Team sprint

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Olympic discipline of the same name in cross-country skiing, see Cross-country skiing at the Olympic Games

Start of a team sprint at the Track Cycling World Cup 2012/2013 in Glasgow

The team sprint (until 2001 "Olympic sprint") is a discipline of track cycling .

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The team sprint is a team sprint. There are three drivers acting as a team, with the leading driver being eliminated after one lap. As with the pursuit race, the start takes place on the straight opposite of the track, with maximum speed being driven from the start. The first two drivers are the third as Anfahrer , the last man may his strength for the final round in the slipstream save. Until June 2020, this competition was held for women with only two athletes, since then, with the exception of the Olympic Games postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic , three athletes have competed for men.

In a qualifying round, eight teams are selected for the first round, with the fastest team racing against the eighth-fastest, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth team. The two fastest winning teams of the first round contest the final for first place; the other race winners the final for third place. Before a rule change in October 2016, the competition was held in two rounds.

Results at UCI Track World Championships

See also : UCI Track World Championships

Men

year	gold	silver	bronze
1995	Jan van Eijden , Michael Huebner , Jens Fiedler	Benoît Vétu , Florian Rousseau , Hervé Thuet	Marty Nothstein , Erin Hartwell , William Clay
1996	Darryn Hill , Shane Kelly , Gary Neiwand	Michael Huebner , Jens Fiedler , Sören Lausberg	Laurent Gané , Florian Rousseau , Hervé Thuet
1997	Vincent Le Quellec , Florian Rousseau , Arnaud Tournant	Sören Lausberg , Eyk Pokorny , Jan van Eijden	Danny Day , Shane Kelly , Sean Eadie
1998	Vincent Le Quellec , Florian Rousseau , Arnaud Tournant	Danny Day , Shane Kelly , Graham Sharman	Sören Lausberg , Stefan Nimke , Eyk Pokorny
1999	Laurent Gané , Florian Rousseau , Arnaud Tournant	Chris Hoy , Craig MacLean , Jason Queally	Sören Lausberg , Stefan Nimke , Eyk Pokorny
2000	Laurent Gané , Florian Rousseau , Arnaud Tournant	Chris Hoy , Craig MacLean , Jason Queally	José Antonio Villanueva , José Antonio Escuredo , Salvador Meliá
2001	Laurent Gané , Florian Rousseau , Arnaud Tournant	Jobie Dajka , Ryan Bayley , Sean Eadie	Chris Hoy , Craig MacLean , Jason Queally
2002	Jamie Staff , Chris Hoy , Craig MacLean	Jobie Dajka , Ryan Bayley , Sean Eadie	Jens Fiedler , Sören Lausberg , Carsten Bergemann
2003	Carsten Bergemann , René Wolff , Jens Fiedler	Laurent Gané , Mickaël Bourgain , Arnaud Tournant	Craig MacLean , Chris Hoy , Jamie Staff
2004	Mickaël Bourgain , Laurent Gané , Arnaud Tournant	José Antonio Escuredo , Salvador Meliá , José Antonio Villanueva	Craig MacLean , Chris Hoy , Jamie Staff
2005	Chris Hoy , Jason Queally , Jamie Staff	Theo Bos , Teun Mulder , Tim Veldt	Matthias John , René Wolff , Stefan Nimke
2006	Grégory Baugé , Mickaël Bourgain , Arnaud Tournant	Chris Hoy , Craig MacLean , Jamie Staff	Ryan Bayley , Shane Kelly , Shane Perkins
2007	Grégory Baugé , Mickaël Bourgain , Arnaud Tournant	Chris Hoy , Craig MacLean , Ross Edgar	Robert Förstemann , Stefan Nimke , Maximilian Levy
2008	Grégory Baugé , Kévin Sireau , Arnaud Tournant	Ross Edgar , Chris Hoy , Jamie Staff	Theo Bos , Teun Mulder , Tim Veldt
2009	Grégory Baugé , Mickaël Bourgain , Kévin Sireau	Matthew Crampton , Jason Kenny , Jamie Staff	René Enders , Robert Förstemann , Stefan Nimke
2010	Robert Förstemann , Maximilian Levy , Stefan Nimke	Grégory Baugé , Michaël D'Almeida , Kévin Sireau	Ross Edgar , Chris Hoy , Jason Kenny
2011	René Enders , Maximilian Levy , Stefan Nimke	Matthew Crampton , Chris Hoy , Jason Kenny	Daniel Ellis , Matthew Glaetzer , Jason Niblett
2012	Shane Perkins , Scott Sunderland , Matthew Glaetzer	Grégory Baugé , Kévin Sireau , Michaël D'Almeida	Ethan Mitchell , Sam Webster , Edward Dawkins
2013	René Enders , Stefan Bötticher , Maximilian Levy	Edward Dawkins , Ethan Mitchell , Sam Webster	Julien Palma , François Pervis , Michaël D'Almeida
2014	Ethan Mitchell , Sam Webster , Edward Dawkins	René Enders , Robert Förstemann , Maximilian Levy	Grégory Baugé , Kévin Sireau , Michaël D'Almeida
2015	Grégory Baugé , Kévin Sireau , Michaël D'Almeida	Ethan Mitchell , Sam Webster , Edward Dawkins	Joachim Eilers , René Enders , Robert Förstemann
2016	Ethan Mitchell , Sam Webster , Edward Dawkins	Jeffrey Hoogland , Nils van 't Hoenderdaal , Matthijs Büchli , Hugo Haak	Joachim Eilers , Max Niederlag , René Enders
2017	Ethan Mitchell , Sam Webster , Edward Dawkins	Jeffrey Hoogland , Harrie Lavreysen , Matthijs Büchli	Benjamin Edelin , Sébastien Vigier , Quentin Lafargue
2018	Nils van 't Hoenderdaal , Harrie Lavreysen , Jeffrey Hoogland , Matthijs Büchli	Jack Carlin , Ryan Owens , Jason Kenny , Philip Hindes , Joseph Truman	François Pervis , Sébastien Vigier , Quentin Lafargue , Michaël D'Almeida
2019	Roy van den Berg , Harrie Lavreysen , Jeffrey Hoogland , Matthijs Büchli	Grégory Baugé , Sébastien Vigier , Quentin Lafargue , Michaël D'Almeida	Alexander Sharapov , Denis Dmitrijew , Pawel Jakuschewski
2020	Roy van den Berg , Harrie Lavreysen , Jeffrey Hoogland , Matthijs Büchli	Ryan Owens , Jack Carlin , Jason Kenny	Thomas Cornish , Nathan Hart , Matthew Richardson

