2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint explained

Event:	Women's team sprint
Championship:	2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Dates:	3 August
Venue:	Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
Location:	Glasgow, United Kingdom
Competitors:	43
Nations:	14
Teams:	14
Win Value:	45.848
Gold:	Pauline Grabosch Emma Hinze Lea Friedrich
Gold Nation:	GER
Silver:	Lauren Bell Sophie Capewell Emma Finucane
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze:	Guo Yufang Bao Shanju Yuan Liying
Bronze Nation:	CHN
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The Women's team sprint competition at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 3 August 2023.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Qualifying

The qualifying was started at 11:03.^[4] The eight fastest teams advanced to the first round.

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1		46.072		Q
2		46.467	+0.395	Q
3		46.679	+0.607	Q
4		47.049	+.0977	Q
5		47.158	+1.086	Q
6		47.328	+1.256	Q
7		47.348	+1.276	Q
8		47.436	+1.364	Q
9		47.628	+1.556
10		48.148	+2.076
11		48.617	+2.545
12		48.930	2.858
13		50.544	+4.472
14		56.368	+10.296

First round

The first round was started at 19:03.^[5]

First round heats were held as follows:
Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastest
Heat 2: 3rd v 6th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 7th fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 8th fastest

The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top two advanced to the gold medal race and the other two proceeded to the bronze medal race.

Heat	Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1		46.756	QB
1	2		47.067
2	1		46.446	QB
2	2		47.374
3	1		45.988	QG
3	2		47.656
4	1		46.078	QG
4	2		47.487

Finals

The finals were started at 20:19.^[6]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Gold medal race
		45.848		WR
		45.923	+0.075
Bronze medal race
		46.543
4		46.788	+0.245

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dates of 2023 UCI Cycling Worlds announced . 20 April 2022 . British Cycling .
2. Web site: Schedule. 31 July 2023. downloads.ctfassets.net. 64.
3. Web site: 2 August 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315012718/https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/0003160100020901FFFFFFFFFFFFFF01 . 15 March 2024 . 2 August 2023 . Tissot Timing.
4. Web site: 3 August 2023 . Qualifying results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315012719/https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/0003160100020901FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 . 15 March 2024 . 3 August 2023 . Tissot Timing.
5. Web site: 3 August 2023 . First round results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315012801/https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/0003160100020902FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 . 15 March 2024 . 3 August 2023 . Tissot Timing.
6. Web site: 3 August 2023 . Final classification . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315012721/https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/0003160100020903FFFFFFFFFFFFFF03 . 15 March 2024 . 3 August 2023 . Tissot Timing.