.236	WR, OR
	United States	Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Jennifer Valente	4:12.454

References

^ "Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ "Qualifying" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ "First Round" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ UCI Cycling Regulations – Race procedure (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 4 June 2016. p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-01-07. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
^ "Results and Final Classification" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[1] "Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[2] "Qualifying" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[3] "First Round" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[4] UCI Cycling Regulations – Race procedure (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 4 June 2016. p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-01-07. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

[5] "Results and Final Classification" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

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