Women

year	gold	silver	bronze
2007	Victoria Pendleton , Shanaze Reade	Yvonne Hijgenaar , Willy Kanis	Kristine Bayley , Anna Meares
2008	Victoria Pendleton , Shanaze Reade	Gong Jinjie , Zheng Lulu	Dana Glöß , Miriam Welte
2009	Kaarle McCulloch , Anna Meares	Victoria Pendleton , Shanaze Reade	Gintarė Gaivenytė , Simona Krupeckaitė
2010	Kaarle McCulloch , Anna Meares	Gong Jinjie , Lin Junhong	Gintarė Gaivenytė , Simona Krupeckaitė
2011	Kaarle McCulloch , Anna Meares	Victoria Pendleton , Jessica Varnish	Gong Jinjie , Guo Shuang
2012	Miriam Welte , Kristina Vogel	Kaarle McCulloch , Anna Meares	Gong Jinjie , Guo Shuang
2013	Miriam Welte , Kristina Vogel	Gong Jinjie , Guo Shuang	Victoria Williamson , Rebecca James
2014	Miriam Welte , Kristina Vogel	Lin Junhong , Zhong Tianshi	Jessica Varnish , Rebecca James
2015	Gong Jinjie , Zhong Tianshi	Darja Schmeljowa , Anastassija Woinowa	Kaarle McCulloch , Anna Meares
2016	Darja Schmeljowa , Anastassija Woinowa	Gong Jinjie , Zhong Tianshi	Miriam Welte , Kristina Vogel
2017	Darja Schmeljowa , Anastassija Woinowa	Kaarle McCulloch , Stephanie Morton	Miriam Welte , Kristina Vogel
2018	Miriam Welte , Kristina Vogel , Pauline Grabosch	Kyra Lamberink , Shanne Braspennincx , Laurine van Riessen , Hetty van de Wouw	Darja Schmeljowa , Anastassija Woinowa
2019	Kaarle McCulloch , Stephanie Morton	Darja Schmeljowa , Anastassija Woinowa	Miriam Welte , Emma Hinze
2020	Pauline Grabosch , Emma Hinze , Lea Sophie Friedrich	Kaarle McCulloch , Stephanie Morton	Chen Feifei , Zhong Tianshi

Remarks

1. ↑ UCI Newsletter # 78 - Special Edition Regulation Changes - June 2020. In: uci.org. June 11, 2020, accessed June 25, 2020 . 
2. ↑ UCI Management Committee agrees key changes to the regulations of three cycling disciplines. uci.ch, October 13, 2016, accessed on October 13, 2016 (English). 
3. ↑ Amendments to regulations with effect on October 14, 2016. (PDF) uci.ch, October 13, 2016, accessed on October 13, 2016 (English). 
4. ↑ After the French team was subsequently stripped of the gold medal by its driver Grégory Baugé for violating the registration requirements of the World Doping Agency WADA in January 2012 , the following teams moved up. See Late Honor for Team Sprinters: Handover of the World Cup jerseys in London at rad-net.de on January 30, 2012

Web links

• Team sprint at UCI Track World Championships (men) in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Team sprint at UCI Track World Championships (women) in the Radsportseiten.net database