2016 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Keirin (women)

sport	Cycling
discipline	Keirin
gender	Women
Attendees	23 athletes from 18 countries
Competition location	Velódromo Municipal do Rio
Competition phase	August 13, 2016
Medalists  Elis Ligtlee ( NED )  Rebecca James ( GBR )  Anna Meares ( NED )
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Cycling competitions at the 2016 Olympic Games
Road cycling
Road racing	Women	Men
Individual time trial	Women	Men
Track cycling
sprint	Women	Men
Team sprint	Women	Men
Keirin	Women	Men
Omnium	Women	Men
Team pursuit	Women	Men
Mountain bike
run	Women	Men
BMX
run	Women	Men

The women's keirin race at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on August 13, 2016.

The Dutchwoman Elis Ligtlee became Olympic champion . The silver medal was won by Rebecca James from Great Britain and the bronze went to Anna Meares from Australia .

Results

1 round

The two best placed from each run qualified directly for the semi-finals, the other drivers had the opportunity to qualify for the second round via the repechage.

Run 1

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Kristina Vogel	Germany		Q
2	Anna Meares	Australia	+0.002	Q
3	Martha Bayona	Colombia	+0.066
4th	Anastasija Voinova	Russia	+0.186
5	Gong Jinjie	China	+0.368
6th	Monique Sullivan	Canada	+0.411

Run 2

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Lee Wai-sze	Hong Kong		Q
2	Zhong Tianshi	China	+0.212	Q
3	Darja Schmeljowa	Russia	+1.267
4th	Laurine van Riessen	Netherlands	+3.929
5	Tania Calvo	Spain	DNF
6th	Virginie Cueff	France	DNF
7th	Olivia Podmore	New Zealand	DNF

Run 3

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Rebecca James	Great Britain		Q
2	Lee Hye-jin	South Korea	+0.017	Q
3	Natasha Hansen	New Zealand	+0.018
4th	Helena Casas	Spain	+0.092
5	Stephanie Morton	Australia	+0.111
6th	Kate O'Brien	Canada	+0.244
7th	Miriam Welte	Germany	+0.477

Run 4

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Elis Ligtlee	Netherlands		Q
2	Simona Krupeckaitė	Lithuania	+0.010	Q
3	Lisandra Guerra	Cuba	+0.100
4th	Olqa İsmayılova	Azerbaijan	+0.256
5	Shannon McCurley	Ireland	+0.431
6th	Sandie Clair	France	+0.555
7th	Lyubov Basova	Ukraine	REL

Hope runs 1st round

The winners of each run qualified for the semi-finals.

Run 1

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Martha Bayona	Colombia		Q
2	Stephanie Morton	Australia	+0.085
3	Virginie Cueff	France	+0.144
4th	Olqa İsmayılova	Azerbaijan	+0.145

Run 2

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Lyubov Basova	Ukraine		Q
2	Darja Schmeljowa	Russia	+0.116
3	Helena Casas	Spain	+0.124
4th	Tania Calvo	Spain	+0.199
5	Monique Sullivan	Canada	+0.306

Run 3

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Laurine van Riessen	Netherlands		Q
2	Natasha Hansen	New Zealand	+0.001
3	Gong Jinjie	China	+0.129
4th	Sandie Clair	France	+0.800
5	Miriam Welte	Germany	+1.669

Run 4

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Anastasija Voinova	Russia		Q
2	Kate O'Brien	Canada	+0.175
3	Lisandra Guerra	Cuba	+0.260
4th	Shannon McCurley	Ireland	+0.268
5	Olivia Podmore	New Zealand	+0.423

Semifinals

The top three athletes from each semi-final run qualified for the final. The other athletes drove for positions seven to twelve.

Run 1

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Kristina Vogel	Germany		Q
2	Elis Ligtlee	Netherlands	+0.398	Q
3	Anastasija Voinova	Russia	+0.533	Q
4th	Lee Hye-jin	South Korea	+1.046
5	Zhong Tianshi	China	REL
6th	Martha Bayona	Colombia	DNF

Run 2

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Anna Meares	Australia		Q
2	Rebecca James	Great Britain	+0.011	Q
3	Lyubov Basova	Ukraine	+0.041	Q
4th	Laurine van Riessen	Netherlands	+0.165
5	Simona Krupeckaitė	Lithuania	+0.192
6th	Lee Wai-sze	Hong Kong	DNF

final

Final (places 7-12)

Final place 7-12

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
7th	Lee Wai-sze	Hong Kong
8th	Lee Hye-jin	South Korea	+0.059
9	Laurine van Riessen	Netherlands	+0.140
10	Martha Bayona	Colombia	+0.220
11	Zhong Tianshi	China	+0.445
12	Simona Krupeckaitė	Lithuania	+0.464

Final (places 1–6)

Olympic champion Elis Ligtlee

rank	Athlete	nation	Time (min)	Note
1	Elis Ligtlee	Netherlands
2	Rebecca James	Great Britain	+0.033
3	Anna Meares	Australia	+0.038
4th	Anastasija Voinova	Russia	+0.111
5	Lyubov Basova	Ukraine	+0.152
6th	Kristina Vogel	Germany	+0.163

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