2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint explained

Event:	Women's sprint
Championship:	2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Dates:	13–14 April
Venue:	Hong Kong Velodrome
Location:	Hong Kong
Competitors:	29
Nations:	17
Gold:	Kristina Vogel
Gold Nation:	GER
Silver:	Stephanie Morton
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Lee Wai Sze
Bronze Nation:	HKG
Prev:	2016
Next:	2018

The Women's sprint competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 13 and 14 April 2017.^{[1] [2]}

Results

Qualifying

The top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 final.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1			10.724		Q
2			10.764	+0.040	Q
3			10.816	+0.092	Q
4			10.826	+0.102	Q, WJR
5			10.937	+0.213	q
6			10.945	+0.221	q
7			10.962	+0.238	q
8			10.967	+0.243	q
9			10.975	+0.251	q
10			11.012	+0.288	q
11			11.044	+0.320	q
12			11.062	+0.338	q
13			11.075	+0.351	q
14			11.106	+0.382	q
15			11.147	+0.423	q
16			11.151	+0.427	q
17			11.169	+0.445	q
18			11.176	+0.452	q
19			11.209	+0.485	q
20			11.239	+0.515	q
21			11.248	+0.524	q
22			11.253	+0.529	q
23			11.255	+0.531	q
24			11.336	+0.612	q
25			11.397	+0.673	q
26			11.569	+0.845	q
27			11.761	+1.037	q
28			11.807	+1.083	q
29			11.832	+1.108

• Q = qualified directly for 1/8 finals
• q = qualified for 1/16 finals

1/16 finals

Heat winners advanced to the 1/8 finals.^[4]

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Gap	Notes
1	1				Q
1	2			+0.134
2	1				Q
2	2			+0.080
3	1				Q
3	2			+0.358
4	1				Q
4	2			+0.063
5	1				Q
5	2			+1.492
6	1				Q
6	2			+0.198
7	1				Q
7	2			+0.143
8	1				Q
8	2			+0.015
9	1				Q
9	2			+0.013
10	1				Q
10	2			+0.048
11	1				Q
11	2			+0.089
12	1				Q
12	2			+0.028

1/8 finals

Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals.^[5]

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Gap	Notes
1	1				Q
1	2			+0.103
2	1				Q
2	2			+0.091
3	1				Q
3	2			+0.352
4	1				Q
4	2			+0.092
5	1				Q
5	2			+0.021
6	1				Q
6	2			+0.099
7	1				Q
7	2			+0.050
8	1				Q
8	2			+0.021

Quarterfinals

Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.^[6]

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)	Notes
1	1			X	X		Q
1	2			+0.033	+0.002
2	1			X	X		Q
2	2			+0.213	+0.068
3	1			X	X		Q
3	2			+0.140	+0.015
4	1			X	X		Q
4	2			+0.001	+0.116

Semifinals

Winners proceeded to the gold medal final; losers proceeded to the bronze medal final.^[7]

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)	Notes
1	1			+0.023	X	X	Q
1	2			X	+0.171	+0.174
2	1			X	X		Q
2	2			+0.038	+0.065

Finals

The final classification was determined in the medal finals.^[8]

Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)
Gold medal final
			X	X
			+0.149	+0.147
Bronze medal final
			X	X
4			+0.054	+0.039

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event Schedule . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104041142/http://www.trackworldchamp.hk/event-schedule . dead . 4 November 2016 . 11 April 2017 . 2017 WCh LOC .
2. Web site: Start list . 13 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
3. Web site: Qualifying . 13 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
4. Web site: 1/16 Finals . 13 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
5. Web site: 1/8 Finals . 13 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
6. Web site: 1/4 Finals . 13 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
7. http://tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=00030E0002021102FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 Semifinals results
8. http://tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=00030E0002021101FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 Final results