Olympic Summer Games 2016 / Cycling - Track Team Pursuit (Women)

sport	Cycling
discipline	Team pursuit
gender	Women
Attendees	39 athletes from 9 countries
Competition location	Velódromo Municipal do Rio
Competition phase	August 11-13, 2016
Winning time	4: 10.236 min (world record)
Medalists  Great Britain Katie Archibald , Laura Trott , Elinor Barker , Joanna Rowsell-Shand  United States Sarah Hammer , Kelly Catlin , Chloé Dygert , Jennifer Valente  Canada Allison Beveridge , Jasmin Glaesser , Kirsti Lay , Georgia Simmerling , Laura Brown
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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 track cycling team pursuit at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place from August 11th to 13th, 2016.

Olympic champion was in the team from Great Britain with Katie Archibald , Laura Trott , Elinor Barker and Joanna Rowsell-Shand . The silver medal went to the Americans and bronze to the Canadian team.

Result

qualification

The eight fastest pairs qualified for the first round. The four fastest teams competed for the two starting positions for the race for gold. The other four teams only had a chance of winning the bronze medal.

rank	nation	Athletes	Time (min)	Remarks
1	Great Britain	Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell-Shand	4: 13.260	Q, WR
2	United States	Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Jennifer Valente	4: 14.286	Q, WR
3	Australia	Georgia Baker Annette Edmondson Amy Cure Melissa Hoskins	4: 19.059	Q
4th	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
6th	China	Huang Dongyan Jing Yali Ma Menglu Zhao Baofang	4: 25.246	q
7th	Italy	Simona Frapporti Tatiana Guderzo Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi	4: 25.543	q
8th	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 = qualification for the runs for the race for gold
• q = qualification for the runs for the race for bronze

First round

The matches of the first round resulted from the placements of the qualification, the teams competed as follows:

Run 1: 6th against 7th

Run 2: 5th against 8th

Run 3: 2nd versus 3rd

Run 4: 1st against 4th

The winners of runs 3 and 4 qualified for the race for gold. The remaining 6 teams were sorted according to their time, and depending on their position, they finished 3rd to 7th.

rank	Run	nation	Athletes	Time (min)	Remarks
1	4th	Great Britain	Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell-Shand	4: 12,152	QG, WR
2	3	United States	Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Jennifer Valente	4: 12.282	QG, WR
3	4th	Canada	Allison Beveridge Jasmin Glaesser Kirsti Lay Georgia Simmerling	4: 15.636	QB
4th	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
6th	1	Italy	Simona Frapporti Tatiana Guderzo Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi	4: 22.964	Q5
7th	1	China	Huang Dongyan Jing Yali Ma Menglu Zhao Baofang	4: 23.678	Q7
DSQ	2	Poland	Daria Pikulik Edyta Jasińska Justyna Kaczkowska Natalia Rutkowska	DSQ 4: 27.299

• QG = qualification for the race for gold
• QB = qualification for the race for bronze
• Q5 = qualification for the race for 5th place
• Q7 = qualification for the race for 7th place

final

Great Britain celebrated the gold medal

The United States team

rank	nation	Athletes	Time (min)	Remarks
Race for 7th place
7th	China	Huang Dongyan Jing Yali Ma Menglu Zhao Baofang		Not held due to disqualification of the Polish team.
Race for 5th place
5	Australia	Georgia Baker Annette Edmondson Ashlee Ankudinoff Amy Cure	4: 21.232
6th	Italy	Beatrice Bartelloni Tatiana Guderzo Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi	4: 28.368
Race for bronze
bronze	Canada	Allison Beveridge Jasmin Glaesser Kirsti Lay Georgia Simmerling	4: 14.627
4th	New Zealand	Lauren Ellis Racquel Sheath Rushlee Buchanan Jaime Nielsen	4: 18.459
Race for gold
gold	Great Britain	Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell-Shand	4: 10.236	WR
silver	United States	Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Jennifer Valente	4: 12.454

Web links

• Results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Qualifying . In: Rio 2016 . Retrieved October 8, 2016.
2. ^ First Round . In: Rio 2016 . Retrieved October 8, 2016.