2021 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint explained

Event:	Women's sprint
Championship:	2021 UEC European Track Championships
Venue:	Tissot Velodrome, Grenchen
Date:	6–7 October
Competitors:	17
Nations:	11
Gold:	Shanne Braspennincx
Goldnoc:	NED
Silver:	Lea Friedrich
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Mathilde Gros
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Prev:	2020
Next:	2022

The women's sprint competition at the 2021 UEC European Track Championships was held on 6 and 7 October 2021.^[1]

Results

The top 16 riders qualified for the 1/8 finals.^[2]

Rank	Time	Behind	Notes
1	10.464		Q
2	10.487	+0.023	Q
3	10.601	+0.137	Q
4	10.603	+0.139	Q
5	10.734	+0.270	Q
6	10.736	+0.272	Q
7	10.764	+0.300	Q
8	10.785	+0.321	Q
9	10.880	+0.416	Q
10	10.894	+0.430	Q
11	11.025	+0.561	Q
12	11.157	+0.693	Q
13	11.248	+0.784	Q
14	11.278	+0.814	Q
15	11.285	+0.821	Q
16	11.308	+0.844	Q
17	11.322	+0.858

Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals.^[3]

Heat	Rank	Time	Notes
1	1	X	Q
1	2	+0.152
2	1	X	Q
2	2	+0.931
3	1	X	Q
3	2	+1.445
4	1	X	Q
4	2	+0.105
5	1	X	Q
5	2	+0.031
6	1	X	Q
6	2	+0.435
7	1	X	Q
7	2	+0.105
8	1	X	Q
8	2	+0.005

Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.^[4]

Heat	Rank	Race 1	Race 2	Decider	Notes
1	1	X	X		Q
1	2	+0.227	+0.095
2	1	X	+0.300	X	Q
2	2	+0.032	X	+0.147
3	1	X	X		Q
3	2	+0.096	+0.097
4	1	+0.019	X	X	Q
4	2	X	+0.092	+0.119

Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.^[5]

Heat	Rank	Race 1	Race 2	Decider	Notes
1	1	+0.012	X	X	QG
1	2	X	+0.079	+0.028	QB
2	1	X	X		QG
2	2	+0.118	+0.068		QB