2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint explained

Event:	Women's sprint
Championship:	2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Dates:	1–2 March
Venue:	Omnisport Apeldoorn
Location:	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Competitors:	33
Nations:	21
Gold:	Kristina Vogel
Gold Nation:	GER
Silver:	Stephanie Morton
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Pauline Grabosch
Bronze Nation:	GER
Prev:	2017
Next:	2019

The Women's sprint competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 1 and 2 March 2018.^[1] ^[2]

Results

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

Rank	Time	Behind	Notes
1	10.645		Q
2	10.713	+0.068	Q
3	10.810	+0.165	Q
4	10.898	+0.253	Q
5	10.909	+0.264	q
6	10.938	+0.293	q
7	10.949	+0.304	q
8	10.975	+0.330	q
9	10.997	+0.352	q
10	11.001	+0.356	q
11	11.013	+0.368	q
12	11.047	+0.402	q
13	11.054	+0.409	q
14	11.088	+0.443	q
15	11.090	+0.445	q
16	11.101	+0.456	q
17	11.126	+0.481	q
18	11.162	+0.517	q
19	11.169	+0.524	q
20	11.239	+0.594	q
21	11.247	+0.602	q
22	11.248	+0.603	q
23	11.293	+0.648	q
24	11.360	+0.715	q
25	11.366	+0.721	q
26	11.383	+0.738	q
27	11.420	+0.775	q
28	11.446	+0.801	q
29	11.449	+0.804
30	11.487	+0.842
31	11.550	+0.905
32	11.704	+1.059
33	11.770	+1.125

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

Q = qualified for 1/8 finals

Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals.^[5]

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

Heat	Rank	Race 1	Race 2	Notes
1	1	X	X	Q
1	2	+0.644	+0.064
2	1	X	X	Q
2	2	+0.002	+0.084
3	1	X	X	Q
3	2	+0.128	+0.096
4	1	X	X	Q
4	2	+0.084	+0.251

Matches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the final.^[7]

Heat	Rank	Race 1	Race 2	Notes
1	1	X	X	Q
1	2	+0.000	+0.046
2	1	X	X	Q
2	2	+0.249	+0.158

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