Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

Women's cycling sprint at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Rio Olympic Velodrome
Date	14–16 August 2016
Competitors	27 from 17 nations
Medalists
Kristina Vogel  Germany Becky James  Great Britain Katy Marchant  Great Britain

Daria Shmeleva, Russian cyclist

The women's cycling sprint at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on 14–16 August 2016.^[1]

The medals were presented by Timothy Fok, IOC member, Hong Kong and Brian Cookson, President of the UCI.

Competition format

The event is a single-elimination tournament after the qualifying phase via time trial. Each match pitted two cyclists against each other in the best-of-three races base on their seeding in the qualifying phase. Each race was three laps of the track with side-by-side starts.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC-03:00)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday, 14 August 2016	16:00	Qualifications / heats
Sunday, 14 August 2016	17:12	First round
Monday, 15 August 2016	10:00	Second round
Tuesday, 16 August 2016	10:00	Quarter-finals
Tuesday, 16 August 2016	16:00 17:44	Semi-finals Final

Results

Qualification

Rank	Rider	Time	Avg Speed (km/h)	Notes
1	Becky James (GBR)	10.721	67.158	Q, OR
2	Katy Marchant (GBR)	10.787	66.747	Q
3	Lee Wai Sze (HKG)	10.800	66.667	Q
4	Elis Ligtlee (NED)	10.803	66.648	Q
5	Zhong Tianshi (CHN)	10.820	66.543	Q
6	Kristina Vogel (GER)	10.865	66.268	Q
7	Natasha Hansen (NZL)	10.871	66.231	Q
8	Stephanie Morton (AUS)	10.875	66.207	Q
9	Anna Meares (AUS)	10.947	65.771	Q
10	Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU)	10.978	65.586	Q
11	Anastasia Voynova (RUS)	10.985	65.544	Q
12	Kate O'Brien (CAN)	11.020	65.336	Q
13	Laurine van Riessen (NED)	11.023	65.318	Q
14	Miriam Welte (GER)	11.038	65.229	Q
15	Gong Jinjie (CHN)	11.068	65.052	Q
16	Virginie Cueff (FRA)	11.099	64.871	Q
17	Monique Sullivan (CAN)	11.143	64.615	Q
18	Olga Ismayilova (AZE)	11.152	64.562	Q
19	Tania Calvo (ESP)	11.162	64.505
20	Lisandra Guerra (CUB)	11.171	64.453
21	Fatehah Mustapa (MAS)	11.207	64.246
22	Daria Shmeleva (RUS)	11.230	64.114
23	Olivia Podmore (NZL)	11.315	63.632
24	Juliana Gaviria (COL)	11.505	62.581
25	Sandie Clair (FRA)	11.517	62.516
26	Helena Casas (ESP)	11.707	61.502
27	Ebtissam Mohamed (EGY)	11.920	60.403

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First round

Heat 1 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Becky James (GBR) 11.367 63.285  Olga Ismayilova (AZE) +0.165 Heat 3 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Lee Wai Sze (HKG) 11.355 63.408  Virginie Cueff (FRA) +0.089 Heat 5 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Zhong Tianshi (CHN) 11.310 63.660  Miriam Welte (GER) +0.499 Heat 7 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Natasha Hansen (NZL) 11.400 63.157  Kate O'Brien (CAN) +0.183 Heat 9 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) 11.308 63.671  Anna Meares (AUS) +0.408 [3]

Heat 2 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Katy Marchant (GBR) 11.499 62.614  Monique Sullivan (CAN) +0.150 Heat 4 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Elis Ligtlee (NED) 11.425 63.019  Gong Jinjie (CHN) +0.104 Heat 6 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.279 63.835  Laurine van Riessen (NED) +0.179 Heat 8 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Anastasia Voynova (RUS) 11.503 62.592  Stephanie Morton (AUS) +0.097

First round Repechage

Heat 1 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Anna Meares (AUS) 11.716 61.454  Olga Ismayilova (AZE) +0.065  Laurine van Riessen (NED) +0.072 [4]

Heat 2 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Miriam Welte (GER) 11.466 62.794  Kate O'Brien (CAN) +0.061  Monique Sullivan (CAN) +0.154

Heat 3 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Virginie Cueff (FRA) 11.496 62.630  Stephanie Morton (AUS) +0.012  Gong Jinjie (CHN) +0.188

Second round

Heat 1 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Becky James (GBR) 11.375 63.296  Virginie Cueff (FRA) +0.037 Heat 3 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Lee Wai Sze (HKG) 11.551 62.332  Anna Meares (AUS) +0.081 Heat 5 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Anastasia Voynova (RUS) 11.271 63.880  Zhong Tianshi (CHN) +0.001 [5]

Heat 2 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Katy Marchant (GBR) 12.247 58.789  Miriam Welte (GER) +0.343 Heat 4 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Elis Ligtlee (NED) 11.360 63.380  Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) +0.033 +0.025 Heat 6 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.197 64.302  Natasha Hansen (NZL) +0.092

Second round Repechage

Match 1 Name Time Avg speed (km/h)  Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) 11.614 61.994  Virginie Cueff (FRA) +0.001  Natasha Hansen (NZL) +0.150 [6]

Match 2 Name Time Average speed (km/h)  Zhong Tianshi (CHN) 11.557 62.299  Anna Meares (AUS) +0.082  Miriam Welte (GER) +1.766

9th–12th place classifications

Name	Time	Avg speed (km/h)	Rank
Natasha Hansen (NZL)	11.852	61.042	9
Anna Meares (AUS)	+0.068		10
Miriam Welte (GER)	+0.174		11
Virginie Cueff (FRA)	+0.181		12

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Quarterfinals

Heat 1 Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2)  Becky James (GBR) 11.289 11.243  Zhong Tianshi (CHN) +0.025 +0.016 Heat 3 Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2)  Katy Marchant (GBR) 11.225 11.342  Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) +1.139 +0.232 [8]

Heat 2 Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2)  Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.230 11.373  Lee Wai Sze (HKG) +0.044 +0.189 Heat 4 Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2)  Elis Ligtlee (NED) 11.405 11.391  Anastasia Voynova (RUS) +0.033 +0.007

5th–8th place classifications

Name	Time	Avg speed (km/h)	Rank
Zhong Tianshi (CHN)	11.197	64.302	5
Lee Wai Sze (HKG)	+0.005		6
Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU)	+0.203		7
Anastasia Voynova (RUS)	+0.353		8

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Semifinals

Heat 1 Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2)  Becky James (GBR) 11.246 10.970  Elis Ligtlee (NED) +0.038 +0.400 [10]

Heat 2 Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2)  Kristina Vogel (GER) 11.302 11.153  Katy Marchant (GBR) +0.065 +0.089

Finals

Bronze medal match

Name	Time (Race 1)	Time (Race 2)
Katy Marchant (GBR)	11.237	11.424
Elis Ligtlee (NED)	+0.087	+0.007

Gold medal match

Name	Time (Race 1)	Time (Race 2)
Kristina Vogel (GER)	11.237	11.312
Becky James (GBR)	+0.016	+0.004

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